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2013 Apr - The Leading Edge
Once more into the breach dear friends, once more...: Global Warming Stopped!?; In a related story..., ; Meet the new crew...; Another congressional round of testimony?
2013 Mar - The Leading Edge
2012 Significant Climate Anomalies and Events; Chief of US Pacific Forces Calls Climate Biggest Worry; Retired NASA Scientists Misunderstanding Climate; 2012 Billion Dollar Disasters in the US
2013 Jan - The Leading Edge
NCDC Announces Warmest Year on Record for Contiguous U.S.; The Warm Globally, Freeze Locally Effect
2012 December - The Leading Edge
December saw the annual gathering of the Fall Meeting of the American Geological Union in San Francisco; the release of Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds from the Director on National Intelligence office of the United States of America.
2012 July - The Leading Edge
It's Summer, It's Hot; Anomalies and Trends; Farmers are beginning to realize that it's too late to prevent Climate Change
2012 Mar - The Leading Edge
Top Ten Global Weather/Climate Events for 2011; State of the Climate Report; Global Precipitation
2012 Jan - The Leading Edge
National Climate Data Center Billion Dollar Weather/Climate Disasters; Climate change skepticism seeps into science classrooms
2011 November - The Leading Edge
Rush Limbaugh – "It's a Hoax"; World's most-populous country to phase out energy-inefficient bulbs; National Climate Data Center - September Report; Billion Dollar Weather/Climate Disasters; Richard Somerville ABC Interview
2011 October - The Leading Edge
NASA Satellites Detect Pothole on Road to Higher Seas; Summer 2011: Arctic sea ice near record lows, Conditions in context, September 2011 compared to past years, Atmospheric conditions, Sea surface temperatures, Ice remains younger/thinner; The cost of 'wait & see'; Skeptic Richard Muller Funded in part of Koch Brothers finds Global Warming is Real; The Judith Curry Mistake
2011 July - The Leading Edge
Global Highlights indicate continued anomalous warming over Russia; Revisiting historical ocean surface temperatures; Russian Temperature Anomaly; Is Sea-Level Rise Accelerating?; North Pole Cam 1 & 2; Arctic Sea Ice Extent Averaging Below 2007 Anomaly; Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change; UN Security Council Addresses Considers Global Security and Climate Change; New study details glacier ice loss following ice shelf collapse; Climate Change To Spawn More Wildfires; Gingrich Says 2006 Climate Change Ad He Starred In Was 'Misconstrued'
2011 June - The Leading Edge
Dengue Fever Creeps Back Into the U.S. — and Climate Change Isn't Helping; Climate Scientists in Australia Moved to Secure Facility; Rick Santorum: Man-made climate change is liberal 'junk science,' in sharp contrast to Mitt Romney; Australian climate scientists receive death threats; Stanford University study indicates 'Permanently Hotter Summers' if no action is taken to address human caused climate change; What's to Blame for Wild Weather? "La Nada"; Wandering gray whale points to climate change; Wallace Encourages Fox Viewers To Remain Misinformed On Climate Change; Transparency Maldives launches Global Corruption Report on climate change; Australia academics blast UK lord over Hitler jibe; Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather Is a Product of Climate Change; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) AAAS Board: Attacks on Climate Researchers Inhibit Free Exchange of Scientific Ideas
