Day: January 2, 2013

Jellyfish and Global Warming – another busted alarm: New peer-reviewed study: ‘There is no robust evidence for a global increase in jellyfish’

New paper finds climate responds to short & long-term changes in solar activity — Published in The Holocene

‘…and that ‘Solar minima are in this period associated with minima in summer precipitation, whereas the amount of summer precipitation increases during periods with higher solar activity.’

Paper shows solar activity at end of 20th century was near highest levels of past 11,500 years — Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Multiple peer-reviewed publications have shown that small changes in solar activity can have greatly amplified effects upon climate via a variety of mechanisms, including: 1. Galactic cosmic rays/clouds 2. Ocean oscillations, which have been shown in multiple studies to be driven by solar activityhttp://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/search?q=solar+ocean+oscillations 3. Global brightening following the ice age scare of the 1970′s, […]

New paper finds climate in Tibet was more stable in 20th century than prior — Published in Climate of the Past

Country Music’s Charlie Daniels: ‘I will take Global Warming seriously when Al Gore flies commercial, rides a bicycle and moves into a one bedroom condo’

Africa’s energy consumption growing fastest in world: ‘At 4.1% growth, Africa’s per capita energy consumption is growing faster than anywhere else…’

Say Goodbye to 75 Watt Light Bulbs in 2013: ‘In Jan. 2014, the new rules will apply to 60 & 40 watt bulbs’

Meteorologist Joe Bastardi: ‘If you used the stations used in 1930s — in other words –measured temps today with what we used in 1930s, it is not warmest yr on record’