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Oxford students and alumni to protest over Shell Earth sciences funding | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Students and alumni of Oxford University will protest this afternoon at the opening of a new lab in its Earth sciences department that is funded with £5.9m from oil company Shell.

Meteorite crater reveals future of a globally warmed world | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Sixteen shipping containers of equipment had to be hauled 90km over snow by bulldozers from the nearest ice road, used by gold miners.
[Shouldn't the warmist researchers have modeled proper behavior for us by using only wind- or solar-powered bulldozers?]
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"Clearly the Arctic is warming very, very rapidly at the moment," said Sammonds. "And if all the sea ice goes, there is no good reason why it might come back again."

Carbon dioxide emissions turn the Arctic acid, driving home the need to reduce them – Telegraph Blogs

In many ways this a more clear-cut crisis than climate change. Its tends to be ignored by sceptics since it delivers a fatal blow to their arguments against controlling emissions.

Carbon emissions: Canada reduces pollution as emerging countries add | FP Comment | Financial Post

It is almost as if the Western countries are digging ditches, only to see them filled up by emerging countries following up from behind.

BBC News - Snow-hit farmers meet minister over livestock loss

Wales' farming minister has defended the support to those struggling to cope after losing livestock in the recent heavy snow.

Alun Davies met 300 farmers but 20 walked out after presenting him with a letter calling for his resignation.

Hundreds of sheep and lambs were lost in March.

Carbon Champions Undeterred by Kyoto Dead-End, EU Envoy Says - Bloomberg

The UN has effectively “stepped back” from managing emissions programs partly because of resistance from countries against market-based climate strategies such as Bolivia, Venezuela and Cuba, Runge-Metzger said.