Guest essay by John Goetz As noted in an earlier post here, approximately 66% of the GHCN record is estimated after processing by the GHCN adjustment models. In the current…
Month: September 2015
Google forecasts no interest in Paris COP21
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Forbes reports that, according to Google search statistics, the world’s media climate blitz has failed to date to spark any interest in global warming. According…
In The Land of El Nino
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [UPDATE: When reading the comments, you’ll notice a number of nasty untrue personal attacks made on me by three commenters with the screen names “Lady Gaiagaia”, “Gloria…
Claim: Extreme Pacific sea level events to double in future
From the UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA: Many tropical Pacific island nations are struggling to adapt to gradual sea level rise stemming from warming oceans and melting ice caps. Now they…
Asia's coal power climate joke
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Mother Jones is celebrating that China has just committed $3.1 billion to help poor countries fight climate change. Mother Jones cautiously states they don’t know…
More facts against the Mann – 'late 20th century warming has not been unique within…the past 750 years '
Earlier this week, in Facts against the Mann, we noted how some ice core data cast doubt on Michael E. Mann’s recent claim that: “overall warmth of the globe and…
Claim: Global warming is shortening the tongues of Bumble Bees
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t The Register – A study published in Science claims that global warming is shortening the tongues of Bumble Bees, which may impact the ability…
Friday funny – Fiddle me this
Josh writes: Volkswagen has been found cheating on US emissions tests, but with the Green Blob fiddling everything from Renewables to Global Temperatures, it’s no wonder they thought this was ok. Some…
Climate scientists can restart the climate change debate & win: test the models!
By Larry Kummer, from the Fabius Maximus website Summary; Public policy about climate change has become politicized and gridlocked after 26 years of large-scale advocacy. We cannot even prepare for…
Approximately 66% of global surface temperature data consists of estimated values
Summary of GHCN Adjustment-Model Effects on Temperature Data Guest essay by John Goetz As the debate over whether or not this year will be the hottest year ever burns on,…
New computer model says human emissions can 'render Earth ice free'
From the “department of global roasting” and the UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS, where great ideas like this one are formed at Halloween parties, (yes really, see PR) comes this claim: UAF…
Another attempt at Cooking settling consensus on climate change
From the “Cooking up another 97% consensus” department and Purdue University: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University-led survey of nearly 700 scientists from non-climate disciplines shows that more than…
Pope Francis approves EPA Clean Air Initiative
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Pope Francis has demanded skeptics renounce climate skepticism, and affirmed his support for strongly partisan initiatives such as the EPA Clean Air Initiative. According to…
Quote of the Week: facts against the Mann
While ramping up his own invective to fit as much ad hominem as possible into a single sentence: Mr. Sauer parroted baseless talking points that have their origin in fossil-fuel…
When messaging collides with science: The 'Hottest Year Ever' Inside a Global Warming ‘Pause’?
Excerpt from a story by statistician William M. Briggs There are two stories floating around about the state of the earth’s atmosphere. Both are believed true by government-funded scientists and the…
The Associated Press drops the ugly climate term "denier" in their AP stylebook
From the AP Blog: (h/t to Thomas Hogg) An addition to AP Stylebook entry on global warming Sept. 22, 2015, by Paul Colford The AP Stylebook editors today informed AP staff…
Failed Kiribati Climate Refugee finally leaves New Zealand
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Kiribati man Ioane Teitiota, who attempted to claim climate refugee status when he overstayed his work visa, has finally left New Zealand. Accord to 3News;…
Claim: Permian extinction 252 million years ago '…a consequence of global climate change'
The Karoo Basin and the end Permian mass extinction From the GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Boulder, Colo., USA – Earth’s biosphere witnessed its greatest ecological catastrophe in the latest Permian,…
Skating on Thin Ice: the climate documentary that isn't
BY IAN WISHART, author of Totalitaria and Air Con It’s touted as an award-winning documentary on climate change, but if that’s true I’d like to know whether the judges were…
23! New! Papers!
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Over at Pierre Gosselin’s site, NoTricksZone, he’s trumpeting the fact that there are a bunch of new papers showing a solar effect on the climate.…
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