Perils of computer simulation of complex systems Story submitted by Ricky Seltzer John F. McGowan, Ph.D., writing on math-blog, describes the various ways in which breakthrough science can be misunderstood…
Stop checking the facts: "Your Internet search has just helped kill the planet"
Guest post by Alec Rawls This could explain a few things. Greens are against searching for information. To save the planet, only follow safe links from Joe Romm, Andrew Revkin,…
Trees: sucking up the carbon
Higher density means world forests are capturing more carbon Forests in many regions are becoming larger carbon sinks thanks to higher density, U.S. and European researchers say in a new…
Warming 101 primer
Submitted by D.B. Stealey This article went viral when it was first published. Well worth reading: “Our planet has been slowly warming since last emerging from the “Little Ice Age”…
Climate Modeling: "not always clear"
The previous story suggested that climate models predict with certainty “permanently hotter summers”. OK then, but in the same Eurekalert stream today, we have this release, where it seems they…
Another bold forecast – destined for "climate FAIL"
Here’s the headline from the press release today, which will undoubtedly be regurgitated worldwide: Stanford climate scientists forecast permanently hotter summers Oh gee, where have wee seen this before? It’s…
Earth, fire, air, and water
Guest post by J Storrs Hall This is a reply and extension to Pat Frank’s “Earth Abides” post (sorry, couldn’t resist) which appeared here recently. The post features an intriguing…
Open Thread 7 – call for guest posts
Offline much of today and this week as I’m doing a special project that will have me offline a lot. Guest posters feel free to jump in. Details below.
AGW proponents lose yet another debate down under
In celebration of World Environment Day (today), the Queensland Division of the Property Council of Australia convened a breakfast meeting last Friday morning (June 3rd) to debate the topic “Australia…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup
SAVE THE DATE: “Restoring the Scientific Method” is the title of the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-6). Sponsored by the Heartland Institute. It will take place in Washington,…
NAS makes 4000 science books free for download
The press release … FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The National Academies Press Makes All PDF Books Free to Download; More Than 4,000 Titles Now Available Free to All Readers WASHINGTON —…
Modeling the Oddities
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Today I came across an IPCC figure (AR4 Working Group 1 Chapter 2, PDF, p. 208) that I hadn’t noticed before. I’m interested in the…
Snowbound USHCN weather station at Crater Lake
Last weekend, I took my familiy on a trip to see the Lava Beds National Monument (the kids had a great time exploring the lava tube caves) and also a…
The Gasland movie: a fracking shame – director pulls video to hide inconvenient truths
From “Not Evil, Just Wrong”: Gasland director hides full facts Written by Phelim McAleer Josh Fox has made a documentary that makes some pretty alarming claims about gas drilling across…
Ebay succumbs to climate propaganda pitch
Yech. Look what automatically assaulted me during my purchase today of a flash drive. Click to see full size – note red arrow. And here’s the web page for this…
CO2 deafens "Nemo" – or, how many ichthyologists can you fit in that car?
We’ve already had a “climate craziness of the week” so I’ll just file this bit of blather under another category. First, this article in The Independent, which aims to scare…
Data for study based on TWO fish sample size: challenges to Australia's Climate Comission go unanswered
Submitted by Marc Hendrix – correspondence with Steve Woodman, reproduced with permission: For your reference, today I sent this challenge to the Climate Commission regarding a recent University of Tasmania…
Yes, impossibly stupid "weather panic" IS the new normal
Guest post by Alec Rawls Is Newsweek actually heeding the instruction of Linnaeus to “know thyself”? Their latest panic-mongering cover seems pretty self aware. Panic is a loss of reason:…
Bastardi on the non-existent climate-tornado linkage
UPDATE: Graph added below per request from Joe Bastardi. But first, let’s listen to expert on all things public, scientific, and climatic, Rosie O’Donnell From Fox News: Living in an…
Klotzbach and Gray continue to expect a well above-average hurricane season
The last (and my favorite) of the major hurricane seasonal forecasts came out yesterday. Phil Klotzbach and Bill Gray from Colorado State are sticking with their April forecast. Rather anti-climactic,…
Mann's Hockey Stick, Climategate, and FOI – in a nutshell
On the Climate Audit thread, The Vergano FOI Request the irascible Nick Stokes provokes another commenter “mpaul”, to lay out all the history in a simple summary that even Nick might understand.…
More climate model fail: soil carbon not handled well
From Oregon State University: Climate projections don’t accurately reflect soil carbon release 6-2-11 CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study concludes that models may be predicting releases of atmospheric carbon dioxide…
Countdown to flatline: world carbon trading market falls for first time – World Bank reports rumblings of possible failure
I wonder how long before flatlining occurs, like last year with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX): Even the Guardian is covering this “failure” of carbon markets. They write: The…
"Worms from hell" found – in a place nobody thought they could live
This might have some impact on the search for extraterrestrial life. If these things can live in this sort of hostile environment, perhaps we’ll find similar life forms below the…
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