In Antarctica, Dreaming of Mars - NYTimes.com

I look down at my thermometer and see the temperature has increased a little; it just has touched minus 72 degrees Celsius (about minus 98 degrees Fahrenheit). My fingers begin to freeze. I have lost all sensation in my cheeks...Concordia Station is located on top of one of Antarctica’s summits, or “domes.” This one is called Dome C, which stands for Dome Charlie or Dome Circe. It is one of the coldest places on earth. Temperatures remain below minus 25 degrees Celsius (minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit) in the summer and fall below minus 80 degrees Celsius (minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit) in the winter. The geographic South Pole remains 1,670 kilometers (about 1,040 miles) beyond our reach.

Seven climate change diseases to ruin your Monday | Grist

Increased rainfall, warmer temperatures, dying reefs [how, specifically, would the alleged CO2-induced death of a reef cause disease to spread?], and hotter oceans are handing diseases that afflict humans — algal, fungal, mosquito-borne, tick-borne — a chance to spread, meaning diseases previously unheard in the U.S. of are now emerging.

Twitter / RogerPielkeJr: A revenue-neutral tax on CO2 ...

A revenue-neutral tax on CO2 of $29/tonne collects funds = to the entire government budget of China -- a high CO2 tax is not going to happen

Twitter / eilperin: Climate change may destroy ...

Climate change may destroy an Arctic AK way of life which has endured
for millennia. Can-& will-the feds save it? obhttp://wapo.st/OKIg4C