Guest essay by Eric Worrall Physicist and climate skeptic Freeman Dyson has sadly passed away following a fall earlier this week. RIP Freeman Dyson: The super-boffin who applied his mathematical…
Month: February 2020
CNN End of Snow: “Climate change is threatening winter sports’ very existence”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall As much of the USA experienced an abundance of the white stuff, CNN picked this as a good time to make an “end of snow”…
DC EXCLUSIVE: We Asked Battleground Dem Lawmakers About Sen. Sanders’ Anti-Fracking Promises. Only One Responded
From The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter February 28, 2020 4:47 PM ET Moderate Democrats from battleground districts didn’t respond to questions about potential 2020 nominee Bernie Sanders’ anti-fracking…
On Cambridge University, post-modernism, climate change, Oppenheimer’s Razor, and the Re-Enlightenment
By Neil Lock In the early 1970s, I studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. I enjoyed it at the time, but was left with a feeling that something wasn’t quite…
NOAA Relies on ‘Russian Collusion’ to Claim January Was Hottest Month on Record
Other data shows the USA wasn’t even close to a record. By Anthony Watts In a report generating substantial media attention this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…
Extinction Rebellion Accused of Faking a Miners Protest
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Miners are furious Extinction Rebellion successfully fooled a BBC reporter into believing XR protesters dressed in cardboard safety helmets were actually miners demanding the closure…
NYT: White Supremacy Goes Green
Guest essay by Eric Worrall NYT have just noticed that not all climate activists are PC hippies, though they still seem blind to the possibility that some of their own…
State of the Polar Bear Report 2019: Are polar bear researchers hiding good news?
From Dr. Susan Crockford’s Polar Bear Science Posted on February 27, 2020 | Comments Off on State of the Polar Bear Report 2019: Are polar bear researchers hiding good news?…
Astronomers detect biggest explosion in the history of the universe
Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang. The blast came from a supermassive black hole at the centre…
La Nina may form in the equatorial Pacific Ocean later this year and, if so, it could have wide-ranging ramifications
By Paul Dorian NOAA’s CFS v2 computer forecast model is predicting relatively strong La Nina conditions by later this summer (August/September/October); SST anomalies plot courtesy NOAA *La Nina may form…
The Hot And Cold Of Space
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach For those who enjoy mathematical puzzles, I’m putting this one out there for your pleasure. Suppose we have a 1 metre by 1 metre by…
A first: New “helper” satellite extends life of failing geosynchronous IntelSat 901
DULLES, Va. – Feb. 26, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SpaceLogistics LLC, have successfully completed the first docking of the Mission Extension Vehicle-1…
Quebec Premier Claims Anti-Pipeline Fanatics are Armed with AK-47s
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Breitbart; The claim is strongly disputed by protestors, who are worried that a claim they are carrying guns might be used as a justification…
Recent Canary Islands dust storm versus climate
By Peter Kuchar Recently on 23rd of February I was witness of really amazing event, strongest dust storm in recent history of Canary Islands. Most of you probably know, but…
The “anti-Greta” Thunberg debuts on Fox News with a message of hope for young people.
It is nice to see this. Unlike high-school dropout Greta Thunberg, Naomi Seibt is an accelerated student and has a background in science and psychology. She received a degree in…
CDC Covid-19 – Possible US Case of Chinese Corona Virus from an Unknown Source
Guest essay by Eric Worrall CDC efforts to contain the Chinese Corona Virus in the USA have focussed on identifying chains of infection and isolating everyone who might have come…
Report: Green New Deal Will Impose A $75,000 Per Year Cost On Swing-State Households
From The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter February 26, 2020 5:42 PM ET Americans in nearly a dozen swing states could expect to spend roughly $75,000 per year if…
Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction?
Reposted from The Cliff Mass Weather Blog Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction? During the past several years, I have written…
Digging into the far side of the moon: Chang’E-4 probes 40 meters into lunar surface
Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters The subsurface stratigraphy seen by Yutu-2 radar on the farside of the moon. Credit: CLEP/CRAS/NAOC A little over a year after landing, China’s spacecraft Chang’E-4…
Vox Defends Bloomberg’s Climate Change Record Against Greenpeace
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Vox has defended Michael Bloomberg’s record of wrecking coal mining jobs, against accusations by activists that Bloomberg is not committed enough to climate action. Mike…
The COVID-19 Stock Market Crash: Déjà vu all over again!
Guest “counter-hyping” by David Middleton The stock market plunge of the past few days has largely been triggered by the rather modest spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) out of China.…
Some perspective on the #Coronavirus #COVID19 from the CDC
Folks fretting about the coronavirus are forgetting there’s another virus already running rampant in the United States, one that’s killed nearly 20 times as many people in this country alone.…
Hijacking the Winds of Change
Guest post by Jim Steele published in the Pacifica Tribune February 25, 2020 What’s Natural Low-tech weathervanes have provided farmers with sage weather advice. If winds were coming from the…
BREAKING: Michael Bloomberg’s climate money may have gotten his presidential campaign into IRS hot water
From Government Accountability and Oversight (GAO): IRS Complaint Filed Against Bloomberg Philanthropies for Use as Political Campaign Tool, Inuring to Private Benefit vs Public Interest “I bought that” candidate’s overlapping…
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