Why Are BBC Verify Spreading Disinformation About Methane?
Why Are BBC Verify Spreading Disinformation About Methane? By Paul Homewood h/t Paul Kolk Some UK social media users have been pouring milk down their sinks and toilets in protest at the trial of a new feed additive that claims to significantly reduce the emission of methane gas in dairy cows. Arla Foods, a Danish-Swedish company […]
Pielke Jr.’s U.S. Hurricane Overview 2024: North Atlantic was active while most of rest of the world saw relatively inactive year – No trend in global hurricanes since 1980
The IPCC actually concluded about trends in tropical cyclones: “There is low confidence in most reported long-term (multidecadal to centennial) trends in TC frequency- or intensity-based metrics . . .” …
MIT’s Kerry Emanuel, who is more bullish on human influences on tropical cyclones than the IPCC or most of his peers, but also recognizes that current understandings are far from black and white:
“At present, there is little scientific consensus about trends in global or regional [tropical cyclone] activity, either in the past, as detected in observations or in climate model simulations, or in the future as our climate continues to change.” …
By all metrics, 2024 was a very active season in historical context — the 12th most active in the past 74 years or about the 85th percentile. The continental U.S. saw five hurricane landfalls — 2 major (Category 3+ = Helene and Milton) and 3 minor (Categories 1 and 2 = Beryl, Debby, and Francine). …
The figures above show long-term trends in continental U.S. hurricane landfalls. The last 8 years have seen a lot of major hurricane landfalls. The 8 years before that saw none. Since 1900 there are no trends in either variable. …
North Atlantic hurricanes have not overall become more intense since 1900.
But what if you really, really want to show alarming, upwards trends? Here is what you do: Using ACE, identify the most inactive period for North Atlantic hurricane activity in the past 125 years. That happens to be the period 1970 to 1979. Then, start a trend analysis in 1970. Voila!
Pro tip: Start analyses of hurricane trends in 1970s to detect upwards trends. Attribute these trends to human causes and watch the publications, citations, media coverage roll in!
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Continental U.S. Hurricane Landfalls by President
Finally, a bit of fun with some meaningless data. The figure above shows U.S. hurricane landfalls by president. President Biden sits in the middle of the pack with Presidents Harding and Eisenhower. A second term President Trump will have a chance to continue his efforts to best President Taft as the president with the most hurricanes during his term in office. President Obama’s record hurricane inactivity over his two terms is likely to stand for a while — Thanks Obama!
Meteorologist: Extreme Weather Isn’t Worsening & Climate Deaths Are Declining
Wrong, The Conversation, Extreme Weather Isn’t Worsening and Deaths Are Declining By Anthony Watts A recent article from The Conversation (TC), titled “COP29: Climate change could kill millions and world leaders must work to limit fatalities,” warns climate change is likely to cause millions of deaths. This is false. A critical examination of empirical data […]
The ‘wrongest count ever predicted’: ‘Hurricane season ends after Michael Mann sensationally predicted 33 named storms — ‘the highest count ever predicted.’ There were only 18
Hurricane season ends, leaving egg on the face of stolen valor, fake Nobelist @MichaelEMann. Climate hoaxer Mann sensationally predicted 33 named storms — “the highest count ever predicted.” There were only 18. Mann actually achieved the “wrongest count ever predicted.” pic.twitter.com/ti5UNJzPdt — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) November 30, 2024 Is it too much to expect that […]
No, BBC, Atlantic Hurricane Season Did Not Break Records
No, BBC, Atlantic Hurricane Season Did Not Break Records By Paul Homewood The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is coming to an end and it has been an active one overall. There have been 18 named tropical storms, with 11 of those reaching hurricane strength and five becoming major hurricanes – category three and above. An average […]
UK Times: ‘Cop29 was described by veteran negotiators as the worst UN climate summit they had experienced’
UK Times: “Cop29 was described by veteran negotiators as the worst UN climate summit they had experienced: wind was taken out of its sails before it even started with the election of climate-sceptic Donald Trump in the US; the Azerbaijan hosts, with an economy saturated in oil, never committed to the summit’s aims; and many world leaders stayed at home. Senior climate figures called for an overhaul of the entire process, proposing smaller, more focused Cop summits, and hosts to be rejected if they do not support a move away from fossil fuels.”
Backed By Millions In Liberal Dark Money, Group Teaches Climate Activists To ‘Talk Like a Human’
So, a liberal climate group backed by dark money has realized that climate activists don’t know how to talk like normal people – and created a whole presentation as part of their “Talk Like A Human” campaign.https://t.co/dXwub6R35S — Ashe Short (@AsheSchow) November 20, 2024 https://www.dailywire.com/news/backed-by-millions-in-liberal-dark-money-group-teaches-climate-activists-to-talk-like-a-human Phrases like “climate change” should be replaced with “extreme weather,” […]
Claim: Climate Mis- and Disinformation Are Shaping Discourse & Opposition To Renewables
Climate Mis- and Disinformation Are Shaping Discourse & Opposition To Renewables By Carolyn Fortuna “Disinformation and echo chambers” by MexFin is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Do you ever wonder why so many people just don’t get how severe the climate crisis is? One big reason why is because Big Tech companies are fostering climate mis- and […]
NYT Columnist Claims Trump’s Election Shows ‘China Might Have Passed America’ On Climate – ‘The abandonment of pretense to American leadership on climate’
New York Times columnist and author of the not very subtly titled book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, David Wallace-Wells, joined MSNBC’s Alex Wagner on her Friday show to react to some of Donald Trump’s cabinet selections.
Wallace-Wells: “It is important to note what we’re seeing right now is the abandonment of pretense to American leadership on climate the world over. Now, people looking around the world have looked at America with some skepticism for years now, we are, you know, the biggest producer of oil and gas in the world, we’re the biggest exporter of it, too. But the re-election of Donald Trump has really sent a clear signal to people worried about climate everywhere around the globe that this fight is not going to be won with American leadership. And it is quite striking to me as someone who’s been following this stuff for so long, you know, if you said to me five or ten years ago that the clearest sign that China might have passed America in its imperial place in the world would be on climate, I would not have believed you, but I think that is where we are now.
TRUMP EFFECT: New York Times columnist: ‘Climate Change Is Losing Its Grip on Our Politics’ – Trump’s election ‘looks like a black dawn to climate activists’ – ‘Governments have retreated’ from climate ‘promises’ as world leaders skip COP29
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/opinion/climate-change-politics-trump-cop29.html By David Wallace-Wells When the COP29 climate conference comes to an end next week, it will have concluded without an appearance by President Biden. This is not because Donald Trump just won the election, supplanting the outgoing American head of state on the world stage. The president-elect isn’t attending, either. Neither is Vice President […]