Wrapped in Lew Papers: The psychology of climate psychologization – Part1

Guest essay by Andy West ∙First of 3 posts examining papers by Lewandowsky & co-authors before ‘conspiracy ideation’ claims. These papers warn of cognitive bias effects, all of which occur…

Claim: If no action is taken, extreme heat waves will become the norm by the end of the century

From the Joint Research Center: Analysing heat waves – new index allows predicting their magnitude JRC scientists have developed a new index to measure the magnitude of heat waves, in…

How I got my life back – my hearing has been restored to near-normal

This is an extremely personal note, and I have been waiting a week to write to see if in fact the results were real and lasting. I’m happy to report…

The day 'climate change' became irrelevant in politics – Powerful Green Lobby Defeated In US Midterm Elections

Republicans Win Control Of US Senate For Tom Steyer and other environmentalists, $85 million wasn’t enough to help Democrats keep the Senate blue or win more than a single governor’s…

HADCRUT4 Adjustments – Discovering Missing Data or Reinterpreting Existing Data? (Now Includes September Data)

Guest Post by Werner Brozek and Just The Facts: To begin, we would like to sincerely thank Tim Osborn of the University of East Anglia (UEA), Climatic Research Unit (CRU)…

Sorry to Disappoint: Cooling in the North Pacific? Not So Much

Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The sea surface temperature anomaly maps from Unisys had many people thinking there had been a drastic cooling of the surface of the extratropical North…

G20 summit airport vetoes 'climate guilt' billboard

Eric Worrall writes: A prominent “climate guilt” billboard which was to have been displayed in Brisbane Airport, presumably somewhere global G20 meeting delegates could see it as they arrive over…

Fun video: A bowling ball and feather fall in world's biggest vacuum chamber

NASA’s Space Power Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, is the biggest vacuum chamber in the world, measuring 30.5 meters by 37.2 meters, and has a volume of 22,653 cubic meters.  If…

What would a +2°C warmer world look like?

An argument regularly advanced by alarmists is – can we afford to take the chance? This argument is often associated with a claim that a rise in global temperature greater…

Eye roller: Climate Change Threatens NASA Space Operations – AGW 'could pose a risk to its operations and missions'

Apparently with the new Obama administration version of NASA, failure IS an option. One of the biggest space disasters ever, the Challenger disaster, was caused by FREEZING COLD WEATHER and…

IPCC lead author Prof Myles Allen: 'Alarmism is unhelpful…'

IPCC: NGO Climate Alarmism is causing a Credibility Gap Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to IPCC lead author Professor Myles Allen, the strident alarmism of some climate NGOs is…

John Coleman fires back on the IPCC Synthesis Report

A RESPONSE FROM CLIMATE SKEPTIC JOHN COLEMAN FOUNDER OF THE WEATHER CHANNEL When you read a news story about the United Nations Panel on Climate Change issuing new climate warnings…

Jim Steele's Climate Change Presentation to the IEEE Life Members

Climate Sensitivity and Droughts: Landscape Changes and Ocean Oscillations vs CO2 On October 15, 2014 in Berkeley CA, I was invited to speak to the LIfe Members of the International…

Explain again why we should panic? Study: 'No quick fix for global warming'

From ETH Zurich No quick fix for global warming When fossil fuels are burned, other climate-forcing gases are produced in addition to long-lasting carbon dioxide. Diesel combustion in vehicles or…

Climate Craziness of the Week – Mann's 'climate interpreter' claims 450 PPM CO2 will turn humans back into 'hunter-gatherers'

Holy crap on a cracker! This Q&A with Michael Mann at some blog nobody has ever heard of called “Down with Tyranny” leaves me wondering, what is he smoking? I…

Claim: Berkeley Lab scientists identify a new driver behind Arctic warming

From: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Scientists have identified a mechanism that could turn out to be a big contributor to warming in the Arctic region and melting sea ice. The…

Newsbytes- The New Coal Boom

Cheap & Abundant Coal Biggest Challenge For UN Climate Agenda Since 1973, coal consumption has grown faster than any other form of energy. Growth in coal consumption has been critical…

Monday Mirthiness – Josh on the IPCC ransom note

The latest IPCC synthesis report is out, and the demands made in it remind me and many other people of the very famous National Lampoon cover of the 1970’s, seen…

Independent Review Discovers that NCDC Fumbles Data Handling in GHCN Climate Data

Guest essay by Bob Koss Being an old retired guy with time on my hands, this summer I decided to find out just how well GHCN-Monthly follows their own methodology…

100 Year Snow Records broken across the South Eastern US on October 31st and November 01st

It was the earliest and heaviest snow in several places since records have been kept dating as far back as 1880. 100 Year Snow Records broken across the South Eastern…