Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Closing in on more Records (Still 2nd Highest)
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Closing in on more Records (Still 2nd Highest) http://sunshinehours.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/antarctic-sea-ice-extent-closing-in-on-more-records-still-2nd-highest Day 223 in the Antarctic (August 12) has Antarctic Sea Ice Extent slowly closing on 2010′s record. Day 223 is 1,000,000 sq km above the 30 year mean.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Higher Than 2005 According to DMI
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Higher Than 2005 According to DMI http://sunshinehours.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/arctic-sea-ice-extent-higher-than-2005-according-to-dmi Arctic Sea Ice Extent Higher Than 2005 According to DMI The red line is 2005. The thick black line is 2013.
New Paper: Climate Models Cannot Explain Global Warming Stagnation Over Past 15 Years: ’15 years, from 1998 -2012, is no longer consistent with model projections even at the 2% confidence level’
New Paper: Climate Models Cannot Explain Global Warming Stagnation Over Past 15 Years http://www.thegwpf.org/paper-climate-models-explain-global-warming-stagnation-15-years/ A new paper by prominent German climatologists Dr. Hans von Storch and Dr. Eduardo Zorita, et al, finds “that the continued [global] warming stagnation over fifteen years, from 1998 -2012, is no longer consistent with model projections even at the 2% confidence […]
Aussie prof Gideon Polya lays out plan to brainwash kids on climate: ‘Children must be ethically encouraged to boycott ecocidal and terracidal products and services’
Aussie prof Gideon Polya lays out plan to brainwash kids on climate: “Children must be ethically encouraged to boycott ecocidal and terracidal products and services” http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2013/08/aussie-prof-gideon-polya-lays-out-plan.html Aussie prof lays out plan to brainwash kids on climate | JunkScience.com5.1 Carefully-designed, ethical, science-informed (e.g. Climate Commission-informed), clear summaries of the climate crisis and solutions should be provided […]
New paper finds the world’s most commonly used climate model produces predictions ‘not realistic’ — Published in the Journal of Climate
New paper finds the world’s most commonly used climate model produces predictions “not realistic” http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-paper-finds-worlds-most-commonly.html A paper published today in the Journal of Climate finds that the world’s most commonly used climate model [CCSM3] is unable to reproduce the observed sea surface temperature changes influencing two of the most important natural oscillations, the North Atlantic […]
New paper finds sea levels rose naturally to 29 feet higher than the present during last interglacial — Published in Nature Geoscience
New paper finds sea levels rose naturally to 29 feet higher than the present during last interglacial http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-paper-finds-sea-levels-rose.html A new paper published in Nature Geoscience finds “sea level rose to about 9 meters [29.5 feet] above the present at the end of the last interglacial.” The authors observe fossil coral reefs in Western Australia located 9.5 […]
Keystone XL Pipeline: “No Material Impact” on U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Keystone XL Pipeline: “No Material Impact” on U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions http://www.cato.org/blog/keystone-xl-pipeline-no-material-impact-us-carbon-dioxide-emissions Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger President Obama has a ticklish situation on his hands with the Keystone XL pipeline—one long on symbolism but short on practical impacts. He took a few minutes out of his June 25th speech unveiling his Climate Action Plan to […]
New paper finds existing cropland could feed an additional 4 billion people if not wasted on biofuels
New paper finds existing cropland could feed an additional 4 billion people if not wasted on biofuels http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-paper-finds-existing-cropland-could.html Paging Paul Ehrlich:Existing cropland could feed four billion moreby Staff WritersMinneapolis MN (SPX) Aug 08, 2013 Demand for crops is expected to double by 2050 as population grows and increasing affluence boosts meat consumption. The world’s croplands […]
New paper predicts solar activity will decline over 21st century to average Holocene levels – Published in Climate of the Past
New paper predicts solar activity will decline over 21st century to average Holocene levels http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-paper-predicts-solar-activity-will.html A paper published today in Climate of the Past reconstructs solar activity over the Holocene [past 10,000 years] and finds solar activity during the 20th century was at relatively high levels in comparison to the rest of the Holocene, but […]
New paper finds another potential amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate – Published in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
New paper finds another potential amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-paper-finds-another-potential.html A new paper published in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics finds that polar Sudden Stratospheric Warmings [SSWs] cause a strong cooling near the surface of the entire tropics. Sudden Stratospheric Warming has in turn been associated either directly or […]