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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:05:24 -0500 | 0_0 |
And here??s another give- away that Bachelard is a PR writer disguised as a journalist (though he may not know it himself) ??? the questions he asks the skeptics. They are fair questions, but I??ll bet that Bachelard has never asked a believer of the theory the same thing. Do correct me if I??m wrong, but try on these ... | 5_2 |
In other words, the fact that this bear was so thin suggests other issues in effect (sickness, old age, injury), such as likely befell Ian Stirlings polar bear that died of climate change in the same general area in 2013. None of those possible factors are mentioned in this academic paper: it only states the animal was... | 3_2 |
Why the man-made global warming climate models are a "fudge," according to Hansen himself | 5_1 |
Elena Kagan's War on Small Business | 0_0 |
r det miljn eller makten som r det centrala fr miljrrelsen idag? | 0_0 |
He is not alone in noting that the non-peer-reviewed study appeared to be rushed for release conveniently in advance of UN Climate Change Conference held in Paris last December. | 0_0 |
Astonishingly, Nature refused to publish the correction. It was published elsewhere, and backed up by the Wegman Report , an independent committee of statistical experts. | 0_0 |
The research team is currently looking at La Nia, the cooling of the surface waters in the Eastern and Central Pacific. | 0_0 |
The key problem is gathering accurate data on historical emissions from individual installations in major emitting countries to project the costs of regulation, to draft regulatory controls, and to determine compliance targets. Local parties have far more information than do central government regulators. They also hav... | 4_2 |
Many factors contribute to variability in Earth's climate on a range of timescales, from seasons to decades. Natural climate variability arises from two different sources: (1) internal variability from interactions among components of the climate system, for example, between the ocean and the atmosphere, and (2) natura... | 0_0 |
Where are we left in this debate? From this agnostics viewpoint some broad conclusions can be drawn. | 0_0 |
Moreover, it's not true that the fossil fuel-driven climate change theory predicts that the temperatures start to rise as soon as someone declares the industrial age to have started. Instead, the global mean temperature should be correlated with the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. These two quantities seem correla... | 2_3 |
Has any mainstream media news outlet checked the veracity of those accusations of corruption? | 0_0 |
Response: EPAs GHG Permitting Guidance (March 2011) says: a permitting authority retains the discretion to conduct a broader BACT analysis and to consider changes in the primary fuel in Step 1 of the analysis. Thus, EPA never ruled out the possibility that a permitting agency could require that an applicant consider na... | 0_0 |
Approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, bringing oil from Canada to U.S. refineries near the Gulf of Mexico, would create jobs, both for constructing the pipeline and for refining the oil. America would be able to import more oil from friendly Canada, rather than unfriendly Venezuela. In addition, states need to approve ... | 0_0 |
The facts of population decline are dramatic. Women must average a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.1 children apiece for populations to remain stable. But across the developed world, and increasingly everywhere else, fertility is quickly declining below this number: "All First World countries are already below the 2.1 ... | 0_0 |
The peaks on that chart ought to match cold times, and the valleys warm times. In 1710-20 it was relatively warm in Sweden. It then got very cold into the late 1700s and early 1800s. We gradually warmed out of that period, hitting a peak warmth just about the bottom of that dip in the darker bottom bars in 1930s. Coole... | 2_1 |
The average of those sites , plotted in Figure 5, is based on many ring-width series, each one being 500 years or longer, without individual growth surges or suppressions and from "strip-bark" five-needle upper forest border pines of great age. Such record is not a reliable temperature proxy for the last 150 years as i... | 5_1 |
Healso said that you may well enter a decade or two of coolingrelative to the presenttemperature level , however he did not indicate when any two decadesof cooling would happen or whether the second decadeafter the nextdecade will also be cooling. Read here and here . | 1_2 |
In America, we treasure our sense of fair play. When a group refuses to play by the rules, Americans get upset, we get a bit as we say ornery. I've grown up with the notion of the ornery American. Now I know that we are not alone. I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to the ornery Dane and the ornery Brit. I'd li... | 0_0 |
/s/ Walter Cunningham JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 7, 8 years | 0_0 |
Climate change is the subject of a complex debate in which, increasingly, experts disagree with each other. Nearly all of them believe in man-made global warming, but theyre not sure how bad the problem is or how to tackle it. Meanwhile, the sceptics are no longer dominated by scientifically illiterate amateurs. Many o... | 5_1 |
Other social science theories proved unreliable in practice. Keynesian economics crashed and burned in the stagflation of the 1980s. | 0_0 |
In reality, of course, these academics simply can't abide having anyone disagree with them. So away with the skeptics. Make them disappear. | 0_0 |
Hillary Clinton called out climate change deniers at a clean energy conference in Las Vegas Thursday evening, but revealed little new about what her own energy policy platform might look like if she decides to run for president. | 0_0 |
International agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol, "are based on a general understanding of some causes and characteristics of global change," says the report's preface. "However, there remain many scientific uncertainties about important aspects of climate change" (BNA Daily Environment Report, October 19, 1999). | 5_1 |
evidence either of any change to date, or of a significant change in the | 0_0 |
Growing. Not melting. In Norway, many maritime glaciers were able to gain mass, Zemp concedes. (???Able to gain mass means growing.) In North America, Zemp also concedes, some positive values were reported from the North Cascade Mountains and the Juneau Ice Field. (???Displaying positive values means growing.) Remember... | 1_1 |
How to visualize behavior tracking cookies with a Firefox add-on: | 0_0 |
Plants of Today (and Even More So of Tomorrow): Free at Last! | 0_0 |
were acutely aware that they had supermajorities they had not possessed since 1980. With the increase of the partisan use of the filibuster, a phenomenon not widely seen until the Clinton years, they felt they would not have this degree of power again in the near future. Many argued that the window for bold action was ... | 0_0 |
The Consequences of Nighttime Warming for Winter Wheat Yields (13 January 2015) | 0_0 |
???our results confirm that the direct biochemical impact of the rapid increase in Ca over the last 30 years on terrestrial vegetation is an influential and observable land surface process.?? Or to put it more directly, the greening of the Earth continues, courtesy of the ongoing rise in the air??s CO2 content. | 3_3 |
The non-medical example involves bridgethe card game, not a structure over water.Bridge is to cards as chess is to board games. To play bridge well, one must be able to draw inferences from both the bidding and the play of your partner and your opponents. You have to formulate a plan in order to make or defeat a contra... | 0_0 |
Warmist Brad Johnson tries to make the pending East Coast blizzard about the ocean "warming Fails | 0_0 |
Now compare these figures with those in AR4 and AR5.Our new best observational ECS estimate of 1.75C is more than 40% lower than both the best estimate in AR4 of 3C and the 3.2C average of GCMs used in AR5. At least as importantly, the top of the likely range for ECS of 3.0C is a third lower than that given in AR5 (4.5... | 3_1 |
Wind turbines and solar panels, although pleasing to Mr. Obama's green environmental base, are produced increasingly abroad, and particularly in China, so mandating their use creates more jobs offshore. But building nuclear plants will be union jobs here at home. | 0_0 |
UPDATE: Most Internet gambling cafes closed since start of new law: | 0_0 |
Dr. Lning has not been very impressed by the IPCC climate models (97% of them have markedly overestimated the projected warming) andI asked him if he thought the models were getting better with time as we keep hearing that they are being fine-tuned. Dr. Lning doesnt believe so. They continue to overestimate CO2 and vol... | 5_1 |
Furthermore, perhaps it isnt a reasonable expectation that if you live in a flood zone on a sand bar, someone ELSE is responsible for your rescue and restoration inside days after a hurricane. Perhaps YOU ought to be letting people know that when they make stupid decisions on where to build, it isnt someone ELSE who is... | 0_0 |
2008 / Feb / 29 at 11:20:00 | 0_0 |
It does not take long to estimate that the capital cost of Mr Huhne?s new energy policy could well be more than 300 billion over 10 years, or 30 billion a year. Since the total wholesale cost of the electricity we used last year was only around 19 billion, this alone would be well on the way to tripling our bills by 20... | 0_0 |
This assessment is legally accurate but ultimately unpersuasive. The Byrd-Hagel resolution, which requires emission limits for developing countries, expresses the "sense" of the Senate. That sense could change, just as foreign aid bribes or the prospect of selling emission credits may induce other developing countries ... | 0_0 |
as Gavin wrote, than the fractional contribution to the current radiative imbalance is weighted towards the more recent forcings. Since CO2 has been rising since 1750, at least part of the radiative forcing of CO2 has equilibrated. Thus the claim that CO2 is 50% (or about 30% as estimated on Climate Science based on th... | 2_3 |
Australias antarctic runway melting | Myall Coast Nota | 0_0 |
Now, before I go any further, I acknowledge that I am using three tuned parameters. The parameters are lambda , the climate sensitivity; tau , the time constant; and c , the variable that controls the fatness of the tail of the exponential decay. | 0_0 |
decline? To what extent is this issue now generally considered urgent, or even | 0_0 |
The models are extremely oversimplified, he said. They dont represent the clouds in detail at all. They simply use a fudge factor to represent the clouds. | 5_1 |
Johnston concludes by calling for a change in climate science practices and funding. Since one of the major sources of disagreement between scientists lies in the use of different datasets, he recommends that "public funding for climate science should be concentrated on the development of better, standardized observati... | 5_1 |
What's interesting is that there are those arguing that the fight should be called off before a punch is even thrown. The winner will have to take on The Status Quo, and cap-and-traders want to go into that fight unblemished. Since they're the only ones with a chance, the argument goes, the Pigou Clubbers should toss i... | 0_0 |
Evangelicals Who Jumped on the "Global Warming" Bandwagon Looking Silly | 0_0 |
There are 'Twice as Many' British Muslims Fighting for ISIS Than in UK Armed Forces. | 0_0 |
... leaving me in the strangest condition imaginable, with the boat wandering off course, my jaw hanging down to my umbilicus, a pulse rate well into the triple digits, adrenalin-shocked, awed beyond words, smelling like the dumpster behind a cheap fish restaurant, blasted by the natural beauty I had just witnessed, an... | 0_0 |
There seems little doubt that the Arctic will be in for another cold period during the next 30 years or so, and that, as Judith Curry indicates, we will see a long term recovery of Arctic ice extent. | 1_2 |
If the pace of CO2 reduction from 2005 to 2015 continues into 2030, CO2 emissions could be around 1,300 million metric tons -- a 45 percent reduction from 2005 and substantially lower than the goals of the Clean Power Plan. | 0_0 |
Well Jeff, maybe because its perhaps, patently wrong? | 0_0 |
Finally it is hard to understand Sackurs claim, No longer does thick ice protect their shoreline . In 2012 the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported ice extent in the Bering Sea was much greater than average, reaching the second-highest levels for January in the satellite record. NASAs Earth Observatory wrote, For... | 1_1 |
Any one of these measures would have defined a Congress. To push all of them simultaneously, plus a major financial-regulation bill to address what was argued to be the causes of the financial crisis, proved to be too much. Nevertheless, time after time, when political warning signals went up, the administration and th... | 0_0 |
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says we face grave threats to human health, welfare and justice. She's absolutely right. However, the dangers are not due to factory or power plant emissions, or supposed effects of "dangerous manmade global warming." | 0_0 |
A political advocacy coalition this week started a statewide advertising campaign warning North Dakotan Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad against voting for the "Dirty Air Act." The radio spot insinuates that the Senate is considering legislation that would "gut" the Clean Air Act, but this is untrue. In fact, ther... | 0_0 |
Gore: The US West and the Southeast are experiencing prolonged severe droughts. Truth: America also endured the Dust Bowl and a 25-year drought that forced Anasazi Indians to abandon their villages. | 1_7 |
Both of these scenarios: (1) the lack of significant warming, or (2) rapid warming, could happen with a climate system that warms exactly the same amount in the next 100 years (that is, has the same climate sensitivity). The difference is the timing of natural warming and cooling events, which can last two or three dec... | 0_0 |
There are still large gaps in our understanding of the causes of global warming, according to a new study by the National Research Council, Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade. The 600-page report argues that more research money is needed for global climate observations systems. | 0_0 |
The European Emissions Trading Scheme -15 September 2010 http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/emissions trading scheme.html | 0_0 |
By comparing small RNA molecules (microRNAs) in sperm from the obese mice as compared to the control mice, researchers deduced that changes in these molecules might be partly responsible for the transmission of these conditions from father to offspring. | 0_0 |
I keeps with if (1), in essence, even if I could not express myself in The question of knsligheten. Whether the models are referred to describe not yet been observed klimattillstnd fr nrvarande all can be validated tillfredsstllande, I think is questionable. | 0_0 |
The CPP, plus the many other regulationssuch as those coming on ozone and methanehave many lawmakers concerned about the EPA's impact on grid reliability and the economy. President Obama is not likely to sign any legislation designed to rein in his personal priorities, but Republicans can make changes in EPA appropriat... | 0_0 |
Five years later we are up to almost 400 ppm, and Antarctic sea ice hassteadilyincreased to record levels. | 1_1 |
Was there a Medieval Warm Period? YES , according to data published by 1018 individual scientists from 586 research institutions in 44 different countries and counting! This issues Medieval Warm Period Record comes from Victoria Lower Glacier , Ross Sea Region of Antarctica. To access the entire Medieval Warm Period Pr... | 2_1 |
Ice extent loss has dropped off dramatically in the last few days, as seen in the DMI graph above and the JAXA graph below. | 1_1 |
In the third school, where I find myself, reside the lukewarmers those who argue that carbon dioxide indeed is warming surface temperatures, but that its effect is modest and that we are inadvertently adapting. Our mantra: Its not the heat, its the sensitivity. In other words, most climate projections assume that surfa... | 3_1 |
Funding wind energy with subsidies does not give us energy independence. There are several technical reasons for this. For instance, consider the fact that in every wind turbine there is something like 4000 pounds of rare earth elements. China produces 95% percent of these rare earth elements, so the more turbines we b... | 4_4 |
Czech Republic Although it is May, the weather is more like in February. | 0_0 |
Hansens GISS shows just how poor Hansens 1988 forecasts were. The GISS trend line since 1960 is overlaid in red on Hansens 1988 forecast graph ( Fig.3 .) The green dot is the GISS reading for April, 2010. Scenario C assumed that CO2 would remain fixed at 368 ppm. | 5_1 |
They are preparing to be air lifted out by a helicopter from the Chinese ice breaker Snow Dragon which can lift passengers with a hoist, or land nearby on the ice. Passengers have been using shovels to create a makeshift landing pad. | 0_0 |
At a presentation in Silicon Valley in 2007, Giuliani met with Schwarzenegger on the subject of climate change, and afterward expressed general agreement with Schwarzenegger's approach, saying, ""I generally agree with Gov. Schwarzenegger," he said. "He's a good friend and a progressive leader." See "100% in president ... | 0_0 |
Abundant supply is also supporting demand for coal. The traded volumes of coal will increase by a further 20 percent by 2020, Dickson said, including supply of lower grade coal from Indonesia, Australia and South Africa. | 0_0 |
As the CO 2 content of the air rises, it is likely that calcareous grasslands will increase the amount of soil moisture they contain. With greater soil moisture contents, it is likely that microbial activities will increase in such soils, including those that mineralize inorganic nutrients making them available for pla... | 3_3 |
verlagrat at this nettoflde is an extensive natural exchange of CO 2 between both atmosphere and ocean p 60 Gtonnes / r and between the atmosphere and landbiosfren p 120 Gtonnes / r (photosynthesis and respiration). Another is the natural kolflde lngsamma transport to the sea (on a time scale of millions of years) via ... | 0_0 |
In neighboring Connecticut, the General Assembly has passed a climate bill discussed in the March 31 issue. The bill would require greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced by using Kyoto-like measures. Just as in Romney's new plan, the Connecticut bill would reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2010 and 10 p... | 0_0 |
Why Hasn?t The Earth Warmed In Nearly 15 Years? | 1_4 |
There is really nothing else that can be said about these matters and that is both true and fundamental. These concepts require one to think a bit and to be smart enough but all these conceptual insights are compact and once you learn these principles, you know them. The amount of stuff one may learn about the meaning ... | 0_0 |
The flood of emails coming from the University of East Anglia, the admitted errors regarding the Himalayan Glaciers, as well as the nakedly political agendas of some of those allegedly giving impartial scientific advice have degraded the image of the IPCC as the unchallengeable body of scientific experts on global warm... | 5_2 |
"Global Warming Caused Space Shuttle Columbia to Fall Apart" | 0_0 |
Australia should cease all cooperation with the IPCC and no Govt funded scientist or organization should participate. | 0_0 |
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele told The Age recent satellite observations showed extensive melting in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. | 0_0 |
Sadly, Germanys leading climate scientistsare far more preoccupied with transforming society and spreading panic among the population then doing science. Spreading panic is a favourite practice of Stefan Rahmstorf who, like his director Hans Schellnhuber, is a scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research (PI... | 5_2 |
Lilley calls on the government to cease basing its climate change policy on the flawed Stern Review and commission a new independent cost benefit study of alternative strategies. | 0_0 |
This is very interesting, because I was discussing this very issue with Ed Hawkins and Doug McNeall on Twittter last month. Ed pointed me to AR4 on the subject ; | 0_0 |
Bernie McCune holds degrees in both engineering and biology and has worked with both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "Hansen admitted there is still some question," McCune said. "But, his presentation was mostly political and didn't prove that CO2 is the problem; it d... | 2_3 |
united GOP opposition in the House, while figuring out ways to compromise to | 0_0 |
A very significant correlation (Rz 0.57 to 0.80) is found in the 22 yr solar Hale cycle band (1632 years ) with lags from zero to four years between latitudinal averages air surface temperature and Rz. Therefore it seems that the 22 yr magnetic field solar cycle might have a higher effect on Earths climate than solar v... | 2_1 |
For example, public schools of all levels are now classified at the national level in terms of success to various examinations by their students; a kind of dellEducazione Serie A, with the winners awarded officially and last in line punished, up to the maximum ignominy of seeing a Dean replaced because considered incap... | 0_0 |
Many Manhattans of new ice forming in open water between the older floes, in the Arctic right now. | 1_1 |
Spencer also explained why climate models tend to over-predict how much warming will occur as greenhouse gas emissions rise. Spencer argues a warming bias is built into the models themselves. | 5_1 |
The entire thrust of the show is that rainfall in ..the south-western corner of Western Australia.. dropped ~15% in the 1970s and a scientist is quoted linking this to changes in Antarctic ice cores. The scientist Dr Tas van Ommen | 0_0 |
Meanwhile, culled from this curling blog is a rather wonderful snippet about curling in Lochmaben that tells us so much about modern Britain without even trying: | 0_0 |
The birds are renowned for their flying range, traveling miles to hunt down a jack rabbit. The latest population estimate in 2004 placed the number at about 80,000 in North America. But biologists say the birds have been declining, partly because they were getting killed by wind turbine blades. | 0_0 |
The biases in the AOGCM forcings are generally largest at the surface level. For five out of seven surface shortwave forcings and four out of seven surface longwave forcings, differences between the mean AOGCM and LBL calculations are statistically significant. In addition, the largest biases in the shortwave and longw... | 5_1 |
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