Anyone celebrating the recent abolition of the British Department of Energy and Climate Change needs to keep a few bottles of champagne on ice. Mark Carney, the powerful green enthusiast…
Surface composition determines temperature and therefore habitability of a planet
Astronomers from KU Leuven, Belgium, have shown that the interaction between the surface and the atmosphere of an exoplanet has major consequences for the temperature on the planet. This temperature,…
Climate Scares and the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' Syndrome
Guest essay by Rod Martin, Jr. Climate Scares—The New Fable Climate scares are like the old Greek fable. Most of us learned about Aesop’s fables long ago, likely in grade…
The New York Times Publishes Another Flawed Prediction on Climate
Op-ed says hurricane drought will end at some point, and man-made climate change is to blame either way. Guest opinion by Steven Capozzola The New York Times ran an op-ed…
$14,000 per MWh – the price South Australia Pays for Renewables Madness
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The South Australian Government been forced to beg fossil fuel operators to bring mothballed plants back online, to contain wild swings in electricity spot price…
Claim: aerosols prevented hurricanes from getting stronger, but will intensify now
From THE EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Tropical cyclones on track to grow more intense as temperatures rise Aerosols have compensated for greenhouse gases, but won’t in future Powerful tropical…
Study: Ocean warming primary cause of Antarctic Peninsula glacier retreat
A new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the western Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of…
More pushback: House science committee issues subpoenas for #ExxonKnew Attorney Generals, Union of Concerned Scientists
Earlier WUWT covered the closure of Britain’s Dept. of Energy and Climate Change, and yesterday we covered the shameless $2 million “please send money” ploy from UCS to bolster their coffers…
Britain abolishes the Department of Energy and Climate Change
The Global Warming Policy Forum welcomes the decision by the new Government to abolish the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Both the GWPF and its chairman, Lord Lawson, have…
US Funded World Bank "Climate Program" – Helping China put American Farmers Out of Work
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The World Bank, to which the USA is by far the largest contributor, has launched a climate program in rural China, to help Chinese farmers…
Could more fuel-efficient engines lead to more global warming?
From the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Auto industry experts predict that more than 50 percent of cars on the road by 2020 will use a relatively new type of fuel-efficient engine.…
Union of Concerned Scientists makes shameless ploy for $2 million to protect #RICO 20
From the “Kenji is not pleased” department. Can you imagine the wailing and caterwauling if say, Heartland or The Competitive Enterprise Institute tried something like this? In my opinion, the…
Guardian: Tyrants and War Criminals Demand Climate Action
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Guardian is worried that if Donald Trump is elected as US President, he will reject demands for climate action which are supported by tyrants,…
Already 240 Published Papers In 2016 Alone Show the “97% Climate Consensus” Is A Fantasy
From Friends of Science Newsletter by Albert Jacobs Kenneth Richard has compiled a list of 770 papers published since January 1, 2014 that contradict the IPCC consensus statement, see here.…
Study: 'The Blob' was a product of weather patterns and El Niño
From the GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY El Niño played a key role in Pacific marine heatwave, as did potentially climate change The Northeast Pacific’s largest marine heatwave on record was…
Senator Whitehouse goes Full Conspiracy Theory on "Climate Denial"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Senator Whitehouse has unveiled his “web of denial”, a vast conspiracy theory about why his side is losing the climate debate. US senators detail a…
Settled Science: Clusters of small satellites could help estimate Earth's reflected energy
From M.I.T. and the “Total outgoing radiation is actually one of the biggest uncertainties in climate change” department: Batches of shoebox-sized satellites could improve estimates of Earth’s reflected energy A…
Whitehouse & Co. organize "play-in protest" using kids as climate pawns
People send me stuff. In this case it is a groaner of a press release where kids too young to think will be used as political pawns for climate change…
Santa Pause may be coming to town… The "pause" might be back by December.
Guest post by David Middleton A funny thing may have happened on the way to 2016 being the hottest year in the history of “life, the universe and everything”… If…
Quiz: Which 30-Year Warming Period Is Recent?
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale THREE MAPS ILLUSTRATING SIMILAR GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES OVER DIFFERENT 30-YEAR PERIODS The GISS map-making webpage allows users to create global maps of surface temperature…
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