Telling people to save the environment for selfish reasons can backfire (Wired UK)

In experiments published 12 August in Nature Climate Change, psychologists found that telling people about carpooling's money-saving benefits seemingly makes them less likely to recycle.

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For farmers, drought like a 'slow-motion Katrina." http://www.npr.org/2012/08/14/158762418/is-drought-slowly-killing-us-farms …

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Scientific community isn't buying into methane emergency claims - blog: http://ow.ly/cYQVn

Minnesota lakes project monitors ripple effects of changing climate | StarTribune.com

Snowy winters, which limit sunlight penetration through ice, inhibit its winter growth, but winters like that of 2011-12, with little snow and early ice-out, trigger explosive growth, Heiskary said. Warmer winters could either resemble last winter, or be very snowy, as the winter before last was.

"Climate warming leads to higher variability," Heiskary said.