Examines the science and arguments of global warming skepticism. Includes news, and analysis of common skeptical arguments.
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The New York Times missed the mark big time in its new profile of John Christy, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, and prominent climate skeptic who “finds himself a target of suspicion” — and derision, and sometimes even insults — from his pe...
Today’s Solar Power ‘Revolution’: Powerful Insights from Energy Experts Posted on 4 July 2014 by greenman3610 This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections A powerful message on the ‘truly disruptive’ nature of solar energy technologies and the profound changes they portent for ener...
Today’s Solar Power ‘Revolution’: Powerful Insights from Energy Experts What really annoys scientists about the state of the climate change debate? 'Reform conservatism' is not enough reform on global warming Mercury Rising: 2014 Sees Warmest May Ever Recorded Following on From 2nd Wa...
Summer reading for the climate crowd Posted on 27 June 2014 by Guest Author This is a re-post from The Daily Climate by Douglas Fischer Drop the Thomas Piketty. Let's all admit right now you weren't going to read that 696-page economics tome anyway. And set aside Donna Tart's "Goldfin...
The article in 'Study sheds light on why people help future generations' is interesting in what it implies about effective action to curb AGW: a global enforcement effort, perhaps even a precursor to 'one world government'. Altruism across generations is almost impossible to achieve i...
2014 SkS Weekly News Roundup #26B Summer reading for the climate crowd New Skeptical Science study finds physics trumps economics, suggests global warming is man-made 2014 SkS Weekly News Roundup #26A Global warming conspiracy theorist zombies devour Telegraph and Fox News brains Why ...
2014 SkS Weekly News Roundup #25B An externally-valid approach to consensus messaging How will El Niño impact weather patterns? 2014 SkS Weekly News Roundup #25A Kerry Emanuel and What We Know About Climate Transformational Climate Science at Exeter University 2014 SkS Weekly Digest #...
Business as usual emission scenarios (RCP8.5 on the figures) indicate atmospheric CO2 will reach around 1000 ppm by around 2110 AD (less than 100 years’ time). The last time CO2 was this high was during the early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO)– the warmest time period of the last 50 m...
