Guest essay by Clyde H. Spencer Before getting into the details of the analysis, it must be stated that there are a number of issues with the available temperature data…
Category: Carbon dioxide
Study: Urban backyards contribute almost as much CO2 as much as cars and buildings
From the “mulch your way to a warmer planet” department and Boston University: Urban soils release surprising amounts of carbon dioxide Tracking biological emissions will allow more accurate assessments of climate…
USC: we can make fuel directly out of Carbon Dioxide
From the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA and the “fuel out of thin air” department comes this announcement that says right off the bat it can’t compete with oil, especially when…
Energy, Carbon Dioxide, and The Pause
Guest essay by Ken Stewart Here’s an alternative way to view The Pause. Rather than analysing temperature trends over time, here I compare temperature with carbon emissions and carbon dioxide…
Attribution of Surplus CO2 in the Atmosphere
Guest essay by Leo Goldstein While we are watching the 21st episode of the Clowns on Parade series (COP21), we should remind the leading participants of a couple of facts…
Claim: positive CO2 feedback from plants due to "warm nights" will flood atmosphere with carbon
From the PRINCETON UNIVERSITY and the department of 97% consensus and 911 Trutherism comes this study that I’d put zero stock in for two reasons: 1) Author William Anderegg,…
About spurious correlations and causation of the CO2 increase…
Guest essay by Ferdinand Engelbeen Both Bart Bartemis and Dr. Murray Salby are confident that temperature is the only/main cause of the CO2 increase in the atmosphere. I am pretty…
CO2 residence time said to be 40 years, not 1000 per previous claims
Readers may recall claims of 1000 year residence times for CO2. This essay suggests a much shorter interval. -Anthony Guest essay by Leo Goldstein Surplus CO2 is removed from…
OCO-2 – Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 – the mission has released an animation
Guest essay by Ric Werme It’s been a long wait, but OCO-2 speaks! Let’s start with a timeline:
India’s Proposed COP21 Climate Plan Will Triple Emissions By 2030
Guest essay by By Paul Homewood http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/India-submits-its-climate-action-plan-asks-rich-nations-to-cooperate-in-achieving-its-goal/articleshow/49189501.cms BERLIN: India said on Thursday that it would increase the share of clean energy in its total energy mix by as much…
The Mathematics of Carbon Dioxide Part 4
Guest essay by Mike Jonas A look at Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity from a logical perspective. Introduction This article is the fourth in a series of four articles. Part 1 of the…
A co-founder of Greenpeace tells the truth on CO2
Dr. Patrick Moore, who was one of the original founders of Greenpeace who left the organization in disgust of their current political zealotry, and Greenpeace is now trying to have…
The Mathematics of Carbon Dioxide Part 2
Guest essay by Mike Jonas Introduction This article is the second in a series of four articles. Part 1 of the series (Part 1) is here In Part 1, simple…
The Mathematics of Carbon Dioxide, Part 1
This is a guest essay by Mike Jonas, part 1 of 4 Introduction The aim of this article is to provide simple mathematical formulae that can be used to calculate…
When it comes to CO2 reduction, economy rules, activism drools
From the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis: Economy main factor in US emissions decline From 2007 to 2013, US carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels decreased by about 11%.…
One more thing for Greece to worry about – undersea pools of carbon dioxide
From Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution – Carbon dioxide pools discovered in Aegean Sea The location of the second largest volcanic eruption in human history, the waters off Greece’s Santorini are…
Claim: Increased carbon dioxide levels in air restrict plants' ability to absorb nutrients
From the University of Gothenburg and the “this is why we buy CO2 generators for greenhouses“ department. The rapidly rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect plants’ absorption…
Presentation of Evidence Suggesting Temperature Drives Atmospheric CO2 more than CO2 Drives Temperature
Note: I present this for discussion, I have no opinion on its validity -Anthony Watts Guest essay by Allan MacRae Temperature, among other factors, drives atmospheric CO2 much more than…
Claim: Greenhouse gas-caused warming felt in just months
Caldeira It seems in the desperation to erase “the pause” in time for Paris, Ken Caldeira has jumped the shark with this claim. Basically he’s claiming that the heat from fossil…
Claim: Climate Change will make Californian Marijuana more potent
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Daily Climate reports that global warming is set to make Californian marijuana a lot stronger – if we let it happen. According to the…
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