By Kenneth Richard on 31. August 2023
Since the early 2000s there has been no net change in the Greenland ice sheet mean annual surface temperature, as well as no net change in melt extent percentage. Greenland’s ice coverage was, for most of this year (September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023), observed to be significantly above the long-term (1981-2010) climate average. […]
Posted in Arctic, Cooling/Temperature, Glaciers |
By P Gosselin on 30. August 2023
New, internal combustion engine (ICE) cars are planned to be eliminated from German streets by 2030, when Germans will have to purchase electric vehicles when buying a new car. That’s what the government plans. But today Germany’s Blackout News site reports that there’s “a major problem with the trend of new car registrations.” It appears […]
Posted in Alternative Energy
By Kenneth Richard on 28. August 2023
Scientists report a surprising coral reef resilience to bleaching, as well as a growing 0.1°C per decade heat stress tolerance. The Great Barrier Reef region has reportedly warmed by 0.8°C in the last 150 years (Page et al., 2023). This is warming rate of about 0.05°C per decade. Scientists (Lachs et al., 2023) are now […]
Posted in Coral Reefs |
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 26. August 2023
Germany’s so-called Energiewende is leading to lots of economic pain as energy prices are projected to keep rising until 2040. Some 20 years ago, the German Greens and Socialists, who were in power, promised green energies, primarily from wind and sun, would be cheap, plentiful and clean in the future. In 2004, then Environment Minister […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By Kenneth Richard on 24. August 2023
“Aggregating all the [mistakes]…one estimates Mr. Loblaw [SkepticalScience blog author] to have made about 24 direct analytical mistakes and several arguments from misdirection in this one disquisition. That may be some sort of record.” – Dr. Patrick Frank On 27 June, 2023, Dr. Patrick Frank had his 46-page paper with 284 references published in the […]
Posted in Scepticism, Uncertainty Error
By P Gosselin on 23. August 2023
Germans Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Döhler, a natural scientist and environmentalist, and Josef Kowatsch, a nature conservationist, have published an essay at EIKE alleging “scientific corruption and waste of taxes” Germany in the corrupt business model that is “climate science.” Reality is not cooperating with the models. (Source). What follows is a shortened summary of their […]
Posted in Alarmism, Climate Politics, Scepticism |
By Kenneth Richard on 21. August 2023
New studies find recent non-warming and/or a warmer Medieval Warm Period. From 1785-2015 (231 years), the warmest 21-year period in India’s Himalayan region occurred from 1890-1910 (Rastogi et al., 2023). The years spanning 1995-2015 were the 4th warmest and 1946-1966 was the 2nd warmest period. So, overall, the region has cooled slightly since 1890. […]
Posted in Hockey Team, Medieval Warm Period, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 20. August 2023
Wind Turbines are causing climate change Hat-tip: Klimanachrichten here It’s ironic: Man is changing the environment and climate in order to prevent change. Atmospheric wakes extending from the bottom to the top of the picture [contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (Sentinel 2A-MSI 29/03/2021), processed by ESA & Hereon/ Dr Martin Hieronymie] Researchers from the Hereon […]
Posted in Misc. |
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 […]
Posted in Drought and Deserts |
By Kenneth Richard on 17. August 2023
“The degree of one’s emotions varies inversely with one’s knowledge of the facts, the less you know the hotter you get.” – Bertrand Russell Per a new study, people who are less knowledgeable about the climate and environment are more likely to experience climate change anxiety (e.g., “I find myself crying because of climate change”) […]
Posted in Oceans, Paleo-climatology, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 16. August 2023
Germany’s Socialist/Green government adds more fuel to inflation…announcing it will boost the price of CO2 emissions by 10 euros a ton beginning in 2024! High energy costs have led to runaway inflation in Germany. Source: www.statista.com/ According to Germany’s online Handelsblatt, the German government has moved to increase the price tom emit a ton of […]
Posted in Climate Politics
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