The Week That Was: Floods, Steroids & Hollywood Stars

Our Week That Was at Climate Central. It’s all here for you, the best of the best in a week that featured floods, but not snow, the climate on steroids and a few Hollywood stars.

The Week That Was: Hockey, Tornadoes and Furry Critters

We know you’ve been busy this week. Maybe you’re a political hound and were hanging on every chad in the Florida GOP primary (if you were DVR-ing, spoiler alert: Mitt Romney won big). Or perhaps business is your bag and you’re trying to scare up some loose change to get a piece of Facebook’s upcoming IPO. Or maybe you’re a sports junkie and have been reveling in pre-Super Bowl hype.

Top Climate Scientist Arrested at White House

NASA’s chief climate scientist used to present his research inside the White House. But nobody took any notice. Now he stands outside in the cold, protesting the lack of action – and getting arrested for it.

A Graphical Tour Through the Climate of 2011

New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA show that for the 35th year in a row, the globe was warmer than average during 2011, and about the 10th-warmest year on record since 1880.

Five Minutes to Doomsday

The famous Doomsday Clock has just ticked closer to midnight. Two years ago, the symbolic clock that represents how close we are to global disaster, was moved back a minute to six minutes to midnight. This week, the scientists who maintain the clock, moved it forward again to five minutes to midnight.

Britain’s Prince Philip Blasts Wind Farms

When the managing director of a wind farm company introduced himself to Britain’s Prince Philip at a London reception, he got a blast of hot air back. “He said [wind farms] were absolutely useless, completely reliant on subsidies and an absolute disgrace,” said Esbjorn Wilmar of Infinergy.

Get Out Your Biggest Umbrella!

For anyone who still has their ostrich head buried in the snow, here’s yet another study saying that the climate is changing and even more wacky weather is on the way.

New Study Confirms Climate Change

A new study, funded and supervised in part by climate skeptics, confirms what most scientists have been concluding for a long time: the planet is heating up.

David Attenborough Finds ‘Comfort’ in Nature

Sir David Attenborough, whose TV programs about animals and nature are still the gold standard, says that he finds deep comfort in being absorbed in the world of nature.

Climate Change and the Animals

Many of us want to protect the planet not only because of what climate change will do to us humans, but because of the terrible suffering it’s inflicting on all the other animals.

Twenty-Four Hours of Reality

The disaster that is climate change knows no party lines. September 14-15, the Climate Reality Project is broadcasting “24 Hours of Reality” on its website.

Rick Perry Compares Self to Galileo

One good thing about presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry is that, unlike Michelle Bachman, he doesn’t later back down from the bizarre remarks he makes.

Al Gore: ‘Treat Climate Deniers like Racists’

Al Gore says it’s time to stop pussyfooting around people who want us to believe that the climate isn’t changing and that humans aren’t causing global warming.

Yet Another Billion-Dollar Climate Disaster

So far this year, there have been 10 billion-dollar disasters – more than in any previous year in U.S. history. Hurricane Irene could top the charts.

Perry: No Man-Made Global Warming

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who just threw his hat in the ring as a GOP presidential candidate, told voters he does not believe in man-made global warming.

Climate Change Deniers Mostly Conservative White Males

Do you insist climate change is a hoax? Think it’s not being driven by human activity? If so, you’re likely to be a conservative white male.

Hot as Hell

Temperatures in more than 16 states were expected to climb over 110 degrees today, and with little relief in sight. The National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings.

Too Hot? Get Used to It!

Too hot? Too cold? Get used to it: this is what climate change is all about. The facts are now indisputable: The Earth is warming up, and we are largely responsible.

Dancing the Night Away

Casey Anthony, who danced the night away while her child lay dead, probably in the back of her own car, has managed to rivet the attention of millions of us. How, we wonder, could anyone behave like that?