Guest Thread by Jim Steele In December 2014, I posted the essay Will Greenland Begin Accumulating Ice in 2015 and Beyond. Based on 1) my understanding of Greenland’s icecap…
Day: December 16, 2015
National Association of Scholars calls out threats to the 'Integrity of Science'
Peter Woods of NAS writes: I am pasting below a copy of an email that I’ve sent to many members of the National Academy of Sciences. I’ve also sent a…
#AGU15 Accidental Geoengineering? Airline traffic may help create an icy haze that’s brightening U.S. skies
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA —The data just didn’t seem to make sense. That’s often the story right before scientists make a leap in understanding. In this case, scientists had some evidence…
#AGU15 Likely to be the new irrational fear from fracking: "frackteria"
From the Ohio State University and the department of “Frankenbugs that scare the greenies” comes this interesting study on how to increase output from fracked wells with the help of…
Energy, Carbon Dioxide, and The Pause
Guest essay by Ken Stewart Here’s an alternative way to view The Pause. Rather than analysing temperature trends over time, here I compare temperature with carbon emissions and carbon dioxide…
"Negative Emissions": Burning trees, burying the CO2
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Guardian reports that the leaders of the European Union have asked the UN for advice about “negative emissions”. The “negative emissions” proposal is like…
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