2019 Indian Monsoon — Blessing or Curse?

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen — 17 January 2020   In India, the monsoons that bring the rains are not just weather or climate phenomena — they are  mystical and…

Were IPCC’s 1990 medium-term warming predictions accurate? No.

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley In the increasingly vain hope of success in flogging the dead horse Global Warming, revisionists are increasingly trying to pretend that climatologists’ original predictions of…

Senior Aussie Politician: “Climate deniers are like anti-vaxxers”

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The virulent climate rhetoric in Australia just stepped up a notch, with senior opposition MP Tony Burke comparing “climate deniers” to people who dispute the…

Climate Change Destroyed Assyrian Empire… without fossil fuels!

Guest drive-by by David Middleton Megadrought Helped Topple the Assyrian EmpirePaleoclimate records shed light on the ancient civilization’s meteoric rise and catastrophic collapse. By Mary Caperton Morton 15 January 2020…

Michael Mann Beclowns Himself with Aussie Climate Refugee Prediction

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Clarky of Oz; According to Michael Mann, Australia could soon be so hot and dry Australians will be forced to become climate refugees. Hot…

The Megacities Are Cooking

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [OK, had to start over, had bad numbers for the areas. Graphics have been replaced. I was using “core area” but I should have been…

Report: Coal Plants Shut Down At Second Fastest Rate On Record During Trump’s Third Year In Office

From The Daily Caller Energy Chris White Tech Reporter January 13, 2020 11:27 AM ET Coal plants shuttered at the second fastest rate in U.S. history in 2019, Reuters reported…

Astronomers reveal interstellar thread of one of life’s building blocks

ALMA and Rosetta map the journey of phosphorus ESO Phosphorus, present in our DNA and cell membranes, is an essential element for life as we know it. But how it…

New assessment of gas locked in ice in European waters

University of Southampton A study led by the University of Southampton has mapped several sites in Europe containing gas hydrate – a relatively clean fuel which could help bridge the…

Climate Change to Alter Death in the Anthropocene… Or Something Like That

Guest “WTF?” by David Middleton Welcome to the AnthropoceneJoin thousands of researchers, policymakers and educators who rely on our Weekly Science Dispatch to keep up to date on the latest…

While NOAA/NASA claims 2019 as the “second warmest year ever”, other data shows 2019 cooler than 2005 for USA.

Today, at the big 100 year anniversary shindig of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) there was a press release session that featured NOAA and NASA GISS talking about how their…

No Meat for You!

Guest post by Jim Steele, Published in the Pacifica Tribune January 15, 2020 What’s Natural? No Meat for You! New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced NYC’s New…

Has the Aussie Government Surrendered to Climate Activists?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Australian Federal Science Minister Karen Andrews, climate deniers are robbing Australia of the time and energy to deal with climate change by perpetuating…

Merchants of Thirst

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen — 14 January 2020 Water tankers ply the city streets bringing essential supplies of fresh potable water to thirsty neighborhoods. “For city authorities that are…

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Has a Close Encounter with Jupiter

Jan. 14, 2020 NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Has a Close Encounter with Jupiter A multitude of swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from…

1D Model of Global SST Shows 40% of Warming Since 1979 Due to Early Volcanic Cooling

From Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog January 14th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. In 2017, Christy & McNider published a study where they estimated and removed the volcanic effects…

Rupert Murdoch’s Son James Furious at Media Empire’s “Climate Denial”

Guest essay by Eric Worrall James Murdoch has publicly rebuked his family for continuing to provide a platform for “climate deniers” on Murdoch media outlets like Fox News and News…

Texas: Coal Did Not Get Blown Away By Wind

Guest “I told you so” by David Middleton Jan 13, 2020, 10:33amTexas Power Generation: Did Coal Get Blown Away By Wind? University of Houston Energy Fellows Contributor Group We are…

The Ocean Warms By A Whole Little

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [see update at the end] How much is a “Whole Little”? Well, it’s like a whole lot, only much, much smaller. There’s a new paper…

Can solar geoengineering mitigate both climate change and income inequality?

Potential economic benefits of reversing rising temperatures would benefit developing countries greatly, representing a global GDP growth of 200% University of California – San Diego New research from the University…