The volcanic area near Bárðarbunga is erupting

A fissure eruption has started north of Dynjujökull, seen in the photo. A live YouTube stream is available below Authorities in Iceland say the fissure is ~10 km north of Vatnajökull…

Claim: Climate change puts endangered Devils Hole pupfish at risk of extinction

From the University of Nevada, Reno | A claim that more likely has to do with natural drought cycles, fresh water influx,  and the PDO than it does with the…

Quote of the week – reality is in the eye of the beholder

One of the biggest issues facing climate science today is the divergence of reality (observations) from the model output. The draft image from IPCC AR5 (seen below) clearly illustrates this…

Global warming pioneer calls for CO2 to be taken from atmosphere and stored underground

From the European Association of Geochemistry  | Wally Broeker, the first person to alert the world to Global Warming, has called for atmospheric CO2 to be captured and stored underground.…

A Note on the 50-50 Attribution Argument between Judith Curry and Gavin Schmidt

Guest essay by Bob Tisdale | Judith Curry and Gavin Schmidt are arguing once again about how much of the global warming we’ve experienced since 1950 is attributable to human-induced…

Study: Southwest may face ‘megadrought’ this century

From Cornell University by Melissa Osgood | Due to global warming, scientists say, the chances of the southwestern United States experiencing a decade long drought is at least 50 percent,…

Bastardi: warm water brings potential for East Pacific hurricanes

Joe Bastardi writes: Joe D’Aleo and I have noted that one of the analogs showing up is 1976 with the type of ENSO coming on. In fact, with Tom Downs…

Paper: Long 'pauses' in warming will soon be 'a thing of the past'

Eric Worrall writes: The Sydney Morning Herald has a hilarious article claiming that one day, long embarrassing pauses in the global temperature record will be a ‘thing of the past’.…

Green Journalism; Mainstream Media Creating Climate Stories

Guest opinion by Dr Tim Ball | Creating the News: On August 4 2014, an article in The Guardian claimed, “World’s Top PR Companies Rule Out Working With Climate Deniers”.…