Saturday, May 25, 2013

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Hamilton experiences record low temperatures early Saturday morning - Hamilton
Hamiltonians woke up to — or slept through — record cold temperatures on Saturday morning.
According to Environment Canada, readings at the Hamilton International Airport ebbed to 2 degrees Celsius at around 6 a.m. (Yes, June is only one week away.)
The city's previous record low for May 25 — 2.6 degrees — was recorded on this date in 1992.
400 native species in danger
Of 1232 Australian bird species and subspecies, one-quarter would do badly when exposed to the effects of climate change later this century, the report finds.
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It calls for funds now, for what would eventually be a $940 million program to safeguard birds from Cape York to Tasmania.
''A billion dollars over 50 years for conserving Australia's birds in the face of climate change is paltry compared to the cost of biodiversity loss,'' the report states.
Twitter / AGW_Prof [It's not warm enough this Memorial Day weekend for Scott "Super" Mandia]
46 degrees, blowing NE winds, heavy rain. My 8 year old is psyched for his 5k trail (mud) run this am. Me, not so much....
The wrong message of climate-change naysayers - The Washington Post
But how many storms, how many scientists weighing in, how much new information will it take to — at a minimum — convince the editors that permitting naysayers to have a voice for “balance” is not just factually wrong but also flat-out immoral?

Jim Haefele, Rockville

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