Solar flare danger – massive sunspot the size of Jupiter takes aim at Earth

The potential for a massive solar flare directed at Earth is looming large. An SDO/HMI view of the visible sun showing the largest sunspot of solar cycle 24, AR12192. Image…

Claim: Recently discovered Arctic microbe is key player in climate change

From the University of Arizona As permafrost soils thaw under the influence of global warming, communities of soil microbes act as potent amplifiers of global climate change, an international study…

Where Was Climate Research Before Computer Models?

Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball I think, Essex and McKitrick’s Chapter, Climate Theory Versus Models and Metaphors, in their book Taken By Storm, is a very good analysis of…

What would Thucydides do? How to create negative atmospheric pressure in the Ebola hot-zone

While not our usual fare, I provide this guest essay for discussion without comment, as it is concerned with an issue of great interest and impact to millions of people…

Quicky Mid-October 2014 El Niño Update

Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This is a quick update on the status of the sea surface temperatures of the equatorial Pacific, along with a brief discussion of the recent…

Study: Changing winds cause melting of coastal Antarctic glaciers

From the AGU: Anthropogenically induced changes in winds in the Southern Hemisphere are playing a key role in recent warming of subsurface waters around Antarctica, according to a new study…

Splattergate II: Machine Gun Shopping Mall massacre promoted as an expression of Green Conscience

Eric Worrall writes: James Delingpole has today written about the latest PR disaster from deep greens trying to pretend they are normal people – an award winning graphic novel which…