Earlier, we published a story about how clouds near airplane contrails get brighter, reflecting more solar radiation to space. Now, on the surface, this new study says that Arctic glaciers…
Month: June 2016
Global Sea Surface Temperature Responses to the 1997/98 and 2015/16 El Niño Events – Update 1
Alternate Title: Just in Case You Thought Sea Surface Temperatures around the Globe Responded Similarly to Strong El Niños Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This is an update of the…
Another unaccounted for climate variable: Airplanes make existing clouds brighter
From STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY and the department of negative feedbacks comes this surprising finding that says not only do contrails add reflectivity for incoming solar radiation, they also increase reflectivity for…
Climate and Human Civilization for the Past 4,000 Years
Guest essay by Andy May The Holocene Thermal Optimum ended at different times in different parts of the world, but it had ended everywhere by 4,000 BP (BP here means…
New AGU study negates the climate 'methane emergency' in Alaska
One of the most “out there” climate activist groups is the Arctic Methane Emergency Group, a collection of luminary scientists who are convinced we are on a one-way trip to…
The unbearable lightness of polar bear 'climate science'
From the “Emily Litella” department (never mind) and Zoologist Dr. Susan Crockford, comes yet another hilarious take-down of attempts to link polar bears and climate change last month. Turns out…
Environmental Conflict Goes Nuclear – a civil war erupts over CO2 reduction strategy
After yesterday’s announcement that Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant would close after a back room deal was forged between PG&E and environmental groups, a schism has developed By Robert Bradley…
An interesting and unique graph that ties ENSO, global temperature and other climate variables together
Yesterday, WUWT covered the sharp drop in global temperatures that followed the peak of the 2015/16 El Niño. That caught the interest of John B from Toronto, and he writes…
Environmentalists manage to kill the last nuclear power station in California
From Forbes: The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a press release today stating that they have signed a deal with PG&E PCG +0.10%, IBEW local 1245, the Coalition of…
Claim: Sierra Nevada snowpack not likely to recover from drought until 2019
From the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES and the “a 31 year dataset is spliced onto another enough for any conclusion” department comes this claim: UCLA researchers’ new method…
Global temperatures are heading downward, and fast
It’s no surprise to us that the “monster” El Niño of 2015/2016 created a very large global temperature spike, after all, that’s what the natural process that creates the phenomenon…
"World’s First 24/7 Solar Power Plant Powers 75,000 Homes" for 3 hours per day.
Guest post by David Middleton SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes Project in Tonopah, Nevada is quietly providing clean, green solar energy to 75,000 homes in the Silver State even when the sun…
Understanding rogue ocean waves may be simple after all
From the GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY An international team of scientists has developed a relatively simple mathematical explanation for the rogue ocean waves that can develop seemingly out of nowhere to…
Claim: Crop breeding is not keeping pace with climate change
From the UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, where I’m not sure they have seen this graph: Now, if only Africa could solve its political problems, get reliable energy, and reliable roads for transport…and…
Oh noes! Climate change is affecting "plant lice" aka aphids
From PENSOFT PUBLISHERS and the “we don’t care if these garden pests die” department comes this curious study about aphids, or “plant lice” as they are called in the UK. Gotta…
Greenpeace co-founder pens treatise on the positive effects of CO2 – says there is no crisis
Dr. Patrick Moore sent me this last week, and after reading it, I agree with him in his initial note to me that This is probably the most important paper…
In Honor of Secretary of State John Kerry’s Global Warming Publicity-Founded Visit to Greenland…
…A Few Model-Data Comparisons of Greenland Surface Air Temperatures Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Mass losses from Greenland’s ice sheets have been one of the focuses of alarmists for decades.…
Modern Scientific Controversies Part 2: The Great Barrier Reef Wars
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Prologue: This is the second in a series of several essays that will discuss ongoing scientific controversies, a specific type of which are often…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #229
The Week That Was: 2016-06-18 (June 18, 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…
Obama Helicopters into Yosemite to Demand an End to Climate "Lip Service"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall President Obama visited Yosemite National Park via helicopter, to demand an end to people paying “lip service” to natural beauty and the climate crisis. Obama…
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