Here in Sweden, they’re reporting that NASA says this has been the warmest decade ever, but that 2009 was also the coldest year ever. (”Climate change” replacing “global warming.”) They’re reporting it without qualification, and without reference to the well-known data manipulations.
They’re still stuck in last year, blowing off completely verified proof of fraud as just some side-issue stuff that seems to excite “skeptics.” It’s still “move along folks, nothing to see here.”
Cold killed record number of sea turtles
Volunteers, state biologists and conservation groups across Florida mounted an unprecedented rescue effort to save most of the 5,000 endangered sea turtles found near death during this month's cold snap. Despite their successes, roughly 1,000 died, representing the biggest setback recorded for the endangered animals.
"It will still be larger -- more mortalities -- than any other single event we've documented," said Allen Foley, a state biologist with expertise in sea turtle strandings.
Farms lost hundreds of millions due to cold-weather damage
“The only other time that I have seen damage this widespread was after the ‘89 freeze,” he said. “There are places in Florida that were hit as badly as 1989.”
Florida’s Gov. Charlie Crist has asked for an emergency declaration for all counties in the state because the damage is so extensive to agriculture.
“It gives you a sense of the magnitude of the loss,” Putnam said.