New method, co-developed at UMD, refines the 2,600-year history of large eruptions that inject planet-cooling particles into the stratosphere From the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND For all their destructive power, most…
Month: February 2019
UPenn: The word “Anthropocene” is a Dangerous Generalisation which Ignores White Male Colonial Capitalist Guilt for Global Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to University of Pennsylvania climate communicator Hanna Morris, use of the word “Anthropocene” facilitates disregard for the disproportionate suffering of indigenous peoples, and encourages…
Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement goals
Well well well, the Dicaprio Foundation gives birth to something.~ctm Public Release: 5-Feb-2019 New open-access book presents 2 years of research on how to best tackle climate change and its…
A cool new idea could revolutionize the electric power industry
University of Cincinnati researchers have developed a more efficient air-cooling system for power plants University of Cincinnati researchers say they have found a solution to one of the biggest environmental…
China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rising At ‘Alarming Rate’
From the place you’d least expect….CNN Chinese methane emissions are rising at an alarming rate despite recent government regulations aimed at curbing the climate-changing pollutant, a new report has revealed. A…
Study: Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century
Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Climate change is causing significant changes to phytoplankton…
Official: Germany Could Slow Phase-Out of Coal
From VOA News Europe Official: Germany Could Slow Phase-Out of Coal February 02, 2019 10:07 PM Reuters FILE – Water vapor rises from the cooling towers of the Jaenschwalde coal-fired…
John Christy: Guilty as Charged (DeSmogBlog’s own goal)
By Robert Bradley Jr. — February 5, 2019 “From the Climate Disinformation Database: John R. Christy” reads the headline from DeSmogBlog in its “Climate Denier Spotlight.” The following short profile follows (emphasis…
End of Ice: Voodoo Science Himalayan Glacier Crisis Rises from the Dead
Guest essay by Eric Worrall If you thought the “Voodoo Science” Himalayan glacier crisis died when its main backer, former IPCC head and alleged sex pest Rajendra Pachauri was forced…
British chips shrink by an inch as climate change slashes potato yields
From the UK Independent ‘Farmers are used to dealing with fluctuations in the weather but if we have two or three extreme years in a row it has the potential…
Disrupting the Theory on PV and Global Warming
Disrupting the Theory on PV and Global Warming February 4, 2019 Guest post by Bob Vislocky From the “where theory doesn’t agree with the numbers” camp comes this Washington Post…
Reassessing Model Projections for Hot Days from RCPs –
An Aussie Perspective Dr B Basil Beamish Hot Day Projections in Australia At the end of 2015, the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) released a joint technical report that…
Keep fraudulent science out of our courtrooms
Courts should bar evidence that fails to meet basic standards of honesty, integrity and credibility Paul Driessen A California jury recently awarded $289 million in damages (later reduced to $78…
Guardian: More People Being “Converted” to Climate Belief
Guest essay by Eric Worrall They actually used the word “converts” to describe people who changed their mind about climate change. How to change the minds of climate deniers Kate…
Monday Mirthless – Green Gummer Gets Gummed Up at the Trough
We covered this over the weekend.Lord Deben is facing calls to step away from the trough. UK Climate Change Committee head, @lorddeben facing calls to resign over what appear to…
New paper connects upper stratospheric ozone changes to the solar cycle
The authors write in this plain language summary: Changes in the output of the Sun are thought to influence surface weather and climate through a set of processes initiated by…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #346
Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Influence of Greenhouse Gases: The past two…
‘Cooling Is Warming’: Climate Hoaxters Panic As US Freezes, Media Provides Cover
From the “War is Peace” department… WRITTEN BY JOHN NOLTE America enjoys a winter filled with tons of snow and frigid cold weather and out pops the Climate Hoaxsters to assure…
Study finds billion-year superocean cycles in Earth’s history
Curtin researchers believe that ancient supercontinents formed and then fell apart through alternating cycles spanning hundreds of millions of years that involved superoceans being swallowed and the restructuring of the…
Quietest Solar Cycle In 200 Years May Put The Brakes On Global Warming
Solar Cycle 24 has had the lowest solar activity since the Dalton Minimum around 1810. By Frank Bosse and Fritz Vahrenholt, No Tricks Zone Our sun was also very sub-normally active in…
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