By Andy May My previous post on sea-surface temperature (SST) differences between HadSST and ERSST generated a lively discussion. Some, this author included, asserted that the Hadley Centre HadSST record…
Year: 2020
The conundrum of Hudson Bay bears that left shore late in 1983 with video from CBC archives
In 1983, it was claimed that freeze-up of Hudson Bay was so late that polar bears didn’t leave the shore until the 4th of December – several weeks later than…
How Effective is the “Reposition Global Warming as Theory” Leaked Memos Line? Let me show the ways …
The “reposition global warming” memo phrase is just that effective of a debate killer to this very day, up until the point where a majority of people start examining it…
Claim: Climate Change is Causing Skin Disease in Dolphins
Buy an EV or the Dolphins will get it? Activists now hope our love of dolphins will induce us to accept their wild climate claims.
Battery Basics for Climate Warriors
There are basically only three non-kinetic electrical storage mechanisms: electrochemical, pseudocapacitive, and capacitive. We deliberately exclude indirectly kinetic pumped hydro, for which there are two big expansion problems: insufficient remaining…
Claim: China’s Covid-19 Recovery is Not Green Enough
Despite recent promises by President Xi Jinping that China has embraced firm CO2 targets, analysts are concerned that China still appears to be investing a lot of capital into expanding…
Nuking the anti-nuke crowd
How has the Trump Administration fared in meeting the multiple challenges that have slowed the growth of nuclear energy in the U.S. to a near-halt? And what are the prospects…
Why mRNA vaccines could revolutionise medicine
The first Covid-19 vaccine given to British people this month is not just a welcome breakthrough against a grim little enemy that has defied every other weapon we have tried,…
Australian Covid-19 Containment Cracks: Cases Spreading New South Wales and Possibly Queensland
New Aussie lockdowns coming? While Australia’s sun drenched Summer weather is a natural advantage which has helped us contain local Covid infections, the epidemic in Australia is far from over,…
Wrong Again: 2020’s Failed Climate Doomsaying
2020 has been the wildest and most unpredictable year in the memory of most people. But did the climate doom that was predicted to occur in or by 2020 materialize?…
Cause of Death: Follow-up
“A 9-year-old girl who suffered a fatal asthma attack in 2013 became the first person in Britain to officially have air pollution listed as a cause of death…”
Preventing Ecosystem Collapse: Caribbean Coral Reefs
Media headlines have been promoting unrealistic fears of ecosystem collapse due to climate change. Such fears get supported when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) designates some…
Australia: Chinese Embargo of High Quality Aussie Coal is Increasing CO2 Emissions
According to the Australian Government, the Chinese Embargo of Australian Coal is increasing CO2 emissions, because the coal China is burning instead is lower quality. But there is a much…
From the Bleeding Obvious Files: U.S. Army Still Relies on Carbon-Based Fuels
Guest “No Schist Sherlock” by David Middleton U.S. Army still relies on carbon-based fuels, report says The U.S. Army still relies on carbon-based fuels, which will likely remain the primary…
Google Deepmind AI Project to Improve Renewable Energy Reliability Quietly Disappeared
A Google project to use artificial intelligence to improve the predictability of wind energy appears to have failed. Engineers who worked on the project have reportedly removed mention of their…
Claim: We’re Closer to 1.5C Global Warming than You Think
How close can scientists adjust us towards the 1.5C global warming bogeyman temperature without people noticing its just not that big a deal?
GAO Asks Court to Compel New Mexico AG to Stop Stonewalling in Discovery, Provide Answers to Questions About Work with Activists and Activist AGs
EPA reveals AGO’s claim that records are shielded by “pending litigation,” secrecy pact directly contradicted by New York Attorney General claim to WSJ
CLAIM: Expect fewer, but more destructive landfalling tropical cyclones
A study based on new high-resolution supercomputer simulations, published in this week’s issue of the journal Science Advances, reveals that global warming will intensify landfalling tropical cyclones of category 3…
Modern Iceland’s Climate Is Colder With More Ice Than Any Other Time In The Last 8000 Years Except The 1800s
A wealth of new research in glacier and sea ice extent show modern Iceland is 2-4°C colder than all of the last 8000 years except for a slightly colder late…
The End of Big Cities? The Hill Blames Coronavirus for the Exodus
According to The Hill contributor Kristin Tate, Coronavirus has ended the decades long growth trend of large cities, and created a population boom in medium size cities. But some of…
The Replication Crisis
Growing awareness of the replication crisis has rocked the fields of medicine and psychology, in particular, where famous experiments and influential findings have been cast into doubt. But these issues…
Greta Thunberg Slams New Zealand’s Unambitious Climate Emergency
Greta Thunberg has slammed New Zealand’s “so-called” climate emergency. But rather than thank Greta for her criticism, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has compounded her error, and publicly contradicted the…
WUWT – big changes, returning to a ‘war footing’ on climate
With the likely installation of a Biden administration comes a renewed and likely vicious climate war. I have inside information that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) will be pushing the Biden…
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