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…
Month: October 2017
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…
Funding the arts – or hurricane recovery
With only so much taxpayer cash, what should our priorities be in this year of big hurricanes? Guest essay by Paul Driessen A couple of friends recently said it was…
Giant hole in ice reappears in Antarctica after 40 years
Antarctica: Return of the Weddell polynya supports Kiel climate model After 40 years, a large ice-free area appears again in the Southern Ocean in mid-winter Currently, winter has still a…
Los Angeles will not replace dying palm trees – because 'climate change'
Los Angeles’ legendary palm trees are dying – and few will be replaced A beetle and a fungus are killing off the trees that have become synonymous with the city,…
Analysis says NOAA global temperature data 'doesn’t constitute a "smoking gun” for global warming'
Mikhail Voloshin writes this detailed analysis of NOAA and GISTEMP climate data processing on his Facebook page: Random Walk analysis of NOAA global temperature anomaly data Summary The global temperature record…
Aussie Coral Reef Rises from the Dead
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – the Australian ABC reports scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science are surprised how rapidly the Australian Great Barrier Reef is…
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