Month: May 2016

“When an area has no human population, there is a risk that the fires increase and are able to spread.” Continue reading Study: Nature more of a fire risk than global warming

“The study shows an important interaction between natural climate variability and one of the most conspicuous aspects of human-induced climate change — the loss of Arctic sea ice.” Continue reading Settled science: Natural Pacific Ocean cycle affects Arctic sea ice

Not much. But this is distraction. The key issue is subsidence. Continue reading How much does groundwater contribute to sea level rise?

This could be the of EU carbon trading. Continue reading EU court overturns carbon market free quotas in blow for big polluters

“Contestants lost hundreds of pounds during Season 8, but gained them back. A study of their struggles helps explain why so many people fail to keep off the weight they lose.” Continue reading After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight

My money is on the bee-keeping practices vs. the pesticides. Continue reading Belgium and France are EU’s bee mortality hotspots

All because Fukushima engineers didn’t set their back-up generators high enough. Continue reading Germany’s nuclear providers set to be hit with massive atomic phase out bill

Hard to believe one needs an economist for this. Continue reading Labor policy could increase power prices by 8% to 25%, economist says

“Peabody Energy brought contrarians Spencer, Happer, and Lindzen to testify on their behalf, but the judge wasn’t convinced by their case.” Continue reading Peabody coal’s contrarian scientist witnesses lose their court case

If ground-level ozone is a significant greenhouse gas, where was all the warming in the US during 1940-1975 when smog was at its peak>?

From the NYTimes:

“Mr. Murray is also the architect of the most serious challenge to the Obama administration’s environmental goals, particularly its policy on climate change.” Continue reading A Crusader in the Coal Mine, Taking On President Obama