The Difference Between Energy, Work and Power – and Why it Matters to Climate Prediction

Guest essay by Eric Worrall How often have you heard claims that a warmer [climate] will be more energetic – that we shall all experience more violent storms, more rainfall,…

Climate scientist Peter Stott is still trying to connect extreme weather to climate

From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER and the “weather is not climate” department comes this press release that comes with a blindingly obvious title. So far, the efforts trying to link…

Finally, a study that shows unreliable models are the root of overwrought 'extreme weather' events

Dr. Judith Curry tips me to this new study in GRL: Unreliable climate simulations overestimate attributable risk of extreme weather and climate events Omar Bellprat, Francisco Doblas-Reyes Abstract Event attribution aims…

How Does The IPCC Explain the Severe Storms Of History?

Guest Opinion Dr. Tim Ball Every day we hear that storms of greater intensity than ever before are occurring, and it will get worse because of global warming. These claims…

And here we have been told it's 'climate disruption' causing local weather changes, when it's actually deforestation

From the University of Maryland the department of Al Gore’s Kilimanjaro claims: Deforestation is messing with our weather — and our food New study, the first of its kind, investigates…

Study: Climate change does not cause extreme winters

This comes from ETH Zurich: Cold snaps like the ones that hit the eastern United States in the past winters are not a consequence of climate change. Scientists at ETH…

'Climate to Severe Weather Linkage' Falls Flat – No US tornadoes reported in March

For The First Time Since 1969, No US Tornadoes Reported In March The US tornado count for March 2015? Zero. That’s right, so far this month there have been no…

1934, 2015 – A Tale of Two Februaries

In New England, we could be chanting “We’re almost #1” except we’re exhausted from February.

Another attempt to link climate and extreme weather, to be presented at the AGU Fall Meeting

From Stanford News Service: MEDIA ADVISORY. Stanford at AGU Fall Meeting. Global warming’s influence on extreme weather Understanding the cause-and-effect relationship between global warming and record-breaking weather requires asking precisely…

Michigan State professor labels skeptics as "global warming cynics" due to not getting on board with the extreme weather link

From Michigan State University, and the Department of Junior Lewandowskys, where this angry looking guy obviously thinks global warming manifests itself in every weather event, we have the same old…

Claim: reindeer suffering in Arctic due to 'extreme weather' supposedly caused by global warming

Remember the last time somebody claimed the Arctic was flooded with water? Above: The worst kind of ugly climate propaganda: David Suzuki targets kids at Christmas in the name of…

IPCC Prediction Of Severe Weather Increase Based On Fundamental Error

Guest Opinion by Dr. Tim Ball Claims that weather forecasts are reasonably accurate up to 48 hours are based on measured results for fair weather. Results for severe weather, which…

Climate change not to blame for 2013 Colorado floods – lack of infrastructure upgrades played a key role

From the University of Colorado Denver CU Denver study says upgrading infrastructure could reduce flood damage Outdated roads, bridges added to flood losses last year DENVER (Oct. 29, 2014) –…

If you want to play the all-weather-is-influenced-by-global-warming game, you are going to lose

Chip Knappenberger writes: Should We Credit Global Warming When Disasters Don’t Happen? Every time there is some sort of weather disaster somewhere, someone blames it on human-caused global warming. Maybe…

Recent paper finds extreme weather & flooding became less frequent/extreme in Southwest England

Remember this past winter and the wailing over the floods in the Somerset levels? The paper, much like our WUWT analysis this past winter, totally contradicts the Guardian’s claims, which…

Any more extreme weather, and we're back to the LIA

Story submitted by Eric Worrall “…snowfall was much heavier than recorded before or since, and the snow lay on the ground for many months longer than it does today. Many…

Speaking of emotionalism and global warming…use of 'Extreme weather' as an emotional motivator is up nearly 1000 percent

Our previous story showcased a study that linked emotionalism and global warming activism. And so it goes with Network News, using the “if it bleeds it leads” strategy to make…

Extremes Of Temperature Decreasing In The US

Guest essay by Paul Homewood WUWT carried the story yesterday of the paper by Kodra & Ganguly, forecasting a wider range of temperature extremes in the future. According to the…

Heap big data science at Northeastern University

From Northeastern University via Eurekalert, and the department of modeling for 10 million dollars, this seems to be all they could come up with. Nature has a way however, of…

The hail in Spain falls at levels that are insane

A foot of hail in Spain. Surely Bill McKibben will be on the case to find some connection to global warming/climate change/climate disruption. Watch the video.

Claim: 'Arctic amplification' has actually reduced the risk of cold extremes in the Northern Hemisphere

From the University of Exeter Arctic warming linked to fewer European and US cold weather extremes, new study shows Climate change is unlikely to lead to more days of extreme…

Farmers Insurance Group pulls the plug on idiotic 'weather is climate' lawsuit

From the Insurance Journal: Insurer mysteriously withdraws high-profile lawsuit for climate damages in Chicago flooding case Evan Lehmann, E&E reporterClimateWire: Thursday, June 5, 2014 Farmers Insurance Co. has withdrawn its…

'Extreme Weather' – Before CO2 was being blamed for political points

Imagine the wailing about ’caused by climate change’ if this happened today. From NOAA: This Month in Climate History: May 27, 1896, St. Louis Tornado What remains the third most…

Model Based Extreme Rainfall Claims Not Supported By Actual Data

By Paul Homewood The Guardian, reporting on some recent research from Oxford University, comment: They say: