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From Yahoo/AFP:

Climate science alarming, irrefutable: Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the evidence for climate change was beyond dispute but it was not too late for international action to prevent its worst impacts.

"The science is clear. It is irrefutable and it is alarming," Kerry told a climate conference in Majuro in the Marshall Islands in a video address from Washington.

"If we continue down our current path, the impacts of climate change will only get worse."

Kerry said without strong, immediate action, the world would experience threats to critical infrastructure, regional stability, public health, economic vitality, and the long-term viability of some states.

You mean like this? From FOX News:

Week of severe Andean snowstorms kills at least 6 humans, 30,000 animals in Peru and Bolivia
Officials say freezing temperatures and snow in the high plains of Peru and Bolivia have claimed at least six human lives in the past week and killed more than 30,000 domestic animals including sheep, llamas and alpacas.

Peru declared a state of emergency through Sept. 20 for its southern mountains, where most of the animal deaths occurred.

The cold snap has affected about 80,000 mostly poor highlanders who depend completely on their livestock and crops, which also have been damaged.

More at the site including this stunner:

Meteorologist Nelson Quispe said Sunday that the abnormal weather included the first snowfall in Chile's Atacama desert in 30 years.

The Atacama desert is one of the driest places on the planet. It is also home (because of the dryness) to several observatories including the Paranal: Someone in Kerry's staff needs to see the 50 to 1 movie and educate Lurch on the realities... Posted by DaveH at September 2, 2013 11:40 AM