New study finds that a Carrington class solar event could cause global cooling of more than 3C | Watts Up With That?

A paper recently published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics finds that “a solar proton event, if it took place in the near future with an intensity similar to that ascribed to the Carrington Event of 1859″. Based on the results of the study it would be expected to have a major impact on atmospheric composition throughout the middle atmosphere, resulting in significant and persistent decrease in total ozone, resulting in a “significant [global] cooling of more than 3C”.

Western Hudson Bay polar bears are not like the others – Part 1 | polarbearscience

However, while the condition of females and survival of cubs in WHB declined between the 1970s and 1985, the rate of triplets did not change and cub production was still higher than anywhere else in the Arctic

New Groups Make A Conservative Argument On Climate Change : It's All Politics : NPR

Combs became concerned about climate and energy while pregnant, when her doctor told her not to eat fish because it contained mercury. She later learned that came from coal-fired power plants.
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Combs has been organizing educational house parties around the country. Beyond health, they focus on national security and the large number of U.S. troops killed while transporting fuel. One thing she does not mention? The words "global warming."

"You know how when you hear something, and you immediately hear a buzz word, you immediately turn off?" she explains.

Factbox: Carbon trading schemes around the world | Reuters

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Twitter / RyanMaue: How much snow up in Alaska? ...

How much snow up in Alaska? Winter is near with plenty of snow-cover already w/big storm in Gulf & cold air behind. pic.twitter.com/iB2LeFOF