Study Shows Record-High Increases For Atmospheric CO2 In 2013 – but there's still no warming

While CO2 has increased to “record” levels, the pause in global temperature continues. Via AP: Figures released Tuesday by a United Nations advisory body reveal that 2013 saw new recorded…

How 'scientific consensus' ended up with a bad reputation

At Arstechnica, they say: Fiction author Michael Crichton probably started the backlash against the idea of consensus in science. Crichton was rather notable for doubting the conclusions of climate scientists—he…

Great moments in forecasting – UK winter weather to be ' very mild, wet and stormy to extremely cold and snowy'

From the University of Sheffield: Winter is coming: British weather set to become more unsettled Britain hit by extremely unsettled winter weather Three all-time high and two all-time low NAO…

The Climate Science Zombie Apocalypse is coming

We’ve all heard of the “zombie apocalypse”, it gets all sorts of humorous opinions about it, t-shirts, websites, iPhone covers, even the CDC got in on the act. Now, with the…

WSJ: Matt Ridley Replies to Jeff Sachs and Bob Ward, cleans up their 'intellectual mess'

Matt Ridley Replies to His Climate-Change Critics Jeffrey Sachs blows a gasket, and our contributor cleans up the intellectual mess.Sept. 9, 2014 9:56 a.m. ET THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Editor’s…

All Great Lakes water level is at or above normal for first time in 14 years

Remember this alarmist whining from Joe Romm’s Climate Progress last year? How Climate Change Is Damaging The Great Lakes, With Implications For The Environment And The Economy Great Lakes Michigan…

edX: Explore Statistics with R – starts today

This arrived in my e-mail this morning: Welcome to the course. We have been waiting for this day. You are over 35000 now, and that’s honestly more than we had…

Are greenhouse gas emissions a reason to keep Africa starving?

Agricultural revolution in Africa could increase global carbon emissions WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Productivity-boosting agricultural innovations in Africa could lead to an increase in global deforestation rates and carbon emissions,…