Tag Archives: Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Chinese demonstrate that UHI has a real and essential effect on regional climate change

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Study finds that urbanization has considerable influence on the regional climate change, they even blame proximity to air-conditioning as a factor. Press release from Science China Press (full paper follows) Urbanization and surface warming in eastern China A recent study … Continue reading →

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Global Warming causing biblical plagues – like locusts

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

My first question when I read this headline was: With Passover Approaching, a Plague of Locusts Descends Upon Egypt “how long before somebody tries to blame this on global warming, today’s universal one-size-fits-all bogeyman?“ The answer is: 30 seconds, as … Continue reading →

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China’s big jet – not the passenger kind

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

From the Science China Press Is there gigantic jet event in middle latitude region in mainland China? When talking about lightning, appearances of different lightning which occur along with thunderstorms will emerge in the minds of the people and these … Continue reading →

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Global warming – more complex than we thought

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

From the University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST, more modeling mania for the future. New research shows complexity of global warming Greenhouse gases versus solar heating Global warming from greenhouse gases affects rainfall patterns in the world differently than that from … Continue reading →

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Modeling the Riddle of the Sun’s Explosive CME’s

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

DURHAM, N.H. — Four decades of active research and debate by the solar physics community have failed to bring consensus on what drives the sun’s powerful coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that can have profound “space weather” effects on Earth-based power … Continue reading →

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More solar linkages to climate variations

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

From Pierre Gosselin’s No Tricks Zone: Oases of the Chinese Taklamakan Desert Greened Up In Sync With Solar Millenial Cycles by Sebastian Lüning and Fritz Vahrenholt The Taklamakan Desert is the 2nd world’s largest sand desert after the Rub el-Khali … Continue reading →

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Rainfall has a greater impact than rising temperature on crop yields

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

From Wiley-Blackwell Is rainfall a greater threat to China’s agriculture than warming? Impact of climate change on China explored in new plant science virtual issue New research into the impact of climate change on Chinese cereal crops has found rainfall … Continue reading →

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Spencer’s posited 1-2% cloud cover variation found

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

In a nutshell, with a −1.6%per decade change in cloud cover during 1954–2005, it becomes a climate forcing. While China is not the world, it bears consideration. The Hockey Schtick reports: New paper finds significant, natural decrease in cloudiness over … Continue reading →

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China announces thorium reactor energy program, Obama still dwelling on “Sputnik moments”

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

President Obama in his recent SOTU address said that “this is our generation’s sputnik moment” referring to the need to use science and technology to develop cheaper clean energy (among other things). It seems the Chinese were listening because last … Continue reading →

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