Post by Ryan Maue Friday evening news dump — in this case, the United States State Department drops a big one and essentially green-lights a “controversial” pipeline project. The Keystone…
Category: Climate_change
Climate activist McKibben bizarrely blames Hurricane Irene on global warming
Post by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Update: Andrew Revkin writes a nice piece at his DotEarth NY Times blog that “very politely” repudiates McKibben. Remember, the NY Times editorial board…
The character of climate change part 4
Guest post by Erl Happ This post is best read after viewing parts one, two and three that set the scene for what is described here. I noted in parts…
Animals and plants flee 0.7°C temperature rise in last century
UPDATE: Highly recommended reading from Donna LaFramboise (h/t to reader Lars P), apparently this researcher has had several rebuttals posted against his previous peer reviewed version of this claim. One…
The character of climate change part 3
Guest post by Erl Happ Here’s a hypothetical: Let’s imagine that we have an atmosphere of two parts. The first 10 km of the atmosphere has no greenhouse gas. The…
The character of climate change part 2
Guest post by Erl Happ What is the utility of the globe to humanity at this particular point in the evolution of the Earths disparate climatic regimes? Has there been…
The character of climate change part 1
Guest Post by Erl Happ Figure 1 records global temperature as it runs between its minimum in January and maximum in July. Vital information is lost when we reduce the…
Germany to shovel climate fund dollars into coal plants
Less than a month after the failed Bonn UN climate confab, Germany has announced a most audacious energy policy: in order to shutter nuclear plants (but not completely scuttle their…
Lipstick on a pig: Gore rebrands climate outfit
Post by Ryan Maue You knew it was only a matter of time after the Rolling Stone criticism of Obama on climate, but Al Gore is back and in a…
Keystone XL: Liberal activists plan civil disobedience outside White House
By Ryan Maue. Free publicity: Bill McKibben’s Call to Action: “I want to tell you about an upcoming action — it looks set to turn into the biggest civil disobedience…
San Francisco Chronicle uncorks a vintage climate science article
Weather Post by Dr. Ryan Maue Those reading the San Francisco* Chronicle on Wednesday were treated to a front page story on California’s Climate: Warmer interior leads to cooler coastline.…
Amateur hour: National Journal experts on extreme weather mostly flacks
Guest Post by Ryan Maue Over at the National Journal, we get an insider’s view of the climate crisis: a so-called debate about the effects of global warming on extreme…
Nils-Axel Mörner: Arctic Environment by the Middle of this Century
Guest Post by Ric Werme Nils-Axel Mörner, best known for his career of studying sea level and sea level records, reported in the April 2011 issue of the journal Energy…
Skeptic Strategy for Talking About Global Warming
Guest Post by Ira Glickstein What should a responsible Skeptic say to an astute audience? When recently invited by the “Technology, Engineering, and Science Plus” group in my community to…
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…
Camping and Climate Change
Image: Anthony Watts Allow me to share with you a speech given by one of my sound colleagues here in the European Parliament. Derk Jan Eppink is a Dutch national representing…
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…
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…
The folly of linking tornado outbreaks to "climate change"
In times of tragedy, there always seems to be hucksters about trying to use that tragedy to sell a position, a product, or a belief. In ancient times, tragedy was…
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