By Kenneth Richard on 22. April 2019
The Earth has been rapidly greening in recent decades, and CO2 fertilization may explain 70% of the trend (Zhu et al., 2016). A new study finds models have significantly underestimated the greening effect of rising CO2. Image Source: Winkler et al., 2019 CO2 is a pollutant? In recent years, carbon dioxide (CO2), an essential ingredient […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Emissions, Pollution, Warming/CO2 Benefiting Earth |
By Kenneth Richard on 17. December 2018
• CO2 emissions from termites are more than double human emissions from fossil fuels. Image sources: New York Times, 1982, Zimmerman et al., 1982 • Termite populations have been observed expanding rapidly in recent decades. Image Source: Grace, 2006 Image Source: Buczkowski and Bertelsmeier, 2017 • CO2 emissions from soil is 9 times greater than human CO2 […]
Posted in Emissions, Scepticism |
By Kenneth Richard on 3. December 2018
Agrobiologist and scientific researcher Dr. Albrecht Glatzle, author of over 100 scientific papers and two textbooks, has published research that shows “there is no scientific evidence, whatsoever, that domestic livestock could represent a risk for the Earth’s climate” and that the “warming potential of anthropogenic GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions has been exaggerated”. Image Source: Glatzle, 2018 Glatzle, […]
Posted in Agriculture, Emissions |
By Kenneth Richard on 1. November 2018
Governments vociferously promote bioenergy as renewable, sustainable, and carbon-neutral. But scientists are increasingly characterizing this “belief” as a “major error”, as bioenergy generates more CO2 emissions per kWh than burning coal does, and the projected rapid growth in bioenergy will serve to ‘increase atmospheric CO2 for at least a century’ as well as clear forests […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Emissions, Green Follies |
By Kenneth Richard on 29. October 2018
The Paris Paradox: Sign the Agreement, Increase Emissions Reject the Agreement, Reduce Emissions China: Emissions Reduction Symbolism Over Substance A little over a year ago, China was hailed as a country that was “stepping up” to combat climate change. After all, the country had agreed to sign on to the Paris climate accord and to […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Emissions, Green Follies, Solar, Wind Power |
By P Gosselin on 24. October 2018
While German activists are growing hysterical over fine particle emissions from today’s relatively cleaner diesel automobiles, the German Allgemeine Zeitung here reports that researchers have determined that low-frequency infrasound from wind turbines indeed do have a negative impact on the human heart. Infrasound from wind turbines can affect heart health, new findings show. Image: DrJanaOfficial – CC […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Emissions, Pollution, Wind Power |
By Kenneth Richard on 13. August 2018
The purveyors of climate alarm posit that rising CO2 emissions cause up to 600% increases in burned area due to global warming. Newly published science thoroughly undermines these claims. Observational evidence affirms global-scale fire frequencies and burned area have actually been declining for decades (especially since the early 1900s), with overall biomass burning lower today than […]
Posted in Alarmism, CO2 and GHG, Emissions, Little Ice Age |
By Kenneth Richard on 9. August 2018
Recent research has emphasized that “critical mysteries remain” in our ability to quantify or even understand carbon cycle processes as they relate to Earth’s water bodies. Observational constraints prevent the detection of an anthropogenic signal in ocean carbon uptake trends on decadal timescales (McKinley et al., 2017). Many new papers even contradict the IPCC-endorsed conclusion […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Emissions, Oceans |
By Kenneth Richard on 14. May 2018
Governments promote biofuels as renewable, carbon-neutral resources that serve to reduce CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, scientists have determined that biomass burning generates more CO2 emissions per kWh than burning coal does, and the projected rapid growth in biofuel use will only serve to ‘increase atmospheric CO2 for at least a century’. Sterman et al., 2018 “[G]overnments […]
Posted in Emissions, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 17. March 2018
What follows is one example why caution is absolutely essential when dealing with results and findings issued by (activist) government agencies. Once popular diesel engines now public enemy no. 1 Nowhere in the world have the diesel engines enjoyed so much popularity as in Germany. Diesel engines had long been considered in Germany as being […]
Posted in Activism, Climate Politics, Emissions |
By P Gosselin on 26. December 2017
What follows are 6 recent studies presented by Lüning and Vahrenholt, which dump cold water on the claim storms will get more frequent and intense. The studies fly in the face of a recent Nature editorial piece, one filled with the usual worn out alarmist propaganda language of climate doom we’ve been seeing for over a […]
Posted in Alarmism, Emissions, Hurricanes/Tornados |
By Kenneth Richard on 21. December 2017
Post-1940s ‘Agricultural Intensification’ Caused Deep Cooling, 400% Crop Growth In a new paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, three MIT scientists assert that the human influence on the climate of the Central United States is dominated by agricultural activity rather than greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Human activity has caused a significant long-term cooling trend (-0.35°C between […]
Posted in Agriculture, Cooling/Temperature, Emissions, Models |
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