Category Archives: Climate News

SkepticalScience Now Argues Against Foster & Rahmsorf (2011)

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

SkepticalScience recently produced a YouTube video which claimed to show that the rate of global warming has not slowed in recent years. See their post here, which states: This replicates the result of a study by Foster and Rahmstorf (2011) … Continue reading →

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Global Warming Policy Foundation Invites Royal Society Fellows For Climate Change Discussion

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

London, 22 May: In response to a suggestion by Sir Paul Nurse, the President of the Royal Society, the Global Warming Policy Foundation has invited five climate scientists and Fellows of the Royal Society to discuss the current state of … Continue reading →

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Are regional models ready for prime time?

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

Guest post by Marcel Crok A few months ago we  made the launch of the international discussion platform . This week we start the third dialogue about the (added) value of regional climate models. We have three excellent participants joining … Continue reading →

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Tropical lizards safe from climate change forced extinction

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Some good news from Dartmouth College Climate change may have little impact on tropical lizards Dartmouth study contradicts predictions of widespread extinction A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical … Continue reading →

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In retrospect, we ‘predicted’ global warming would slow

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

Reader Markx writes: The title says it all here: “…Retrospective prediction…” indeed. How could a researcher keep a straight face and write such a title? (Maybe a subversive element at work?) Retrospective prediction of the global warming slowdown in the … Continue reading →

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The 400 PPM FUD Factory: T-shirts now available

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

Steve Milloy at JunkScience points out what is above the fold in the NYT today – FUD Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt Here’s his scan of the front page at right: Readers may recall my post What 400 ppm of CO2 in … Continue reading →

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A step in the right direction? Major shift in the UK’s government attitude to climate change

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

Story submitted by D.McNeil I’d like to bring some points to the attention of your readers that were raised in an article in the Independent published on 11th May 2013  It would appear to indicate a major shift in the … Continue reading →

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The Way Back

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Guest essay by Dr. Vincent Gray, Wellington, NZ For over 30 years the world has been saturated with the environmental fallacy. It has taken over the media; newspapers, radio, TV; the education system;, the schools, the universities. It has led … Continue reading →

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Would you, could you, shoot a goat in the Name of Climate Change?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

By Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times. O’Hare airport will finally get its goats. The Department of Aviation of the City of Chicago has awarded a contract to a private firm to provide 25 goats to munch vegetation … Continue reading →

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Note to weepy Bill McKibben – blocking Keystone XL gets you about 0.00001°C/yr.

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Keystone XL Pipeline: Examination of Scientific and Environmental Issues By Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger May 7, 2013 Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Subcommittee on the Environment I am Paul … Continue reading →

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Newsbytes: Climate Sceptics Win Rocks Britain’s Political Landscape

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

From the GWPF and Dr. Benny Peiser Green Lobby Concerned The UK Independence Party has overtaken the Liberal Democrats as the third party of British politics, Nigel Farage declared today as he made major gains in local elections. As senior … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy of Climatism: Resource Misuse on a Global Scale

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

By Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times. Last week, thirteen members of the House of Representatives introduced a resolution “recognizing the disparate impact of climate change on women.” The resolution implied that man-made climate change was responsible for … Continue reading →

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Another negative climate feedback: more CO2 = more plants = more aerosols = cooling

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Recall a couple of days ago that I posted on the aerosols released by trees: Those dirty trees: why hasn’t the EPA called for trees to be regulated? Now, from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis  comes a cause-effect … Continue reading →

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Lysenkoism and Global Warming Theory

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

From Forbes: The Disgraceful Episode Of Lysenkoism Brings Us Global Warming Theory Trofim Lysenko became the Director of the Soviet Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences in the 1930s under Josef Stalin.  He was an advocate of the theory that … Continue reading →

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The beginning of the end

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Guest post by Dr. Vincent Gray NZCLIMATE TRUTH NEWSLETTER NO 308 APRIL 25th 2013 I have been neglecting you. Things have quieted down. I am 91 and it is high time I retired, like my friend Will Alexander in South … Continue reading →

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More on the recent Pages2K paper

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

“In Europe, for example, the average temperature between AD 21 and 80 was warmer than during AD 1971-2000.” From Northern Arizona University Regional insights set latest study of climate history apart As climate studies saturate scientific journals and mainstream media, … Continue reading →

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The Unraveling of Global Warming is Accelerating

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Uh oh, somebody in Germany in a position to influence others in the Green movement has started thinking for himself, shrugging off suggestions from a climate scientist that “its all in his head”. Pierre Gosselin reports about a story by … Continue reading →

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The MSM finally notices ‘the pause’

Posted on April 16, 2013 by
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Don Easterbrook’s response to a smear by WWU geology faculty

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

Readers may recall that WUWT published  this defense of Dr. Don Easterbrook last week: Rebuttal to the attack on Dr. Don Easterbrook by Dr. David Deming I enjoyed this passage from Dr. Deming: Among the gems in the endless litany … Continue reading →

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Better living through chemistry climate science?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

The American Chemical Society decides to put themselves into the climate communications business. From their press release: Understanding climate science: A scientist’s responsibility to communicate with the public NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2013 — With global climate change and the … Continue reading →

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