From the US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The breakdown of methane hydrates due to warming climate is unlikely to lead to massive amounts of methane being released to the atmosphere, according to a…
Category: Methane
Claim: forget CO2, it's the Methane and CFC's that will drown us in the ocean
From the “it’s that Methane and Ozone Emergency again” department, comes this breathless headline, for a kitchen sink press release that even includes the obligatory faux sinking atoll of Tuvalu. I…
California Passes a New Climate Law to Regulate Cow Methane
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Governor Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown has just signed a law to require dairy farmers to reduce bovine methane emissions. California targets dairy cows to combat global…
Inconvenient: Studies find methane and carbon dioxide release is highest in the Arctic during the region’s cold season
From San Diego State University and the “say anything to support the cause” department, comes this press release written by a fellow who obviously does not understand what it means…
New AGU study negates the climate 'methane emergency' in Alaska
One of the most “out there” climate activist groups is the Arctic Methane Emergency Group, a collection of luminary scientists who are convinced we are on a one-way trip to…
California's plastic bag ban may be aiding an increase in the greenhouse gas ethane
This study below says that after collating the data from 30,000 air flasks taken around the world, that ethane is again on the rise due to increased oil/gas production. I…
The Arctic Methane Scare: Oversold
By PAUL C. “CHIP” KNAPPENBERGER and PATRICK J. MICHAELS Methane is all the rage. Why? Because 1) it is a powerful greenhouse gas, that molecule for molecule, is some 25…
Surprise: natural methane seeps created 'lost city' in Greece that isn't
From the University of Athens and East Anglia and the “methane time bomb” department comes this surprising finding that takes all the fun out of snorkeling for a whole bunch of people.…
Surprise finding: Arctic Ocean methane does not reach the atmosphere
From the CAGE – CENTER FOR ARCTIC GAS HYDRATE, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT and the cancel the “methane time bomb” department comes this surprising finding: 250 methane flares release the climate gas…
Methane mendacity – and madness
Radical green and government agitators slam methane in latest bid to terminate fossil fuel use Guest essay by Paul Driessen Quick: What is 17 cents out of $100,000? If you…
Claim: Greenhouse gas 'bookkeeping' turned on its head
From the CARNEGIE INSTITUTION and the “worse than we thought” department Washington, D.C.–For the first time scientists have looked at the net balance of the three major greenhouse gases–carbon dioxide,…
Claim: Large and increasing methane emissions from northern lakes
From STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY and the “methane bomb is so yesterday” department: Methane is increasing in the atmosphere, but many sources are poorly understood. Lakes at high northern latitudes are such…
Claim: Arctic sea ice plays a pivotal role in the Arctic methane cycle
Nature study on greenhouse gas feedback mechanisms between the atmosphere, sea ice and ocean From the ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE, HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH The ice-covered Arctic Ocean…
Kangaroo Farts: A Great Green Disappointment
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Scientists researching the underlying reason for the low methane content of Kangaroo farts, with a view to reducing cow flatulence, have been disappointed to discover…
DOE issues press release: The Halloween Pumpkin Climate Menace (no, really)
From the “methane is scarier when it comes from Jack-o-lanterns” department. Guest essay by Eric Worrall The US Department of Energy has issued a (serious) press release which suggests that…
New methane scare off Washington coast begs the question: did anybody look for these before?
I have to wonder, before the scientific world went nuts looking for GHG boogymen under every rock and tree, had anyone observed methane venting in this area before? While they…
The 'Arctic 21' to call for renewed permafrost alarm ahead of Paris COP21, says 'The Arctic is unraveling'
From WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER and the Peter Wadhams is still wrong, no record low this year department, comes this overt hand-wringing worry over permafrost, most of which is about…
Scientific Urban Legends
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I have a category that I call “scientific urban legends”. These include things like the idea that rising seas will drown atolls, when Darwin showed…
Stop The Devastation of Peoples Lives By Speculating with No Data: Remembering Cattle And Methane Emissions
Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball Release of early data from NASA’s OCO2 satellite triggered the typical nonsense. The usual people talked about the modern equivalent of how many angels on…
The easy solution to the looming monster methane apocalypse
Guest essay by Larry Kummer of the the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: The looming disaster from the powerful greenhouse gas methane has become a standard part of alarmists’ shtick. It…
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