Monday, September 17, 2012

Bill McKibben’s Rolling Stone Article Was a Hit — So Why Didn’t It Make a Splash?
The mainstream media is reluctant to cover an issue that questions the very foundation of our economy
Snow-depth observations by adventurers traveling on Arctic sea ic...
scientific expeditions to the high Arctic Ocean are rare, and for large parts of the year no snow and ice data are collected in situ in most regions
The royal visit to Tuvalu focuses on climate change | Pacific Beat | ABC Radio Australia
The Diamond Jubilee Royal Tour of the Pacific moves to Tuvalu tomorrow when Prince William and his wife Kate will be carried from their aircraft on multi-coloured throne chairs.
Norway follows EU with CO2 compensation scheme | Reuters
(Reuters) - Norway followed the European Union on Tuesday with a $90 million scheme to encourage energy-intensive industries to stay in the country, a move analysts said highlighted weaknesses in Europe's flagging carbon market.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Persistently reduced labor productivity may be one of the largest economic impacts of anthropogenic climate change. . . .

Two percent per degree Celsius . . . That’s the magic number for how worker productivity responds to warm/hot temperatures.

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