Uniformitarian Impact Craters, Part Deux: Carolina Bays Edition

Alternate title:  Carolina Bays are as antithetical to impact craters as any dents in the ground possibly could be. Guest essay by David Middleton Introduction In my previous essay, we…

Coral Before People: Hawaii Bans Popular Sunscreen Products

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Tourists beware – green zealots in the Hawaii legislature have just passed a bill which bans safe, effective sunscreen products. From January 2021, sunscreen products…

Ruling Brings Exxon Closer to Deposing Key Players Driving Climate Lawsuits

A state judge in Texas has left the door open for ExxonMobil to seek deposition testimony from many of the key players who are the driving force behind climate change…

AGU Responds to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt–battles ‘publicly available’ data requirement

From the “this is going to quash our grant money gravy train” department. I never thought I’d see the day where science argues against open data requirements. From an AGU…

'Climate models predict' – women, minorities, and children hit hardest, film at 11.

From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER and the “opportunity to raise attention to this issue” department comes this bit of drivel. Note the map. Temperature swings to hit poor countries hardest Temperature…

Claim: Woolly Mammoth Resurrection will Defuse the Climate Methane Bomb

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Vast hairy beasts tramping the Arctic Tundra will help save the world. Scientists Hope Mammoth ‘De-extinction’ Will Save Earth Kashmira Gander 1 day ago ……

Climate Change, due to Solar Variability or Greenhouse Gases? Part B.

By Andy May In a previous post, Part A here, we discussed the role of oceans, the Earth’s orbit, and human greenhouse gas emissions on climate change. In this post…

New paper from Judith Lean estimates Solar Irradiance Since 850 CE

Estimating Solar Irradiance Since 850 CE J. L. Lean Abstract Solar total and spectral irradiance are estimated from 850 to 1610 by regressing cosmogenic irradiance indices against the National Oceanic…