The Solar Cycles: A New Physical Model

By Andy May Dr. Frank Stefani and colleagues from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf and the Institute for Numerical Modelling, University of Latvia, have proposed a new physically consistent model of…

Night Time Wind Power Fails Across the Entire Continent of Australia

Remember all those assurances that the wind always blows somewhere? Not so much on the night of the 27th.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #599

“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” ― Richard P. Feynman

It Gets Rainier

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, since I was on a roll with my last post Rainergy, I thought I’d look further at the Copernicus global rainfall dataset. I started…

Concerns Mount as Met Office Fiddles With Historic Temperature Record in Exact Way Planned in Leaked ‘Climategate’ Emails

Specifically, almost one in three (29.2%) in ‘junk’ Class 5 had ‘uncertainties’ up to 5°C as defined by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Nearly half (48.7%) were sited at ‘near…

Electric car drivers face astronomical costs to replace tyres

Tyre manufacturer Michelin has previously said that conventional tyres wear out around 20pc faster in an electric vehicle, while Goodyear said they can degrade as much as 50pc faster.