“The shift from a Precambrian Earth state to the modern state can probably be attributed to major biological innovations – the radiation of sponges, radiolarians, diatoms and land plants.”
Global Man-made CO2 emissions 1965 – 2020: BP data
Although they hesitated for a moment as a result of COVID, it is clear that CO2 emissions are continuing to grow in the Developing World and they can expected to…
Greenland Votes to Suspend Oil and Uranium Exploration because Climate Change
The Greenland Government, which currently survives on handouts from Denmark, has voted not to encourage the development of local oil and mineral resources, because of climate change.
Friday Funny: Andrew Dessler’s Self-citing Consensus
Then who burst onto the scene but activist Mini-Mann, Andrew Dessler. He very sanctimoniously poo-pooed this heretic questioning of expertise.
Another Biden Administration eco-con
Any American “energy transformation” would simply transfer emissions from the United States to these other countries. Worldwide fossil fuel use and CO2/greenhouse gas emissions would actually increase significantly. Even assuming…
Hubble Trouble – NASA Working to Patch Their Ageing Space Telescope
Perhaps if they trimmed the climate budget NASA scientists might not have to spend so much time struggling with the ageing Hubble platform.
Somalia is Furious They Have Not Yet Received their Climate Finance
Will nobody consider the detrimental effect of sea level rise on the Somalian maritime industry?
Heat waves and hot air
Heat waves are the new polar bears, stoking alarm about climate change. Climate scientists addressing this in the media are using misleading and/or inadequate approaches. How should we approach assessing…
And now for something completely different!
I’m writing this from downtown Seattle. You’re probably wondering why, so here’s the deal – I’m setting up a new weekly radio program. Oh, great! A WUWT Radio program!…. well…
Billy Madison Dumb: ‘Constraining oil supply is key to cutting demand’… Ron White was right!
Guest “I couldn’t make this sort of schist up if I was trying” by David Middleton ‘Constraining oil supply is key to cutting demand’INTERVIEW: Follow This founder Mark van Baal…
The deadly heat wave of July 1936 in the middle of arguably the hottest decade on record for the US
One of the most widespread and destructive heat waves ever recorded in the US took place in the summer of 1936 which fell right in the middle of arguably the…
Malthusian Myth Busting: Easter Island Edition
Guest “Why bust Malthusian Myths? Because it’s fun and easy!” by David Middleton You know the story… In just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their…
Gizmodo: Cable TV Keeps Bumping Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe
What makes it even funnier is Richard Branson, whose space rocket stunt bumped the Hayhoe climate segment, fancies himself as a climate hero.
Gizmodo: US Wheat Crop Devastated… Because Climate Change
Guest “Gizmodo must be Latin for ‘dumb as a shoe’” by David Middleton EARTHEREXTREME WEATHERThe U.S. Wheat Crop Is in TroubleSpring wheat could see some of its lowest wheat yields…
Claim: Chamber of Commerce Membership is Climate “Guilt by Association”
According to The Verge, being a member of the US Chamber of Commerce automatically means you are guilty of supporting climate inaction.
Biden Administration Working To Undermine America
It’s hard to imagine a more counter-productive set of policies than what the Biden Administration is implementing under the rubric of supposedly “fighting climate change.”
Flawed Heatwave Report Leads to False Headlines in Major Media
A failure that misinformed you and millions of others, and a failure that highlighted glaring weaknesses in the media’s ability to cover important scientific issues. And it revealed the disappointing…
Greenland’s 2021 spring: more snow, less melt
Surface melt and total melt-day area for the Greenland Ice Sheet at the end of the 2021 spring season was below the 1981 to 2010 average. Snowfall and rain (minus…
Guardian: The Florida Building Collapse was a George Floyd Climate Action Turning Point
According to The Guardian, all the bad things which happened last year should convince society to embrace carbon taxes and renewable energy.
Curry: The State of Climate Science in 5 Minutes
“Let me start with a quick summary of what is referred to as the ‘climate crisis:’ Its warming. The warming is caused by us. Warming is dangerous. We need to…
Futile fusion research
Is there hope for commercially viable fusion power? Yes, because other “magnetic bottles” and fusion fuel cycles exist. The related physics is much more difficult, but we won’t know if…
Study: Grid Battery Facilities Could Explode with Greater Force than the Beirut Harbour Blast
Brace for impact – as Beirut learned the hard way in 2020, thousands of tons of unstable chemicals piled up in one place can abruptly release their stored energy a…
Susan Shelley: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Ironic Climate Warning
The Orange County Register ran a great article written by columnist Susan Shelley addressing ironic comments made by former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who created the state’s AB 32 Global…
Foreign Affairs: No Time for Nuclear Power to Save Us from Climate Change
Journalistic research fail? Foreign Affairs claims wrongly that “No country has developed this [nuclear] technology to a point where it can and will be widely and successfully deployed.”. But two…
