From THE EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Tropical cyclones on track to grow more intense as temperatures rise Aerosols have compensated for greenhouse gases, but won’t in future Powerful tropical…
Month: July 2016
Study: Ocean warming primary cause of Antarctic Peninsula glacier retreat
A new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the western Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of…
More pushback: House science committee issues subpoenas for #ExxonKnew Attorney Generals, Union of Concerned Scientists
Earlier WUWT covered the closure of Britain’s Dept. of Energy and Climate Change, and yesterday we covered the shameless $2 million “please send money” ploy from UCS to bolster their coffers…
Britain abolishes the Department of Energy and Climate Change
The Global Warming Policy Forum welcomes the decision by the new Government to abolish the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Both the GWPF and its chairman, Lord Lawson, have…
US Funded World Bank "Climate Program" – Helping China put American Farmers Out of Work
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The World Bank, to which the USA is by far the largest contributor, has launched a climate program in rural China, to help Chinese farmers…
Could more fuel-efficient engines lead to more global warming?
From the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Auto industry experts predict that more than 50 percent of cars on the road by 2020 will use a relatively new type of fuel-efficient engine.…
Union of Concerned Scientists makes shameless ploy for $2 million to protect #RICO 20
From the “Kenji is not pleased” department. Can you imagine the wailing and caterwauling if say, Heartland or The Competitive Enterprise Institute tried something like this? In my opinion, the…
Guardian: Tyrants and War Criminals Demand Climate Action
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Guardian is worried that if Donald Trump is elected as US President, he will reject demands for climate action which are supported by tyrants,…
Already 240 Published Papers In 2016 Alone Show the “97% Climate Consensus” Is A Fantasy
From Friends of Science Newsletter by Albert Jacobs Kenneth Richard has compiled a list of 770 papers published since January 1, 2014 that contradict the IPCC consensus statement, see here.…
Study: 'The Blob' was a product of weather patterns and El Niño
From the GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY El Niño played a key role in Pacific marine heatwave, as did potentially climate change The Northeast Pacific’s largest marine heatwave on record was…
Senator Whitehouse goes Full Conspiracy Theory on "Climate Denial"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Senator Whitehouse has unveiled his “web of denial”, a vast conspiracy theory about why his side is losing the climate debate. US senators detail a…
Settled Science: Clusters of small satellites could help estimate Earth's reflected energy
From M.I.T. and the “Total outgoing radiation is actually one of the biggest uncertainties in climate change” department: Batches of shoebox-sized satellites could improve estimates of Earth’s reflected energy A…
Whitehouse & Co. organize "play-in protest" using kids as climate pawns
People send me stuff. In this case it is a groaner of a press release where kids too young to think will be used as political pawns for climate change…
Santa Pause may be coming to town… The "pause" might be back by December.
Guest post by David Middleton A funny thing may have happened on the way to 2016 being the hottest year in the history of “life, the universe and everything”… If…
Quiz: Which 30-Year Warming Period Is Recent?
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale THREE MAPS ILLUSTRATING SIMILAR GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES OVER DIFFERENT 30-YEAR PERIODS The GISS map-making webpage allows users to create global maps of surface temperature…
Blame Climate Change? New orchid looks like the devil
For some reason, this press release showed up in my Eurekalert news feed for Atmospheric Science. That makes me wonder how long it will take for somebody to blame this…
Clouds are moving higher, subtropical dry zones expanding, according to satellite analysis
Scripps-led study confirms computerized climate simulations projecting effects of global warming From the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO A Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California San Diego-led research…
Nassim Nicholas Taleb looks at the risks threatening humanity
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: How to deal with risks dominates our headlines, usually driven by single-interest groups that see only their favorite threat. Statistician Nassim…
Tol on Gulf Stream slowdown: "Cooling is probably a good bit more harmful than warming…"
Gulf Stream slowdown to spare Europe from worst of climate change From the UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX and Dr. Richard Tol. Europe will be spared the worst economic impacts of climate…
Climate tipping points: What do they mean for society?
From the “no tipping points observed, though many have been predicted” department and Rutgers University Rutgers and Harvard scientists lay out strategy for investigating societal consequences The phrase “tipping point”…
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