The Summer of the Bear: A snapshot of climate change in Southeast Alaska | Sitka Conservation Society

According to a study done by U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Alaska’s seasonal average temperatures have increased by as much as 5.6°F from 1949 to 1998. [Why were those two years chosen?  What's happened since 1998?] In Southeast Alaska, the temperature in the Tongass has gone up by 1.5-3°F in this time. The most warming was seen in winter and spring, and the only cooling was recorded in the fall

Summer Warming Impacts on Bees, Moths and Butterflies in Mountainous Northern Scandinavia | The SPPI Blog

in light of these real-world observations, they say “it is possible that warming will simply improve the performance and abundance of species in cold areas, as their mobility increases and new habitats become available,”

A Chinese Perspective on Corn-Ethanol Biofuels | The SPPI Blog

it is clear that the country’s central government “ruled out the feasibility for China to use staple food grains for fuel because of the paramount priority of food security.”

Heavy Precipitation Over the US: Has it Increased as Some have Predicted it Should? | The SPPI Blog

When all was said and done, the four scientists concluded the report of their research by writing “we cannot definitively answer if the heavy precipitation in the US has been increasing in the past century.” Yet they continue to repeat the ominous refrain that “GCM integrations suggest that it is very likely to increase in the future.” We shall see.