[Note, I don’t necessarily agree with the conclusion this publication, as it smacks of barycentrism, which I don’t give any credence to, but it does discuss some other concepts, and…
Month: August 2015
EPA: $8 million to study "indoor" climate change
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – The American EPA has just awarded $8 million to study the impact of climate change on the indoor environment. According to the…
New York's new Climate Change Museum
Remember back in the boring old days, when science museums contained meticulously researched information about the distant past, such as the age of the dinosaurs, interesting mineral exhibits, or educational…
Is Ozone Recovery Warming the Stratosphere – And Adding Credence to Solar Variability?
Guest essay by Steven Capozzola Even though declining ozone cooled the stratosphere in the 20th Century, the IPCC says this cooling proves solar variability doesn’t impact surface temperatures. The climate…
USGS plays the '100 year threat' game with sea level rise
From the “not a verifiable forecast” department, and the “auxiliary department of funding acquisition worry” comes this headline from USGS today. Some other 100 year headlines follow. Study Shows Sea…
Problematic Adjustments And Divergences (Now Includes June Data)
Guest Post by Professor Robert Brown of Duke University and Werner Brozek, Edited by Just The Facts: Image Credit: Steven Goddard As can be seen from the graphic above, there is…
Halfway to Hell? – Alarmists are Growing Desperate in Their Efforts to Influence Public Opinion
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale INTRODUCTION Apparently, based initially on a 1975 “first intuition” by an economist (not a climate scientist), politicians have sought to limit global surface warming to…
The New Sunspot Data … and Satellite Sea Levels
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [UPDATE: Upon reading Dr. Shaviv’s reply to this post, I have withdrawn any mention of “deceptive” from this post. This term was over the top, as…
Another excuse for the pause, Trenberth says 'Internal climate variability masks climate-warming trends'
From the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE and the “if warming can’t overcome Nature, is it really there at all?” department. Amid climate change debates revolving around limited…
Steyn's book on Mann surges in Amazon rankings, leaving climate alarmism books in the dust
Readers surely recall the review I gave of Mark Steyn’s new book A Disgrace To The Profession on Michael E. Mann’s science as told by other climate scientists around the…
UAH Global Temperature Report: July 2015 – the pause continues
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.11 C per decade July temperatures (preliminary) Global composite temp.: +0.18 C (about 0.32 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for July. Northern Hemisphere: +0.33…
God help us! Pope declares September 1st to be annual global warming prayer day
(Via Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has decided to set up a “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” which will be celebrated on September 1st annually. He made the…
August 2015 Update for The Blob
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This post provides background information and a quick update on the naturally occurring warming event in the eastern North Pacific known as The Blob. Not…
A review of Steyn's scathing new book about Michael Mann: "A Disgrace To The Profession"
Yesterday, I received my advance copy of this book, and after spending about an hour with it, I Tweeted this: Just received advance copy of book “A Disgrace to the…
An analysis of BEST data for the question: Is Earth Warming or Cooling?
Guest essay by Clyde Spencer The answer to the question is, “Yes!” Those who believe that Earth is going to Hell in a hand basket, because of anthropogenic carbon dioxide,…
No Consensus: Earth’s Top of Atmosphere Energy Imbalance in CMIP5-Archived (IPCC AR5) Climate Models
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This post provides an initial look at climate model simulations of the top of the atmosphere (TOA) energy budget and its three components. It includes…
Claim: Severe droughts could lead to widespread losses of butterflies by 2050
From the CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY and the Edith’s Checkerspot Club comes this tale of possible bug disaster we’ve all heard before. Except, Nature often finds a way, and…
EPA causes a major environmental disaster, the question is: will it fine itself and fire those involved?
From the “if a citizen or company did this there would be hell to pay” department: Guest essay by Emily Zanotti (via Somewhat Reasonable) The Environmental Protection Agency often justifies its…
Claim: NASA simulation indicates ancient flood volcanoes could have altered climate
From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER and the “maybe they should have checked with Willis first” department comes this modeling claim: In June, 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines exploded, blasting…
August 2015 ENSO Update – Another Westerly Wind Burst in Late July Should Help El Niño Evolve
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This post provides an update of many of the ENSO-related variables we presented as part of last year’s 2014-15 El Niño Series. The reference years…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #191
The Week That Was: 2015-08-08 (August 8, 2015) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…
Al Gore's Climate Reality? Dismal viewcounts; nobody is watching
Tom Nelson pointed out something quite interesting on Friday August 7th. He wrote on Twitter: I thought to myself, “how could this be?”. Gore spent millions on a professional set,…
A Simple Tale About Switching To Renewable Power: Requirements & Consequences.
Don Bogard, © 2015 (published here with permission) The tale below is fictional, but every one of its elements and issues has been or will be experienced somewhere in the…
The Trouble with Global Climate Models
Guest essay by Rud Istvan The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, Working Group 1 (AR5 WG1) Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) was clear about the associated Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5)…
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