Saskatchewan – Coldest Spring In a Century | Ice Age Now

This after what may have been Saskatchewan’s snowiest winter EVER.

“What may have been Saskatchewan’s snowiest winter ever is being followed now by the coldest spring in more than a century,” says this article on cbc.ca.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds another non-hockey-stick in China

A paper published today in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology reconstructs temperatures from 1834-2010 in southeastern China, and shows temperatures at the end of the record in 2010 were cooler than multiple other periods in the past including the 1930's, early part of the 1900's and during the 1800's.

Lab Coats Don’t Make You Infallible (Oliver vs Hansen) | NoFrakkingConsensus

Scientists who step into the political arena deserve to be challenged. This isn’t an attack on science – it’s an exploration of competing political perspectives.

We shouldn't expect a single Copenhagen treaty to solve things - The Ecologist

[Mike Hulme, Nov 2009] Finally, and most importantly, we need to tackle head-on the elephant in the background – the need for huge redistribution of wealth from North to South.  [Via MT]

Climate-cooling effect 'stronger than volcanoes' is looking solid • The Register

A newly discovered mechanism for cooling the planet - potentially, according to its discoverers, more significant even than the well-known chilling effects of volcanic eruptions - has now been further investigated.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds global sea levels will rise only about 5 inches by 2100

A new peer-reviewed paper by sea level expert Dr. Nils-Axel Morner concludes that Australian government claims of a 1 meter sea level rise by 2100 are greatly exaggerated, finding instead that sea levels are rising around Australia and globally at a rate of only 1.5 mm/year. This would imply a sea level change of only 0.13 meters or 5 inches by 2100. Dr. Morner also finds no evidence of any acceleration in sea level rise around Australia or globally.