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By Kenneth Richard on 14. September 2026
According to a new study, coral proxy sea surface temperature (SST) evidence suggests the northern South China Sea (nSCS) naturally warmed and cooled at rates of 1 to 1.5°C per decade from about ~5300-5100 years ago. Image Source: Wu et al., 2026 In contrast, the nSCS temperature record has been flat to slightly declining in […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Oceans, Paleo-climatology |
By Kenneth Richard on 7. September 2026
Antarctica as a whole has only contributed 0.35 cm to sea level rise since 2003. According to a new study published in a Nature journal, from 2020 to 2024 the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) gained mass at a rate of +67.5 Gt/yr, reversing the modest 2003 to 2019 mass loss (-100.6 Gt/yr) trend. This recent […]
Posted in Antarctic, Cryosphere, Glaciers |
By Kenneth Richard on 7. September 2026
Deglaciation periods, such as the one occurring from about 14,000 to 6000 years ago, are estimated to have had ocean heat uptake rates of 12,000-20,000 ZJ (zettajoules). This range of excess energy absorption is 20-30 times greater than the rate of global ocean heat uptake that exists today (Gebbie, 2021). During the Medieval Warm Period, […]
Posted in Oceans, Paleo-climatology |
By Kenneth Richard on 3. September 2026
A new study reports Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) glacier melt has added a grand total of just 0.74 cm to sea levels from 1992-2020. The authors apparently consider this amount − +0.26 mm/yr of meltwater equivalent − highly alarming. The study assesses 203 glaciers in the AIS Western Peninsula and documents a statistically significant rising […]
Posted in Antarctic, Cryosphere, Glaciers, Sea Levels |
By Kenneth Richard on 29. August 2026
No net warming in the last 400 years. 1. Thaya et al., 2015 2. Gaire et al., 2023 3. Kahn et al., 2024 4. Aryal et al., 2020 “Our reconstruction did not show any increasing term trend over the last four centuries.” 5. Rauf et al., 2026
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Paleo-climatology |
By Kenneth Richard on 25. August 2026
“…data on CO2 cannot be explained by the model of the greenhouse effect as the driver for temperature” Today’s climate models assume there is a perpetual positive feedback as more CO2 is added to the atmosphere; CO2-induced warming produces more and more warming. But Dr. Peter Stallinga uses empirical evidence-based data in his 2025 paper […]
Posted in Climate Sensitivity, CO2 and GHG |
By Kenneth Richard on 21. August 2026
“…we conclude that changes in plant decomposition and [soil respiration] due to global temperatures primarily control global CO2 cycles.” − Nishioka, 2026 CO2 changes have been observed to lag temperature changes (warming) via soil respiration since 1979 (r = 0.74). The consistent uni-directionality is T→CO2. Anthropogenic CO2 accounts for 4% of the carbon cycle and […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Natural Variability |
By Kenneth Richard on 15. August 2026
The bleaching and heat stress narrative that says rising CO2 is an existential threat to coral reef habitat has not been realized. Since reliable monitoring began 40 years ago, scientists (Ceccarelli et al., 2026) provide graphical evidence there has been no significant overall net change in coral cover throughout the Northern, Central, and Southern Great […]
Posted in Coral Reefs, Warming/CO2 Benefiting Earth |
By Kenneth Richard on 13. August 2026
Scientists (Yilgan and Jónsdóttir, 2026) report annual mean sea ice extent in the Greenland Sea was 8.4 times greater in 2023 (2,403.6 km²) than in 2019 (287.6 km²). In the month of January, the sea ice extent was 6.4 times larger in 2024 (20,308 km²) than in 2017 (312 km²). Hand-in-hand with the recent sea […]
Posted in Arctic, Cooling/Temperature, Sea Ice |
By Kenneth Richard on 12. August 2026
Cloud cover changes are a “top-down dynamical driver” of Earth’s climate. A July 2026 Environmental Research Letters paper authored by Bellocchi et al. attributes ~80% of the rise in Earth’s absorbed solar radiation since 2000 to declining high-reflectivity cloud cover, primarily from circulation-driven contraction of storm-cloud zones. The study highlights the climate’s “albedo governance,” suggesting […]
Posted in Cloud Climate Influence, CO2 and GHG, CO2 Greens the Earth |
By Kenneth Richard on 6. August 2026
In new research (Liu et al., 2026), scientists acknowledge clouds “markedly impact near-surface air temperatures” by altering the radiation budget and driving heating rates across the Arctic. For example, a cloudy day in winter may deliver 20-30 W/m² of cloud radiative forcing (CRF), warming the Arctic surface by 6-9°C. However, due to massive uncertainties in […]
Posted in Arctic, Climate Sensitivity, Cloud Climate Influence, CO2 and GHG |
By Kenneth Richard on 1. August 2026
The CO2-induced “polar amplification” narrative peddled by climate alarmists has just taken another hit. It has previously been shown increasing CO2 by over 120 ppm (278 ppm to 400 ppm) cools the Antarctic climate (Notholt et al., 2024). These scientists found there has been a slight (-0.01°C) overall net cooling CO2 influence since 1750. Image […]
Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, CO2 and GHG, Cooling/Temperature
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