U.S. natgas futures edge higher early amid more cold | Reuters

It is up about 10 percent over the last two weeks on the lingering cold weather.

A Climate of Change? | Varsity Online

AB: We all know the situation whereby you say “I’m interested in climate change” and they roll their eyes a bit and think ‘oh, it’s one of them’. How do you respond?

[Warmist student Ross Harrison]: I think you don’t say you’re interested in climate in the first place! You come at it from a different angle, strike up a conversation about public transport or the horse meat scandal.

How extreme weather acts as a catalyst for climate concern | Adam Corner | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The Welsh experience of flooding in 2012 seems to have acted as a catalyst for concern about climate change, fortunately without any reported loss of lives.

Global warming affects crop yields, but it's the water not the heat

In a paper published this week in Nature, Professor Hammer and his colleagues have demonstrated that the anticipated increase in temperature associated with global warming is not directly linked to an expected decline in yield.

Previously it has been accepted wisdom that the yield losses being experienced by maize growers during hot seasons in the American mid-west were attributable to temperature increases.

Flashback: Historical increase in corn yield -- it's in the roots

One of the most significant developments in agricultural growth in modern times has been the continuous and substantial increase in corn yield over the past 80 years in the U.S. Corn Belt.