New research supports the Winter Gatekeeper Hypothesis

Guest Post By Javier Vinós 1. Introduction The Winter Gatekeeper Hypothesis, proposed by this author in his book “Climate of the Past, Present and Future” (Vinós 2022), is based on…

LA Times reveals 2020 CA Wildfire CO2 Wiped Out 18 Years of the State’s Emissions Reductions

The Times article confirms the fact that California wildfire emissions in year 2020 wiped out the states 18 years of hugely costly efforts to reduce its emissions.

IEP Ecological Threat Report: Global Climate Concern Dropped 1.5% since 2019

Much ado and handwringing – According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, global climate concern dropped 1.5% to 48%, between 2019 and 2021.

Scatterplot Sensitivity

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach This is the third post looking at the use of 1° latitude by 1° longitude gridcell-based scatterplots. The first post, Global Scatterplots, looked at a…

Battery Airplanes? Nope! (MIT Technology Review)

In order for electric planes to play a more significant role in decarbonizing air travel, energy density may need to quadruple,

Scientists Warn of a Rare Third Year La Nina

“Nonetheless, we should be aware of the risk of intense cold surges in Eurasia, which could also produce more cold extremes either in eastern or northeastern China,” Fang warns.