Category Archives: Alarmism

An Open Letter to Dr. Linda Gundersen

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Dear Dr. Gundersen; I see that due to the highly theatrical auto-defenestration of your predecessor, Dr. Peter Gleick, you are now the Chair of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Task Force on Scientific Integrity. I’m … Continue reading →

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Flanders fearful flooded fields

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

From the University of British Columbia,  David Flanders is trying to scare Canadians over sea level rise. Only one problem, the math doesn’t work. Preparing for the flood: Visualizations help communities plan for sea-level rise Researchers at the University of … Continue reading →

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AAAS – “science is not enough”

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

Doug Jones writes in with this: WUWT readers may be interested to see what the AAAS is doing with members’ funding. I’m amused that they baldly admit that they want to “influence public perceptions and debate when the science supporting … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – “The Noble Savage”

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Dr. David Deming has an interesting essay on the logical flaws in modern environmentalism that are rooted in a meme known as “The Noble Savage”. Excerpt (with my bolded quote) below:

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The Gore Effect kicks in, plus ça change …

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach … plus ça same old stuff. Thank goodness somethings never change. For example, the “Gore Effect”, which says that wherever His Nobelity Albert Gore III might hold a Climastravaganza to remind the world of the … Continue reading →

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Terrifying new book about climate change

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Normally I don’t go for anonymous guest posters, but this one is from the famous “zombie” of zombietime.com whose identity remains hidden so that he/she may continue to record the anarchy and socially bereft behavior that permeates the McKibbenesque protestor … Continue reading →

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Cites and Signs of the times

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve been involved in climate science for a while now, this is not my first rodeo. And I’ve read so many pseudo-scientific studies that I’m starting to develop a list of signs that indicate when … Continue reading →

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Sir Richard Branson goes full on stupid in Antarctica

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

The stupid, it burns. OTOH, he’s with Gore and Hansen and there’s press with him, so maybe he’s just being sociable . Get a load of this from Richard Branson’s blog, CO2 can apparently contradict solar forcing due to the … Continue reading →

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Climate change a ‘fundamental’ health risk, expert warns – “[act now] if we are going to maintain this planet as a liveable habitat for humans.”

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

Climate Change Scare continues down-under. Story submitted by Tarun Singh I thought it might be worthwhile to highlight another alarmist propaganda being peddled for science. The below excerpts are from a news item warning on “climate change” http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/climate-change-a-fundamental-health-risk/story-fn7x8me2-1226257929702 A LEADING … Continue reading →

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The Simon-Erlich Wager at Seven Billion People

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton Back in 1980, the great libertarian economist, Julian Simon, and the prepetually wrong Malthusian biologist, Paul Erlich, entered into a little wager regarding population growth and resource scarcity. They decided on using the inflation-adjusted prices … Continue reading →

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Monday Mirthiness – dollars and sense

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Josh weighs in on this story, writing: What is it with the new measuring climate in terms of money? Just bizarre. As Carl Sagan* might say, “billions and billions”.

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Forecastthefacts.org – Political Activists Gagging Our TV Meteorologists on Climate Issues

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

UPDATE: 1/23/12 11AMPST Exposed – Forecastthefacts.org is a George Soros funded activist website. See details below. By Michael A. Lewis, PhD. and Anthony Watts Some one or some organization is attempting to influence the upcoming annual meeting of the American Meteorological … Continue reading →

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Told ya so: Al Gore + Kilimanjaro = alarmist hype

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

I’ve said many times that the claims of receding glaciers on Mt. Kilimanjaro by Al Gore in his movie “An Inconvenient Truth, and by extension, the claims of Dr. Lonnie Thompson  are nothing more than alarmist hype. The cause, deforestation … Continue reading →

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NOAA and “climate disasters” – made up words?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

I got a chuckle out of this new buzzword that NOAA has created in this press release: “climate disasters”. Personally, I think they’ve been caught up the disaster hype. Why? Well, because the term is undefined. It isn’t even in … Continue reading →

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The Portland State University study of shrinking Mt. Adams glaciers—a good example of bad science.

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

By Don J. Easterbrook, Dept. of Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA The recent Portland State University study of glaciers on Mt. Adams by is a good example of bad science, i.e., how a dogmatic bias and selectively leaving out … Continue reading →

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Dallas earthquake not caused by fracking… And neither was the Ohio quake.

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton Wow! I woke up Friday morning to news that a 2.0 Md earthquake struck about a mile and a half from my office. I was sleeping at home, about 7 miles from the epicenter, and … Continue reading →

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Oh noes! Doomsday clock 1 minute closer to midnight thanks to global warming, other concerns

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, where worry about climate change gets equal time alongside their original mission; nuclear holocaust, apparently they haven’t noticed that the Fukashima incident is over and no lives were lost and that there been … Continue reading →

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Looks like “global warming” is off the hook for honeybee deaths

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Back in 2007, Wired Magazine mused: It’s only slightly less ridiculous than the other bee killing theory that year – cell phones. I published a story about the loony idea that was proposed by some researcher in Europe about “cell … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists issues 2011 FUD report

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Via SAGE Publications The nuclear, biological and climate threat – 2011 reviewed In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in … Continue reading →

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Media 101 – How to jump a shark

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

UPDATE: 1/5/12 5:30AM – Due to reader pressure, the article has been changed – see below the Continue reading line. The story about the hybrid sharks being a byproduct of climate change turns out to be an act of quote … Continue reading →

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Australian hybrid fish story – Media jumps the shark

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Pretty much everyone who has seen this today shakes their head and wonders. I’m wondering too. First, the story which is being serially regurgitated without any thought in media outlets world wide: Please  read this excepted text from the story … Continue reading →

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I’ve been Lenfesteyed

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Sometimes you just have to laugh. This is one of those times. I’ve been put in my place by an “urban coyote poet” for daring to publish on this blog. Elmer (of M4GW, not M4CC), Chris Monckton, and I , … Continue reading →

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A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature”

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” Often in the climate debate, generalities are used to address more nuanced issues, e.g. “There is broad scientific consensus that Earth’s climate is warming rapidly and at an accelerating rate.” from the Wikipedia for … Continue reading →

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Be careful today and tonight, billions may die

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

UPDATE: January 1st, 2012 – still here, no reports of mass deaths at the last minute. – Anthony Global warming may go on a last minute rampage. Maybe best to just stay at home and lock your doors, bar your … Continue reading →

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NRDC’s ridiculous weather IS climate “sound the general alarm” map

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

People send me stuff. Today it is this web page from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), another official sounding NGO modeled in the WWF funding style of wail n’ beg. The first thought that went through my head when … Continue reading →

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