Climate expert Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. slams ‘climate journalism’ & Lists Top 5 Media narratives – ‘A big part of climate reporting these days is simply climate advocacy’
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/top-five-climate-change-narratives Top Five Climate Change Narratives in the Media Coverage of climate has become more about narrative promotion than news By ROGER PIELKE JR. Source: University of Colorado Boulder I’ve seen a lot over the past three decades. For instance, I’ve seen my own research on climate go from being widely covered in the late 1990s […]
Happy Earth Day! Never trust the prophets of doom
https://mailchi.mp/093a98a205a8/happy-earth-day-4j6imn4q1z-195551?e=b4fa0c6183 Earth Day at 53 None of the eco-doomsday predictions have come true From predicting ecological collapse and the end of civilisation to warnings that the world is running out of oil, all environmental doomsday predictions of the first Earth Day in 1970 have turned out to be flat out wrong. More than […]
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr.: ‘Is Global Warming Less than We Thought? A discussion of a provocative new climate science paper’
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/is-global-warming-less-than-we-thought By ROGER PIELKE JR. Excerpts: Tropospheric warming from Zou et al. 2023. … Zou et al. 2023 is the paper I am inviting you to discuss (thanks @weerrecords!), which I’ll call Zetal23. It is open access and can be found at the link below. Zou, C. Z., Xu, H., Hao, X., & Liu, Q. (2023). Mid‐Tropospheric Layer […]
‘Silly Science’: Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. rips study linking increase in MLB home runs to ‘climate change’ – But there is NO INCREASE in Home Runs in AAA, Japan or NCAA D1 Baseball!
There is an obvious control group, AAA baseball (completely ignored in this new paper) And home runs are down in AAAhttps://t.co/zWzneW28fg Maybe climate change only has effects in the major leagues? Silly science is still fun! pic.twitter.com/Kkz136G1RF — The Honest Broker (@RogerPielkeJr) April 7, 2023 Climate change did not lead to more home runs in […]
AP: ‘Global warming is juicing home runs in Major League Baseball’ – Project an extra ‘467 hot home runs by the year 2100′ – Study by American Meteorological Society’
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/world-national/going-going-gone-study-says-climate-change-juicing-homers/ By SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found. Hotter, thinner air that allows balls to fly farther contributed a tiny bit to a surge in home runs since 2010, according […]
Climatologist Dr. Judith Curry: ‘The UN IPCC Reports have become ‘bumper sticker’ climate science’ – Report lobbies for ‘politically manufactured consensus’
https://judithcurry.com/2023/03/28/uns-climate-panic-is-more-politics-than-science/ by Judith Curry I have a new op-ed published in The Australian, here is the complete text. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a new Synthesis Report, with fanfare from the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: “The climate time-bomb is ticking but the latest IPCC report shows that we have the knowledge […]
WaPo: Why climate ‘doomers’ are replacing climate ‘deniers’ – ‘How UN reports & confusing headlines created a generation of people who believe climate change can’t be stopped’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/24/climate-doomers-ipcc-un-report/ By Shannon Osaka When Sean Youra was 26 years old and working as an engineer, he started watching documentaries about climate change. Youra, who was struggling with depression and the loss of a family member, was horrified by what he learned about melting ice and rising extreme weather. He started spending hours on YouTube, watching videos made by […]
Pielke Jr. on 1.5C temperature target: ‘There was essentially no science behind it’ – ‘More grounded in political aspirations than in science’
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-15-degree-temperature-target The 1.5 Degree Temperature Target is a Dead Man Walking By Roger Pielke Jr. … In today’s post I explain the origins of its companion, the 1.5 degree Celsius target that has in many respects eclipsed the 2C target in public discussions of climate. Most scientists in climate know that despite its prominent role […]
Pielke Jr. & Maue: Just the Facts on Global Hurricanes: More storms? Fewer but more intense? More landfalls? No, No & No
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/just-the-facts-on-global-hurricanes By Roger Pielke Jr. Note: This post is co-authored with Ryan Maue, an absolutely top notch atmospheric scientist and data wrangler. Give him a follow on Twitter: @RyanMaue and check out his tropical activity tracking page. Back in 2012, Jessica Weinkle (@Jessica Weinkle), Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) and I published in the Journal of Climate the first peer-reviewed paper with […]
India Sets New Wheat Production Record: ‘Contrary to what Paul Ehrlich predicted, India now produces 10 times more wheat today than it did in 1965 when its population was 65% smaller’
https://www.humanprogress.org/india-sets-new-wheat-production-record/ By Gale Pooley This article originally appeared in Gale Pooley’s Gale Winds Substack. Before agronomist Norman Borlaug showed up in the 1960s, India was only producing 10 million tons of wheat a year. In 2023, it expects to produce 112 million tons. Thanks to Borlaug and other scientists and innovators, India’s wheat production has increased by 1,020 percent […]