Satellite and Surface Temperatures

By Andy May In the Great Climate Change Debate between Professor David Karoly and Professor Will Happer, Glenn Tamblyn was called upon to finish the consensus side of the debate…

Aussie Children’s Climate Change Court Case Rejected

Aussie Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has successfully argued she does not have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change.

Scottish Government Ignores Frantic Food Crisis Warnings, Embraces Green Piety

The Ukraine was the bread basket of Europe, and Russia was a major source of fertiliser. Yet as the interruption of grain and fertiliser supplies raises the spectre of crop…

The Longest Drought

Essentially, we need to stop thinking about returning to normal as a thing that is possible

Epstein Vs. Dessler: Should America Rapidly Eliminate Fossil Fuel Use to Prevent Climate Catastrophe.

A debate at The Steamboat Institute Energy and Climate Summit, The Nexus of U.S. Energy Policy, Climate Science, Freedom and Prosperity featuring Alex Epstein, author of the New York Times…

Oil Price Hikes Hit Poor Countries The Hardest

However, the situation is far more serious for populations of developing countries who have a much smaller buffer against life-threatening deprivation.

Separating Science From Pseudoscience For Floods And Extreme Precipitation

Video (and transcript) explores the pseudoscientific claims regards floods and extreme precipitation to separate the scientific facts from simple catastrophic narratives to determine what is natural and what is caused…

Claim: Permafrost peatlands approaching tipping point

Researchers warn that permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia are much closer to a climatic tipping point than previous believed. 

The Atlantic: Even a Minor Nuclear War would be a Climate Problem

Atlantic contributor Robinson Meyer mentions all the dead people and wrecked cities, before progressing on to discussing important climate consequences.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #495

“Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci

Climate Research Strike Falls Flat, Colleagues Choose Sharm el-Sheikh

Back in January, WUWT gave our full support to  Bruce Glavovic, Iain White and Tim Smith’s call for a climate research moratorium, until governments keep their promises. Sadly most of their colleagues appear…

Warming Could Lead To Fewer Tornadoes… Trend Has Been Downward 70 Years, Less Damage

The tornado debate, which heats up every time severe activity occurs, remains completely undecided when it comes to what the future holds. But so far, the data have been pointing…

House Democrats Cancel Looming Embarrassment With Oil Executives

Amid cries of “Putin Price Hikes,” the Biden Administration and congressional Democrats continue to obsess over the “climate crisis” and promote a rapid “transition” to “renewable” energy.

Comparing AR5 to AR6

By Andy May The IPCC AR5 report was published in 2013 and the CMIP5 climate models they used, have been shown to predict faster warming than observed in the tropical…

Study: Ice flow is more sensitive to stress than previously thought

The rate of glacier ice flow is more sensitive to stress than previously calculated, according to a new study by MIT researchers that upends a decades-old equation used to describe…

Open Thread

Open thread.

Schernikau & Smith: ‘Climate Impacts’ of Fossil Fuels

Dr. Lars Schernikau, energy economist, entrepreneur, and commodity trader explains in a short 18min video a new peer-reviewed research paper authored by him and Prof William H. Smith of Earth…

Yale 360: Climate Change is Disrupting Global Supply Chains

According to Yale, companies are re-discovering keeping a component inventory and supply chain redundancy, but there are fears this will increase costs.

Climate tipping might not always be disastrous

Crossing a tipping point may lead to many other situations than the generally assumed catastrophic outcome

Franklin’s Ill-Fated Expedition Contradicts Dr. Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick Temperature Reconstruction

The expedition took place at a time that is likely to be among the coldest in the last 2,000 years.