Why we love scary news stories, just as children like candy

Reposted from the Fabius Maximus site By Larry Kummer, Editor / 6 Comments / 6 November 2019 Summary: A new chapter has begun in the climate wars. The reason why…

Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as predicted

From MIT Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Monday, October 21, 2019 Study finds even the tallest ice cliffs should support their own weight rather…

The Ghost Forest of the Delmarva Peninsula… Because Climate Change

Guest geology by David Middleton Ghost Forests Are Visceral Examples of the Advance of Climate Change BY TIK ROOT OCTOBER 7, 2019 As Matt Kirwan walks through Maryland’s Blackwater National…

Seth Borenstein, Climate Gloom & Doom: “Déjà vu all over again”

Guest Yogi Berra-ism by David Middleton NEW YORK (AP) — Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned…

Sea Level Rise Dooms Obama’s New Martha’s Vineyard Mansion

Guest “I couldn’t make this sort of schist up if I was trying” by David Middleton This is sort of a follow up to Eric’s post on the Obama’s new…

Gore Says His Global Warming Predictions Have Come True? Can He Prove It?

From Issues and Insights J. Frank Bullitt When asked Sunday about his 2006 prediction that we would reach the point of no return in 10 years if we didn’t cut…

Inconvenient Study: Sea level rise likely not to drown low-lying Pacific atolls

By H. Sterling Burnett A new study published in Geology, the journal of the Geological Society of America, indicates even if seas continue to rise, low-lying islands and atolls, such…

Quote of the Week: Yang’s off-the-rails climate evacuation alarm

During the primary debates last night, Democratic candidates said some pretty crazy stuff. Andrew Yang won the award for the best crazy talking point, in my opinion. He was talking…

Sea level rise: what’s the worst case?

Reposted from Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. by Judith Curry Draft of article to be submitted for journal publication. Well, I hope you are not overdosing on the issue of sea…

Building For the Past, Remembering the Future

From cliscep Michael Tobis (aka Dr. Doom) is someone I have opposed frequently and vehemently across the climate blogosphere. Nonetheless, he has a post up now that is thought-worthy, if…

Sea Level to Rise 50 Feet by 2300… Oh noes!!!

Guest commentary by David Middleton Global Sea Level Could Rise 50 Feet by 2300, Study Says Characterizing what’s known and what’s uncertain is key to managing coastal risk October 6,…

A Few Thoughts on the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4)

Guest post by David Middleton The current draft of the report can be found here: Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), Fifth-Order Draft (5OD)  After a cursory review of the document, a…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #278

Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week. “…it was clear that the first and greatest need was to establish the facts…

Ancient Italian fossils reveal risk of parasitic infections due to climate change

From Eurekalert Rise in trematodes could occur much sooner than thought, according to new Mizzou study University of Missouri-Columbia In 2014, a team of researchers led by a paleobiologist from…

The surprising news from scientists about rising sea levels!

By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website.   Summary: Rising sea levels have become a core element — perhaps the core — of climate activists’ warnings. What do scientists…

NOAA Jumps The Shark In Tampa Bay

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [see Update at the end] I thought I might write about how I research a subject. Over at Dr. Judith’s excellent website, she periodically puts…

Ooops! Alarm over 'sinking Islands' premature as sea level falls at Kwajalein Atoll

David Burton writes: Remember this little article by Nils-Axel Mörner, not quite three years ago? The Marshall Islands and their Sea Level Changes He discussed Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall…

Are the 'climate will affect sports stadiums' claims of U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse the dumbest ever?

An examination of the data suggests “quite possibly”. You can read the press release from the Senator’s office here. From CNS News video: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) warns sports stadiums…

The Most Important Sea Level Graph

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In a post here on WUWT, Nils-Axel Morner has discussed the sea level in Kwajalein, an atoll in the Marshall Islands. Sea levels in Kwajalein…