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 […]
Paper finds lifetime of CO2 in atmosphere is only 5.4 years — Paper presented at the SEVENTEENTH SYMPOSIUM ON THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Paper finds lifetime of CO2 in atmosphere is only 5.4 years http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/08/paper-finds-lifetime-of-co2-in.html A paper presented at the SEVENTEENTH SYMPOSIUM ON THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES finds that the lifetime and residence time of man-made CO2 in the atmosphere is only about 5.4 years, far less than assumed by the IPCC. The paper corroborates prior work by Salby, Humlum et […]
First major snow in Buenos Aires since 1918 (Note: this article from 2007)
First major snow in Buenos Aires since 1918 http://iceagenow.info/2013/07/major-snow-buenos-aires-1918/ Thousands cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires after wet snow fell for hours on Monday. The freezing spell has also extended across to Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay. Argentina’s National Weather Service said it was the first major snow in Buenos Aires since […]
Australia Kills Carbon Tax, And With it $4 Billion Of Green Spending
Australia Kills Carbon Tax, And With it $4 Billion Of Green Spending http://www.thegwpf.org/australia-kills-carbon-tax-4-billion-green-handouts/ Compensation for industry will be pared back and programs funded by the carbon tax could be cut to help the government find the $4 billion it will cost to shift the fixed carbon price to a floating price a year earlier than scheduled. […]
Paper finds the Alps were nearly ice-free 2000 years ago during the Roman Warming Period
Paper finds the Alps were nearly ice-free 2000 years ago during the Roman Warming Period http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/07/paper-finds-alps-were-nearly-ice-free.html Google translation + editing, from the German EIKE site and added resources: That the Alps were largely ice-free 2000 years ago during the Roman Warming Period, demonstrated wood finds in today’s glacial alpine regions by Dr. Christian Schlüchter. Dr. Schlüchter […]
More wisdom from Paul Ehrlich — Michael Mann ‘under attack by morons and crooks’
More wisdom from Paul Ehrlich — Michael Mann ‘under attack by morons and crooks’ http://junkscience.com/2013/07/10/more-wisdom-from-paul-ehrlich-michael-mann-under-attack-by-morons-and-crooks Here’s a tweet from this illustrious member of the National Academy of Sciences:
Does frustrated warmist Phil Plait need anger management training?: When he reads Mann’s latest global warming book, his “jaw hurts from being clenched so tightly”; people who don’t fear CO2 are “fiddling while the world burns”
Does frustrated warmist Phil Plait need anger management training?: When he reads Mann’s latest global warming hoax book, his “jaw hurts from being clenched so tightly”; people who don’t fear CO2 are “fiddling while the world burns” http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2013/07/does-frustrated-warmist-phil-plait-need.html Michael Mann: Climate scientist talks about the attack against him.Mann gave a talk about the attacks he […]
Update: Murry Salby and Macquarie University – University Replies
Murry Salby and Macquarie University – MU Reply http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com/2013/07/murry-salby-and-macquarie-university-mu.html The Professor and the Media ManagerProf Murry Salby and Joanne WheatleyNCTCS feels that it is a disgrace that Universities are pushing for a consensus ( a non-scientific rather a political term) and are terminating their arrangements with outstanding Professors likeDon EasterbrookBob CarterMurry SalbyHowever, NCTCS Blog has […]