Polar bear attack paper invalidated by non-independent analysis
Cross-posted from Shub Niggurath — Stephan Lewandowsky has co-authored (yet another) paper attacking climate skeptics. His colleagues-in-arms this time are long-time climate consensusite Jeff Harvey , Bart Vergheggen, and a cohort of ecologists along with Michael Mann. Source: Polar bear attack paper invalidated by non-independent analysis
US Fuels the World as Shale Boom Powers Record Oil Exports
Americans are expected to end the year pumping oil out of the ground at rates unseen since the early 1970s. The world’s largest oil consumer exported more hydrocarbons than ever before in 2017 and shows no signs of slowing down. You name it — crude oil, gasoline, diesel, propane and even liquefied natural gas — […]
Global Agricultural Boom: A Million Thanks to Climate Change
Global cereal (grain) production has reached record levels in 2017. Credit for the increase usually goes to agrochemicals and other advanced agricultural technology. However, there are two other key contributors — carbon dioxide and climate change. Source: Global Agricultural Boom: A Million Thanks to Climate Change
New Paper Questions Paris Agreement’s Dubious Temperature Limits
New study puts the 1.5°C and 2.0°C temperature limits of the Paris Agreement into a historical climate context The Paris Agreement adopted in December 2015 during the COP21 climate conference stipulates that the increase in the global average temperature is to be kept well below 2°C above “pre-industrial levels” and that efforts are pursued to […]
Claim: Climate change made Harvey rainfall 15 percent more intense
From RICE UNIVERSITY World Weather Attribution study: Climate change made Harvey 3 times more likely A team of scientists from World Weather Attribution, including researchers from Rice University and other institutions in the United States and Europe, have found that human-caused climate change made the record rainfall that fell over Houston during Hurricane Harvey roughly […]
There Are Big Problems With Studies Linking Hurricane Harvey To Global Warming
You should be skeptical Source: There Are Big Problems With Studies Linking Hurricane Harvey To Global Warming
California’s ‘new normal’ of winter wildfires doused by climate scientists
By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Monday, December 11, 2017 California Gov. Jerry Brown and former Vice President Al Gore lead the list of those blaming climate change for Southern California’s devastating wildfires, calling them “the new normal,” but others insist the science just isn’t there. That includes climate scientists such as University of Washington meteorologist Cliff Mass, […]
GLOBAL OCEAN COOLING CONTINUES
Via: http://www.thegwpf.com/global-ocean-cooling-continues-2/ GLOBAL OCEAN COOLING CONTINUES Date: 12/12/17 Ron Clutz, Science Matters The global cooling trend since the 2015/16 El Nino peak has resumed HadSST is generally regarded as the best of the global SST data sets, and so the temperature story here comes from that source, the latest version being HadSST3. The chart below shows […]