Famous British playwright William Shakespeare wrote about endemic Malaria in Britain in the 1500s. Malaria was the scourge of Scandinavia and Russia right up until the 20th century. But this…
Category: Climate Myths
Witch Hunts Correlate with Climate
Guest essay by Gregory Wrightstone European witch hunts of the 15th to 17th centuries targeted witches that were thought to be responsible for epidemics and crop failures related to declining temperatures of the…
The Religious Moral Dilemma that Drives the “Moral Imperative to Stop Global Warming” into a Brick Wall
Ask yourselves how big of a sin it is for such an influential body of people to deceive their viewing audiences to that extent.
Will a Small Change in Average Temperature Lead to a Large Change in Extremes?
A general mantra that has emerged in this area of climate science: “A small change in the average means a large change in extremes.”
Younger Dryas Myth-Busting: Flash-Frozen Mammoths Edition
Guest “Pleistocene elephant hunting” by David Middleton “The body of this mammoth was found perfectly preserved in the Siberian tundra with food still in its mouth and stomach indicating that…
Malthusian Myth Busting: Easter Island Edition
Guest “Why bust Malthusian Myths? Because it’s fun and easy!” by David Middleton You know the story… In just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their…
The Conversation: Pikas are NOT Dying Out from Global Warming
Arizona Emeritus Professor of Life Sciences using using personal observations to challenge the wild climate model predictions and the scientific consensus of his colleagues.
Claim: AI Will Help Solve Climate Change
A Climate activist explaining how AI technology will solve all the world’s problems. But the author kind of glosses over some of the limits of current generation AI technology.
Claim: Autonomous EVs will Help Solve the Climate Crisis
Relinquishing private automobile ownership, and hoping the previous occupant of your autonomous electric vehicle taxi didn’t have lice.
Cooling Down the Hysteria About Global Warming
Guest essay by Rich Enthoven Recently, NASA released its annual report on global temperatures and reported that 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record, surpassed only by three recent…
Significant interview with Patrick Moore on Breitbart. Merits a listen and more exposure.
And here is the Breitbart article. Greenpeace Founder: Global Warming Hoax Pushed by Corrupt Scientists ‘Hooked on Government Grants’ Fear has been used all through history to gain control of…
Climatic Distortions Due to Diminutive Denominators
Guest essay by Thomas P. Sheahen We all learned in elementary school that “you can’t divide by zero.” But what happens when you divide by a number very close to zero,…
Here's How to Avoid Climate Panics
From Townhall Dennis Avery Posted: Aug 07, 2017 10:01 AM Americans have suffered needless climate-related panic for the past 40 years—not realizing that, since 1850, our newspapers have given us…
An Invitation To Debate "Climate Change"
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach (see Update at the end) I had tweeted the following: Various people either liked or retweeted this, including my mad mate and human lightning rod,…
From the Scientific Urban Legend Department: “The little Bramble Cay melomys is likely the first mammal claimed by man-made climate change”
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen The Claim: Bramble Cay melomys (mosaic-tailed rat) is the first mammal to go extinct due to human-induced climate change. Rating: Examples: “A small rodent that…
The Fable of a Stable Climate
Translation from the Dutch book review “Het Sprookje van een stabiel klimaat” by Hans Labohm. Posted on the climategate.nl blog. My loyal readers know him as co-author of my blog:…
Automated Twits
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach People wonder why anthropogenic global warming is a politicized issue. Here’s one reason among many. In a presentation aimed at the holidays that is impossible…
The Greatest Climate Myths of All – Part 3: The Global Average Chimera
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 Carl Sagan’s scientific…
The Greatest Climate Myths of All – Part 2.
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 In part one,…
The Greatest Climate Myths of All – Part 1
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 At the website…