Open Thread – travel day
I’m traveling today, so updates will be few and far between, so here is the opportunity to have a broad discussion. Our usual caveats apply which you can review here. Normal programming will resume when practical.
Chaos & Climate – Part 2: Chaos = Stability
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen “…we should recognise that we are dealing with a coupled non-linear chaotic system, and therefore that the long-term prediction of future climate states is not possible.” – IPCC TAR Chap 14, Exec Summary Introduction: The IPCC has long recognized that the Earth’s climate system is a…
Prince Charles: Climate Change is to blame for War in Syria
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, has stepped in the climate issue again, by suggesting that climate change in Syria is the root cause of their barbarous civil war. According to Charles; “And, in fact, there’s very good evidence indeed that one of the major reasons for this horror…
How not to measure temperature, British facepalm edition
I had to share this “laugh out loud” moment from Bishop Hill and the photo of this weather station. Andrew Montford writes: Settled science Much amusement is to be had from a posting at a blog called Sudden Oak Life. The author has recorded images of the Radcliffe surface temperature station in Oxford, part…
Claim: France Terror Attacks Improved Chances of a Climate Deal
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Environmental activists have suggested the brutal terror attack in Paris has improved the chances of getting a climate deal at the COP 21 meeting. … Craig Bennett, chief executive of Friends of the Earth in the UK, hoped that countries would be more willing to come to a deal, but…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup
The Week That Was: 2015-11-21 (Nov 21, 2015) Brought to You by SEPP www.sepp.org The Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Quote of the Week: “It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. For the initiator has the…
Russian Power Assets Attacked – How long will the Trans-Siberian Pipeline last?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Power pylons supplying regions of the Crimean have been blown up, causing significant economic disruption to disputed territory currently occupied by Russian backed Ukrainian rebels. According to Reuters; Crimea was left without electricity supplies from Ukraine on Sunday after pylons carrying power lines to the Russia-annexed peninsula were blown up…