Magical Plastic

News Brief by Kip Hansen Plastics are as much in the news as climate change, and hold the same honored place as a universal scapegoat — an item so odious…

Almost Earth-like, We’re Certain

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen There has been a lot of news recently about exoplanets. An extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.  The Wiki article has a…

Why I Don’t Deny: Confessions of a Climate Skeptic — Part 2

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Note:  Please read Part 1 before reading this — this is a continuation of that essay (a rather long continuation….) The last point I made…

Why I Don’t Deny: Confessions of a Climate Skeptic — Part 1

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen I have often been asked “Why do you deny climate change?”  I am always stumped by the question.  It is rather like being asked “Why…

A World on Fire: It’s All in the Image

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   The latest scare story flashing across the ‘Net from nearly every main stream media outlet is the frightening image of a world on fire…

The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 4

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   This is Part 4 of a four part series.  If you are not familiar with The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1,  Part…

The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 3

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen This is Part 3 of a four part series.  If you are not familiar with The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1 and Part…

The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 2

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   Note:  This is Part 2 of a four part series.  If you are not familiar with The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1,…

The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Something odd happened between April 2017 and July 2018.  I haven’t discovered exactly what prompted it but the rather good science writer and journalist, Carl…

Researchers: Never Let the Press Office Quote You

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   There are many ways that today’s researchers can have their work misrepresented in the press, often in embarrassing ways.  The most common origin of…

GOOGLE and the ‘adjustment’ of inconvenient viewpoints, especially climate

Guest Opinion by Kip Hansen   Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author, Kip Hansen,  and do not reflect the opinions of WUWT or…

Swallowed Islands: Getting Sea Level Rise Out of Variability

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   Damien Cave, the NY Times Australia bureau chief, writes yet another heart-rending story with great personal touches about how the Solomon Islands are being…

Contrary to the NY Times — The DR Has Lots of Clean Beautiful Beaches

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Palko Karasz, writing in the New York Times, with a degree of insensitivity bordering on blatant intentional libel, reports: “Come for the beaches, say tourism…

GOOGLE: “Big Brother Knows Best”

Guest Opinion by Kip Hansen The world’s most influential information-gateway — GOOGLE Search — has recently made the decision to abandon its long-standing primary corporate policies:  1) “Don’t Be Evil”…

NEWS FLASH: World’s Library Sabotaged

Commentary by Kip Hansen BREAKING NEWS — SABOTAGE  @ The Library of The World The Library of the World — the greatest collection since the Ancient Library of Alexandria —…

White Rabbits Imperiled by Climate Change! — Well, maybe not.

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   L. Scott Mills, of the Wildlife Biology Program, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, has been working on the seasonal dimorphism…

Is Climate Change Killing the Baobabs? Nope, even the study authors don’t make the claim!

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen A recent study into the ages of the oldest of Africa’s iconic baobab trees has spawned a lot of press coverage — very little of…

Despite Climate Claims, These Birds Are Not Declining

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   There have been many claims from environmentalist and nature groups that modern civilization, climate change, pollution, wind farms and pesticide use have been driving…

Latest Forecast for the Atlantic Hurricane Season

Brief Note by Kip Hansen   Phillip Klotzbach and Michael Bell, who continue the invaluable work of the late  William M. Gray,  at the  Department of Atmospheric Science of Colorado…

Illegal Immigration? Coyotes Move North, East, and South

Study review by Kip Hansen   This essay is about coyotes! One of the odd things about this blog — WUWT — is the broad range of interests of the…