By Kenneth Richard on 31. May 2018
Because trees may only grow within narrowly-defined temperature ranges and elevations above sea level, perhaps the most reliable means of assessing the air temperatures of past climates is to collect ancient treeline evidence. In a new paper, Kullman (2018) found tree remnants at mountain sites 600 to 700 meters higher than where the modern treeline […]
Posted in Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 30. May 2018
These are tough times for the US climate-ambulance chasers, who like to use every extreme-weather event as a God-sent sign the climate is going to hell in a handbasket. Tornadoes AWOL, models contradicted But even weather extremes aren’t cooperating with the climate predictions and models. For instance, yesterday meteorologist Joe Bastardi at Weatherbell noted that US tornado […]
Posted in Arctic, Hurricanes/Tornados, Oceans |
By P Gosselin on 29. May 2018
Since environmental elitists have taken the helm in Europe, they like to fancy themselves and pose as rescuers of the planet. The climate rescue delusion One example is Europe’s claim to being the global leader in climate protection. Leaders like having everyone believe that Europe reducing CO2 emissions 80% by 2050 will to save the […]
Posted in Green Follies, Pollution |
By Kenneth Richard on 28. May 2018
In the past it has been widely reported that high and abruptly changing CO2 concentrations during the Permian led to climate conditions that were “too hot for complex life to survive” on the planet. Today, scientists have determined that the opposite may be true: the Permian mass extinction event occurred during a period of global […]
Posted in Oceans, Paleo-climatology, Sea Levels |
By P Gosselin on 27. May 2018
According to a newly published Spiegel article here, it appears the German government is active in covering up the country’s embarrassing “energy poverty” statistics. Few countries in the world have moved as boldly and aggressively to green up the energy supply system like Germany has. Currently the country has enough installed wind and solar capacity […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 26. May 2018
Spiegel science journalist Axel Bojanowski at Twitter posted a couple of comments that got me wondering about man’s role on climate. The first comment was a tweet about NASA’s Jim Bridenstine who reportedly went from being a “climate denier” to changing his mind and confirming that “climate change is caused by humans”. Readers will note that […]
Posted in Alarmism, Climate Sensitivity, CO2 and GHG |
By P Gosselin on 25. May 2018
The Sun in April 2018 By Frank Bosse and Fritz Vahrenholt (Translated, edited and summarized by P Gosselin) The sun was inactive in April, as we currently find ourselves in the minimum between solar cycle (SC) 24 and the coming solar cycle 25. The recorded mean sunspot number (SSN) for April was 8.9, which is only […]
Posted in Arctic, Solar |
By Kenneth Richard on 24. May 2018
According to McElhany, 2017, “there are no studies that directly demonstrate modern day effects of OA [ocean acidification] on marine species.” There still aren’t. Image Source: McElhany, 2017 Scientists claim that the ocean’s global mean surface pH may have declined (i.e., became less alkaline and thus more “acidic”) by -0.08 in the last 265 years — from 8.13 during pre-industrial […]
Posted in Ocean Acidification | Tagged Ocean Acidification |
By P Gosselin on 23. May 2018
Dubbed as a clean source of energy, new research findings show that home and property owners producing “clean, CO2-neutral” solar electricity with solar modules may in fact soon find themselves sitting on a pile of hazardous waste once the module lifetime expires. In many countries, it is illegal to simply discard hazardous materials into the […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Pollution |
By P Gosselin on 22. May 2018
At the site of Germany’s Arbeitgeberverband (Federation for German Employers) Dr. Björn Peters wrote a piece describing the recent “Baden-Badener Energiegesprächen“, an energy pow-wow where political and industry leaders met for 2 days to discuss Germany’s energy future. “Surprised by the realism” From the two days of presentations, speeches and discussions, there are clear indicators that German […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By Kenneth Richard on 21. May 2018
Hailed as ‘the last piece of the puzzle’ in codifying our understanding of the mechanism(s) that cause climate changes, scientists are increasingly turning to Sun-modulated cosmic ray flux and cloud cover variations as the explanation for decadal- and centennial-scale global warming and cooling. In other words, climate changes are increasingly being attributed to natural variability, […]
Posted in Solar Sciences |
By P Gosselin on 20. May 2018
Recent German Ministry of Environment findings showing 6000 premature deaths annually due to nitrogen dioxide (stemming in large part from diesel cars) called “bogus”, made up “horror-news” and “fear mongering”. A study commissioned by the German Ministry of Environment and released in March found that nitrogen dioxide, in large part emitted by diesel engines, had a […]
Posted in Media / Bias, Pollution |
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