According to the US Government CBP Trade and Travel report, 51% of the counterfeit or substandard Covid-19 test kits, masks and drugs seized by US Customs in FY2020 originated in…
Month: February 2021
Not recommending AstraZeneca vaccine for the elderly risks the lives of the most vulnerable
The concern is not that there is data showing the vaccine to be ineffective in the elderly, it’s that there is not enough evidence to show that it is effective…
Taken Under the ‘Wing’ of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Feb 5, 2021 From NASA The tip of the “wing” of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this 2013 view from NASA’s Great Observatories. The Small Magellanic Cloud,…
UK Carbon Tax to Drive Up the Cost of Gas Heating, Milk and Beef
If you read Willis’ excellent essay on energy poverty, you might think countries like Britain would be keen to address this terrible burden on the poor. Think again; the reality…
Climate Researcher’s New E-Book: IPCC Significantly Overstates CO2, “The Sorry State Of Climate Science”
According to Poyet, a geologist, the worse climate predictions have been made for 50 years and none of them has ever become true. For example, despite the unsupported claims that…
Shafting The Poor
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Let me start with a couple of the most callous and heartless quotes that I know of. Here’s a description from Politico of the first…
Scientists Discover Plate Tectonics… Again
Guest “Did you know?” by David Middleton An upwelling of rock beneath the Atlantic may drive continents apartThe Mid-Atlantic Ridge may play a more active role in plate tectonics than…
Claim: California’s Rainy Season Starting Nearly A Month Later Than It Did 60 Years Ago
The new study in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters, which publishes high-impact, short-format reports with immediate implications spanning all Earth and space sciences, is the first to quantify just how…
Measuring melting ice
That meltwater forms strong coastal currents and ocean fronts, and those currents are impacted by winds, tides, and break down if they become unstable. Aside from generating those currents, the…
Aussie Bushfire Survivor Complains About the Lack of Climate Action
A year on from large bushfires which activists have blamed on climate change, some bushfire survivors are upset Australia hasn’t abandoned fossil fuel. But there is no firm evidence climate…
Another Climate Friendly High Speed Rail Project Bites the Dust
Even the 30,000 flights per year which connect the 190 mile Singapore to Kuala Lumpur route were not enough to sell a high speed rail project to investors. But Professor…
A 2021 Index to Willis’s Posts
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach It’s February 3rd, 2021. I hadn’t updated my index since 2018, so I decided to do so. Not an easy task, but I beat it…
A team of climatologists is studying how to minimize errors in observed climate trend
These long periods of time mean that it is practically impossible to maintain the same measuring conditions over the years. The most common problem is the growth of cities around…
The Diplomat: Military Preparedness for Climate Disasters will Limit Scope for CO2 Savings
Jacob Parakilas of The Diplomat makes a good case for why greening the military is a logistical absurdity. Sadly Jason does not follow through, and apply his own logic to…
NASA Announces New Role of Senior Climate Advisor
“This position will provide NASA leadership critical insights and recommendations for the agency’s full spectrum of science, technology, and infrastructure programs related to climate,” said acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk.…
John Kerry Confronted Over His Private Jet Use — His Response Says It All
He’s making such a sacrifice for us all. This interview was in 2019 because Kerry FLEW TO ICELAND ON HIS PRIVATE JET, in order to ACCEPT AN AWARD. HT/Sara and…
Court Ruling: French Government is Failing to Meet Paris Agreement Pledges
What is the point of President Biden rejoining the Paris Accord, when even the French cannot be bothered to keep their pledges?
A New Millennial Global Surface Temperature Reconstruction
By Andy May Nicola Scafetta has written a new paper (Scafetta, 2021) in Atmosphere on a new millennial surface temperature reconstruction. This is his latest “what if the models are…
The Shocking Climate Graph @climateofgavin Doesn’t Want You To See
Just a couple of days ago, climate scientist Dr. Roy Spencer suggested U.S. Warming Trends could be largely spurious. In his analysis, Dr. Spencer examined another dataset maintained by the National…
The New Pause lengthens from 5 years 4 months to 5 years 6 months
If there’s one thing that upsets true-believers in the cult of Thermageddon, it’s a Pause in global warming. The first Pause lasted 224 months. Now another one appears to have…
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