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By P Gosselin on 21. January 2024
“Results are somewhat in contrast to climate projections” Hat-tip: Klimanachrichten The European Space Agency (ESA) here reports on runoff and river discharge, which are important components in Earth’s water cycle. With the globe allegedly warming, drought and heatwaves are said to be more frequent and so the hotter climate should lead to reduced water runoff […]
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By P Gosselin on 10. January 2024
Disconnected from reality: Despite heavy winter rains, flooding and DWD data, Germany’s Helmholtz Institute insists parts of Germany are “extremely dry”. The “climate change-induced drought” in January 2024 By Frank Bosse We already reported several times (here and here) on the Helmholtz Institute’s Drought Monitor. In the meantime, there have been major floods, especially in […]
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By P Gosselin on 5. January 2024
As Germany’s flooding takes hold, the media have been quick to seize upon the extreme weather as proof of the climate crisis. But the data show us that it’s normal bad weather that’s also been seen many times before in the past. Yet, despite the widespread flooding, there are those who still believe that flooded […]
Posted in Alarmism, Drought and Deserts, Flood, Media / Bias |
By P Gosselin on 30. December 2023
Warm and wet… According to preliminary results from the data collected from Germany’s approximately 2000 weather stations, the year 2023 was the warmest on record. So reports the Offenbach, Germany-based DWD national weather service. Yet, official claims don’t always seem to correspond to real life observations. Despite 6th wettest year on record and mass flooding […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Drought and Deserts, Flood |
By P Gosselin on 29. December 2023
“One of the world’s leading research centres in the field of environmental research” insists parts of flooded Germany are still in drought! Even though northern Germany is struggling with one of the worst flooding episodes in a century, the country’s Helmholtz for Environmental research (UFZ) website continues to insist that parts of the region are […]
Posted in Activism, Alarmism, Drought and Deserts |
By P Gosselin on 26. December 2023
Higher likelihood of extreme snowfall in the French Alps in coming decades. And, greening Africa Hat-tip: Klimanachrichten Global warming is often cited as having a negative impact on snow and ice melt in cold regions, yet new research published in The Cryosphere has suggested that extreme snowfall events may be a feature of some locations at higher latitudes and […]
Posted in Drought and Deserts, Glaciers |
By P Gosselin on 24. December 2023
We wish all readers a Merry Christmas! Photo: Hase River, Germany. P. Gosselin Flood damage Currently large parts of Germany are experiencing mild temperatures and heavy rains, which have led to plenty of flooding. Today while making photos of the flooding situation here for a blog post, I adventurously attempted to cross a flooded area […]
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By P Gosselin on 11. November 2023
Climate tipping points are much more fantasy than science Austrian AUF 1 has posted posted a video interview with prominent German geologist and Sahara expert Dr. Stefan Kröpelin, Sahara has been shrinking over the past decades. Image: NASA Dr. Kröpelin is an award-wining geologist and climate researcher at the University of Cologne and specializes in studying […]
Posted in Drought and Deserts, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 29. October 2023
Snowfan here reports how the ECMWF expects up to 3 meters of fresh snow in the Alps by the 7th of November. Meanwhile, Joe Bastardi also sees signs that Europe’s winter will likely be a cold one (normal to below-normal) First we look at snowfall for the Alps over the next 10 days: Image cropped […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Drought and Deserts, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 27. August 2023
Arson likely at play…images for shock journalists By Klimanachrichten Unusual weather situations are always the hour of attribution researchers these days. Canada is suffering from forest fires again this year. The reason is the persistent drought. According to a study, climate change has doubled the likelihood of forest fires in Canada: Extreme wildfire conditions in […]
Posted in Drought and Deserts, Fire |
By P Gosselin on 18. August 2023
More drought and more extreme rainfall are occurring : that’s what Germans are often told by the climate hysterical media and activists. Yet, a look at precipitation data for Germany over the past 140 years shows no significant change at all. Hat-tip: Tim Reality at Twitter The above chart shows the mean amount of precipitation […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 14. August 2023
Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) is claimed to intensify hydrological processes. Data analysis indicates it does not. A paradigm has emerged in recent decades that says there has been and/or will be a worsening of hydrological extremes as a consequence of global warming. Simplified, the paradigm says that wet gets wetter (flooding) and dry gets drier […]
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