C3: Aw, Shucks! Peer-Review of Oysters Finds NY Warmer During Roman & Medieval Periods

Peer reviewed research of oyster remains in Hudson River estuary continues to add to the overwhelming evidence that Roman and Medieval warmings exceeded modern temperatures.

The Catlin Arctic Survey 2010

[To me, this doesn't look like thin first-year ice]

[We're saved!]: The Johns Hopkins Hospital Launches Meatless Monday

Meatless Monday also is intended to raise awareness of the environmental and public health impact of industrial meat production linked to water use, climate change and pollution.

Sick climate: wounds of Copenhagen still fester | COSMOS magazine

Climate talks in Copenhagen were redeemed only by last minute Copenhagen Accord. But even that has an uncertain future after another disastrous U.N. climate change conference in Bonn, Germany.
...three days of talks in Bonn, Germany, under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at times resembled the movie Groundhog Day, where a grumpy sceptic is doomed to live the same events over and over again.
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"There is still momentum in the U.N. process, but it is fragmenting," commented Annie Petsonk of the US green group, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

Never Mind Spring: Let it Snow! | Audubon Magazine Blog

All spring it's been snowing in California’s Sierra Nevada -- a steady onslaught of storms dumping foot upon foot of fresh powder on the peaks.
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Climate scientists predict the Sierra snowpack will decline by as much as 40 percent by 2050, and by up to 90 percent by the end of the century.