Climate Oscillations 11: Oceanic Niño Index (ONI)

ENSO affects weather all over the world but doesn’t track the global mean surface temperature (GMST), at least for the last 35 years. Is GMST an appropriate measure of climate…

No, ScienceNews, Your “Ocean’s Record-Breaking Hot Streak” Claims Are False

In other words, we had one warm year in the oceans during 2023, but 2021 and 2022 weren’t abnormally warm at all. 2023 was, but it was driven by a…

NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season

La Nina and warmer-than-average ocean temperatures are major drivers of tropical activity

Six Warning Signs Climate Scientists Are Lying About Wildfires

Although a 20-year period of a drier climate associated with La Nina-like conditions will dry out the biggest dead logs, so they more easily burn, changes in wildfire frequency and…

Simple Explanations Don’t Apply In The Complex Climate System

In the real climate system, nothing is so simple that it can be explained with elementary school knowledge.

The Science of Dryness & California Droughts & Fire

A public succumbing to fear mongering and lies only opens the door for bad solutions and government tyranny.

Climate Sensitivity from 1970-2021 Warming Estimates

.. the observational data suggest lower climate sensitivities (ECS) than promoted by the IPCC with a central estimate of +2.09 deg C. for the global average. This is at the…

Australia Sees Coldest and Wettest Spring in Decades Amid Third La Niña in A Row

The result was rare late spring snow as far north as Central West NSW and the coldest November on record for some towns, including Forbes and Ivanhoe, where maximums were…

The Big 5 Natural Causes of Climate Change: part 4 Landscape Changes

Although most landscape changes are caused by humans, the intent here is show how landscape changes largely account for the land’s temperature trends that have been incorrectly blamed on rising…

La Nina is Not Going Away. What Does This Mean for This Summer’s Weather?

But first, the bottom line:   the summer effects of La Nina are modest, but will push the western side of our region towards cooler than normal conditions.

The Big 5 Natural Causes of Climate Change Part 3: How La Nina Warms the World

Until then embrace renowned scientist Thomas Huxley’s advice: “skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin”

Not Expecting Coral Bleaching During a La Niña

When you get down to Earth and under-the-water, well Pixie Reef was magnificently healthy.  I am going to visit it again, soon, to check how it is this year.

Australia’s Broken Temperature Record, Part 3

In short, we have a 2021 Annual Climate Statement that does not include the new 2021 value in its calculations.

La Nina Conditions Continue Across the Equatorial Pacific

…likely to last into at least early summer with a potential impact on tropical activity…seeing an impact on global temperatures

Climate Council: La Niña Boosted Rainfall for Australia is Bad

As the La Niña warmed Western Pacific Ocean surface delivers much needed rainfall to Australia’s arid regions, the Climate Council urges everyone to remember that warmer temperatures are bad.

La Nina: Globe Expected To Continue Cooling Into Next Year, Extending Cooling Streak To 7 Years

From The NoTricksZone By P Gosselin on 24. September 2021 Snowfan rreports here of how parts of western Germany have had 4 nights in a row of surface frost and how new models are…

Cooling In The Pipeline? Low Solar Activity, Wild Fire Smoke, La Niña All Setting Up A Cooled 2022?

Here are 3 reasons why global surface temperatures will probably see continued cooling over the coming year.

Signs of a resurgence in La Nina and the potential implications on global temperatures and the upcoming winter season

In fact, there are signs right now that suggest the resurgence may already be underway in the central Pacific Ocean. The return of La Nina could have implications on global…

La Nina is Collapsing

These rapid changes out of La Nina conditions are good news for California, which has experienced two dry winters in a row, since neutral conditions should bring increased chances of…

New study ties solar variability to the onset of decadal La Nina events

The paper does not delve into what physical connection between the Sun and Earth could be responsible for the correlation, but the authors note that there are several possibilities that…