California Dreamin’: Newsom’s Energy Fiasco

For those who value reliable energy, affordable living, and economic opportunity, California’s trajectory under Governor Newsom is a sobering reminder of what happens when politics takes precedence over pragmatism. Other…

The Forest Management Conundrum in The United States

We’ve dawdled long enough, the time is now at hand when we need to seriously address this issue and apply sound forest management concepts and practices to this very vital…

Straight Outta Science Fiction: ‘The Magnetic Tornado’

While this seems like something that is out of cartoon with the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote (picture that episode with the giant magnet and “tornado seeds,”) this is actually…

Gosh, Really? NASA data reveals role of green spaces in cooling cities

Cities in the Global South tend to have less green space than cities in the Global North. This mirrors studies of the disparities within cities, sometimes referred to as the…

Time for Starmer to Be Honest About What Net Zero Means: Rationing, Blackouts and Travel Restrictions in the Next Five Years

The shamble at COP demonstrates that the world is moving away from the idea that hydrocarbons can be removed from a modern economy. But an accident of recent electoral politics…

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Dairy cows given synthetic additive in feed to hit net zero

Surely the safety of humans should be the number one consideration, not methane reduction?

The Oppressed Scientist: When Emotions Replace Objectivity in Climate Research

If climate scientists want to be taken seriously, they need to stop whining about how hard their job is and start focusing on doing it well. Until then, they’re not…

British Government Climate Advisors Demand Everyone Live like Poor People

“… fly less, eat less meat and use public transport more often …”

More ‘Settled’ Climate Science

“Climate models have greatly overestimated the solar radiation actually reaching the Southern Ocean, largely because they are not capable of correctly simulating clouds. The work done here partially closes the…

Loving the Brine Shrimp: Hydrosexuals, Queer Theory, and the Posthumanities’ Descent into Madness

Reading this treatise on the intersection of brine shrimp, queer theory, and “hydrosexuality” is like stepping into a postmodern fever dream—a world where actual problems like water scarcity play second…

Did COP29 Delegates Trade Intimate Dinner Dates for Food?

“… I have been low-key surviving off lunch and dinner date invites from my male global north friends who can afford it here. …”

Thanksgiving Open Thread

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Watts Up With That.

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Here’s an opportunity for you to help us keep our mission of climate sanity alive for the coming year.

‘Black Auroras’ over Alaska

Salat may have witnessed an episode of ‘black auroras.’ They are dark rings or black blobs that sometimes appear in an otherwise ordinary expanse of auroral light.

Meet the Woman so Afraid of Climate Change She Made Her Husband Get the Snip and Refuses to Have Children

The article is a fascinating insight into the psychological effects of state-sponsored fearmongering, resulting in potentially the greatest catastrophe of all: a culture of total negativity. One wonders why she…

IRENA’s Fake Wind Costs

The International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, makes no secret that its only objective is to promote renewable energy. It is an intergovernmental organization, with 169 member countries plus the EU.

Model FAIL: Unexplained heat-wave ‘hotspots’ are popping up across the globe

A new study that is hilarious in it’s lameness. It’s like these people have never heard of weather before, and they only exist in climate headspace.

Dear Climate Alarmists, Welcome to Your Worst Nightmare

Guest essay by Chris Talgo originally published at TownHall For most of my adult life, climate alarmists have ruled the day as they have methodically and successfully injected their relentless…

Climategate Turns 15!

But it all begins with the physical science, and the science of climate alarmism has really never recovered from its PR disaster 15 years ago: Climategate. No amount of whitewashing can…

Is the ICJ Rushing to Rule on “Obligations of States with Regard to Climate Change”?

The US submission to the International Court of Justice is scheduled for December 4th.

Are Eastern Pacific Cyclones Become More Frequent or Stronger?

We experienced a rare, extreme event and there is no reason to expect that such storms will become more frequent as the planet slowly warms.

‘God of Darkness’ Asteroid Will Pass Extremely Close to Earth in 2029

Asteroid Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, is a near-Earth asteroid that has garnered significant attention due to its close approach to our home planet.

ZEV Mandates Force Closure Of Vauxhall’s Luton Plant

Stellantis have been warning for months that this would happen, saying that they were not prepared to sell petrol/diesel vehicles at a loss, because of ZEV fines.

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