From NHC: DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK —————————— At 500 PM AST (2100 UTC), the center of Hurricane Irma was located near latitude 18.8 North, longitude 39.1 West. Irma is moving toward the…
Day: September 1, 2017
NASA scientists seek to improve sea ice predictions
From the NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is in a downward spiral, with summer minimum extents about 40 percent smaller than in the 1980s. But…
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies asks ridiculous question: 'Can corals survive climate change?'
And the answer is, Yes. In fact, they’ve already survived millions of years of climate change. Age of corals since they first appeared on Earth: Corals are 500 million years old,…
Death of a Climate Icon – the polar bear’s demise as a useful poster child
By Dr. Susan Crockford Last week I asked: “What’s causing the death of the polar bear as a climate change icon?” I was echoing the conclusion of a commentator at the…
LA Times: "What would it take to persuade you to buy an electric car?"
Guest post by David Middleton Even with up to $10,000 in federal and state incentives, only 4% of car buyers in California chose electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles last year.…
Record-low 2016 Antarctic sea ice was due to a 'perfect storm' of tropical, polar conditions – not 'climate change'
While winter sea ice in the Arctic is declining so dramatically that ships can now navigate those waters without any icebreaker escort, the scene in the Southern Hemisphere is very…
Yet another renewable energy boondoggle
Guest essay by Paul Driessen Foreword: Wilkinson Solar wants to catch the solar wave, and make bundles of money sending electricity to the grid whenever it’s generated, even if it’s…
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