Guest opinion by Rud Istvan I have but little scientifically to contribute, since they have been mostly factually correct. But here I provide a little more scientific evidence, visual observational…
Month: April 2018
A look at the GHCN Daily Minimums Debunks a Basic Assumption of Global Warming
Guest essay by Mark Fife In today’s post on the Global Historical Climatology Data I am going to concentrate on daily minimum temperatures for long term stations in North America…
Roger Pielke Jr. calls out harasser @juddlegum
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. writes on The Climate fix (and asks me to share) Public Debate Challenge to Judd Legum ROGERPIELKEJR People are funny. Judd Legum is a die-hard partisan who…
Automobile emissions research benefits the study of exoplanet atmospheres
From the ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY and the “hot gases in a galaxy far, far, away” department Chemical models developed to help limit the emission of pollutants by car engines are…
Court Case to Force Shell to "Reinvest" More in Renewables
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Shell’s long term policy of cultivating green friends seems to have come unstuck, with a “Friends of the Earth” lawsuit which insists that Shell re-investing…
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Solar Panels – "Solar Road" fails miserably
$4.5 million project generates just $36.86 worth of electricity so far Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Back in 2014, Anthony Watts pointed out an upcoming project called “Solar Roadways”. This was a…
US power sector carbon emissions intensity drops to lowest on record (because EPA forced coal power closure)
From the COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY and the “coal power plants saved your butt in the winter of 2017/18” department. PITTSBURGH — (April 4, 2018) Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems…
Global Temperature Report: March 2018
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.13 C per decade March temperatures (preliminary) Global composite temp.: +0.24 C (about 0.43 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for March. Northern Hemisphere:…
Shocking! The SEC rules that activist shareholders can't force oil companies to stop being oil companies!
Guest hyperbole by David Middleton Since, someone will very likely comment that the article doesn’t say that activist shareholders were trying to force oil companies to stop being oil companies,…
Clouds Down Under
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [See Update at the end] Sometimes climate research is just plain funny. I wrote before about Irish rain and investigated whether there is any effect…
Mann and Lewandowsky's polar bear paper enters bizzaroland: Climate change leads to more…neurosurgery for polar bears?
The two most bizarre people in the climate debate have now had the most bizarre thing happen to them and their garbage science paper that basically become a peer reviewd…
Bizarre claim: Climate Change will poison Monarch Butterflies
On the surface, this looks like some bad science from a couple of green undergraduates who are so eager to save the planet, they’ve lost track of what science actually…
Earth's stable temperature past suggests other planets could also sustain life
Theories about the early days of our planet’s history vary wildly. Some studies have painted the picture of a snowball Earth, when much of its surface was frozen. Other theories…
Junk Science Journalism: "Lyme disease the first epidemic of climate change."
Guest ridiculing by David Middleton This headline on Real Clear Science caught my eye this morning: Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change Mary Beth Pfeiffer, Aeon Magazine Having grown up…
Claim: Your wood stove affects the climate more than you might think
From the NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY and the “wood stove police will soon come knocking” department comes this claim: Your wood stove affects the climate more than you might…
Californian Bird Lovers Wonder If Climate Change Killed or Confused Their Missing Birds
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Perhaps they should consider other possible explanations. Climate Change Threatens Bird Migrations, Habitats In San Diego County Monday, April 2, 2018 By Susan Murphy ……
Errorless Global Mean Sea Level Rise
Brief Comment by Kip Hansen Have you ever noticed that whenever NASA or NOAA presents a graph of satellite-era Global Mean Sea Level rise, there are no error bars? …
Climate Oil Conspiracy "Smoking Gun" Goes Up in Smoke
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Willie Soon – The California vs Chevron lawsuit against five oil companies is not going well for greens. After suggesting Climate Scientist Myles Allen…
Monday Mirthiness – StrawMann
Josh writes on Twitter: “StrawMann: a cartoon for all those times climate activists get the wrong end of the schtick.” Save it and apply liberally as needed.
New DOE study on methane raises more questions than it answers
From: DOE/LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY First direct observations of methane’s increasing greenhouse effect at the Earth’s surface Scientists have directly measured the increasing greenhouse effect of methane at the Earth’s surface…
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