Study: Small birds versatile enough to cope with climate change

Study: Small birds versatile enough to cope with climate change – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-birds-climate-change-20130709,0,259777.story Despite the potential havoc wreaked by climate change, it’s not all doom and gloom for our planet. A new study projects that certain types of short-lived, small birds will easily withstand global warming throughout this century, even under worst-case carbon emissions scenarios. […]

The key to predicting climate change? Just study the temperature of earthworm poo, say scientists

The key to predicting climate change? Just study the temperature of earthworm poo, say scientists http://junkscience.com/2013/07/09/the-key-to-predicting-climate-change-just-study-the-temperature-of-earthworm-poo-say-scientists The Daily Mail reports: Scientists have revealed the key to predicting climate change – and it lies in the excrement produced by earthworms. Researchers from the University of York and the University of Reading discovered that earthworm faeces – […]

Matt Ridley responds: ‘Phil Plait’s understanding of the literature in this area is very superficial and out of date’

Matt Ridley responds: ‘Phil Plait’s understanding of the literature in this area is very superficial and out of date’ http://junkscience.com/2013/07/09/matt-ridley-responds-phil-plaits-understanding-of-the-literature-in-this-area-is-very-superficial-and-out-of-date The Wall Street Journal reports: A post on slate.com criticized Matt Ridley’s Mind & Matter column, “Science Is About Evidence, Not Consensus,” in the Saturday-Sunday Review section of the Wall Street Journal. Below, Mr. Ridley […]

Murry Salby and Macquarie University

Murry Salby and Macquarie University http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com/2013/07/murry-salby-and-macquarie-university.html The Climategate emails exposed the story of how a journal editor was attacked by the alarmists for Prof Murry Salbyapproving an article contrary to the falsified AGW hypothesis.The emails will track how annoyance at the publication of a ‘contrary’ article in a journal develops into an attack on the […]

Proof the UN Doesn’t Believe There’s a Climate Crisis: ‘Five years after they said they’d get right on it, more than one-quarter of UN organizations have done nothing about their carbon footprint’

Proof the UN Doesn’t Believe There’s a Climate Crisis http://nofrakkingconsensus.blogspot.com/2013/07/proof-un-doesnt-believe-theres-climate.html Five years after they said they’d get right on it, more than one-quarter of UN organizations have done nothing about their carbon footprint.Read the rest here. This blog has relocated. You can sign up to receive an e-mail each time a new post is added […]

New paper finds another mechanism by which the Sun controls climate: Published today in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

New paper finds another mechanism by which the Sun controls climate http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/07/new-paper-finds-another-mechanism-by.html A paper published today in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology finds climate change in the NE Pacific over the past ~5000 years has been strongly related to solar activity. The paper also finds yet another solar amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate, stating, […]

The Increasing Trend In Climate Calamities

The Increasing Trend In Climate Calamities http://notrickszone.com/2013/07/05/the-increasing-trend-in-climate-calamities/ By Ed Caryl The climate calamitologists depend on a continuous calamity supply: high temperature records, the occasional flood, forest fires, tornadoes striking cities, and hurricanes wiping out coastal areas, preferably the heavily populated. Some tropical storm Sandy damage to Staten Island will probably remain un-repaired simply because it […]

Ed Hawkins on the ‘Hottest Decade’: ‘These statements are misleading’

Ed Hawkins on the “Hottest Decade” http://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/ed-dawkins-on-the-hottest-decade By Paul Homewood   h/t Paul Matthews   I posted yesterday on the recent WMO report claiming:-   “The decadal rate of increase between 1991-2000 and 2001-2010 was unprecedented. Rising concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are changing our climate, with far-reaching implications for our environment and our oceans.” […]

Warmist Paul Ehrlich on Rush Limbaugh’s and James Inhofe’s lack of fear of trace amounts of CO2: “They’re killing our grandkids”

Warmist Paul Ehrlich on Rush Limbaugh’s and James Inhofe’s lack of fear of trace amounts of CO2: “They’re killing our grandkids” http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2013/07/warmist-paul-ehrlich-on-rush-limbaugh.html Twitter / PaulREhrlich: #CLIMATE: Read slowly to Rush, …#CLIMATE: Read slowly to Rush, Rick, Inhofe and other Republithug denier morons http://bit.ly/19XHvDL . They’re killing our grandkids.