Polar bear mating season winds down with lots of sea ice habitat available

Habitat for polar bears is abundant worldwide as the prime feeding season passes its peak and mating season for sexually mature bears winds down. Battle among polar bear males for the right to mate, from this 2011 DailyMail story here . Source: Polar bear mating season winds down with lots of sea ice habitat available

ANTARCTIC ICE EXPANSION SHOWS CLIMATE MODELS ARE UNRELIABLE

Date: 15/05/17 Craig D. Idso and Pat Michaels, The Commentator Despite a 20 percent increase in atmospheric CO2, and model predictions to the contrary, sea ice in the Antarctic has expanded for decades. Such observations are in direct opposition to the model-based predictions of the IPCC. This should give pause for thought about climate alarmism […]

The New York Times warms to climate change skepticism

To the consternation of alarmists, New York Times op ed writer Bret Stephens openly questioned the “consensus” that has demanded uniform acceptance without question of the global warming/climate change orthodoxy. As CFACT policy analyst Larry Bell reports, Stephens asserts that ordinary citizens have a right to be skeptical of an “overweening scientism.” He wisely warns […]

Sec. of State Rex Tillerson sows confusion over Trump’s climate policy

http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/15/trump-needs-to-get-a-grip-on-his-communications-and-cabinet/ By DAVID KRAYDEN What is President Donald Trump’s policy on climate change and does he think the United States should be encouraged — or even obliged — to follow the dictates of the Paris climate accord? Well, truly it depends who you talk to and no issue better illustrates the cleavage in the Trump […]

COSMIC RAYS ON THE RISE AS SOLAR MINIMUM APPROACHES

By Meteorologist Paul Dorian – Vencore, Inc. vencoreweather.com The sun is spotless again today which makes 6 days in a row and marks the 36th day this year – already more than all of 2016 Overview Today marks the 6th day in a row that the sun is blank and the 36th time this year – […]