Michaelyya/contrarian-claims huggingface dataset:
Do freshwater species fare as well as marine species? Based on the results of this study it would appear the answer is yes, as continued increases in the airs CO2 content should significantly enhance the wellbeing of various species of phytoplankton... Read More
True, methane concentration has not risen as predicted in 1990 (Fig. T4), for methane emissions, though largely uncontrolled, are simply not rising as the models had predicted, and the predictions were extravagantly baseless.
The conclusion is inescapable: The U.S. temperature record is unreliable. The errors in the record exceed by a wide margin the purported rise in temperature of 0.7C (about 1.2F) during the twentieth century.
Two larger cultural trends have reinforced the effects of technological developments and industrialization. As Last points out, fertility rates among the educated classes began falling in the middle of the eighteenth century, which was about the same time as the rise of capitalism. The pursuit of individual initiative and self-interest contributed to the erosion of community and family. Economic advancement requires mobility and fewer obligations; constraints hamper self-improvement and risk-taking, after all. Having children, perhaps the greatest constraint of all, became less and less a factor in people's calculations of their self-interests. Something else would be required to get people to procreate.
In this piece she says: charged subatomic particles from outer space, or cosmic rays, might significantly impact the type and quantity of clouds covering the earth, providing a clue to one of the least-understood but most important questions about climate. Heavenly bodies might be driving long-term weather trends.
The question answers itself. Of course not. But that is the effect of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), more commonly known as the ethanol mandate.More than 1 billion of the worlds people live in absolute poverty. When prices for staple commoditiessoar,millions ofpeoplecan be pushed to the brink of starvation.
The bottom line is that we still need coal, and all those who dream of doing away with it will not be able to escape the reality that coal will continue to provide much of our electricity for the foreseeable future. So we need to be implementing policies that improve air quality without destroying coal and millions of good American jobs, and imposing skyrocketing electricity costs on every American.
Pretty much says that Gold has had a bubble top just like silver did. Notice how silver had a recovery after the bubble, failed to make new highs, then fell after a sideways pause? Notice how gold had a recovery from its dip and is now in a sideways pause? Think about it Ill wait
UK backs off buying wind energy from Ireland
Seeing these charts, you might wonder how the extremely high temperatures of the 1930??s came about. Were we releasing too much CO2 by burning fossil fuels?
Lawsuits would challenge rules requiring significant cuts in power-plant carbon emissions
Read here . The global warming scientists, major climate research centers, the IPCC, environmental NGOs, and global warming activists and pundits have all claimed that the "robust & rigorous" climate models prove that when human CO2 increases, then global atmospheric temperatures will have to increase, which will then cause surface water evaporation to increase, that subsequently causes water vapor in the atmosphere to increase, which finally sets in motion a positive feedback system that causes all the previous items to even increase more, ad nauseum. Unfortunately, the "expert" climate scientists are now discovering those models might not have it quite right, since atmospheric water vapor is doing the exact opposite of what the climate models predicted! Gee, what a surprise . "Current climate models do a remarkable job on water vapor near
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Under American constitutional government, congressional rejection of a major policy should limit the president's authority to implement that policy. Yet Obama unilaterally turned the Constitution on its head.
The Bureau of Meteorology was strong on message that a climate trend was definitely on in Australia: Australia has experienced its warmest start to a year on record (since 1950), with the January-to-October temperature averaging 1.03 degrees Celsius above the 30-year average (1961-1990). As the year nears an end, a record-breaking year is looking likely another indicator of climate change. Annual mean temperatures have generally increased throughout Australia since 1910, particularly since the 1950s, says Mike Coughlan, head of the National Climate Centre within the Bureau of Meteorology. As the average temperature has risen, we have also seen an increase in the incidence of hot days and hot nights, and a reduction in the number of cold days and nights. This warming is mirrored in the oceans around Australia.
Global warming ends: in the years to come the temperature drop across the planet, although its nature and will be sparing. So the forecast today with a shared corr. Tass, scientists from the Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences / LPI /.
The results just presented beg the following question: If the satellite data indicate an insensitive climate system, why do the climate models suggest just the opposite? I believe the answer is due to a misinterpretation of cloud behavior by climate modelers.
Bast set forth the following debate rules: 1) Denning and Lehr would each receive time for a 5-minute initial presentation. 2) After the five minute presentations, six film clips would be shown on screen from An Inconvenient Truth and be evaluated for validity and substance. 3) Following the evaluation of the six film clips, Denning and Lehr would be given five minutes to clarify or add to their argument positions. 4) A question and answer session would end the program.
But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Yes, its true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods all are now more frequent and intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science and act before its too late.
The IPCC graph at http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc tar/wg1/figspm-4.htm is interesting.
In May, 2012 at WUWT, Paul Homewood led an interesting discussion on whether sea level rise accelerated during the recent decades when compared to the 20th century. He concludes that satellite measurements may be flawed.
Ten years later, the very opposite has happened: Germanys CO2 emissions have been increasing, electricity prices have skyrocketed, the green jobs bubble has popped, and tens of thousands of jobs have disappeared. Worse: tens of billions are being redistributed from the poor to the rich.
As noted above, the sea surface temperature anomalies of a region of the eastern equatorial Pacific are commonly used as an indicator of El Nio and La Nia eventsaka an ENSO Index. That region with the coordinates of 5S-5N, 170W-120W is called NINO3.4. Well use the sea surface temperatures of the NINO3.4 region as a reference in the following graphs for how often El Nio and La Nia events occur, how strong they are and how long they persist. Keep in mind, though, while the NINO3.4 sea surface temperatures indicate an ENSO event is taking place in the eastern equatorial Pacific, it is only measuring the effects of the El Nio or La Nia on the surface temperatures in that region. That may seem obvious, but people lose track of that fact and forget to account for the effects an El Nio is having outside of that region on temperatures and other variables.
Climate skeptics have seized upon the change in world weather patterns, some citing it as evidence that global warming itself has decelerated or even stopped. Benny Peiser, director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, said the slowdown was a far larger issue than the report shows.
In the concluding words Bignami et al ., "this study demonstrates that cobia is unlikely to experience a strong negative impact from CO 2 -induced acidification predicted to occur within the next several centuries," which consequence they speculate "may be due to the naturally variable environmental conditions this species currently encounters throughout ontogeny in coastal environments," which they further suggest "may lead to an increased acclimatization ability even during long-term exposure to stressors."
By Marita Noon, Oil Pro, Aug 10, 2015
This fraud is nothing new for them, as they have been altering their own data for decades to create the impression of imaginary global warming. They have doubled 1880-1980 warming since Hansen 1981.
? A home area network (HAN) to link meters in customer premises, the communications module and the IHD ? and potentially other consumer devices, such as microgeneration and load control devices
Their actions destroy our fundamental First Amendment rights of free speech, assembly, association and debate. Worse, they severely impair the unalienable rights of people to enjoy affordable, reliable energy and the quality jobs, living standards, health and welfare it brings.
So the IPCC is right about the solar. And from having to explain 1.6 W/m2, weve explained 0.15 W/m2 of it which leaves 1.45 W/m2 of missing warming.
Hansen claims that global warming is associated with increased drought in the US. This is a testable hypothesis which he chose not to test, and, because PNAS isnt truly peer-reviewed for Members like him, no one tested it for him.
The results of this study comprise but one additional example of the findings of many investigations that have documented the significant effect of solar activity variability on earth's climate, as may be verified by perusing the materials we have archived under the general heading of Solar Effects (Centennial-Scale Cycles) in our Subject Index, as well as the materials we have posted under the many other sub-headings grouped beneath the "Solar Effects" umbrella. Reference
Some counter that if America will lead, China and others will follow; but we should not delude ourselves into thinking that 80 percent of the world's population cares more about cutting carbon than joining the ranks of richer, industrialized nations.
Along with planting a new flag in the field of international financial regulation, the U.N. chiefs also contemplated the further growth of the U.N. as the world's policeman. As another paper notes, U.N. peacekeeping operations "will soon have almost 17,000 United Nations police officers serving on four continents" little more than two years after establishing what one papers calls the institutions "Standing Police Capacity."
That refers to a projection that by 2050, the world's population will reach an estimated 9 billion (50 percent higher than today), at the same time that the U.N.-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change producer of the scandal-tainted 2007 Global Assessment of global warming is calling for a 50 percent reduction in world green house gas emissions.
Agreement signed at Asuncion June 7, 2006; entered into force July 17, 2006.
Vacant pika territories are natural and to be expected. Pika are very territorial and each year they drive their young away. Because pika live no longer than 7 years, (averaging 3 to 4 years in the wild), there is constant turnover at each site. A site remains vacant until a young pika, driven from another territory, randomly scampers into that vacancy and claims ownership. Without knowing how often a talus pile alternates between occupied and vacant, simply reporting observations of a vacant site tells us nothing about 1) why it is vacant, 2) when it was vacated, and 3) if it will soon be recolonized. Unfortunately vacancies have been misleadingly called extinctions. To illustrate, in the most recent paper by Stewart, his team initially found 15 vacancies, but a resurvey the following year, found that 5 of those sites were now recolonized, a 33% reduction in extinct locations in just one year.
Senators John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (D., Conn.) are deeply concerned about the issue of global climate change. So much so that they are cosponsoring the Climate Stewardship Act in the Senate this month, a Kyoto-like measure which would impose extra costs on greenhouse-gas-emitting industries such as energy and manufacturing, and will set up a whole new welfare agency to compensate those whose heating costs go up as a result.
Modelling for 2020 and 2050 shows that the resort with the most remaining snow will be Perisher, in NSW, followed in order by Falls Creek, Mount Hotham, Thredbo and Mount Buller. The smaller resorts of Mount Buffalo, Mount Baw Baw and Lake Mountain become marginal for skiing at 2020, even in the most optimistic scenarios. A report for the Australian Greenhouse Office says further global warming will reduce biodiversity and seriously decrease populations of endemic species. The loss, the report says, will be very significant at a regional, national and international scientific level.
Media reputations are at stake. Theyve been in bed so long with the Climate Chaos complex that acknowledging the critical role of natural forces, the expertise of climate realists, the debate that still rages, or the Grand Canyon between climate crisis claims and real-world evidence would destroy what little credibility the media still has. It would also start the collapse of the Climate Chaos house of cards.
Could a warming of the ocean lead to the destruction of our world??s coral reefs? Well such is the assertion of global warming advocates, but according to the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide, such contentions regarding coral are pitted with many small holes. Among them is a recent study in India, where researchers examined coral reefs experiencing a significant warming trend. While they observed a nearly 50 percent bleaching of the reefs initially, within a couple years the corals began to quickly recover ??? and today the successive incarnations of coral reefs are even more resistant to warming induced bleaching. Little wonder the Indian scientists concluded, quote, ???any disturbance is only temporary?? and ???the coral will resurge under the sea.??
"The Obama administration has concluded that Chinese firms are helping Iran to improve its missile technology and develop nuclear weapons, and has asked China to stop such activity, a senior U.S. official said."
The scientists addressed the claims of deniers head-on. Thursdays panel featured a member of the investigative panel convened by the University of East Anglia and led by Lord Ron Oxburgh to review the stolen emails from that schools Climactic Research Unit. The Oxburgh Inquiry exonerated the scientists who were attacked following the emails, saying they saw no evidence of any deliberate scientific malpractice in any of the work.
Predispatch practices used for conventional resources cannot effectively accommodate the variability of wind and solar generation according to hourly schedules because of potentially limited capabilities (i.e., fast ramping capabilities). This becomes more challenging as wind and solar products increase beyond the 20 percent RPS milestone. It creates a potential need for increased regulation reserve.
And heres the logical clincher... the use of sock puppets supports the argument that climate sensitivity to CO2 is high: ( h/t Mattb) Heres the grand irony, the man who stoops to ad hominem attacks (theyre paid hacks) and denies 850 peer reviewed papers (skeptics dont have evidence) and 28 million weather balloons (the science is unassailable) thinks sceptics are the ones seeking refuge from reality.
The hockey-stick graph usurped the traditional, apolitical climate graph of Earths recent temperature changes. The traditional graph showed dramatic warming during a medieval warm period (about 950 to 1250 A.D.) and distinct cooling during a little ice age (about 1400 to 1850 A.D.). However, the hockey-stick shaped graph displayed temperatures over the past several hundred years fluctuating only a little from year to year (the relatively flat handle of the hockey stick) until the 1900s when the temperatures began to rise dramatically (the blade of the stick). This graph helped to convince many in government that human carbon emissions were behind an unprecedented increase in global temperatures and that drastic, immediate action was necessary to once again save the planet. The graphs construction was challenged by scientists and statisticians who had a very different and also valid view of climate data selection and analysis.
The United States has signed over 400 treaties that the Senate has decided against ratifying. This number is too high and the practice of gesture-signatures must stop. But the number should not be reduced by ratifying what is likely the worst among all of them, the Law of the Sea Treaty.
end. (Both Sanger and Mann note that in the summer of 2009 Obama and many of
8 Indur M. Goklany, Cleaning the Air: The Real Story of the War on Air Pollution (Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 1999), p. 4.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) decision arrives amid criticism from industry groups and Republicans who say the Obama administration?s May 2013 upward revision of the SCC earlier lacked public input.
The authors report that "observed CAPE has mostly statistically significant positive trends over the period of 1958-1997 in the tropics, yet a modern climate model is not able to reproduce these trends." They thus state, in an implied challenge to climate modelers to correct this situation, that "ensuring future models can faithfully reproduce such trends is perhaps quite important for enhancing confidence in model predictions of future climate changes."
Ask any person on the street what they think of when they hear ???rising sea levels?? and they??ll tell you the water level is rising relative to the land . Tell that same person on the street that land masses are rising at about the same rate as the sea and suddenly there??s no panic. How much funding goes away when the problem isn??t a problem?
3. Why the hell did you wait 10 years to release the data? You did yourself no favors by deferring reasonable requests to archive data to enable replication. It was only when you became backed into a corner by The Royal Society that you made the data available. Your delays and roadblocks (such as providing an antique data format of the punched card era), plus refusing to provide metadata says more about your integrity than the data itself. Your actions make it appear that you did not want to release the data at all. Your actions are not consistent with the actions of the vast majority of scientists worldwide when asked for data for replication purposes. Making data available on paper publication for replication is the basis of proper science, which is why The Royal Society called you to task.
And the differences between the observations-mean and the forcings-driven multi-model mean do not get any better in the Southern Hemisphere (Figures 10, 11, and 12) during the early warming and cooling epochs. The plus for the Southern Hemisphere: the late warming period started about a decade earlier, so the model and observed Sea Surface Temperature trends in the Southern Hemisphere align for a little longer.
A simple plan: In Thailand, fossil-fueled trucks will transport elephants as part of an effort to convince the US president that carbon dioxide is harmful
Perhaps the content and tone of Secretary Kerry's pronouncements will strike some people as familiar, dating back to the UN's 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro aimed at ginning up Kyoto Protocol support. Speaking at the opening ceremony, its organizing chairman, Canadian billionaire Maurice Strong, said "Every bit of evidence I've seen persuades me that we are on a course leading to a tragedy."
Taken together, these new studies, plus a host of other studies we have reviewed on our website (see Millennial-Scale Oscillations of Temperature in our Topical Archive), clearly demonstrate that the warming experienced over the past century or so is in no way unusual, unnatural or unprecedented, nor that it need to have been driven by anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. Earth??s climate, for a very long time, has simply been doin?? what comes naturally ?? and doin?? it well!
With UKIP's success in the English local elections, and growing party support in Scotland, this appointment is a huge boost for all those sceptical of catastrophic climate change and In UKIP he is joining perhaps the worlds most prominent climate sceptics Lord Christopher Monckton who already sits on UKIP's National Executive Committee.
This photo is from a Royal Meteorological Society publication, they apparently didnt want the world to see the other nearby issues related to the radar station.
Mount Isa was very cold, dropping below freezing for only the second time this year and registering its coldest morning in 10 years. It was a staggering 11 degrees below average, reaching minus one.
As we approach the elections of 2008, a clear gap has emerged between the major Republican and Democratic candidates on the issue of environment. Call it the "climate gap."
The research and analysis firm IHS Global Insight has released a new study looking into the unconventional gas sector, and predicts that the shale gas boom will create nearly 1.5 million new jobs by 2015.
"The Supreme Court has long had the role of declaring what the law is. That's becoming a harder and harder task thanks to the White House and Congress concocting laws so complex that no one knows their meaning before, during or after they're passed. In an era when people expect transparency and abhor complexity, three days of skeptical Supreme Court hearings on the president's health law showcased a complex law collapsing under its own weight. Information is supposed to flow freely, but consumers of health care operate in the dark, including without any understanding of how the law is supposed to work. And they are not alone."
In describing their findigns, the eight researchers report that variations observed in the last 60 years are not particularly anomalous when assessed in a multi-century context, noting that both extreme high and low snowpack values have not been unusual when assessed in the context of the past eight centuries. Indeed, they say that the most extreme dry decades are concentrated between the late 16th century and the mid-18th century, and that there were decade-long periods of high snowpack levels that equaled or probably surpassed those recorded during the past six decades.
Figure 3 shows an evident mismatch between the observational best estimate and the model range. Nevertheless, AR5 states (Box 12.2) that:
EPA expects to formally adopt the preceding four recommendations as quickly as possible. It further recommends making three changes to NSR that the Clinton administration did not approve. These would need to go through the formal rulemaking procedure (including public comment) before being implemented. They are:
In Canada*, Steve McIntyre, the mathematician who bit by bit exposed the shocking story of the hockey stick and runs climateaudit.org.
Projected confidently by the models, this signature was expected to be represented by an exceptional warming in the upper troposphere above the tropics. The experiments, carried out during twenty years of research supported by The Australian Green House Office as well as by many other well funded Atmospheric Science groups around the world, show that this signature does not exist. Where is the Enhanced Green House Effect? No one knows.