Day: November 16, 2013

Second Largest Gain In Sea Ice On Record – Averaging 462 Manhattans Above Normal In 2013

Second Largest Gain In Sea Ice On Record – Averaging 462 Manhattans Above Normal In 2013 http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/second-largest-gain-in-sea-ice-on-record-averaging-462-manhattans-above-normal-in-2013/ arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.global.anom.1979-2008

Fossil fuels now beat wind and solar on environmental as well as economic grounds: ‘When governments try to impose large-scale renewable technologies, they lay waste to nature’

Prior to the industrial revolution of the 1700s, when the world depended almost exclusively on renewable energy, poverty and subsistence was the rule. The rise of mass affluence only came when highly concentrated energy – in the form of fossil fuels — made sustainable progress possible, both material and social.  Lifespans improved along with living […]

New paper finds corals not affected by life-long exposure to high CO2 levels (Corals evolved over 500 million years ago when CO2 levels were ~15 times higher than the present)

Deconstructing Super Typhoon Yolanda: ‘It seems reasonable to conclude that Yolanda was a Category 5 storm, i.e. that 1-minute wind speeds were at least 157 mph. However, it was clearly a much less powerful storm than Camille, and arguably many others in recent history’

What George Clooney Can Teach Us About Climate Change