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…
Month: February 2016
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…
A triumph of science: first detection of the gravitational wave
Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction – video folows American University contributes to noise-reduction technology in LIGO detectors From AMERICAN UNIVERSITY For the first time, scientists have observed…
Brutal Dictatorship Seeks Climate Cash to Fund Continued Atrocities
Guest essay by Eric Worrall President for life Robert Mugabe wants the UN (meaning America) to provide $1.5 billion per year, to feed Zimbabwean people who are currently going hungry,…
Justice Scalia’s death could change Supreme Court position on climate – "nightmare scenario" possible for greens
Cases on the docket could alter American life on many issues. Justice Antonin Scalia’s death could change the course of history on the contentious social and legal issues pending before…
January 2016 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly Update
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale UPDATE: All graphs with UAH lower troposphere temperature data have been updated from beta version 6.4 to 6.5. Thanks, Nick Stokes. This means Figure 4…
Chris Turney: Penguins Don't Migrate, they're dying!
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Chris Turney, leader of the ill fated 2013/14 Ship of fools expedition to the Antarctic, which got stuck in the global warming while trying to…
The Law, Lawsuits, And Climate Change
Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball “Let us always remember that he does not really believe his own opinion, who dares not give free scope to his opponent.” Wendell Phillips David…
Study: Poor air quality kills 5.5 million worldwide annually
From the “US and European manufacturing was exported to China and India department” and the UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: New research shows that more than 5.5 million people die prematurely every…
Record cold: Single digit to subzero Valentine's Day expected for much of NE USA
There’s a cold wind blowing for Valentine’s Day, and it blows from the Arctic. h/t to Tom Tasselmyer Dr. Ryan Maue says it’s going to be one for the century old…
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