According to the latest edition of the report, electricity consumption by data centers — which power AI development and deployment, among other uses — increased by 12 per cent each…
Category: Obvious science
Gosh, Really? NASA data reveals role of green spaces in cooling cities
Cities in the Global South tend to have less green space than cities in the Global North. This mirrors studies of the disparities within cities, sometimes referred to as the…
Newsflash: Trees mitigate heatwaves in cities, film at 11.
A new study shows that among different types of vegetation, forests within walkable distance from residential areas are particularly crucial in mitigating heat-related health risks.
Higher Maximum Temperature Increases the Frequency of Water Drinking in Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)
We tested the prediction that mountain gorillas drink more often during hotter and drier periods.
Why The Claimed “97% Consensus” Is Meaningless
I got to thinking about how science progresses. Science is a funny beast. It’s not a “thing”, it’s a process. The process works like this: One or more people make…
Climate change was bad for Neanderthal children in the Pleistocene! And so was the lead-poisoning!
Guest commentary by David Middleton In addition to an email from Rush Holt encouraging me to vote in the midterm elections (I already voted against every Democrat on the…
Humans Are Causing Mammals to Shrink!
Guest commentary by David Middleton From the No Schist Sherlock files… PUBLIC RELEASE: 19-APR-2018 Humans have been driving a global reduction in mammal size for thousands of years AMERICAN ASSOCIATION…
Shock news: The Arctic influences Eurasian weather and climate
From the INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES and the “obvious science” department comes this stunning revelation. Arctic influences Eurasian weather and climate Over the past decades the Arctic…
Horrible new threat from global warming – fewer pearl necklaces (or not)
From the CO2 solubility curve and the Captain Obvious department comes this press release that leaves us wondering if this isn’t just lip service to justify a grant: How ocean acidification…
Breaking news! Fire melts permafrost.
From the department of Obvious Science, the “Surface Albedo Collective” and the University of Alaska comes this stunner of a press release. Research links tundra fires, thawing permafrost UNIVERSITY OF…
Shock Climate Science News: '…birds respond to changing conditions in different seasons of the year'
From the FACULTY OF SCIENCE – UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN and the Department of Obvious Science comes this revelation: birds react to changes in seasons, and in many cases they do…
Obvious science: NASA finds vegetation essential for limiting city warming effects
From the “department of limiting UHI” and NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Cities are well known hot spots – literally. The urban heat island effect has long been observed to raise…
More pointless worrying from NOAA: July 4th fireworks cause a spike in particulate matter for a day
From the Department of Obvious Science and the “don’t you have anything better to do with our tax dollars” department comes this pointless study. Gotta love the zinger at the…
Amazing study of the IPCC and media concludes: "…reception and coverage in the media has varied widely."
From the Department of Obvious Science and from the University of Exeter comes this report that makes me wonder: why was time and money spent on it? A difficult climate:…
Breaking science news: Yak dung burning pollutes indoor air of Tibetan households
From Emory Health Sciences, and the Department of Obvious Science, comes this press release that speaks for itself. Tibet, the highest region on Earth and one of the most remote,…
Wow, we never saw this coming: 'Trash burning worldwide significantly worsens air pollution'
BOULDER — Unregulated trash burning around the globe is pumping far more pollution into the atmosphere than shown by official records. A new study led by the National Center for…
Pointless Ohio State study predicts the obvious with models – fish will die as streams dry out
Even more troubling, why does a waste of time study like this get funded by the Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program? I don’t want defense money…
Warming climates intensify greenhouse gas given out by oceans
From the University of Edinburgh and the department of soda pop science, comes something we already knew. I wonder who approved the grant for this one? Rising global temperatures could…
A press release I never quite finished reading
Nature Climate Change asks this: How does snow affect the amount of water in rivers? New research has shown for the first time that the amount of water flowing through…
Multiple consecutive days of tornado activity spawn worst events
From Purdue University , a press release related to tornado activity without any mention of a climate change link. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Significant tornado outbreaks and especially strong tornadoes…
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