Carbon isotope ratios are central to many reconstructions of past climate. For example the IPCC Working Group 1 cited C12/C13 ratios as the basis for determining some of their findings…
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Note to NASA: Fire Dr. James Hansen, now.
I’ve been wrestling with this topic for hours now as to how to best present it in this forum. I finally decided to simply just write it as I see…
Pachauri's at it again – shun meat, he says (but what about the buffalo?)
Shun meat, says UN climate chief By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website Livestock production has a bigger climate impact than transport, the UN believes People should…
Calls for Geo-Engineering at the Royal Society
Several British scientists have apparently decided that geo-engineering is better than nothing. (Posted by John Goetz) Extreme and risky action the only way to tackle global warming, say scientists From…
Skeptical Article on Climate in the Old Farmer's Almanac – cooler times ahead?
My friend, Joe D’Aleo who runs ICECAP, had the opportunity this year to write an article for the 2009 Old Farmer’s Almanac. While I’m normally “skeptical” of the long term…
Nutty story of the day #5, One more thing to worry about: The Oxygen Crisis!
Trend of atmospheric oxygen (O2) from Cape Grim, Tasmania. This looks serious, right? Read on. FOREWORD: I had to chuckle at this. This is the sort of story I would expect in…
APS Fellow supports Monckton's position
The following letter is from an APS member, Roger W. Cohen, and is in support of Lord Monckton’s paper published in the July APS newsletter. For more information on this,…
Award-winning Astronaut Slams Hansen – Urges NASA to 'Debunk the current hysteria' over Warming
This was a bit of a surprise, hat tip to Bucko36 – Anthony In Science, Ignorance is Not Bliss By Physicist Walter Cunningham, NASA Apollo 7 Astronaut in July/August 2008…
Putting on AIRS
Recently we’ve been discussing products for the AIRS satellite instrument (Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder) onboard the Aqua satellite. For example we’ve been looking at the only global image we can find…
Who knew? Rachel Carson – climate change expert
NOTE: For those of you who don’t know, Rachel Carson has often been hailed as the “mother of the environmental movement” due to her book, Silent Spring. Before that book,…
SEC petitioned to issue guidance on 'potentially false and misleading statements' on global warming
See also this related story from the Sacramento Bee: Carbon Markets Take Shape which outlines California’s agreement with six other Western states and four Canadian provinces released the draft of…
Nutty story of the day #3 – TV ads cause global warming
I suppose if the purpose of this is to say that we need less television advertising, I can go along with that. This is probably good news for the Ty-D-Bowl…
Roy Spencer's testimony before congress backs up Monckton's assertions on climate sensitivity
Dr. Roy Spencer went to Washington to give testimony today to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Here is his presentation. While not as technical as Lord Moncktons paper…
The Green Inquisition
From Project Syndicate by Bjørn Lomborg COPENHAGEN – When it comes to global warming, extreme scare stories abound. Al Gore, for example, famously claimed that a whopping six meters (20…
American physicists warned not to debate global warming
Original article from the UK Register: By Andrew Orlowski (andrew.orlowski@theregister.co.uk) Published Monday 21st July 2008 16:04 GMT Bureaucrats at the American Physical Society (APS) have issued a curious warning to their…
Nutty Story of the Day #2: whitewashing the ocean
How much lime does it take to treat the whole ocean? Where have we heard this before? Oh yes, dump powdered iron into the ocean. That one didn’t happen yet. Sure, let’s…
Why Does NASA GISS Oppose Satellites?
A Modest Proposal For A Better Data Set Reposted from Warren Meyers website: Climate Skeptic. One of the ironies of climate science is that perhaps the most prominent opponent of…
APS Editor Reverses Position on Global Warming- cites "Considerable presence" of skeptics
Viscount Monckton gives a presentation during the 2007 Conference on Climate Change From Mike Asher at the DailyTech: The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed…
Four scientists: Global Warming Out, Global Cooling In
Alan Lammey, Texas Energy Analyst, Houston Four scientists, four scenarios, four more or less similar conclusions without actually saying it outright — the global warming trend is done, and a…
Psychiatrists have detected the first case of "climate change delusion"
From Andrew Bolt at the Herald Sun: PSYCHIATRISTS have detected the first case of “climate change delusion” – and they haven’t even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global…
Also Going Down: Carbon dioxide burial reaches a milestone
Climate project: Dr Peter Cook holds sandstone from the Otway Basin, where 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide has been stored underground. Photo: Glen McCurtayne From Australia’s The Age. Orietta Guerrera…
What a difference 20 years makes
Recently, Dr. James Hansen of NASA GISS gave his 20 year anniversary speech before congress, in which he was restating the urgency of the global warming crisis we now face.…
Algal Fuels and Massive Scales
Guest post by John Goetz I keep an active watch of the news for progress being made in the areas of renewable and alternative energy sources. One area that has…
Surprise: Explosive volcanic eruption under the Arctic ice found
I posted on a similar story about volcanic eruptions under Antarctic ice earlier this year. What is unique about this situation is that it was a large eruption that went…
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