Michaelyya/contrarian-claims huggingface dataset:
Many of these storms have been way out in the middle of the Atlantic where they likely would not have been detected in 1933 . Likewise, the peak intensity of the storms would have been recorded lower in the past. For example, hurricane Julia was a major hurricane for just a few hours. It is doubtful she would have been recorded as a major hurricane in 1933, and quite likely she would have been missed entirely. Lisa was barely a hurricane and far out in the ocean. Tropical storm Nicole was given a name, even though winds were tropical storm force for just a few minutes.
Once again, as is the case with EU emissions, the people who proclaim themselves most concerned about a problem politically, are the least likely to do something about it practically. Image, it appears, is everything in the climate debate.
The Corps had already done an environmental impact study that was approved by the EPA. A second study satisfying the judge's requirements, such as examining the mating habits of certain fish, may have taken ten years, the Corps feared. So the Corps went with what was regarded as the second-best option, building higher levees.
Wilkins runway in Australias Antarctic territory. ANDREW DARBY Australias $46 million Antarctic airstrip is melting, leaving the government scrambling to find a ...
Over the past several years, the possibility of a grand bargain that would produce major trade liberalization in manufacturing, services and agriculture has steadily diminished and has now disappeared. As this piece is written during the "dog days" of August, trade ministers and bureaucrats from World Trade Organization member states are engaged in a final desperate drive to come up with a face-saving "mini-package," or Early Harvest, of trade concessions to present at a climactic meeting of WTO ministers in December. The goal of the package is to salvage benefits for the world's poorest countries such as tariff-free, quota-free trade with developed countries, drastic reduction in subsidies for cotton, exemptions from major services trade liberalization, and trade facilitation programs such as logistical aid to move goods from farm and factory to air-and seaports.
Whether she can be prevailed upon or not, Professor Curry's case highlights the importance of this battle and the need to make sure that free speech is not just for members of the global warming establishment, but also for the rest of us.
Bangladesh has been quite effective at playing the international aid game, which is now largely torqued from general development aid into climate-related aid mitigation, adaptation, and reparations. Two points here: mitigation funding (largely going to China) is directly competing with adaptation aid, that is serving humanitarian and development needs that exist now. In terms of bang per buck, I suspect that that the adaptation funding, if wisely used, is money that is much better spent.
The large snowfall took the city by surprise, said Kevin Goldfuss, director of municipal services.
Basic problem is that all models are wrong ? not got enough middle and low
In harmony with the findings of Alderkamp et al . (2012), Tortell et al . conclude that the "exceptionally high productivity in the Amundsen Sea polynyas likely due to the high glacially-derived Fe concentrations of this water mass." And this exceptionally high productivity ensures an exceptionally high organic matter sinking flux, which would be expected to have a cooling effect on the planet, due to the CO 2 it extracted from the atmosphere and incorporated into its tissues sinking with it. In addition, the much higher sea-to-air flux of DMS would be expected to also have a cooling effect on the planet, as described by the CLAW hypothesis of Charlson et al . (1987). And for more on that phenomenon, we direct you to Dimethyl Sulphide in our Subject Index.
Spencer calls Santer's actions obfuscation. I call it data-fitting and a failed attempt at that. Whatever it is, it violates the scientific method and scientific ethics that require researchers to use the best data available to confirm or disconfirm a hypothesis or theory.
The statements by Jane Lubchencoand the appointment ofTom Karl as the transitional director, assures that policymakers will continue to receive an inappropriately narrow view of our actualknowledge with respect toclimate science. I have documented the biases of Tom Karl in a number of reports and weblog posts; e.g. see
Is there any reliable evidence that we could lose two-thirds of the polar bear population by mid-century? From the Mail Online, Is the polar bear a political weapon? Arctic creatures are NOT threatened by climate change, says scientist
On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a non-profit public policy organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., we are pleased to submit this comment on the Air Resource Board's (ARB) Final Staff Report on AB 1493, a law requiring ARB to adopt regulations achieving "maximum feasible and cost-effective" reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.
From Appendix B, pg. 9361 of Hansen's 1998 paper
I?ve been told that IPCC is above national FOI Acts. One way to cover yourself
I hesitate to put this posting up. It is a true catastrophe that is unfolding in Russia. My heart goes out to the folks there. Facing a brutal winter and watching your food burn is a very wrenching place to be.
Ivy-Ochs et al . report that "the earliest Holocene (between 11.6 and about 10.5 ka) was still strongly affected by the cold climatic conditions of the Younger Dryas and the Preboreal oscillation," but that "at or slightly before 10.5 ka rapid shrinkage of glaciers to a size smaller than their late 20th century size reflects markedly warmer and possibly also drier climate." After 3.3 ka, however, they say that "climate conditions became generally colder and warm periods were brief and less frequent." Last of all, they indicate that "glaciers in the Alps attained their Little Ice Age maximum extents in the 14th, 17th and 19th centuries, with most reaching their greatest Little Ice Age extent in the final 1850/1860 AD advance ." What it means
Washington Post Article on Heat Waves Balanced or Biased?
Murari Lal, a climate expert who was one of the leading authors of the 2007 IPCC report, denied it had its facts wrong about melting Himalayan glaciers.
So if Adolf Hitler had been around today would he claimed Climate Change is a Jewish Conspiracy or would the Arabs and Moslems be blaming Climate Change on the Jews and the Christians or the poor on the rich or the perhaps the other way round.
Readers will remember the resignation of Nature editor Philip Campbell from the Muir Russell inquiry - Campbell's position became untenable when he was found to have prejudged the outcome of the inquiry by telling a television interviewer that the scientists involved in the Climategate emails had done nothing wrong.
???These American heroes ??? the astronauts that took to space and the scientists and engineers that put them there ??? are simply stating their concern over NASA??s extreme advocacy for an unproven theory,?? said Leighton Steward. ???There??s a concern that if it turns out that CO 2 is not a major cause of climate change, NASA will have put the reputation of NASA, NASA??s current and former employees, and even the very reputation of science itself at risk of public ridicule and distrust.??
China mine death tolls rises to 30: government:
Asia needs the energy to fuel its growing economy and support its still inadequate petroleum production infrastructure. Most of Europe's natural gas comes from Russia, which charges high prices, engages in energy blackmail, and is rattling sabers in Crimea, Moldova, and Ukraine.
"Changes to gaming regulations taking effect Wednesday are the first in a succession expected during the next few weeks aimed at loosening rules so casinos can streamline operations."
"The "Power Eater" is a public art piece that takes the shape of a giant igloo made from 312 refrigerators in the middle of Hamburg. Inside, there's a "tower of consumption," by artist Esa Ott, made from gadgets such as fans, TVs and toasters all plugged in and draining electricity. A nearby meter measures the total electrical requirement of the "Power Eater.""
And the only way you can get rid of features you do not like. As a practical example, just think of the selection of the dog from the wolf, or much more recently allesperimento that is selecting meek mice and wild mice
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Worldwide, overwhelming amounts of data and observations now virtually prove that powerful geological forces associated with active Deep Ocean and Continental Rift Systems have a strong effect on climate trends, including glacial ice melting. Still this notion is rarely considered, much less mentioned by the press, NASA, NOAA, environmental groups, or politicians.
The truth about global warming ??? it??s the Sun that??s to blame London Telegraph , July 18 2004 Global warming has finally been explained: the Earth is getting hotter because the Sun is burning more brightly than at any time during the past 1,000 years, according to new research.
Also in keeping with past practice, the latest report confuses climate risk with climate change risk. Droughts, storms, floods, and heat waves are all part of the natural climate. Our risk of exposure to such extremes has much more to do with where we happen to live than with any gradual climate changes associated with the 1.3F 1.9F increase in average U.S. temperature since the 1880s.
reduce the solar RF significantly despite the many papers to the contrary in
Dr. Thorning is Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the American Council for Capital Formation. She also serves as Senior Vice President and Director of Research for the ACFF Center for Policy Research, which focues on tax and environmental policies. Previously she served at the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission. Dr. Thorning is co-editor of numerous books on environmental policy including The Kyoto Commitments: Can Nations Meet Them with the Help of Technology? and Climate Change Policy: Practical Stategies to Promote Economic Growth and Environmental Quality.
- I think that CO 2 plays too large a role in current climate models, and that they are not nearly describe the natural climate variations in a good way.
5 Jan 2011 AUSTRALIAS $45 million Antarctic ice runway has been unused this ... last year three were cancelled because the runways was melting.
These continental ice shields had reached their maximum extent approximately 20,000 years ago but had completely melted away some 5,000 years ago. Now thats real climate change in action! Yes the CO2 levels increased too, but only with a time lag of 800 years. As clearly established from deep ice cores on Greenland, that CO2 increase was not the cause but the consequence of the melting.
The problem, of course, is that other things are not equal.Wind energy is inferior to coal-generated electricity in many respects . It is intermittent,often unavailable when most needed(hot summer days when the wind doesn??t blow),costs more per unit of output, occupiesmuch moreland per unit of output,requiresthe construction of new transmission lines (because thebest wind sites aretypicallydistant from population centers),and kills far more birds than coal power plants do.Few wind farms would be built absent Soviet-style production quota (???renewable portfolio standards??), a special tax break (wind energy production tax credit), and billions in outright taxpayer-fundedgrants . Solar power, for its part, is even more costly than wind ,and does not generate any electricity when the Sun isn??t shining.
5. Recent studies of ice mass loss at both Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets show that the wild-ass, speculative predictions of climate alarmist scientists and their climate/ice sheet models are galactically over-estimating the losses.
Accompanying the layoffs was an announcement that Fisker has approached the Department of Energy about revising the targets it had to meet in order to continue drawing money from the federal loan. Whether the Energy Department agrees to alter the terms, and invest more taxpayer in the Fisker venture remains unclear. Critics of the Obama administration told ABC News they worried that Fisker was at risk of becoming the next Solyndra -- a reference to the now-bankrupt solar panel firm that received support from a government loan program.
We are all familiar with the Litany: the environment is in poor shape here in Earth. Our resources are running out. The population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat. The air and water are becoming ever more polluted. The planet's species are becoming extinct in vast numberswe kill off more than 40,000 each year. The forests are disappearing, fish stocks are collapsing, and the coral reefs are dying. We are defiling our Earth, the fertile topsoil is disappearing; we are paving over nature, destroying the wilderness, decimating the biosphere, and will end up killing ourselves in the process. The world's ecosystem is breaking down. We are fast approaching the absolute limit of viability, and the limits of growth are becoming apparent.
Presumably, the reason would be to mitigate global warming. But it turns out that the fuel burned in all the gasoline-powered engines used in the United States produces about two-tenths of 1 percent of worldwide carbon dioxide (which is only one of the greenhouse gases thought to cause what may be some warming of the world's climate).
James Murrays proposition seems to be essentially an updated form of environmental determinism, an approach once popular in academic circles but recently less so.
Satellite data shows that glaciers in part of the Karakoram range on the China-Pakistan border are putting on mass, defying (supposedly) the general trend toward glacier shrinkage.
Five elephants will trek 250 km in Thailand to urge US President Obama to take action against global warming The Chang(e) Caravan project is aimed particularly at urging Obama to bring up the issue of a worsening global-warming at the Copenhagen summit . "He is expected to take a leadership role over the issue and act on it seriously," Hernandez added. ... There are 15 rest points along the route. All elephants will walk no more than 10 km each day, and will be transported in specially designed trucks in crowded areas or communities , he said.
Organizations like the U.N.-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have pushed adaptation as a complementary strategy to mitigation. Still, adaptation has received little attention by the Obama administration and is hardly mentioned in public discussion. Proponents of strong anti-carbon measures seem to believe that even considering an alternative to mitigation will weaken the public's willingness to bear the costs of mitigation.
The wording of the Eagle Protection Act could not be any clearer. It "prohibits anyone, without a permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior," from "taking" bald or golden eagles. The law defines "take" as "pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest or disturb."
The news of Dr. Giaevers resignation comes on the heels of another blow to the notion of incontrovertible evidence this past July. A study published in the journal Remote Sensing (PDF) highlights several discrepancies in previously relied-upon data. From the Tuscon Citizen :
So the warmer climate may have saved her life and allowed her to become a prime minister, too - because she would be unlikely to achieve the same thing in the U.K. How does she reward the warmer climate? She declares jihad on it. That's the Labor Party ethics.
The Sierra Club doesn't want to see the U.S. benefit from coal, oil, and natural gas. It wants to see the landmass filled with solar farms and thousands of wind turbines that would not produce enough electricity to meet the needs of nation, let alone a major city. Because they are unpredictable, all require the backup of traditional plants.
15. Peru - Agreement Concerning the Establishment of a Tropical Forest Conservation Fund and Administering Board
Short of a full-scale replica of the IPCC, a number of other national and international institutions could be brought into the issue in a serious way, starting with the U.S. Treasury Department and other finance ministries, along with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Thus far finance ministries have shown little interest in the economics of global warming. One reason for this is underappreciated: the IPCC members with coalition parliamentary governments tend to turn over the climate portfolio to the greenest members of their coalition (or to the Green Party itself in the case of some European countries), who are naturally enthusiastic about the issue but are not always well versed in economics, while finance ministries concentrate on more near-term issues.
In other words, researchers have yet to find evidence of more-extreme weather patterns over the period, contrary to what the models predict.
Despite his legacy, outside of climate science few people will have heard of Saltzman. It was only right at the end of his 40-year career that this esteemed analyst produced his greatest achievement: a unified theory of climate that drew worldwide plaudits.
Thanks to the revelations of the Climategate e-mails, we now have a more skeptical view about the process which is used to vet publications. We know now that peer-review, once considered by many as the gold-standard, can be manipulatedand in fact has been manipulated by a gang of UK and US climate scientists who have been very open about their aim to keep dissenting views from being published. We also know from the same e-mails that editors can be bullied by determined activists.
The Obama that emerges from the Atlantic interview is preternaturally icy, contemptuous of both his adversaries and his own staff, thin-skinned, angry, and oddly self-satisfied. That character portrait aside, it would have been nice if the article had shed light on the worldview that governs Obama's decisions. Rather, it illuminated the fact that he doesn't have a worldview. Instead, the president of the United States has opinions, and lots of them. And people he really doesn't like, and lots of them. And countries he thinks don't count, like those that make up the Sunni Middle East.
Is US Per Capita GDP Growth in Decline?
The ERO projects that U.S. demand will increase by 141,000 megawatts (MW) over the next 113 years. Supply, however, will in- crease by only 57,000 MW, and that assumes that all currently proposed new facilities are approved and built.
Farmers protest plan for high-speed rail:
she persisted in spinning a fairy tale that Michigan is perfectly
Using tree ring data from 14 different sites on three different continents in the Northern Hemisphere, the researchers constructed a temperature record of the last 1000 years. What they found was that the "MWP was likely to have been a large-scale phenomenon in the NH extratropics that appears to have approached, during certain intervals, the magnitude of 20th-century warming, at least up to 1990."
EPA Is Upset about Three Million Gallon Animas River Spill
The model is the Hadley Center model. Pat Michaels demonstrates the model's poor performance in P. Michaels, Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media (Washington, DC: Cato, 2004). Michaels critiques the PNAS study here: www.co2andclimate.org/wca/2004/wca 23bpf.html.
The operative word is "empower," which is the purpose of the Assessment. It is to provide cover for a massive regulatory intrusion, and concomitant enormous costs in resources and individual liberty. History tells us that when scientists willingly endorse sweeping governmental agendas fueled by dodgy science, bad things soon happen. To borrow the meter of Winston Churchill:
Though solar thermal tower technology has been around since the 1970s, to date, only one plant in the world commercially generates electricity: Abengoa Solars 11-MW PS10 tower just outside Seville, in Spains Andaluca desert has been grid-connected since early 2007. Because the technology relies on heat from solar energy that is reflected by mirror arrays (heliostats) onto a tower-mounted receiver, installations tend to be site-specific, expensive, and high-maintenance.
So, how does analysis using the traditional EF Scale compare with Elsners study? Does it confirm his results?
My whole point was that bawdy comedy and elegant comedy have existed
The two U.S. researchers report that the results of their analyses indicate that the global land carbon sink is intensifying , and that it is doing so at a rate of 0.057 PgC/year/year, resulting in 1.65 PgC of additional uptake over the period examined (1980-2008), which finding, in their words, "is consistent with related findings in recent years," citing in this regard the studies of Cao et al . (2002), Cao et al . (2005), Le Quere et al . (2009) and Piao et al . (2009). What it means
"A national payment structure would cut variation around the country in what the state pays for and what it does not, and support far more people to be cared for in their own homes, it said."
Low-cost natural gas can also provide the basic raw material for cheap fertilizer for farmers, thus lowering food prices, and feedstock for chemical plants for cheaper plastics and other basic materials. Industries can now return to the United States and provide jobs locally ??? instead of operating offshore where natural gas has been cheap.
Worse, today's deficits are tomorrow's tax increases. And more spending is usually followed by more regulation. The Bush spending explosion was accompanied by over 30,000 new regulations. What the economy needs instead is a deregulatory stimulus. There are three fronts in the battle to achieve it.
Vulnerable and more secure households differ in coping strategies when dealing with weather-related events. Forty-nine percent of vulnerable households turn to their faith, 43 percent to their family, and 36 percent turned to their friends for emotional support. Only 19 percent turned to financially-based responses and only 8 percent made attempts to secure credit to gain resources to make repairs rebuild. Households that have the highest levels of security are more likely to use their savings or sell their assets to engage in a financially based response by repairing and rebuilding, many times finding emotional support through this work.
11b. Data collection efforts are currently adequate or inadequate
3. It is unlikely that anything significant will be done to reduce greenhouse gases for at least the next decade and possibly longer. Developing countries will not do much unless the developed countries show them the money. Developed countries will continue to blow hot air while recognizing the impossibility of achieving much without the cooperation of the developing countries.
That the fish have evolved a method to deal with excess calcium implies the ocean levels have risen from what they were when the basic cellular structure first evolved. Over millions of years, the ocean is getting saltier and, it would seem, with higher levels of calcium too. At the same time, we have a calcium carbonate influx deficit rate right now in the ocean (per that paper). If you put those two together, I get that we are just getting the ocean back a little bit toward the original calcium level. (And maybe it would benefit from a bit more carbonate flux to help that along).
Among the stalled high-priority projects is RES Americas' plan for an estimated $148 million project on wind-swept desert in San Bernardino County.
As a part of this shift, watch for environmental activists to be more aggressive on the state levelpushing for increased mandates for renewables and more regulation and/or bans on hydraulic fracturing.