Governments aren't taking climate change seriously. Otherwise they'd investigate this possible solution – Telegraph Blogs

All you've got to do to create these plankton blooms, and thus to pull CO2 out of the atmosphere, is shovel some iron-containing powder over the side of a ship into the right piece of ocean. There are many such areas of the oceans and the results are quite stunning. Calculations vary but each tonne of iron pulls thousands of tonnes at least of CO2 out of the atmosphere. So this process is exceedingly cheap, for iron itself is pretty cheap. One estimate (from a real scientist, not one made up by me) is that CO2 could be sequestered for $2 a tonne, which rather puts that £1 billion they want to spend on a carbon capture coal plant into perspective. We could, maybe, suck twice the UK's entire annual emissions out of the sky for that £1 billion. It's certainly cheaper than Germany's solar programme, which has estimated costs of $1,070 for each tonne of CO2 not emitted.

- Bishop Hill blog - Drought in the Horn of Africa

During our joint appearance on the Jeremy Vine show, George Monbiot said something that intrigued me, namely that there had been a decades long trend towards drought in the Horn of Africa...

After hearing George make the claim again, I decided it was worth digging a bit further and this post is the result. Although I can't say I have checked every available source, my researches have turned up very little to support the idea.

Beautifully Depressing Ice Bucket Constantly Reminds You Of the Consequences Of Global Warming

As the ice in the bucket inevitably melts the water drips down into the reservoir below, preventing your drinks from floating around in a pool of icy H2O. But trapped below the bucket is a polar bear on an iceberg, and as the icecubes continue to melt the water levels in the bear's private habitat rise until it's completely submerged. So as you're enjoying a cold one, you'll still be reminded of the environmental impact and the real cost of enjoying a can of your favorite brew. Get it here for $54, guilt included.

Climate science: the gathering storm | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian

the measured increase in the intensity of extreme events – ever fiercer heatwaves, ever more violent floods – rests on an uncertain premise