Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. directs me to this new forecast product from NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL). If it holds, it suggests a big cooling event ahead. NOAA/ESRL PSD…
Month: February 2016
Greenpeace co-founder calls out Paris Climate Accord with $100,000 bet
Via PRWeb, Friday, Feb 19th: Dr. Patrick Moore Offers $100,000 Wager on Global CO2 Emissions Dr. Patrick Moore, PhD ecologist and President of Ecosense Environmental Inc. has offered a bet…
Colossal Antarctic ice-shelf collapse followed last ice age
From the “things Earth does without our help” department: Study: 100,000 square miles of Ross Ice Shelf disappeared in 1,500 years From RICE UNIVERSITY HOUSTON — (Feb. 18, 2016) —…
Satellites – "not good enough to tell us global temperature", but apparently good enough to tell us global climate sensitivity
Remember that video produced a few weeks ago from the usual suspects that says satellite data is no good for climate data? Others in science don’t seem to think so.…
A first! Hubble images a distant planet 160 light years away, sees clouds
Last week it was the discovery of gravity waves, this week it’s seeing clouds on a distant planet for the first time. What an exciting time in astronomy! In a…
Claim: Plastic pollution threat 'on par to global warming'
Frightened of plastic? Of course not; barring the occasional unsightly pile of junk, plastic is harmless. But the plastic pollution scare just might have what it takes, to serve as…
Forget global climate models, 'local climate models' to predict change are the next big thing
From the “climate is just global weather on a local scale” department: Dartmouth-Led Team Develops Method to Predict Local Climate Change HANOVER, N.H. – Feb. 18, 2016 – Global climate…
A Short History of Climatism in Google Ngrams
Guest essay by Leo Goldstein Google Books Ngrams tracks how frequently certain words and short phrases appeared in printed books from 1800 through 2008. Such data may serve as an…
Bee-pocaclypse called off, bees doing OK, global warming was never a cause
Back in 2007, Wired Magazine mused: It’s only slightly less ridiculous than the other bee killing theory that year – cell phones. I published a story about the loony idea…
How not to measure temperature (or climate change) #96
From the “global warming data looks better with heat-sinks and air conditioners” department. Dr. Mark Albright, of the University of Washington writes: Here is a great example of how NOT…
The detection of gravitational waves – a triumph of science enabled by fossil fuels
Last week, the science world was abuzz with the news that gravitational waves had been discovered thanks to the LIGO project and the team of international scientists that made it…
Wednesday wit – Exit Stage Left
Josh writes: BishopHill has this story – Republicans in the US House of Representatives are currently trying to get a grip on one small part of the Washington bureaucracy by trying to get the National…
The Penguin Strikes Back
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, once again we’ve proven that Mark Twain was right when he observed that “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is…
Study: increased carbon dioxide is greening deserts globally
Enhanced levels of carbon dioxide are likely cause of global dryland greening, study says From the “inconvenient truth” department and INDIANA UNIVERSITY: Enhanced levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are a…
NASA confirms the Pacific 'warm blob' has disappeared
We’ve been tracking the “blob” on WUWT almost since its inception thanks to the hard work of Bob Tisdale. In his most recent entry on it, Bob asked: THE BLOB Seems…
Britain Strikes Black Gold at 'Gatwick Gusher'
Oil Prices Crash After Saudis Fail To Broker Global Production Cut Shares in UK Oil and Gas Investments soared by as much as 77pc after the Aim-listed developer announced that…
Study: those who fake data aren't real scientists
From the “fabrication makes publication” department comes this study on the “core values” of scientists. What values are important to scientists? MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. – While many people…
Old trees reveal Late Antique Little Ice Age around 1,500 years ago led to famine and social upheavals
From the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL: Tree-ring measurements have revealed a period of extreme cold in Eurasia between 536 and around 660 CE. It coincides strikingly with the Justinian plague, migrations…
Claim: Climate causes Deadly Turtle Herpes
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Scientists in Florida have suggested that global warming might be partly responsible for a surge in fibropapillomatosis, a nasty condition in which turtles sprout life…
Lessons from the hysteria about peak oil (2005-2013)
By Larry Kummer, from the Fabius Maximus website Summary: The peak oil hysteria provides rich lessons for us today about learning from activists and the value of listening to our…
Fossilized Thinking: Back to communal horse and water powered farms to save the climate
Guest essay by Robert Bryce In a simplistic and tedious new book, Andreas Malm argues that full Communism is the only cure for global warming. Andreas Malm longs for the…
A factual update to a story we ran last week on the EPA and race cars
Last week, WUWT ran a press release from SEMA as “The EPA is out of control – now they want to ban hobby race cars” that looked to be completely legit and…
Claim: We'll survive Climate Change – if we cede More Power to the UN
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A climate crisis role playing exercise, hosted by the World Wildlife Fund and the Center for American Progress, has concluded that the world can survive…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #215
The Week That Was: 2016-02-13 (Feb 13, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP www.sepp.org The Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Quote of the Week: “Facts do not cease to…
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