'Atmospheric rivers' with more water than Thames behind floods in UK

London, October 8 (ANI): Giant ribbons of moist air flowing north from the tropics, each of which carry 1,000 times more water than the Thames, are behind the recent floods and wet summers in Britain, scientists believe.

[Remember when some report came out last June to "jump start the global conversation" on climate change?  I don't]: William Becker: Climate Change Task Force Statement a provocative tool in global warming fight - YouTube

William Becker, a US energy and climate change expert and co-director of the Future We Want campaign, says the Climate Change Task Force Statement on Action to Face the Urgent Realities of Climate Change is a provocative and powerful took in the fight against global warming.

Carbon tax a shambolic mess, Abbott says - The West Australian

Mr Abbott reiterated to his team that the carbon tax was a "shambolic tax as well as a bad tax" and it had to be axed.

"So far the government has announced no fewer than eight major changes to the carbon tax," he said.

NBCNews.com video: Summer’s over: Canada blasts down arctic chill

It will be a cold week for millions as arctic blasts continue to move in from Canada. Expect record lows, stormy weather and perhaps even some snow from the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. NBC’s Michelle Franzen and The Weather Channel’s Julie Martin report.

Threat of An Early Frost « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

For the second day in a row we recorded a record low maximum today. DFW Airport peaked at a mere 53°, breaking the record set back in 2000 when the high was 55°.
...The earliest Freeze ever recorded inside the metro area happened on October 22nd in 1898.
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It is safe to say this is an extremely rare event to have it this cold this early. Record cold grips most of the country. Record lows were set in the Texas Panhandle up to Iowa this morning. Hard Freeze warnings extend from the Texas panhandle over to upstate New York for tonight.