“The unprecedented accuracy of the sea level measurements provided by this mission ensures not only the continuity of a 30-year data record, but allows improving our understanding of climate change…
Author: Kip Hansen
2022 Monarch Butterfly Report: A Mystery
The magical marvelous Monarch Butterfly is surging – they are ramping up – populations numbers are skyrocketing! That is to say, according to Monarch censuses, the numbers of migrating Monarchs…
A Cautionary Tale: Good Idea, Disastrous Results
” 2019, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa promised in his election campaign “to transition the country’s farmers to organic agriculture over a period of 10 years.”
IPCC WGII AR6, More Insanity: Small Islands
”The report seems to have been written by the inmates of an insane asylum. Or maybe by beings from a far distant planet writing about the for-them exo-planet Sol-3 or…
The Decline Effect – Part 2: How Does This Happen?
What exactly is the decline effect? Is it the fact that certain scientifically discovered effects decline over time the more they are studied and researched? Almost, but not really.
The Decline Effect – Part 1: Ocean Acidification
When all papers authored or coauthored by at least one of the lead investigators of those early studies were removed from the dataset (n = 41 studies, 45%), the decline…
Shipping News
News Brief by Kip Hansen – 18 February 2022 There is a lot of talk about reducing CO2 emissions from international transportation. There is an item in the news today…
Methane Spikes !
The concentration of atmospheric methane, a carbon-based molecule, is soaring; it is spiking; it is accelerating. Methane is a Greenhouse Gas! Well-mixed methane concentrations in the atmosphere have jumped from…
Book Review: FALLEN ICON by Susan J. Crockford
“A fantastic read! Take a deep dive into the intrigue and devious deception perpetrated on the world by a detailed list of international operators ….
Yet Another Man-made Crisis
“In the United States, ocean plastic waste has become a top public concern, but the developing plastic waste crisis has been building for decades.”
Mouse Squeaks at Lion
Leading climate scientist Professor Michael Mann is urging YouTube to take down climate denial and misinformation videos the way it removes Covid-19 misinformation videos.
Three Things Not Caused by Climate Change
From the constant flood of news stories that pour into my inbox and various feeds, I can add three more things to that list – things falsely or erroneously claimed…
Scary Halloween Cartoons – Global Warming in the Gulf of Maine
. Each of these cartoons predicts coming disaster (calamity) for Gulf of Maine fisheries. Readers will have already guessed that the reasons for the are Climate Change and Rising CO2.
EM-DAT Disaster Database Creating Data Disasters
These UN reports themselves are “Data Disasters” – in that the data upon which they are based is so flawed that it is not fit for purpose. The flaw is,…
Weather vs. Alarmism
After Sunday’s storm, the 7-day rainfall totals could range from 5 to 8 inches over the North Bay, 3 to 5 inches in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and 1 to…
Antarctic Ice Mass — Alternate Sources
“I am engaged in a community education program that includes a great number of climate activists and climate zealots as well as persons who are just curious and interested in…
“Walrus Facts and Myths – A Science Summary for All Ages”
If you have more than one walrus, do you say “Two walruses”? Or is it like hippopotamus for which the plural is hippopotami? Or should you just play it safe…
Save the Penguins!
“Our results show that if sea ice declines at the rate projected by climate models under current energy system trends and policies, the 3Rs would be dramatically reduced and almost…
The New Climate Strike – What a Good Idea
““The science-society contract is broken. … We explore three options for the climate change science community. We find that two options are untenable and one is unpalatable. “