Guest essay by Eric Worrall A self identified Libertarian who believes in “aggressive” carbon taxes thinks ordinary Republicans can be persuaded to embrace his ideas if the party leadership tell them what to do. How the science of persuasion could change the politics of climate change Conservatives have to make the case to conservatives, and…
Guest analysis by Mark Fife In today’s post I am going to go over how I went about creating a reconstruction of the history of temperature from the GHCN data sets using a variable number of stations reporting each year for the years of 1900 to 2011. Before I go into the details of that…
This came to me via a tip, but to be honest I get so many daily emails and comments I’ve lost the original source of the tip. This is via the Canadian Ice Service, and it’s a view I have not seen before. It shows a polar view looking down at the North pole which…
From wire reports: A volcano in southern Japan, Mount Io, erupted for the first time since 1768 on Thursday, spewing steam and ash 400 meters (1,300 feet) into the air. Video follows. Authorities warned locals not to approach the mountain. A warning area has been issued within 3km of the volcano due to large flying volcanic…
Guest post by David Middleton 04 APRIL 2018 Mississippi River flooding worse now than any time in past 500 years Efforts to control the river’s flow with levees and other structures have increased the risk of dangerous floods. Floods on the mighty Mississippi River are larger and more frequent today than at any time in…
Guest satirical rebuttal by David Middleton Willis’ post on EV’s was very unfair… At least according to some of the comments. So I thought I would post some graphs demonstrating that EV’s aren’t quite so astoundingly unsuccessful. One of my favorite metrics is Ford F-Series pickup trucks versus electric vehicles. F-Series sales literally crush EV…
From the UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT and the “that’s going to leave a mark” department comes this bit of news that’s sure to cause some heads to explode. Regardless of political affiliation, people are more likely to believe facts about climate change when they come from Republicans speaking against what has become a partisan interest in this…