Sunday, March 31, 2013

Britons [allegedly] want government to tackle climate change and grow economy
Only 19% felt that the government should prioritise investing money into preventing climate change.
Late frost damages some Mississippi blueberry crops
Farmers say once a frost kills off blueberry blooms, there’s really not time to recover for the current season.

“If I could get ahold of that little Punxsutawney Phil, I’d like to choke him,” Dunn said of the famous Pennsylvania groundhog.
Cherry Blossoms in the nation’s capital: How has the weather affected their blooming dates?
as Jason Samenow pointed out last year, there were three other much earlier years (1921, 1927 and 1945) when peak blooms matched last year’s very early date of March 20. Of those, March 1921 was quite mild (55.5 degrees, or 8.7 degrees above the current normal) and March 1945 was even milder (56.2 degrees, or 9.4 degrees above normal.) But surprisingly, March 1927, which averaged 47.6 degrees, or less than one degree above normal, also saw a March 20th peak blooming date. Go figure!
Environmental groups pressure U.N. body for carbon aviation deal | Reuters
(Reuters) - Environmental groups have urged the United States to back a global deal to curb carbon emissions produced by planes, noting that global aviation emits more of the greenhouse gas than all but six of the world's nations.

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