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THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds Antarctica had much less sea ice during the last interglacial

A paper published today in Climate of the Past finds Antarctic sea ice extent was much less than the present during the last interglacial period ~120,000 years ago. According to the authors, "During the last interglacial, the [sea ice proxy at 2 sites in Antarctica] are only half of the Holocene levels, in line with higher temperatures during that period, indicating much reduced sea ice extent in the Atlantic as well as the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean."

Thanks To Congress, 2014 Will Bring Uncertainty For The Wind Industry | ThinkProgress

the one-year extension of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) will expire on January 1, 2014.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: California planning to run on battery power due to unreliable wind & solar energy

Thus, in total, new renewable sources and the battery capacity necessary to provide reliable electricity may cost $10 billion by 2020, representing about a 66% increase in electricity rates.

1986 : Leading Experts – 6 Degrees Warming By 2010, Eight Degrees By 2030, With 4.5 Feet Of Sea Level Rise | Real Science