Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study claims that bird numbers are plummeting in the Mojave Desert region because of climate change. This appears to be occurring despite efforts by local authorities in the region to reduce CO2 emissions by filling the desert with wind turbines and solar concentrators. Study: Climate change possible cause…
Definition of non sequitur 1 : an inference that does not follow from the premises; specifically : a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent Guest ridicule by David Middleton Honestly… I’m not picking on Real Clear Energy… But today’s…
From the “lack of understanding about the cold California Current” department, comes this bit of excessively stupid reporting, via NewsBusters. A bit of history helps too: Since 1850, only seven tropical cyclones have brought gale-force winds to the Southwestern United States, making hurricanes an improbable event. CBS Scares Viewers With Predictions of Climate Change Causing West…
From the doom and gloom section of the Guardian today. Humans are pushing the Earth closer to a climate cliff A new study examines potential climate feedbacks that could push Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state A new paper, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has received a lot of media…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to a new study, global warming causes more crimes because in warm weather police officers are more reluctant to leave the air-conditioned comfort of their vehicles. Global warming? Tell it to the judge. Alan Neuhauser First, climate change was blamed for coastal flooding and wildfires. The links seemed intuitive…
From the “garbage in, doomsday out” department. Apocalypse by 2040? Shock as MIT computer model predicts END DATE for civilisation An apocalyptic computer model, processed by one of the world’s largest computers in 1973, has predicted the end of civilization by 2040. The prediction came from a programme nicknamed World One, which was developed by…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Californian power company PG&E has played the climate card. Facing $17 Billion in Fire Damages, a CEO Blames Climate Change By Mark Chediak 13 August 2018, 20:00 GMT+10 … Authorities don’t yet know the cause of some of the fires, but the region’s giant utility, PG&E Corp., see a culprit…
Syracuse University professor uses ancient marine sediment as benchmark for present, future climate models SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Researchers at Syracuse University are looking to the geologic past to make future projections about climate change. Christopher K. Junium, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the lead author of…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A climate scientist has shared his insight into the dystopian future which will occur unless we do as he says. Don’t despair – climate change catastrophe can still be averted Simon Lewis The future looks fiery and dangerous, according to new reports. But political will and grassroots engagement can change…
From the Stockholm Resilience Center and the mind of Hans Joachim Schellnhuber comes this nutball press release. Keeping global warming to within 1.5-2 degrees C may be more difficult than previously assessed, according to researchers. An international team of scientists has published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) showing…