Large Antarctic snowfall increases could counter sea level rise, scientists say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/03/large-antarctic-snowfall-increases-could-counter-sea-level-rise-scientists-say/?sw_bypass=true&utm_term=.15a70917f8ad By Chris Mooney  January 3 at 3:48 PM 2013-2014 MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica. Courtesy of ‘National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA. Scientists have found large increases snow accumulation in a vast region of eastern Antarctica, a trend that, if it continues or becomes more widespread, could lessen the ice sheet’s contribution to sea level rise […]

Lightning deaths at all-time record low in 2017 – Despite Al Gore’s predictions

Via: htps://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2018/01/02/lightning-deaths-all-time-record-low-2017/996949001/ By Doyle Rice, USA TODAY – Published 4:32 p.m. ET Jan. 2, 2018 USA Today Excerpt January 2, 2018: Lightning killed fewer Americans last year than any year on record, marking a steady downward trend that experts attribute to more awareness, better lightning-proof construction and fewer people working in farms and fields.  Lightning killed 16 people in […]

NOAA Says We Will Run Out Of Chocolate Due To ‘Global Warming’

By Paul Homewood   h/t Patsy Lacey   It did not take long for the first potty climate story of the year to appear in the Mail! Experts predict the world could run out of chocolate within 40 years because cacao plants are struggling to survive in warmer climates. The trees can only grow within […]

Eco-terrorist attacks on energy infrastructure on tap for 2018

by Bonner Cohen, Ph. D., Determined to disrupt the interstate transport of oil and natural gas throughout the United States, a network of environmental activists is openly threatening to resort to sabotage to achieve their ends.  And having let their intentions be known, they are crying foul now that law enforcement officials are taking their threats […]

One size fits all: ‘Global warming did it!’

https://www.onenewsnow.com/science-tech/2018/01/03/one-size-fits-all-global-warming-did-it Skeptic Marc Morano of Climate Depot isn’t buying it. “Originally, we were told that snow would be a thing of the past, that children just wouldn’t know what snow was,” he tells OneNewsNow. “Then we saw record snows and blizzards – and then we were told that was caused by global warming. Now we’re being told […]

Terence Corcoran: The Population Bombers Keep On Bombing — And 50 Years On They Keep Getting It Wrong

Terence Corcoran: The Population Bombers Keep On Bombing — And 50 Years On They Keep Getting It Wrong http://www.thegwpf.com/terence-corcoran-the-population-bombers-keep-on-bombing-and-50-years-on-they-keep-getting-it-wrong/ Half a century after publication of The Population Bomb, the world is healthier, better fed, less poor, better entertained and generally living fuller lives. In this year 2018, the end is not near. The only people in […]

The Great New Year’s Freeze Of 2017 Setting Cold Records …And Leading To Outlandish ‘Climate’ Claims

The Great New Year’s Freeze Of 2017 Setting Cold Records …And Leading To Outlandish ‘Climate’ Claims http://notrickszone.com/2017/12/31/the-great-freeze-of-2017-setting-cold-records-and-leading-to-outlandish-climate-claims/ Meteorologist Joe Bastardi warned of a cold snap gripping the Eastern US many weeks ago, in October, at his Weatherbell Analytics site, which I visit almost daily. Chart source: NOAA, public domain. Today it’s all over the news: The Great […]

Baby It’s Cold Outside – evidence of solar cycle affecting Earth’s cloud cover

Baby It’s Cold Outside – evidence of solar cycle affecting Earth’s cloud cover http://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/12/31/baby-its-cold-outside-evidence-of-solar-cycle-affecting-earths-cloud-cover/ Guest essay by David Archibald News comes that the light reflected back from Uranus is affected by the solar cycle. “The atmosphere around Uranus is one of the coldest in the solar system, but still contains clouds and ice, like our own atmosphere […]

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