NASA scientist allays fear on end of world

CHENNAI: Doomsayers predicting an impending apocalypse may go to hell. There is no scientific proof of the universe coming to an end, NASA scientist and Nobel prize winner for Physics Dr John C Mather clarified on Tuesday.
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However, he blamed “human causes” for global warming when a student wanted to know if cosmic radiation led to global warming.

Britain braces up for prolonged severe wintry spell

Steven Davenport, a senior MeteoGroup meteorologist, warned: "Should conditions continue in a similar vein then by March we might just be looking back at one of the coldest winters of the last 100 years."

David Suzuki: Imagine a brighter 21st century [strangely, he mentions climate change only in passing, near the end of this piece]

Obviously, reducing poverty, conflict, and human-rights abuses is paramount. Environmental problems exacerbate those issues and so must also be dealt with.

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It appears that, with the present economic climate, even global warming is no longer at work

December Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Anomalies « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

Phil Klotzbach has alerted us to the current Northern Hemisphere snow cover as monitored by Rutgers University. The December value was in the top three Decembers during this period of record.