Go beyond textbooks for knowledge, says Pachauri - The Times of India

Pachauri's talk on global warming began with the presentation of statistics to highlight the immediate need for controlling this menace. His conclusions regarding developing countries being the worst affected by global warming found substantial ground especially since 95% of natural disasters strike these countries.

If the emission of green house gases continues unabated, the smouldering heat wave would arrive after every two years instead of the usual, one in 20 years, he pointed out.

Record lows Saturday morning | KXLF.com | Butte, Montana

Cold morning lows produced a few notable record lows Saturday. Northern Gallatin county cooled off into the upper 30's and lower 40's.
Belgrade or Gallatin Field dropped to 37 degrees Saturday morning and that is a new record low. The old record low was 38 set in 1996.
Bozeman-MSU co-op reported a low of 41 degrees Saturday morning. That ties the record for August 4th and the last time it was that cold was way back in 1923.

Hansen's selective history

Any idea why Hansen chose to survey only the last 60 years? No mystery at all: That avoids the '30s, which were hotter and attended by more extreme weather than now. What a fraud!

Al Fin: Post-Normal Science and the Climate Apocalypse

This is a particularly important topic. If ordinary people allow science to become post normal -- both heavily politicised while also being placed beyond debate or question -- they will soon be marching well down the path, on the road to serfdom.