Bastardi: warm water brings potential for East Pacific hurricanes

Joe Bastardi writes: Joe D’Aleo and I have noted that one of the analogs showing up is 1976 with the type of ENSO coming on. In fact, with Tom Downs…

Paper: Long 'pauses' in warming will soon be 'a thing of the past'

Eric Worrall writes: The Sydney Morning Herald has a hilarious article claiming that one day, long embarrassing pauses in the global temperature record will be a ‘thing of the past’.…

Green Journalism; Mainstream Media Creating Climate Stories

Guest opinion by Dr Tim Ball | Creating the News: On August 4 2014, an article in The Guardian claimed, “World’s Top PR Companies Rule Out Working With Climate Deniers”.…

Should we bomb Iceland's Bárðarbunga volcano?

Aerial bombing of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano was done in the past, widening the eruption crater to minimize high flying volcanic ash problems. WUWT reader “magma control” writes in with…

Climate bozos keep popping up all over

Climate Alarmism: When Is This Bozo Going Down? By Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger Climate alarmism is like one of those pop-up Bozos. No matter how many…

LOL! Obama’s Climate Plan Spooks U.S. Democrats

Yesterday we mentioned Obama’s nuclear option event, and now the fallout begins. | From Timothy Cama and Scott Wong, The Hill President Obama’s election-year plan to win a new international…

Status report on changes to WUWT, with user poll

As readers know, I announced changes to WUWT’s format last Sunday, and the changes went into effect overnight from Sunday night to Monday morning. As is the case with any…

Hey U.N. – show us your tipping points!

Pathetic handwaving double down from the UN Eric Worrall writes: A number of MSM outlets are carrying news of a “leaked” UN document, which claims that global warming may be…

Global Warming 'Pause' Could Last For 30 Years

The 39th Theory About The Global Warming ‘Pause’ (And Counting) See the full list here   In popular science journalism the latest is always the best. With all the explanations…

A Universally Acceptable and Economical Energy Source?

Transatomic Power’s Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor | Kent Beuchert writes: Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie, as Doctoral candidates in the nuclear department at MIT, produced a modified design of a…

New book: About Face! Why the World Needs More Carbon Dioxide

Below is a description and some of the early reviews posted on Amazon. (h/t to Poptech) About Face! Why the World Needs More Carbon Dioxide is easy reading from two…

Is Coal winning the energy battle?

Guest essay by Mike Jonas In an absurd article “Full extent of global coal ‘binge’ is hidden, say researchers“, the BBC’s Matt McGrath argues that instead of modelling actual and…

King Obama strikes again – Obama Pursuing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty

A reaction from Pat Michaels follows. From the NYT article: Obama Pursuing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is working to forge a sweeping international…

Wow, we never saw this coming: 'Trash burning worldwide significantly worsens air pollution'

BOULDER — Unregulated trash burning around the globe is pumping far more pollution into the atmosphere than shown by official records. A new study led by the National Center for…

Australian scientist calls for 'heads to roll' over adjusted temperature data

Yesterday we posted on BoM’s bomb on station temperature trend fiddling. where BoM claimed the trend difference was a result of a station move. Apparently, BoM can’t even keep track of…

Analysis: energy storage cannot solve the problem of intermittency of wind or solar power

Climate Skeptics often cite the fact that renewables like wind and solar don’t have constant power flow, and thus need either a nuclear, hyrdo, or coal/gas power plant backup in…

Burning Man Festival washed out due to 'surprise rain'

Expect hippies to be blaming this on climate change in 3…2…1 Eric Worrall writes: | The Burning Man Festival, a famous Nevada cultural festival, dedicated to sharing, art, self reliance,…

A Lead Author of IPCC AR5 Downplays Importance of Climate Models

Richard Betts heads the Climate Impacts area of the UK Met Office. The first bullet point on his webpage under areas of expertise describes his work as a climate modeler.…

A single Android App takes down the National Weather Service Website

Wow. The vulnerability here is stunning. Yesterday there were all sorts of delays and timeouts on the NWS main page. The reason turned out to be a single overzealous app…

An inconvenient truth: Does responsible consumption benefit corporations more than society?

From the University of Chicago Press Journals  | Are environmental and social problems such as global warming and poverty the result of inadequate governmental regulations or does the burden fall…

Bearings: The Achilles Heel of Wind Turbines

Story by Eric Worrall – A few years ago, I used to know a senior wind turbine engineer. One evening, over a few beers, he told me the dirty secret…

BoM's bomb on station temperature trend fiddling

From Jo Nova: BOM finally explains! Cooling changed to warming trends because stations “might” have moved! It’s the news you’ve been waiting years to hear! Finally we find out the…

Letter: Cut the Costly Climate Chatter

Letter to the editor by Viv Forbes Twenty-two years ago a bunch of green activists calling themselves “The Earth Summit” met in Rio and invented a way to tour the…

Hilarious! Sierra Club & 350.org ditch polar bears as climate mascot, try 'cat videos' for climate change instead

In the past we’ve seen polar bears dropped from the sky and animals committing suicide rather than face climate change. Those didn’t go over very well. So, the Sierra Club…