From the University of Sheffield via Eurekalert: Professor Edward Hanna and PhD student Richard Hall, from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Geography, are part of a select group of…
Month: May 2015
SOLD OUT: Skeptic book 'Climate Change the Facts' (but one signed copy is available)
Just a few days ago I asked readers to send a message. Indeed they have. WUWT reader LeAnn writes via email: Not only has the first printing of “Climate Change,…
Does the 'leader' of the free world really know so little about climate?
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Mr. Obama’s remarks at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s Commencement May 20 demonstrate the extent to which his advisors are keeping him divorced from the…
Registration is now open for the Tenth International Conference on Climate Change
Via press release: The Heartland Institute is “the world’s most prominent think tank promoting skepticism about man-made climate change.” — The Economist, May 26, 2012 Meet us next month in…
Claim: Global warming improves urban air quality
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t DailyCaller – a new study published in the MDPI Atmosphere Journal has concluded that global warming is responsible for improving air quality in Houston,…
Why Skeptics Should Encourage Energy Use from Fossil Fuels Where Economically Justified
Guest essay by Alan Carlin I was actively involved in environmental protection as a Sierra Club activist and senior EPA analyst for over 45 years, but about eight years ago…
Do Climate Projections Have Any Physical Meaning?
Guest essay by Pat Frank This essay expands on a point made in a previous post here at WUWT, that climate models do not produce a unique solution to the…
Is NASA praying for a major U.S. Hurricane?
From NASA Goddard, video follows. It seems that when you don’t delve into the meteorological factors, “luck” seems to be the only explanation. In discussing this paper with hurricane expert…
CBS turns cute story of toddler's first spring rain into dishonest climate alarm propaganda
Guest post by Alec Rawls Salient firsts in a child’s discovery of the world are often treasured moments for doting parents: a toddler’s first encounter with a friendly dog, his…
I'm dead. Send flowers
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Recently my lovely wife and I visited a hotbed of British totalitarianism, Anglia Ruskin “University” at Cambridge, to gather evidence for the courts in connection…
California surrenders their economy to Texas (and climate worries)
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Governor “Moonbeam” Jerry Brown has just signed what might amount to an economic death sentence for California, by signing California up to the bleeding edge…
NASA's Dr. Gavin Schmidt goes into hiding from seven very inconvenient climate questions
Guest essay by Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. – FOREWORD: WUWT readers probably remember when the now head of NASA GISS, Dr. Gavin Schmidt, could not stand to be seen on…
Oh noes! Exposure of US population to extreme heat could quadruple by mid-century
From the National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the Department of “ignored data in favor of modeled simulations” comes this claim from Trenberth’s mountain climate alarm…
The Recent Westerly Wind Burst in the Western Equatorial Pacific Could Help to Strengthen the 2015/16 El Niño
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The graphics at the NOAA GODAS website were running a few pentads (5-day periods) behind when I published the May 2015 ENSO Update. They’re caught…
Climate Change Free Speech Prohibited at DailyKos
Guest essay by Russell Cook Upon seeing DailyKos’ 5/12/15 hit piece against prolific climate issue editorial writer Tom Harris, it reminded me of DailyKos’ hit against me just one day…
Claim: US West's power grid must be prepared for impacts of climate change – but environmentalism might be a bigger threat
From: Arizona State University TEMPE, Arizona — Electricity generation and distribution infrastructure in the Western United States must be “climate-proofed” to diminish the risk of future power shortages, according to…
Mainstream climate scientist pushes back against Lewandowsky's 'seepage'
The indefatigable Barry Woods has left this comment over on Lewandowsky’s “Shaping Tomorrow’s World” blog on “seepage”. It features IPCC lead author Professor Peter Thorne, who is none too happy…
The unspeakable BBC parks its tanks on my lawn
Guest opinion By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley One of the chief reasons why the governing class in Britain near-unanimously supports the climate alarmists is the unspeakable BBC, which, for decades…
2 Deg C Global-Warming Limit in the News – Recent Comments by James Hansen, Godfather of Climate Alarmism
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The 2 deg C global warming limit, above pre-industrial temperatures, is back in the news. That limit was first proposed in the 1970s by an…
New paper: How much of the global temperature change is natural?
Holocene century-on-century changes have a standard deviation close to 1deg C, so if there is a signal due to carbon dioxide, it still has not emerged from the background noise…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #180
The Week That Was: 2015-05-16 (May 16, 2015) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental…
Palynology: A Proxy Indicator of Climate Used To Make Remarkable Claim
Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball Sometimes people ask how we know what the temperature was thousands of years ago? The answer is we estimate temperature from proxy data or secondary…
Headline: "Indications Arctic May Become Temperate Zone"
This article was transcribed from a newspaper clipping sent to me, it predicts a long term dramatic change may be possible in the Arctic, describing “unheard of temperatures reported in…
Thorium: the last great opportunity of the industrial age
Guest essay by David Archibald It is a significant fact that half the protein the world eats has its origin in fossil fuels. We are all aware of the green…
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