RealClimate: Extreme metrics

the impacts of a heat wave are very non-linear. The marginal effect of an additional 1ºC on top of 6ºC on many aspects of a heat wave (on health, crops, power consumption etc.) is much more than the effect of the first 1ºC anomaly.

Julienne Stroeve Explains The Effects Of The Winter Storm Which Hit The Arctic Two Weeks Ago | Real Science

Storm agitated water to depths of 500 meters (where water is much warmer) bringing it to surface increasing melt rate

Eighty Degree Arctic Temperatures In The 1930s | Real Science

Science teachers spend week in Yellowstone studying climate change

The program at Yellowstone is part of the 12-park program called 2012 Parks Climate Change Challenge sponsored by the National Park Foundation.

Loken and the Greenes were part of a group of 15 public school teachers selected to attend the program at Yellowstone...

The Parks Climate Change Challenge program is designed to help teachers develop engaging lesson plans, create hands-on service projects and plan field trips to help students better understand climate change and develop a strong connection to the national parks, said Al Nash, a Yellowstone National Park spokesman...
Wednesday they learned about the vanishing biomes of the mountain pika, which has steadily moved its habitat up in elevation as temperatures increase.

"At some point you get to the top of the mountain and there's nowhere else to go," Greene said.