Twitter / David Roberts: There are sheets of snow...

There are sheets of snow blowing sideways past my window in Seattle. We've got a couple of feet on the ground already. #snomageddon!

BBC - Earth News - Fish shrink during harsh winters

Fish can shrink during particularly harsh winters, according to researchers.

The scientists, based in Norway and Finland, discovered that juvenile brown trout reduced in length by as much as 1cm - a shrinkage of approximately 10%.

Radiohead fans: Thom Yorke needs you ... to form a human sculpture of King Canute | Music | guardian.co.uk

Thom Yorke wants your help to recreate an 11th-century Viking monarch. The Radiohead frontman is recruiting 2,000 people to join him in Brighton this weekend, where he hopes to construct a "human sculpture" of King Canute. The gargantuan art installation is part of an awareness campaign by climate-change organisation 350.org.
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If you'd like to join Yorke for this living artwork, you can register on the event's website. And bring warm clothes.

Climate change scepticism is about more than just science | Adam Corner | Environment | guardian.co.uk

climate change scepticism is only superficially about science.

The basic question of human impact on the climate is no longer seriously debated in the scientific literature. Science being science, there will always be uncertainties. But if the credibility of a scientific conclusion can be judged from the weight of evidence that supports it, then climate change is a fact.