Latest Hurricane Stats From NOAA

Despite the busy seasons in 2004 and 2005, the 10 year trends show no increase since, and are not unusually high by historical standards. It is also perhaps significant that, despite these two years, current decadal averages for Cat 4 and Cat 5 storms are below average. This surely gives the lie to the claim that hurricanes are becoming more intense...The busy hurricane seasons of the 1940’s and 50’s clearly correlate with the warm phase of the AMO, just as the quieter years in the 1970’s and 80’s do with the cold phase.

Twitter / RyanMaue: North Dakota still a ways to ...

North Dakota still a ways to go to melt snowpack. Much of Canada still buried. Snow chart: pic.twitter.com/q3kVlnvmQc

Saudi city covered with snow following unrelenting weather

Saudi Arabia's northwestern city of Hael was covered with snow Sunday after almost three days of unrelenting weather conditions, according to Al Arabiya correspondents.

Bike sharing goes global | Grist

Urban transport adviser Peter Midgley notes that “bike sharing has experienced the fastest growth of any mode of transport in the history of the planet.”

Russian Scientists: ‘We Could Face Cooling Period For 200-250 Years’ | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

‘We could be in for a cooling period that lasts 200-250 years. The period of low solar activity could start in 2030-2040.’