Media Promotes Badly Flawed Science Spreading It Like Wildfire

Despite the bad science a multitude of media outlets like NY Times and CNN falsely promoted the paper as evidence that climate change cause more wildfires

Alaska Suffering Through Some Intense Cold And There Is No Relief Coming Anytime Soon

Some of the recent winter seasons in Alaska have been warmer-than-normal, but this year is getting off to a very different start with persistent intense cold in the 49th state.…

Solar Variations Controversy

The impact of solar variations on the climate is uncertain and subject to substantial debate. However, you would not infer from the IPCC assessment reports that there is debate or…

Leif Svalgaard Responds to Willie Soon

To my eye there is no difference between our reconstruction and theirs [based on Machine Learning], except that we have error bars and they don’t. It is amazing how people’s…

Fundamentals of Ocean pH

We are often told that the CO2 released from burning fossil fuels will cause dangerous ocean acidification. Actually the oceans will remain comfortably alkaline and hospitable to life for the…

Were the Sumas Floods Caused by Global Warming? The Evidence Says No.

Society can not effectively deal with environmental threats when it is provided with hyped or false information.  And providing such false information, even in the hope of motivating people to…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #480

“There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [H

Great Barrier Reef: No Basis for Alarming Sea Level Fear, Second Report Finds

The notion that the sea may be rising more rapidly at Cooktown than at other places along the Reef is fanciful. 

When The Costs Hit Home, Nobody Will Give Up Fossil Fuels

my post this past Sunday, no amount of fake happy talk in the so-called “Glasgow Climate Pact” can obscure the obvious fact that nobody agreed to anything.

Factchecking BBC’s “Reality Check”

We know that climate sceptics are no longer allowed on the BBC, but if they want to know what sceptics think, why did not the BBC actually ask some of…

Stalagmites as Key Witnesses of the Monsoon

Around 130,000 years ago, Earth experienced the penultimate change from an ice age to a warm period. During this transition, Greenlandic meltwater had a massive impact on the Gulf Stream.

Chukchi Sea ice that didn’t melt this summer is now 2+m thick between Wrangel Island and the shore

Thick multiyear ice between Wrangel Island and the shore is now more than 2m thick, potentially impacting fall feeding for bears that routinely summer on Wrangel or the north coast of Chukotka.

Heat Waves vs. Observed Data

What is clear is that a distance of approximately 300 miles and an altitude difference of 780 feet has produced very different temperature data in these two locations. The heatwave…

Jailed Insulate Britain protester went globe-trotting in a gas-guzzling 4×4 pick-up truck

Before becoming involved in XR, Smart and her partner, who describe themselves as “valiant adventurers whose dream is to circumnavigate the planet”, drove across Europe, the Western Sahara and central…

On Belief in the Tooth Fairy: The Battle of Britain’s Climate 2021-2030

I suspect that history will not look back kindly on our appeasement of climate activists, our failure to challenge the alarmist views of a small group of highly politicized scientists…

Milloy: EPA’s Assessment of PM2.5 is Science Fraud

Now we are back to the good old days of EPA’s CASAC cronies doing the bidding of EPA staff and rubber-stamping their fraudulent interpretation of the PM2.5 literature and reality.

Column: Enthusiastic Idiocy Vs. Infrastructure Optimization – Two Strategies For An Energy Transition

The COP26 model, the one built around a future temperature, is going nowhere, as was proven these past few weeks. Neither enthusiasm nor perceived need will, in fact, move mountains.…

The Facts: Reporters Exploit Normal Weather To Fan Climate Fear

We recommend applying a healthy dose of skepticism to assertions of climate-induced weather events. You also might want to follow more responsible outlets for your facts, such as the CO2…

Sea Level Rise Misinformation: Fear Mongering By Cop26, DOD, NPR & Mainstream Media

All their fearful narratives ignore measurements of Absolute Sea Level which is the only relevant measurement by which to measure climate change. Absolute sea level rise reveals their fear mongering

October Cool-Down In Ireland, France…Analysts: “Already Straining Natural Gas Supplies” For Europe!

Temperatures are set to drop starting across Europe next week as a high pressure system could also bring colder air flows over central and southern Europe by the end of…

Be Thankful That COP26 Has Ended

Every time one of these UN confabs takes place, you have to hold your breath fearing that some tremendously damaging result will emerge. But, reviewing the final outcome of this…

Polar Bear Habitat More Extensive in Most Areas of the Arctic Compared to Previous Years

In other words, despite Arctic sea ice falling to very low levels in mid-to-late September most years this decade, sea ice has expanded remarkably within the following two months as…

Energy and Environmental Review: November 15, 2021

Ed. note: This fortnightly Master Resource post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, published every other week by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for…

Greenland Sees Significant Snow, Ice Mass Loss Slowdown Over Past Decade, Danish Data Show

Currently Greenland mass balance change is at levels seen in 2000. The days of rapid mass loss are behind us, at least for now. The year 2021 is expected to…