Energy from electric cars could power our lives — but only if we improve the system Two apparently contradictory studies come together with recommendations Oxford, November 22, 2017 – Power…
Month: November 2017
Google Truth Algorithm: Users are Part of the Problem
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Google’s efforts to filter out positions which they think are fake news, like climate skeptic posts, have hit an unexpected snag: Google have just noticed…
Southern California broils before Turkey Day with 2 dozen record highs
As we mentioned in our previous story today, unseasonably warm weather hit the Los Angeles area today. with 99 degrees at Camarillo being the hottest. Here is a temperature map…
Core of climate science is in the real-world data
The following was provided by Dr. Willie Soon, reproduced with permission from Dr Ian Flanigan. The Coalition referenced in the post is the current Australian Government, a Coalition between the…
Discovery: Lightning creates anti-matter in our atmosphere
From the “this is likely to push out chemtrails as the next big conspiracy theory” department. I posited back in 2009, when I first covered this story, that the huge…
Remember when the calving of the Petermann Glacier was a sure sign of ‘global warming’? Never mind.
WUWT readers may recall some articles we did years back debunking the alarm over the Petermann glacier calving off a large iceberg. In case you are unfamiliar, it’s what glaciers…
Record temps up to 100°F expected in SoCal at start of Thanksgiving holiday
From the “cook your turkey on the asphalt while waiting in a traffic jam” department Dr Ryan Maue of Weather.us has this informative forecast: Already in the 80s in Southern…
Study: When the sun pulses X-rays, Earth’s ionosphere pulses in sync
A team of scientists led by solar physicist Laura Hayes investigated a connection between solar flares and Earth’s atmosphere. They discovered pulses in the electrified layer of the atmosphere –…
Gosh. Study highlights species that are ‘deceptively resilient’ to climate change
From the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – DAVIS and the “sneaky Nature will get you with climate change… someday” department. Species may appear deceptively resilient to climate change Ecological air conditioning offers…
LA Times: Truck and Train Oil Tanker Accidents Preferable to Pipe Spills
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The LA Times doesn’t mind if cancelling Keystone leads to more rail and road freighting of oil, they think truck and tanker train oil spills…
Roger Pielke Jr. describes the politics of unlikely climate scenarios
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: The public policy choices we make about climate policy depend on the future that we expect. Here Roger Pielke Jr. describes…
New study tries to link climate models and climate data together in a ‘Semi Empirical Climate Model’
Guest essay by Antero Ollila The error of the IPCC climate model is about 50% in the present time. There are two things that explain this error: 1) There is…
‘Oddball’ cigar-shaped interstellar asteroid visits our solar system
First known interstellar visitor is an ‘oddball’, with a very odd and highly unusual aspect ratio. From the ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY (AURA) In October astronomers were surprised by…
Arctic sea ice expanding faster than normal
Ice grew at 5,100 square kilometers (2,000 square miles) per day faster than the average rate of ice growth for the month during October From the National Snow and Ice…
Claim: 19th century U.S. immigrants were actually ‘climate refugees’
From the EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION and the “climate refugees” department comes this piece of work. Climate changes triggered immigration to America in the 19th century In the 19th century, over…
Study: The rise of climate activism is web-enabled
From the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO (a reader poll follows) UTSA researcher studies evolution of climate change activism Researcher explores climate change advocacy in the digital space Climate change…
Kiribati Climate Plan: More Resorts, More Tourists
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The President of Kiribati doesn’t want his people to be seen as climate charity cases – instead he wants investment, new tourist resorts to give…
Global climate models may be misjudging methane releases into the atmosphere
From the Ohio State University and the “settled science” department. Results suggest more methane may be released into atmosphere than thought COLUMBUS, Ohio–A study of a Lake Erie wetland suggests…
Roger Pielke Jr. describes the distorting of climate science
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website Summary: Scientists and journalists play a vital role in the public policy debate about climate change, explaining the reports of the major…
Claim: Hydrogen powered cars for the masses one step closer to reality
From the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES and the “flux capacitor” department. Hydrogen cars for the masses one step closer to reality, thanks to UCLA invention 2-in-1 device also…
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