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Sobering record: for 1st time in 15 yrs of U.S. Drought Monitor, all Calif. is in moderate or worse drought http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu

The holiday weekend with the ECM. Okay but not that warm.

Wave goodbye to the stadium wave - global warming still caused by humans A new study refutes the hypothesis of a pattern in climate changes much like a stadium wave http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/apr/24/global-warming-human-caused-not-stadium-wave?CMP=twt_gu

I take it then you are disputing this fact? Your reasons for so doing are of interest. And this Previous rapid thinning of Pine Island Glacier sheds light on future Antarctic ice loss http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=2514

Still looking at warm anomalies.

The upper end of climate model temperature projections is inconsistent with past warming http://m.iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/1/014024/pdf/1748-9326_8_1_014024.pdf

This has to be a worry. Is this "collapse"? Sustained increase in ice discharge from the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, from 1973 to 2013 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013GL059069/abstract

We are all used to seeing deniers trotting out the ridiculous mantra that all the world's climate scientists and associated interests groups are being financed by some unnamed power brokers, probably the Jews, as that's normally the default position, to conspire to hoodwink the world. Well we all know who finances the disinformation. Carter slams Koch brothers for funding climate denial

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Cold spell?

And here is the weather, in Tottenham. In 1815. January Northerly, sometimes Westerly, Frost ... http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/beautiful-science/large156636.html …

Yes GW and I was thinking in many ways the sudden reduction in stratospheric ozone and the advent of the satellite era was a little unfortunate. Just been reading a paper: Stratospheric Polar Vortices Darryn W. Waugh Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Lorenzo M. Polvani Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesColumbia University, New York, New York, USA

Climate skeptics confuse time and space

Certainly looking at getting some colder air at the end of next week with high pressure to the north with associated ridge over the UK.

Interesting video. TV3′s The Nation: Antarctica and public understanding of climate changehttp://hot-topic.co.nz/tv3s-the-nation-antarctica-and-public-understanding-of-climate-change/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+co%2FRbRF+%28Hot+Topic%29

Clear sky. Temp 7C Wind SE light Pressure 1018hPa falling https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/5338173E681070466964411252736_2c966a2bbe6.0.1.10335159796203683014.mp4?versionId=ld7T7R_D4jS3EsZ4K4M6IQwAH3a.p3kS

A quick look at the GFS ens for !8z en passant

Michael Mann on Climate Change and Denialism Iinterview with Michael Mann on The Lang and O’Leary Exchange, CBC, on climate change, faux pause, denialism, policy, and politics.

And the SOI http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/#tabs=SOI

Well as they use to say at work, "belay that last pipe".

Taking this weekend as a write off some attention to the following week and that weekend. Regarding the upper air at the moment the GFS has cold air dominating the eastern Atlantic and UK giving still unsettled conditions. A glimmer of change by Saturday with a ridge building and warmer air becoming the predominate feature. ECM going for unsettled in mid week but with the cold upper east air moving also has a build up of heights over the UK but will it stay like this?

Also, here's today's CFSv2 forecast of Arctic sea ice extent around the Sept minimum. Very low. #science #sadface pic.twitter.com/vL5UfBrQk6

Oil Spill Clean Up in U.S. Arctic Waters Requires Increased Infrastructure to Use Full Range of Response Methods WASHINGTON – A changing climate is increasing the accessibility of U.S. Arctic waters to commercial activities such as shipping, oil and gas development, and tourism, raising concern about the risk of oil spills. A new report from the National Research Council says that a full suite of proven oil response tools is needed to address potential oil spills in U.S. Arctic waters, but not all of them are readily available. While much is known about both oil behavior and response technologies in ice-covered environments, there are areas where additional research would enable more informed decisions about the most effective response strategies for different Arctic spill situations, the report adds. http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=18625

Every picture tells a story. PHOTO first arctic oil on its way to europe http://greenpeace.org/first-arctic-o … #SaveTheArctic @gp_sunrise pic.twitter.com/JzWjlUttPB

One billion-dollar weather-related disaster hit the Earth during March 2014: Southeastern Brazil's worst drought in 50 years, which has cost at least $4.3 billion so far this year, according to the March 2014 Catastrophe Report from insurance broker Aon Benfield. This is the third most expensive natural disaster in Brazil's history, and the second consecutive year of disastrous drought in the country. Drought in Northeast Brazil during the first five months of 2013 caused an estimated $8 billion in damage--Brazil's second most expensive natural disaster in recorded history. According to the international disaster database EM-DAT, Brazil's costliest natural disaster was the drought of 1978 ($2.3 billion in 1978 dollars, or $8.3 billion 2014 dollars.)