Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Very short post. I read today that Palestine has been granted full member status in the UNFCCC, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.…
Month: December 2015
1800s Poverty Diseases, Malnutrition Surge in Green Britain
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Falling living standards are contributing to a shocking surge in malnutrition, and diseases which were prevalent in the 1800s. My question – how much of…
Green Fundamentalists Attack Celebrity Climate Hypocrisy
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Back in April this year, WUWT reported on an unusual green attack on blatant celebrity eco-hypocrisy. Now this new green terror has gone mainstream, with…
More scientific evidence that polar bears are doing just fine – a 30 42% increase in population with some of them “as fat as pigs.”
Guest essay by Dr. Susan J. Crockford of polarbearscience.com * see update below on the % number Survey Results: Svalbard polar bear numbers increased 30 42% over last 11 years Results…
Missing heat found in the deep ocean
From the NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE, UK and the “search for Bigfoot Trenberth’s missing heat” department comes this bit of news that completes part of the geothermal heat loss puzzle. Mystery…
The 2015 Arctic Report Card: NOAA Failed Walrus Science!
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University Good scientists fully understand that complex issues with high uncertainties require two or more working…
Claim: Melting sea ice increases Arctic precipitation, complicates climate predictions
From DARTMOUTH COLLEGE and the “Reports of the demise of Arctic Sea Ice are greatly exaggerated” department HANOVER, N.H. – The melting of sea ice will significantly increase Arctic precipitation, creating…
Volcanoes and Ozone: Their Interactive Effect on Climate Change
Guest essay by David Bennett Laing, Asst. Prof.of Geology, Univ. of Maine (retired) Two different styles of volcanic eruption appear to have been the principal determinants of climate change throughout…
Salty sea spray affects the lifetimes of clouds, researchers find
From COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY and the “climate models still can’t get clouds right” department comes this interesting new study. All over the planet, every day, oceans send plumes of sea spray…
US Landed Gentry demand Medieval Climate Tithes
Guest essay by Eric Worrall What could be better than owning a large woodland estate, and making a steady income from harvesting timber? Harvesting an additional tithe of taxpayer’s money,…
Gavin Schmidt's Magic Climate Balance
Guest Essay by Eric Worrall A new NASA study suggests that global warming is being suppressed by particulate pollution. The Abstract of the Study; Implications for climate sensitivity from the…
The Holocene Thermal Optimum
Guest essay by Andy May The Holocene Thermal Maximum, also called the Holocene Thermal Optimum, occurred at different times in different parts of the world but generally between 10,000 BP…
The Paris 'Agreement' – chock full of noble intentions
Guest essay by Philip Lloyd All the excitement, the back-slappings, the hubbub is over, and the 40 000 have jetted back home. COP21 has come and gone. We have now had…
Busting (or not) the mid-20th century global-warming hiatus
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This article is also cross posted at Judith Curry’s ClimateEtc. # # # In previous posts at WattsUpWithThat and at my blog ClimateObservations, I’ve discussed…
Green war on jobs: Britain’s last deep coal-mine closes
Count the blessings the miners gave us – often at the cost of their lives By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley In the week before Christmas, the last-ever shift of weary…
A little known ancient historical building that marks the winter solstice
This year the solstice occurs on Tuesday December 22nd at 04:49 GMT, about 15 hours from the time of this posting. This thought provoking article highlights what the ancient people…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #210
The Week That Was: 2015-12-19 (December 19, 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…
HuffPost Touts "Economic Benefits" of a $2.9 trillion annual tax hike on Fossil Fuels
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Huffington Post has a plan to address the as yet unanswered question of who will foot the bill, for the renewable transformation green advocates want,…
Papal Global Warming Encyclical Continues to Split the Church
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The papal Laudato Si’ encyclical on global warming continues to be a source of division, and has prompted reportedly heated exchanges between senior church figures,…
Study from Marvel and Schmidt: Examination of Earth's recent history key to predicting global temperatures
From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Estimates of future global temperatures based on recent observations must account for the differing characteristics of each important driver of recent climate change, according to a…
Climate Craziness of the Week: Aussie Artists bag $10,000 Public Grant to Attack Christmas Climate Waste
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A group of Sydney artists have collected $10,000 of public money, to perform a single showing of a play which featured a sex clown attacking…
The Recent Senate Climate Hearing Failed Because It Continues To Miss The Point
Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball Courts will not listen to or judge scientific disputes. The basic argument is that it is “your paper” against “their paper” and they are not…
UAH: UN climate change goal? New trend analysis shows we're there now!
Satellite data shows globe will stay below 1.5°C target at the current rate of warming, resulting in 1.1°C December 18: University of Alabama, Huntsville The average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere…
Californian Government Intensifies Attack on Renewables
Guest essay by Eric Worrall WUWT recently reported how California had abandoned rooftop solar, by excluding them from generous renewable credit schemes. California has now intensified its attack on renewable…
