By Kenneth Richard on 19. March 2020
A new study finds rising CO2 concentrations (and warming) have driven the rapid increase in Earth’s photosynthesis processes, or greening. CO2-induced planetary greening leads to an enormous expansion of Earth’s carbon sink. By 2100 this greening-sink effect will offset 17 years of equivalent human CO2 emissions. This easily supersedes the effect of Paris Agreement CO2 […]
Posted in CO2 Greens the Earth, Warming/CO2 Benefiting Earth |
By P Gosselin on 18. March 2020
Donations now welcome! Before we jump into the data, readers may have noticed that NoTricksZone is now accepting donations – after close to 10 years of not doing so. Hosting services and the hourly rates specialists charge for troubleshooting are painfully expensive, and so any support, no matter how small, is very much appreciated. I’ve […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature |
By P Gosselin on 17. March 2020
By Die kalte Sonne The past winter in central and northern Europe was quite warm. Why is that? The Norwegian Centre for Climate Research CICERO explains it in an article from 6 January 2020: Unseasonal temperatures for Norway The unusual warm temperatures this winter and forecasts indicating milder winter conditions for January, February and March […]
Posted in Natural Oceanic Oscillations, Natural Variability |
By Kenneth Richard on 16. March 2020
Clouds regulate Earth’s climate. New studies suggest uncertainty in clouds’ surface radiative effects reach 17.4 W/m² per year (±8.7 W/m²/year). Total CO2 climate forcing is said to be just 0.02 W/m² per year. The difference in these magnitudes preclude detection of a CO2 signal in climate forcing. According to Feldman et al. (2015), a 2 […]
Posted in Climate Sensitivity, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 15. March 2020
Many of us have been noticing there’s a not-so-subtle hate-campaign against the elderly going on. Not long ago we saw a German production which featured kids singing “my mother is old environmental scumbag“or how Brexit voters were portrayed as incontinent scum. At a recent performance in Dortmund, Leftist hip-hop band K.I.Z. told a cheering crowd […]
Posted in Activism, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 14. March 2020
The “Streetscooter”: Electric Mobility’s First Large Bankruptcy Image: From Superbass – own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org By AR Göhring, European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) (Text translated and summarized by P. Gosselin) Manufacturer “Streetscooter”, purchased by Deutsche Post (German Post) in 2014, will be scrapped. The German media of course blame it on […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Misc. |
By P Gosselin on 13. March 2020
By Kirye and Pierre Gosselin It’s been a particularly mild winter in Europe this year. But that hasn’t changed the long-term trend over the past 30 years. Now that the February 2020 data have been coming in, we plot the mean February temperatures for some countries in Europe. Sweden Three of 5 stations show February […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature |
By Kenneth Richard on 12. March 2020
Several new studies use evidence from temperature-sensitive plant species and megafauna remains to reconstruct an Arctic climate that was 6°C to 22°C warmer than today when CO2 concentrations lingered near 300 ppm. Navigating the Arctic Ocean William Barentsz discovered Arctic Svalbard as he sailed through an open-water Arctic Ocean using a wooden boat in early […]
Posted in Arctic, Paleo-climatology, Sea Ice |
By P Gosselin on 11. March 2020
Hardcore German left-wing activist Tom Radke – citing selfish leaders, fraudulent science, psychological manipulation and a cult-like atmosphere within the German Greens – has had enough of the Fridays For Future (FFF) Germany movement and has announced his resignation. German left-wing activist, former FFF participant Tom Radke quits movement after experiencing its inner working. Image […]
Posted in Activism |
By P Gosselin on 10. March 2020
One highly visible person often seen at Greta Thunberg’s side at public Fridays For Future appearances is German 23-year old climate activist Luisa Neubauer of Hamburg. Climate activist Luisa Neubauer at the center of infighting between FFF organizers. Image: Andol – own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Green Party member was a driving force behind […]
Posted in Activism |
By Kenneth Richard on 9. March 2020
A new study assesses a reduction in tree cover via urbanization or by clearing forests for cropland can warm up a locality by 1°C within 10 years. In contrast, transitions from croplands and urban centers to forests leads to cooling. Europe has been cooling recently (1992-2015) from land cover transitions to forests. Image Source: Huang […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature |
By P Gosselin on 8. March 2020
German broadcaster RTL here reported how Northern Hemisphere snow mass has reached the highest level in years. Image: Finnish Meteorological Institute The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) reports the total amount of snow in the northern hemisphere this winter season has been well above the long-term average from 1982 to 2012. This will come as a […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Misc. |
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