More Details On The Joe Romm Greenland Meltdown | Real Science

Joe says that it is almost 80 degrees in Greenland, and that when the ice sheet melts down sea level will rise by several metres.

There is one official weather station on the ice sheet, and it has not gotten above freezing during the past month. The forecast for tonight is -23C.

Karl Rove Says Extending Key Wind Tax Credit 'Should Be A Priority' | ThinkProgress

GOP political strategist Karl Rove has added his voice to the list of prominent conservatives who support tax credits for the wind industry. Speaking at a conference sponsored by the American Wind Energy Association today, Rove called on Congress to extend the expiring production tax credit, according to Businessweek:

“We’ve got a growing economy that’s increasing energy consumption and wind energy should be part of the solution,” Rove said today on a panel at a wind conference in Atlanta. Extending the so-called production tax credit “should be a priority.”

Climate Change Dispatch - Curbside Recycling Fails at Being "Green"

This article was originally entitled "Curbside Recycling Is Not Important" and was written by a sixth grader as a class project — it's worth reading.

All of you may have read or heard that polar bear populations are plummeting because of global warming. You may have even seen a video that claims to show a polar bear dying from global warming. But according to the U.S. government and top polar bear scientists, this is not true. In fact, according to, “a 2002 U.S. Geological Survey of wildlife in the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain … polar bear populations ‘may now be near historic highs.’”

Climate Change Dispatch - Warm May 2012 not evidence of global warming, says UAH climatologist

But UAHuntsville and state climatologist Dr. John Christy cautions this does not necessarily mean northern hemisphere landmasses will become overheated deserts anytime soon. The noted atmospheric scientist says data collected over the past 130 years, as well as satellite data, show a pattern not quite consistent with popular views on global warming.