A Geological Perspective on Lovejoy's 99% Solution

Guest post by David Middleton The hyping of Lovejoy, 2014 (L14) has been almost as unprecedented as his conclusions are unsupported… Lovejoy piles on with the sort of trash talk…

Earth to Lovejoy: 0.9 C° in a century is not 'huge'

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Pseudo-science by press release has become the norm among the Forces of Darkness. With as much fanfare as McGill University could muster, the recent paper…

Lovejoy's 99% 'confidence' vs. measurement uncertainty

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley It is time to be angry at the gruesome failure of peer review that allows publication of papers, such as the recent effusion of Professor…

Comet Lovejoy survives a brush with Sol

From Physorg.com Comet Lovejoy was only discovered a couple of weeks ago. It was supposed to melt as it came so close to the sun that the temperatures would hit…

The Mass Extinction Fraud

Contrary to 60 Minutes, the facts are overwhelming that earth isn’t in the midst of an “extinction crisis.”

Climate scientists realize models yield “implausibly hot forecasts of future warming”.

Guest “Ya think?” by David Middleton U.N. climate panel confronts implausibly hot forecasts of future warmingBy Paul Voosen Jul. 27, 2021 Next month, after a yearlong delay because of the…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #458

“There are but two ways of forming an opinion in science. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. One can judge from experiment, or one can blindly accept…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #437

“Climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century.” – UN World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) [H/t Climate Etc.]

Study: Dangerous Global Warming Could Occur by 2027

We laughed when Alexandria Occasio Cortez claimed that the world would end in 12 years. According to a new climate study, AOC is an optimist; we might only have seven…

Climate Sensitivity Estimates: Declining or Not?

Guest “climate sensitivity explaining by David Middleton ECS: Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (AKA equilibrium sensitivity) TCR: Transient Climate Response (AKA transient sensitivity) AKA: Also Known As Here’s how the folks a…

Shorefast ice formation and the fall feeding season for polar bear

What may seem like a silly question is actually fundamental to polar bear survival: in the fall, why do Western Hudson Bay bears correctly expect to find seals in the…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #422

“In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.” –…

A Geological Perspective on Sea Level Rise Acceleration

Guest geological perspective by David Middleton There have been at least three recent peer-reviewed papers asserting an anthropogenic acceleration in the rate of sea level rise (SLR): Church & White,…

1 Meter of Sea Level Rise Now “Inevitable”… Eventually

Guest yawn by David Middleton When I first read this, I was all set to ridicule it mercilessly… until I noticed the timeline… INHERIT THE WATER —It keeps going: 1…

Seth Borenstein, Climate Gloom & Doom: “Déjà vu all over again”

Guest Yogi Berra-ism by David Middleton NEW YORK (AP) — Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned…

Jeffrey Sachs Goes Full Retard on President Trump and Climate Change

Guest “never go full retard” by David Middleton Robert Downey Jr. got an Oscar nomination for inventing this phrase… And Jeffrey Sachs clearly went there in this CNN article… Trump’s…

Florida’s Climate Crisis and Sea Level Rise Non Sequitur

Guest crisis-bashing by David Middleton Florida faces a climate crisis as Democratic candidates take the debate stage By Drew Kann, CNN Wed June 26, 2019 (CNN)Presidential candidate Jay Inslee was…

The Holocene Sea Level Highstand

Guest geological note by David Middleton Most skeptics are familiar with the Warmunist efforts to erase the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age. However, many skeptics may not be…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #316

Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President Constant, Not Accelerating: On May 16, SEPP Chairman emeritus S. Fred Singer…

Study: Climate Models Need More Historical Fudge Factors

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The researchers claim adding historical data derived fudge factors to correct the discrepancy between climate models and historical observations, producing a Frankenmodel mix of fudge…

First impressions from #AGU16 – A Manntastic Madhouse

As many of you know especially those of you who contributed to help get me here, I offer my sincere thanks. I’m covering the AGU Fall convention in San Francisco.…

Global warming fails the random natural variation contest

Previously on WUWT, I covered this contest. At that time, Doug J. Keenan stated: There have been many claims of observational evidence for global-warming alarmism. I have argued that all…

A Review of '25 Myths that are Destroying the Environment'

By Andy May The new book, 25 Myths that are Destroying the Environment, by Daniel B. Botkin, is a bit light on science and a breezy read. But, it makes…

Vox's David Roberts: "Consilience" or just plain silliness?

(Featured image borrowed from Amazon.com) Guest post by David Middleton True climate science denier, David Roberts (formerly with Grist) has authored another utterly vapid article for Vox … The 2 key…