During the past 6-years since Hurricane Katrina, global tropical cyclone frequency and energy have decreased dramatically, and are currently at near-historical record lows. According to a new peer-reviewed research paper…
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Heat burst hits Wichita: 102 degrees at 1AM
Weather post by Ryan Maue Wichita, Kansas was hit with a thunderstorm induced “heat burst” early Thursday morning, with the temperature jumping from the mid-80s up to 102F after midnight!…
Is Bill Nye Smarter than a 5th Grader?
Post by Ryan Maue It’s a wonder why the media continue to trot out the likes of Bill Nye and Michio Kaku to speak about climate change and the weather…
Conservative Think-Tank falsely conflates hurricane forecasting with climate change
Post by Dr. Ryan N. Maue The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative “think-tank”, has again issued a press release asking if NOAA is Smarter than Fifth Graders…
Obama snubs Royal Society, plays ping pong
Post by Ryan Maue: The British media continues to mock and criticize the President, which has been petty and unfair in some respects. But how do we reconcile this? From…
Particularly dangerous situation (PDS) tornado watch issued, explosive supercells imminent
UPDATE: 7PM EDT MONSTER TORNADO on LIVE WEBSTREAMING near Norman OK STREAMING LINK Update by Ryan Maue A Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) tornado watch (#356) has just been issued for…
Media accurately reporting links between climate change and tornadoes
Post by Ryan Maue We all pray for the survivors and victims of the tornado tragedy in Joplin. Headline story from USA-Today The mainstream print media has done an excellent…
UK Climate Resilient Infrastructure: billions needed to combat climate change effects on Wi-Fi signals
News Post by Ryan Maue A government issued report from the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) sounds the alarm about the incredible impacts of climate change…
New Zealand tornado rips roof off of major shopping mall
From the Herald Sun: Fatalities after a tornado ripped through Auckland today, turning cars upside down and causing a shopping mall roof to collapse.
Never let a good crisis go to waste: tornado deaths blamed on lawmakers opposed to climate legislation
Further Update: Turns out I was hoping for too much. Brad Johnson found at least three scientists eager to be quoted in his follow up article: Kevin Trenberth, Michael Mann,…
Face palm: EPA bureaucrat tap dances during testimony
Post by Ryan Maue EPA Deputy Administrator Mathy Stanislaus should be given credit for showing up Thursday to an Environment and Energy subcommittee hearing, but may not be returning any…
Zeroed out: NOAA Climate Service funding axed in budget CR
From the House Appropriations Committee: Summary — Final Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution: PDF Page 2: Commerce, Justice, Science: “This section of the CR also prohibits funding for: the establishment…
Nuclear meltdown: race to save reactors in Japan
Pick a number, and that reactor is described as being near a meltdown. The news coverage coming out of Japan is even more confused when American media deciphers it. Hopefully…
Monster earthquake off of Japanese coast: 8.9, Tsunami strikes, massive damage, thousands of deaths likely
UPDATE: 00:00 PST 3/13/11 Japanese Met Agency has upgraded the magnitude of the quake to 9.0 — up from 8.8, their previous estimate. UPDATE: 14:20 PST 3/11/11 Additional graphs and…
National Weather Service Union warns people will die because of budget cuts
Update: Senator Harry Reid laments the loss of the “Cowboy Poetry Festival” due to federal budget cuts. Seems that there is indeed some fat to be cut from the proposed…
Skeptical science: meteorite aliens bring out the armchair experts
opinions by Ryan Maue While we breathlessly await the publication of “critical reviews” from the soon to be defunct Journal of Cosmology, experts from a variety of fields are crawling…
Recycling research: meteorite alien life discovery dubious?
Post by Ryan Maue You may have seen the breathless coverage on Fox News of the alien life discovery from NASA’s Dr. Hoover — in some fancy meteorite. The “exclusive”…
Cash for clunkers: electric vehicle deliveries lag
Brief news by Ryan Maue The recent oil price shock likely hasn’t figured into the February sales numbers at GM or Nissan, which announced their electric vehicle sales numbers for…
Joe Bastardi resigns at Accuweather after 32 years
From Joe Bastardi’s Fan Page at Facebook: Farewell to Joe Bastardi who has left AccuWeather after a distinguished 32-year career. We appreciate Joe’s dedicated service to our clients over these…
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