The most amazing greening on Earth – thanks to increased Carbon Dioxide

by Patrick J. Michaels We’ve long been fond of showing the satellite evidence for planetary greening caused by increasing carbon dioxide, particularly the work of Zhu et al.(2016): Figure 1: Trends…

The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 4

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   This is Part 4 of a four part series.  If you are not familiar with The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1,  Part…

The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 3

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen This is Part 3 of a four part series.  If you are not familiar with The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1 and Part…

The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 2

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen   Note:  This is Part 2 of a four part series.  If you are not familiar with The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1,…

The Fight Against Global Greening – Part 1

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Something odd happened between April 2017 and July 2018.  I haven’t discovered exactly what prompted it but the rather good science writer and journalist, Carl…

NYT: Global Greening, Faster Plant Growth, is Bad

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Howard “Cork” Hayden – According to New York Times all the commercial greenhouse growers who artificially elevate CO2 in greenhouses to more than double…

‘Day Zero’ Wars, and Greening: Africa’s Climate Truth

Guest essay by Vijay Jayaraj It has long been claimed that climate change has been the reason behind the wars and violence in Africa. Even the recent water crisis in…

Claim: U.N. data reflects greening of the Earth, not carbon dioxide

NASA says the greening of the planet is due to increased CO2, these guys are arguing against that, saying increased forest growth “correlates strongly to the UN Development Programme’s Human…

Greening the city — a measurement for a mindful environment

Uh, it’s science, yeah, that’s the ticket SCIENCE! ~ctm From Eurekalert Public Release: 3-Jul-2017 University of Bradford Scientists at the University of Bradford have developed the world’s first Tranquillity Rating…

The pros and cons of leaf abundance due to increased global carbon dioxide greening the Earth

Increased leaf abundance is a double-edged sword From the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE A new global assessment reveals that increases in leaf abundance are causing boreal areas…

Oh noes! Antarctica 'greening' due to climate change

From the “greening of the planet must be a bad thing” department and the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER comes this breathless missive. Note: one species of moss is not equal to the…

'Global warming vs global greening' GWPF lecture by Matt Ridley

Josh writes: Last night Matt Ridley gave the Global Warming Policy Foundation annual lecture titled ‘Global warming vs global greening’. Here are my cartoon notes. You can read Matt’s text and slides here. Cartoons by…

Good news! Climate study finds human CO2 fingerprint in Northern Hemisphere greening

From DOE/OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 29, 2016 — A multinational team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Climate Change Science Institute has…

Another benefit of climate change? NASA says the Arctic is 'greening'

NASA studies details of a greening Arctic From the NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER The northern reaches of North America are getting greener, according to a NASA study that provides the…

NASA: Carbon dioxide fertilization greening Earth, study finds

From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER – (we covered this in a previous release, but this press release brings new information – Anthony) From a quarter to half of Earth’s vegetated…

Inconvenient Study: CO2 fertilization greening the earth

International team reports CO2 fertilization prompted plants and trees to sprout extra green leaves equivalent in area to two times the continental USA, or nearly 4.4 billion General Shermans (largest…

Study: increased carbon dioxide is greening deserts globally

Enhanced levels of carbon dioxide are likely cause of global dryland greening, study says From the “inconvenient truth” department and INDIANA UNIVERSITY: Enhanced levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are a…

Deserts 'greening' from rising CO2

From CSIRO and “increased CO2 has benefits” department:  Increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) have helped boost green foliage across the world’s arid regions over the past 30 years through…

Modeling the greening of the Arctic

From the National Science Foundation: New Models Predict Dramatically Greener Arctic in the Coming Decades International Polar Year- (IPY) funded research predicts boom in trees, shrubs, will lead to net…

James Hansen Says Coal Is Greening The Planet!?!

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There’s an interesting measure of atmospheric CO2, called the “airborne fraction”. The airborne fraction is the fraction of the CO2 emitted each year which remains…

A must watch – Greening the Planet – Dr. Matt Ridley

I met Matt Ridley for the first time in person last month on his trip through California. We shared lunch in Novato on a Saturday, it was a pleasant and…

CO2 Is Greening The Planet: African Savannahs Getting a Makeover to Forests

I’ve covered this before, such as when NASA posted satellite data showing that the biosphere is booming thanks to CO2 fertilization. This new study from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany…

Greening the hospital operating room – another thing best left alone

From the Canadian Medical Association Journal another one of those areas like the ridiculous attempts to green the military, where I think most people don’t give a rats patootie about…

Newsbytes – the ungreening of Germany

Germany Building 17 New Coal, 29 New Gas-Fired Power Stations From Dr. Benny Peiser at The GWPF German utilities and private investors have plans to construct or modernise some 84…