Australia enters 'new climatic territory': Climate Commission - YouTube

[7-minute video] Chief [Climate] Commissioner Tim Flannery joins us to explain the report's findings

Tim Flannery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at La Trobe University[4] in 1977, and then took a change of directionto complete a Master of Science degree in Earth Science at Monash University in 1981. He then left Melbourne for Sydney, enjoying its subtropical climate and species diversity.[5] In 1984, Flannery earned a doctorate at the University of New South Wales in Palaeontology for his
work on the evolution of macropods (kangaroos)...He lives in a house with environmental features at Coba Point on the Hawkesbury River, 40 km north of Sydney, accessible only by boat [Is he a stickler about only rowing or sailing out there, or does he use fossil-fueled motors?]. Critics have suggested it is quite close to the waterline if his predictions of sea level rise are borne out.

U.S. Sea Level Rise Along East Coast To Accelerate With Gulf Stream Slowdown

A worldwide average of 8 inches of sea level rise since 1900 has already put millions of Americans at risk

There is no such thing as climate change denial

[cartoonist John Cook] To deny global warming is to deny the basic fact that our planet is building up heat at an extraordinary rate.
...The onslaught of Australian extreme weather in 2013 has led to a surge in the fallacy “extreme weather events have happened before therefore humans are not having an influence on current extreme weather”. This is the logical equivalent to arguing that people have died from natural causes in the past so no one ever gets murdered now.

Snowquester live blog: Tracking the models, March 3 evening edition - Capital Weather Gang - The Washington Post

Overview: The odds of a high impact storm (we’re calling it Snowquester) have grown today, and we’re closing in on a range where confidence is increasing. As noted earlier, we think there’s a 70-80% chance of at least 1 inch of snow, a 45-60% of at least 5 inches, and lower but plausible odds of at least 10 inches.

Snow kills eight people in Japan | NDTV.com

Tokyo: Heavy snow that fell in northern Japan over the weekend killed eight people on Hokkaido island, including a family whose car became buried.