The overall conclusion is that the 29-year variation is to do with the work involving the linear fitting but there is a general variation of about 18 years in all…
Author: Kip Hansen
Does the Global Sea-Level Rise Have a Sinusoidal Variation
I analysed the Tidal Gauge results of 9 ports in the northern regions of the Atlantic Ocean and above up to the Arctic Ocean. The analysis was very simplistic but…
NOAA Sea Levels
This study consists of two parts:- Part 1 – Variation of NOAA Sea Levels globally and for the 24 sub-areas. Part 2 – Variation of NOAA Sea Level data based…
Sugar is Sugar is Sugar — Part 2
Villainizing HFCS is an outgrowth of the more general War on Sugar. Acting under the pretense (or misunderstanding) that HFCS is “high” in fructose, a great deal of research has…
Sugar is Sugar is Sugar — Part 1
“High-fructose corn syrup ‘is just a formula for making you obese and diabetic,’ RFK Jr. has said.” [ source ] That’s the narrative in the Wild and Wacky World of…
Yet Another Darter-fish Invented to Stop Development
Opinion by Kip Hansen Way down in Bessemer, Alabama, the development of a huge data center is being fought with a time-tried and proven tactic : invent a new species…
The Great Climate Murder
On June 28, 2021, a 65 year old woman, Juliana Leon, was murdered while driving home to Ferndale, Washington from her doctor’s appointment in Seattle. It was a hot day,…
Measuring and Analysing Sea Levels using Satellites during 2024
This report presents and analyses the sea level data for 2024. The year 2023 finished with the strong El Niño still causing faster increasing sea level rises but during 2024…
Climate Change Is Not Spreading Dog Heartworm
One of the ubiquitous Climate Crisis narratives is that the slight warming of some climate regions is driving the spread of mosquito borne diseases. This can easily be shown to…
Early Atlantic Hurricane Season Predictions
We anticipate an above-average probability for major hurricanes making landfall along the continental United States coastline and in the Caribbean. As with all hurricane seasons, coastal residents are reminded that…
Is Arctic Amplification an Averaging Error?
“All of the global temperature analyses for climate detection and attribution over land performed by the aforementioned groups relied heavily on T2.”
No, N.Y. Times, 80,000 Homes Will Not Be Lost to Flooding
At the New York Times, Mihir Zaveri and Hilary Howard allow themselves to be fooled by an alarmist report, released Monday by the Regional Plan Association, a nonprofit civic organization,…
OOPS —UPFs are Not Addictive
The narrative that ultra-processed foods high in fat and sugar can be as addictive as drugs of abuse based on their potential to elicit an outsized dopamine response in brain…
NASA: It Was a Cold January
Despite all the caterwauling about “it is always hotter” and “it is the end of snow” and all the other Climate Crazy pronouncements, NASA says the United States had an…
What’s Up with Measles?
Measles is getting rather spotty coverage in the press over the last couple of months. Most of the coverage deals with a measles outbreak in Texas, in and around Gaines,…
California: Rise and Fall
The coastal portion of the state of California is generally subsiding at a rate of 1 to 4 millimeters per year. At the same time, it is generally understood that…
Modern Scientific Controversies: The War on Food: Part 4
“It’s true that there is a correlation between these foods and chronic diseases but that doesn’t mean that foods classified as ultra-processed directly cause poor health. Correlation does not equal…
We Have a Fire Deficit
“Wildland fire was common and widespread across many forests and woodlands in North America prior to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In subsequent decades, fire exclusion—the practice of…
A Thought for Your Pennies
“On Sunday night, Mr. Trump said he had ordered the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, to stop producing new pennies, a move that he said would help reduce unnecessary government spending.…
Narrative Based Evidence Making`
It is far easier for journalists, print or radio or television, to use a pre-determined storyline than to do real original journalism, easier when told by one’s editor to “write…