By P Gosselin on 28. February 2013
If Germany had recorded a record 5 warmer winters in a row, people would be reading and hearing about it for days without end. However, just the opposite has occurred: Germany has now experienced 5 colder than normal winters in a row – “a record” – now made official by the German Weather Service (This winter 0.6°C below […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, IPCC, Media / Bias, Scepticism, Solar Sciences |
By P Gosselin on 27. February 2013
And if they can’t put the wind turbines up on ridgelines, there aren’t too many other places they could be put in Vermont. I guess developers could try putting them “offshore” on Lake Champlain – yeah, right. That would be as stupid as putting them on mountain ridgelines. Vermont; photograph taken by Jared C. Benedict, […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 26. February 2013
This week’s newsstand, print-edition of FOCUS magazine (February 25, 2013, No. 9/13) has a 2-page interview with leading German climate scientist Professor Hans von Storch (HvS) titled: Climate Scientist Against Panic Spreading. Hans von Storch The sub-heading of the FOCUS article on page 92 reads: Scientist Hans von Storch goes hard in his own way: […]
Posted in Activism, Hockey Team, IPCC, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 25. February 2013
Last week German meteorologist Dominik Jung openly wondered what had happened to all the warming, pointing out that Germany was suffering from its fifth consecutive colder than normal winter – a record! Earlier this month renowned meteorologist Prof. Dr. Horst Marlberg announced that global warming was finished, and that cooling was ahead for the next decades. […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Hockey Team, IPCC, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 24. February 2013
Every good manager knows that economic success and environmental protection only get achieved when resources are used efficiently and wisely. It makes little sense to buy a huge machine that can run only 20% of the time when you can get the job done using a much smaller machine that runs 100% all the time. […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 24. February 2013
Sebastian Lüning and Fritz Vahrenholt’s Die kalte Sonne site recently posted an article about the East African drought, which, as it turns out, is all part of a natural cycle. ================================================ New Study in Nature: East African Drought Trend Part of a Natural Cycle By Sebastian Lüning and Fritz Vahrenholt (Translated, edited by P Gosselin) […]
Posted in Drought and Deserts, Models, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 24. February 2013
UPDATE: This story has only been confusion. It appears the new record was never set. Now it seems the source has been the Daily Mail, a story they wrote in January. Other outlets picked up on it, and information seems to have gotten lost and changed along the way. The Mail writes the -71.2°C reading was taken […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature |
By P Gosselin on 23. February 2013
UPDATE 2: No official confirmation of this record is available. Read here. Now it looks like it’s a bogus story. UPDATE 1: Russian media seems to confirm the new record: http://publicpost.ru/theme/id/3284/oymyakon/! Here it writes: Село Оймякон — самая холодная точка на планете. На днях тут похолодало до минус 71 градуса — это самая низкая температура […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Media / Bias |
By P Gosselin on 23. February 2013
Sebastian Lüning and Fritz Vahrenholt’s Die kalte Sonne site recently posted an article about the East African drought, which, as it turns out, is all part of a natural cycle. ================================================ New Study in Nature: East African Drought Trend Part of a Natural Cycle By Sebastian Lüning and Fritz Vahrenholt (Translated, edited by P Gosselin) […]
Posted in Drought and Deserts, Models, Oceans, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 22. February 2013
A new working paper titled Climate Skeptics In Germany And Their War Against The Energy Revolution by the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna, written by Dr. Achim Brunnengräber of the University of Berlin Department of Political Science, has just been released. What’s a bit surprising is that the Catholic Theological […]
Posted in Activism, Hockey Team, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 21. February 2013
Effective January 1, 2013, oil-burning and natural gas furnaces in new homes are forbidden in Denmark. And beginning in 2016, homeowners will not be allowed to replace their old, existing gas or oil burning furnaces with a new one. Hat-Tip: Readers Edition.de/. Read here, in English. If you think the green movement has gone off […]
Posted in Activism, Alternative Energy, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 20. February 2013
Looking at the temperature chart of the Danish Meteorological Institute, we see that the Arctic above 80°N has turned quite frosty. The polar bears are probably the only ones enjoying it. Chart above shows the years 2004, 2010, and 2013. Source: http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php. Checking the charts from the years before, we see that today’s Arctic temperature […]
Posted in Arctic |
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