By P Gosselin on 19. June 2014
At the online Baseler Zeitung Swiss geologist Markus Häring writes that the claim “a drastic reduction in CO2 can prevent a warming of the climate has no scientific basis.” Hat-tip DkS Häring writes that he has a background in natural sciences and took it upon himself to examine the science that allegedly underpins the anthropogenic […]
Posted in IPCC, Models, Scepticism, Stupid Predictions |
By P Gosselin on 18. June 2014
Short on time today…so just a short, somewhat off-topic story. High-carb, low fat diet puts the pounds on and makes you sick. This “registered dietician” claims carbohydrates are the way to go! Unfortunately she has been woefully misinformed and the high-carb diet she is peddling isn’t even working for her. Photo cropped from FOX 32. Even […]
Posted in Activism, Alternative Energy, Stupid Predictions |
By P Gosselin on 17. June 2014
Renowned Swedish paleogeophysicist Prof. Nils-Axel Mörner also has sent his comment to NoTricksZone concerning the termination of the fellowship of Caleb S. Rossiter and the state of climate science. His comment is also followed by a joint statement sent by German climate scientists Prof Dr. Gerhard Gerlich and Dr. Ralf D. Tscheuschner. Nils-Axel Mörner: Ass. Professor, […]
Posted in Activism, Climate Politics, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 17. June 2014
UPDATE: As reader Harry points out, Rossiter’s last entry was made in May 2013, and not 2014, as I mistakenly believed. Therefore Rossiter’s Wall Street Journal op-ed is a actually a (welcome) breach of his promise of never to discuss climate. The good side of this is that hopefully he will speak out more in […]
Posted in Activism, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 16. June 2014
Looks like the anti-capitalist, tree-hugging Greenpeace organization doesn’t practice what it preaches when it comes to the evils of capitalism. A number of newspapers in the German speaking part of Europe are reporting how the environmental activist organization took millions of the money received as private donations and has blown it in high-risk casino-grade investments […]
Posted in Activism, Greenpeace |
By P Gosselin on 15. June 2014
There’s plenty of controversy swirling around the fellowship termination of Caleb S. Rossiter, adjunct professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics and School of International Service, American University. Read the background here at Climate Depot. The stated mission of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is to put “ideas into action for peace, justice, and the environment“. […]
Posted in Activism, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 14. June 2014
A Short History of the Human Race Part 4/4. The Iron Age to the Present Research by Ed Caryl Climate historians usually recognize one Holocene Climate Optimum, from the end of the last ice age to about 4000 years ago. But as we have seen in this series of articles, there were three major warm […]
Posted in Agriculture, Cooling/Temperature, Drought and Deserts, Oceans, Paleo-climatology, Sea Levels |
By P Gosselin on 13. June 2014
The intense but short heat wave that struck parts of Central Europe earlier this month created quite a bit of hysteria among some German activist climatologists and most of the media. For example IPCC climatologist Mojib Latif attributed the heat and severe thunderstorms to global warming. Stefan Rahmstorf tried to hint this may be the […]
Posted in Activism, Drought and Deserts, Media / Bias, Models, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 13. June 2014
Yesterday I wrote a post about the Rheinstetten weather station here. At first I thought it was the one located at the local gliding airfield, but found it peculiar that siting was pretty bad – as Anthony Watts commented. This is not something that’s typical of Germans, who like to be precise with everything. But […]
Posted in Weather |
By P Gosselin on 12. June 2014
Early this week a German meteorologist tweeted that Germany had set a new record high for the date in the southern state of Baden Wurttemberg at a station called Rheinstetten. I was even told that the station was fairly new (and thus reliable?). I’ve noticed that on hot days the Rheinstetten station always appeared to be […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Media / Bias, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 11. June 2014
Over the last weekend and early this week Germany saw some 4 days of record-breaking hot weather, which also brought on severe thunderstorms that caused property damage, local flooding, traffic disruptions and killed a half dozen people. Photo Mojib Latif (Source: GEOMAR) The media went crazy, and so did some “experts”. Immediately the high priests […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Green Follies, Hockey Team, Models, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 10. June 2014
A Short History of the Human Race Part 3. Empires By Ed Caryl After the cold snap of 8200 years ago, civilization really began to develop in the Middle East. Villages became towns. Towns developed into cities. Societies adopted formal rulers, religions, and the beginnings of social stratification. The first large temple structures date from […]
Posted in Paleo-climatology |
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