Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #217

The Week That Was: 2016-03-05 (March 5, 2016) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Of the Ears of Whales

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Whales are awe-inspiring creatures. When I was a kid, they used to bring in the whale carcasses to the rendering plant not far from my…

Cloudy modeling problems: Today's clouds might not be the same as pre-industrial ones

Study helps narrow down one reason why clouds are hard to model From the DOE/PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY RICHLAND, Wash. – Airborne particles known as “aerosols” strongly impact the way…

New research uncovers the 'myths' behind aviation's climate change crisis

From the UNIVERSITY OF SURREY and the “I’ll believe air travel pollution is a big climate problem when Bill McKibben and Leo DiCaprio stop flying around the world to tell…

Scientific Elitism Is Fundamentally Destructive To Science

Guest opinion: Dr. Tim Ball Melanie Phillips’ article in The Times was highlighted with other information on WUWT that speaks to the loss of integrity in climate science and science…

Lagarde: The new Green International Monetary Fund

Guest essay by Eric Worrall In 1944, the International Monetary Fund was created by world leaders, reeling from the devastation of war and depression, to try to maintain global financial…

Uh, oh, Mann's MBH98 'hockeystick' emails ruled fair game by judge

From the “all your emails belong to us” department comes this ruling that I’m sure Mikey Mann and company will go ballistic over. From the Arizona Daily Sun: PHOENIX —…

Al Gore to provide Climate Training in the Philippines

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Former Vice President Al Gore is travelling to the Philippines, to help train local climate activists. “Al Gore will give the presentation that has introduced…

Climate Craziness of the Week: 'feminist glaciology' in the climate change context

I’ll probably be labeled a misogynist pig for even bringing this paper to the attention of our readers, but there are just some things that just deserve to be called…

March 2016 Update of Global Temperature Responses to 1997/98 and 2015/16 El Niño Events

Guest Post by Bob Tisdale In lagged responses to the 2015-16 El Niño, there have recently been sizable upticks in the lower troposphere temperature data from both RSS and UAH,…

California to get clobbered with wet atmospheric river this weekend

Every once in awhile California gets a “Pineapple Express” this is more like an El Niño express as the source of this moisture river extends all the way across the…

The "long whimper" of failing climate alarmism

Guest essay by Gary Pearse (elevated from a comment) On the thread Yale University Closes Climate Change Institute longtime WUWT commenter Gary Pearse gave a synopsis of the anemic state of…

Is the 2015/16 El Niño an El Niño Modoki?

AND Is that the Reason Why This El Niño is Not Suppressing the California Drought as Expected? Guest Post by Bob Tisdale El Niño events come in different flavors, and…

Not so Friday Funny – Science is turning back to the dark ages

Science is in an integrity crisis, and climate science is leading the way for loss of integrity Science is turning back to the dark ages Man-made global warming theory has…

Claim: 500,000 extra deaths per Year from Malnutrition by 2050

Guest essay by Eric Worrall A study in The Lancet claims that by 2050, climate change could cause 500,000 extra deaths per year, due to reduced food production. However the…

Yale University Closes Climate Change Institute

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t James Delingpole; Yale University has announced the closure of its Climate Change Institute. All funding will be cut by the end of June. After…

Through the Ice, Darkly

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach As always, I get distracted by the daily news. The weather news today is a lovely rainy morning here in drought-plagued California, we got just…

DOJ refers Exxon "climate crime " to FBI for decision on action, if any

The decision about whether to investigate ExxonMobil Corporation’s advocacy on climate change is now in the FBI’s hands. The Department of Justice (DOJ), which received multiple requests to probe Exxon…

Another alarmist pillar collapses – Greenland melting due to old soot feedback loops and albedo change – not AGW

From the EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY and the “we told you so time and again at WUWT” department comes this study which not only explains the “insta-melt” in the…

Are vibrations from offshore wind turbine farms killing whales?

Environmentalists say navy sonar hurts whales, but ignore impacts of offshore wind farms Paul Driessen and Mark Duchamp Between January 9 and February 4 this year, 29 sperm whales got…