Claim: We should Print 100s of Billions of Dollars to Finance UN Climate Action

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Michael Metcalfe, a senior merchant banker who gave a TED Talk in 2014 campaigning for money to be printed on a vast scale, to fund…

Tracking climate change? Use the daily highs

Above, examples from Las Vegas illustrate the issue, but aren’t part of the original paper. Source: NWS WSFO, Las Vegas. NV. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (April 29, 2016) — Scientists using long-term…

Weird: Scientists discover oral sexual encounters in spiders

Normally, I would not carry a science story like this, but it is just so weird, it seemed worth noting. Those with arachnophobia need not read this. Matjaz Gregoric, a…

Bill Nye invokes the ‘Streisand Effect’ to promote ‘Climate Hustle’ Film

It looks like Bill Nye has just given Marc Morano’s film “Climate Hustle” a huge boost by bringing the Streisand Effect into full force. Dennis Kuzara writes: It looks like…

Friday Funny – Farmer answers Greenpeace fracking protesters with manure sprayer

This farmer decided to fight B.S. with B.S., literally. Josh writes: Emma Thompson is in the news again with her mobile bake off protest against fracking in Lancashire. The actress…

Not just extreme weather anymore, 'extreme climate events' enter the lexicon

Amazon rainforest responds quickly to extreme climate events STANFORD’S SCHOOL OF EARTH, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES A new study examining carbon exchange in the Amazon rainforest following extremely hot and…