From AFP and the “tabloid climatology” department Dead whales beached in Chile, climate change suspected SANTIAGO, CHILE: Several huge whales have washed up dead over recent months on beaches in northern Chile, where scientists suspect they are moving in increasing numbers due to climate change. After the beaching of hundreds of dead whales in the south…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A paper published in Nature claims an estimated 7 – 13c / doubling of CO2 – an estimate so wild it has drawn criticism from NASA GISS chairman Gavin Schmidt. Evolution of global temperature over the past two million years Reconstructions of Earth’s past climate strongly influence our understanding of…
First, let’s get one thing clear, Joe Romm of the Center for American progress is paid to write stuff with headlines like this: Arctic death spiral: Icebreakers reach North Pole as sea ice disintegrates Oh noes! The headline gives the impression that this is a newsworthy event, it isn’t, all he had to do was…
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism The Russian Anthrax story is an iconic example of how a dubious hypothesis goes viral in the media simply by blaming global warming. The original hypothesis imagined “global…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Bloomberg has helpfully drawn together a series of dire predictions from the latest US government report about how climate is going to make us less educated, unproductive, violent, and too heat exhausted to work. My question – how do they explain Singapore? Blame Global Warming for Your Bad Attitude Climate…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Think Progress is crowing that “even deniers” confirm an average satellite measured temperature rise of 0.12c / decade. My response is – so what? Sorry Deniers, Even Satellites Confirm Record Global Warming The planet just had its hottest 12 months on record. The people who deny the facts of climate…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall WUWT recently reported how budget cuts to ARENA renewables programmes were an “existential threat” to green innovation. Now we learn that it is immoral to slash green budgets to try to contain the spiralling Aussie government debt. Global Warming Is A Greater Moral Challenge Than Budget Repair Australia is at…
