Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade March Temperatures (preliminary) Global composite temp.: +0.34 C (+0.61 °F) above seasonal average Northern Hemisphere.: +0.44 C (+0.79 °F)…
Month: April 2019
U.S. Arctic Oil & Gas Exploration: A Sense of Urgency
Guest serious post by David Middleton I ran across a very lucid and informative article on Real Clear Energy today. The author is Robert Dillon, “a senior adviser on energy…
EPIC: Astronomers may have photographed a black hole for the very first time
This could be the biggest announcement ever in the history of astronomy. Announcement and video follows. Of all the weird stuff that exists in the universe, such as quasars, pulsars,…
The Genius of Crowd Weather Forecasting
Reposted from The Cliff Mass Weather and Forecasting Blog Last quarter I taught Atmospheric Sciences 101 and as a fun extra-credit activity students had the opportunity to participate in a…
How to terrify liberals
Larry Kummer writes in by email: Today’s responsible climate reporting, terrifying liberals: “A glacier the size of Florida is on track to change the course of human civilization” by “Pakalolo”…
Why climate predictions are so difficult
From Climate Etc. by Judith Curry An insightful interview with Bjorn Stevens. Frank Bosse provided this Google translation of an interview published in Der Spiegel -Print-Issue 13/2019, p. 99-101. March…
Love Island: Flamboyant males get the girls on Madagascar
In two new species of rare giant stick insects, males turn livid blue or multicolored at sexual maturity — but why? Frontiers Biodiversity hotspot Madagascar is one of the world’s…
More Evidence for Rapid Coral Adaptation
By Jim Steele Good news continues to accumulate regards corals’ ability to rapidly adjust to changing climates. The view of coral resilience has been dominated by the narrative of a…
What Caused Madagascar’s Megafauna Extinction?
Guest post by David Middleton What rapidly wiped out Madagascar’s megafauna between 700 and 1000 AD? Climate change? Meteors? Over-hunting? President Donald J. Trump? Nope. It appears that agriculture may…
Darwin Temperatures; What is going on?
By Bob Irvine Darwin Australia is one of only two temperature stations in an entire NASA grid and, therefore, has a disproportionate influence on the NASA-GISS global temperature reconstruction. The…
WATCH LIVE – Oroville spillway will open its gates for the first time since the catastrophe
The Lake Oroville dam spillway is supposed to open at 11AM local time (Pacific Time) today. according to reports from the California Department of Water Resources. We have two live…
Naked Climate Change Protest Disrupts UK Parliament Brexit Debate
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Trigger warning – Lots of naked this week in the name of Gaea… Protesters disrupt Brexit debate by baring bottoms over inaction on climate change…
The New Green Threat: Extinction Rebellion
Translated from The Ilmastotiede blog If you’ve seen news reports of this winter’s climate campaigns, you may have spotted logos and banners of Extinction Rebellion. Is it just another new…
Justin Trudeau Levies Carbon Tax On Rebellious Canadian Provinces
From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax went into effect in four Canadian provinces Monday. Canadian drivers raced to the pumps Sunday…
Natural climate processes overshadow recent human-induced Walker circulation trends
Institute for Basic Science A new study, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that the recent intensification of the equatorial Pacific wind system, known as Walker…
Study Blames White American’s Diet For Climate Change
From oilprice.com NOT an April fool’s joke.~ctm By Irina Slav – Apr 01, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT A study has suggested Caucasian Americans’ diet is contributing significantly more to climate…
The perils of CO2 in space spawn a down to Earth solution
Astronaut Scott Kelly had and idea while dealing with problems caused by CO2 while on the International Space Station (ISS). This truly is an amazing application of a far out…
Ten ‘inconvenient’ Questions for ‘Climate Industry Entrepreneur of the Year’, Gov. Jay Inslee @jayinslee @govinslee
It’s amazing what some groups can find using the Freedom of Information Act. From the website Government Accountability and Oversight: As Washington Gov. Jay Inslee comes to Capitol Hill Tuesday…
Physics Reveals ‘Green’ Energy Sources Are Unrealistic And Unsustainable
From The Federalist March 29, 2019 By The Federalist Staff Can existing “green” energy match the efficiency of fossil fuels? Mark P. Mills, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, shares…
66-million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor
Fossil site preserves animals killed within minutes of meteor impact University of California – Berkeley A meteor impact 66 million years ago generated a tsunami-like wave in an inland sea…
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