By P Gosselin on 19. May 2018
Japanese skeptic blogger Kirye posted here at Twitter the latest news on Arctic sea ice volume, which earlier this spring took a sudden and unexpected jump upwards – adding some 2 trillion cubic meters. What follows is the latest chart from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI): Source: DMI. As the chart shows, Arctic sea ice volume […]
Posted in Arctic, Stupid Predictions |
By P Gosselin on 18. May 2018
Parts of Germany’s political leadership appear to be waking up to the harsh realities of green energies (wind and sun) and their inefficiencies. Hat-tip: Die kalte Sonne “Economic Minister accepts true condition of Energiewende” The website of German national daily “Welt” here reported last month that Germany’s powerful Minister of Economics, Peter Altmaier “accepts the […]
Posted in Misc. |
By Kenneth Richard on 17. May 2018
The abysmal track record of computer models in simulating climate trends has increasingly been highlighted in the scientific literature. Recently published papers indicate that in some cases climate models actually get it right zero percent of the time (Luo et al., 2018; Hanna et al., 2018), or that hydrological models are off by a factor of […]
Posted in Climate Sensitivity, Models |
By P Gosselin on 16. May 2018
Outgoing director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) believes mankind, through its activities, is headed for a “mass extinction” event and an anthropogenic calamity comparable to a geological scale asteroid hit. Outgoing Potsdam Institute director Hans-Joachim “John” Schellnhuber tells German national daily that mankind has run out of time and faces “mass extinction” and […]
Posted in Activism, Hockey Team |
By P Gosselin on 15. May 2018
Media in typhoon-prone Japan ignore new important findings suggesting hurricanes and typhoon intensification speed depends mostly on natural oceanic cycles, and not related to atmospheric CO2. Recently I posted on the surprising and science-realistic German DLF national public radio report on how hurricanes are intensifying more quickly today than they did 30 years ago. Findings by […]
Posted in Hurricanes/Tornados, Oceans |
By Kenneth Richard on 14. May 2018
Governments promote biofuels as renewable, carbon-neutral resources that serve to reduce CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, scientists have determined that biomass burning generates more CO2 emissions per kWh than burning coal does, and the projected rapid growth in biofuel use will only serve to ‘increase atmospheric CO2 for at least a century’. Sterman et al., 2018 “[G]overnments […]
Posted in Emissions, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 13. May 2018
Here’s something you don’t witness very often…German national public radio telling listeners that natural factors are behind observed changes in something related to climate. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the German media claim storms are linked to our disdainful energy gluttony. So it comes as quite a shock when you hear […]
Posted in Hurricanes/Tornados, Oceans |
By P Gosselin on 12. May 2018
We’ve heard about all the cold and icy weather reports and results coming from all corners of the planet lately, and so naturally most of us sense that it just doesn’t jive with all the alarmist global warming claims and rhetoric we hear. Tremendous ice growth For example over the past winter the Arctic ice cap […]
Posted in Arctic, Oceans |
By P Gosselin on 10. May 2018
CO2 as the major climate driver looks shakier than ever. Scientists confirm clouds and their changes have a huge impact on the earth’s surface temperature… Anna Possner’s research shows clouds and their changes have a real impact on earth’s surface temperature, a Goethe University press release confirms. Photo source: annapossner.com, Carnegie Science. According to Germany’s […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG |
By Kenneth Richard on 10. May 2018
During 2017, there were 150 graphs from 122 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals indicating modern temperatures are not unprecedented, unusual, or hockey-stick-shaped — nor do they fall outside the range of natural variability. We are a little over 4 months into the new publication year and already 81 graphs from 62 scientific papers undermine claims that modern […]
Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, Cooling/Temperature, Hockey Team, Medieval Warm Period, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 9. May 2018
Game over for green energies and CO2 reductions? Journalist Daniel Wetzel of German national daily Die Welt here presents a devastating commentary on Paris Accord and Germany’s so far “illusionary” CO2 reductions targets. The German failure is a signal that could have significant global consequences. Wetzel not only calls the targets illusionary, he also believes the […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 8. May 2018
At Die kalte Sonne site here, geologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt comment on the controversy surrounding allegations of Big Oil “covering up” knowledge of the impacts their products could have on climate. For example on April 16, 2018, renowned German weekly Spiegel reported on how “a confidential Shell study” showed the oil company […]
Posted in Activism, Climate Politics |
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