NAS on National Climate Assessment: ‘Without any estimates of uncertainty, its doubtful whether any policy maker could use this information’

“An example of how the report misses an opportunity to be informative. It gives a huge range of possible rises in sea level, using words like ‘reasonable’ and ‘useful.’”

Is Arctic ice melt behind the UK’s cold weather? More on the Met Office “emergency meeting” | Carbon Brief

Why has the UK's wintery weather stuck around for so long this year? The question's attracted a good deal of media attention recently, with claims the Met Office has called a rapid response meeting of experts, to get to grips with the question of whether melting Arctic sea ice could be skewing the British weather.

Twitter / enviroblack: RIP EU's pretence to #climate ...

RIP EU's pretence to #climate leadership http://goo.gl/z8SJD

Twitter / enviroblack: Most #climate models don't ...

Most #climate models don't include natural variation, for good reasons. So warming 'plateau' not unexpected http://goo.gl/GEWva  @Reuters

Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort helps shovel snow at Coors Field - ESPN

This is one assignment that didn't give him cold feet, just a sore back.

Well worth it, though, to try and squeeze in a doubleheader against the New York Mets on Tuesday. Although the game was scheduled to start at 5:10 p.m. EDT, first pitch had been pushed back two hours to finish clearing the field. At the scheduled game time, there were still piles of snow in front of the Rockies dugout and along the right-field line.