Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Guardian Explains How Ice Melting At -30C Causes Ice To Form At -20C | Real Science
In tomorrow’s paper, they will explain why a witch weighs the same as a duck.
Millions expected to flee Britain this Easter as forecasters predict THREE MORE WEEKS of freezing weather, bringing chaos to the roads and even a triple-dip recession | Mail Online
Harsh weather will see holidaymakers ditch the UK for sunnier climes like Egypt, Turkey and Canary Islands
AA warns of 'winter warzone' as -10C temperatures bring ice on the roads and snow flurries
Drop in spending as people stay indoors could lead country into triple-dip recession
Met Office yellow weather warnings are in place for Wales, central and northern England and southern Scotland
Commuters will endure more misery with delays on morning commute
Farmers admit wave of Arctic weather has come at the worst possible time and they are having to work all hours
Dancing the World into Being: A Conversation with Idle No More’s Leanne Simpson by Naomi Klein — YES! Magazine
Naomi: In the book I’m currently writing I’m trying to understand why we are failing so spectacularly to deal with the climate crisis. And there are lots of reasons—ideological, material, and so on. But there are also powerful psychological and cultural reasons where we—and I’m talking in the “settler” we, I suppose—have been colonized by the logic of capitalism, and that has left us uniquely ill-equipped to deal with this particular crisis...Naomi: Another barrier to really facing up to the climate crisis has to do with another one of your strong themes, which is the importance of having a relationship to the land. Because climate change is playing out on the land, and in order to see those early signs, you have to be in some kind of communication with it [Wait, so Iowa farmers (see below) don't have a "relationship to the land"?]...Leanne: This is one of the ways the environmental movement has to change. Colonial thought brought us climate change.  [Via MT]
Flashback: Survey of more than 1000 Iowa farmers: 90% don't believe that climate change is caused mostly by human activities

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