Extreme forecast dead-on in 2012: Hot and either too dry or too wet, just as experts warned | Seth Borenstein - Fox News

"Take any one of these events in isolation, it might be possible to yell 'fluke!' Take them collectively, it provides confirmation of precisely what climate scientists predicted would happen decades ago if we proceeded with business-as-usual fossil fuel burning, as we have," Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann said in an email. "And this year especially is a cautionary tale. What we view today as unprecedented extreme weather will become the new normal in a matter of decades if we proceed with business-as-usual."

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[Mann] Taking nominations for climate change denial #FarceOfTheYear ...

Twitter / RyanMaue: @borenbears Seth, could you ...

@borenbears Seth, could you please type out the predictions for 2013 by your cadre of climate scientists? Also, 2014 would be nice.

Twitter / aDissentient: ROFL! @mmfa says Richard Lindzen, ...

ROFL! @mmfa says Richard Lindzen, Henk Tennekes not experts on climate!! http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/12/20/wsj-obscures-contributors-fossil-fuel-ties/191927 …

Twitter / RyanMaue: Do we really want to go back ...

Do we really want to go back to the climate of the 1950s or 1970s. My answer: F*ck no!

Twitter / hengistmcstone: Anthony Watts takes money from ...

[retweeted by Michael Mann] Anthony Watts takes money from Heartland which in turn is funded by Big Oil. Anthony is a mouthpiece pawn. Facts of Association.

Despite What You Hear, Global Warming Is Still Benefiting Africa - Forbes

As I documented in my October column, African deserts are receding, soil moisture is improving and crop production is dramatically increasing. None of these facts is called into question by Nasibu’s mentioning of population-affected Sahel lakes or United Nations climate models that fail spectacularly when compared to real-world scientific data.