Climate deniers look out, see catastrophic storms, attack Al Gore | Grist

The monster Groundhog Day blizzard stretching from New Mexico to Maine "paralyzed the nation's heartland with ice and snow, shuttering airports and schools and leaving normally bustling downtowns deserted."

Costs of inaction: the price of ice | Grist

Climate change, the crisis many hoped we could ignore for decades, is here. Ice and snow that covered the vast frozen northland for 800,000 years is disappearing rapidly. As countless square miles of the Arctic turn from reflective white to heat-absorbing dark, the result is an acceleration of global warming. And this is not just a problem for polar bears. The Arctic acts as the air conditioner for the entire planet. And it is starting to break down.
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The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. As a result, every summer, more and more Arctic Sea ice is lost.

Climate skeptics unpersuaded by extra-warm 2010 | Agricultural Commodities | Reuters

It's been a rough year or so for scientists and others who say that data shows human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels, accelerate the climate-warming greenhouse effect.

Record low temperatures at Tucson Gem Show - National Jewelry | Examiner.com

Tucson was colder than parts of a witch’s anatomy and the coldest weather I’ve experienced there ever. It was for the natives as well. This past week, Tucson had historic temperature lows: That means the lowest temperature for Tucson on record!