Some WUWT readers may have noticed a feature on the sidebar called “Weather Picture of the Day“. It’s a hobby of mine that I started in the early part of…
Month: October 2017
The world's first and only "climate refugees" – Ancient Africans
It has been argued (unsuccessuly) that the current change in climate will cause millions to billions of “climate refugees”. Some of these claims have been so “over the top” that…
Arctic Ice Natural Variability
By Javier A year ago I wrote an article at WUWT analyzing the recent upward trend in summer Arctic sea ice extent. Despite challenges of statistical irrelevancy, the trend has…
Study: Sunlight and the right microbes convert Arctic carbon into carbon dioxide
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Nearly half of the organic carbon stored in soil around the world is contained in Arctic permafrost, which has experienced rapid melting, and that organic material could…
America First Energy Conference Announced
Press release: The America First Energy Conference examining the scientific, economic, and political foundations of the America First Energy Plan will be gathering in Houston, Texas at the J.W. Marriott Hotel on…
Is climate change controversy good for science?
By Craig Idso In the title of their newly published article in the journal Scientometrics, Jankó et al. (2017) ask the important question “Is climate change controversy good for science?” Their answer,…
Mann Claims Climate is Not Debatable – at an Academic Freedom Event
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Willie Soon – Michael Mann has complained about Climate “Deniers” being given a platform, when speaking at an event held to honour academics targeted…
Quote of the week: 'anonymous cowards' please take note
Just before I wrote And, I’m back the other day, I came across this quote that inspired me to press on against the ugliness, the abuse, and the taunting that…
The ridiculous #ExxonKnew Investigation Takes Another Hit (two actually)
See update below – AG skips court, order issued From the “Goreballs and the McKibbenites are getting smaller and smaller” department comes news of a new academic paper which suggests…
Cooler Global Temperatures Ahead: Indications are that La Niña is returning
Paul at Vencore Weather notes the ENSO forecast models and the data seem to be in alignment Overview Earlier this year, there were signs that a weak El Nino in…
Coral Reefs, Temperature and Ocean pH
By Andy May Georgiou, et al. 2015 have reported that coral reefs in the Australian Great Barrier Reef, near Heron Island, are insensitive to ocean pH changes. The location of…
Remember all the fuss over Walruses and Climate Change? Never Mind
Breaking: Pacific walrus is not threatened with extinction says US Fish & Wildlife “U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials said they cannot determine with certainty that walruses are likely to become…
Good news about CO2 emissions – Progress to a better world
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website Summary: 2017 has been a good year for news about climate change. Here is more good news, courtesy of the Dutch government.…
Bloomberg: Leading Climate Fund Drops Tesla
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Tesla is “overvalued” according to the Nordea Global Climate and Environmental Fund. Tesla Is Dropped by Climate Fund That’s Beaten 97% of Its Peers By…
The EPA CO2 endangerment finding endangers the USA
President Trump must reverse EPA’s climate change “Endangerment Finding” Foreword by Paul Driessen: The Obama EPA’s infamous “Endangerment Finding” declared that carbon dioxide and methane from fossil fuel operations cause…
Crying over climate change? Scientists can now produce electricity from tears
From the UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK and the “now if we can just keep people wailing about climate change we’ll have sustainable energy” department. Reports are that “weepy Bill McKibben” will…
And, I'm back – my thanks to everyone
Earlier this year I had mentioned that I had been blogging on Watts Up With That for over 10 years straight. Because of that I felt the need to take…
Surprise: Freon detected around a distant star, comet
From the “Nature just wanted Freon for herself” department and the European Southern Observatory: ALMA and Rosetta detect Freon-40 in space Dashing hopes that molecule may be marker of life…
Eye-roller Poll: Americans willing to pay big bucks to combat climate change
From The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and University of Chicago and the “Trump could never win, our polling is accurate” department. Most Americans want the government to…
Tesla Narrowly Misses Q3 Model 3 Deliveries… by 83%
Guest post by David Middleton Tesla misses the mark on Model 3 production – by a lot by Chris Isidore @CNNTech October 2, 2017 Tesla announced it fell far short…
Worse than we thought – humans have altered Earth's history
Scale of human impact on planet has changed course of Earth’s history, scientists suggest Anthropocene Working Group scientists publish recommendations for formalizing new geological epoch From the UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER…
Global Temperature Report: September 2017
Warmest September in satellite temperature record Boosted by warmer than normal water in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean that peaked in June and July, global average temperatures in the atmosphere…
More evidence: Great Permian Extinction, 250 million years ago, was caused by massive volcanic eruptions
From NYU: New evidence that Siberian volcanic eruptions caused extinction 250 million yrs ago A team of scientists has found new evidence that the Great Permian Extinction, which occurred approximately…
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