Biomass rentseekers get caught in the squeeze. Continue reading Feds: Global warming to ‘at least double’ areas burned by wildfires in 25 years
Category: Climate & Energy
Michael Mann to help ensure Everglades has water in the future
This project is only costing U.S. taxpayers $300K. Note Mann will also be working on “effective communication of scientific information in the face of potential biases.” Would those biases be his perchance? Continue reading Michael Mann to help ensure Everglades has water in the future
MOJO: Laziness good for the planet
“Europeans have already gone this route, expanding the amount of time workers get for vacation and holidays.” Continue reading MOJO: Laziness good for the planet
Study: Deniers like conspiracy theorists
“My colleagues and I published a paper recently that found evidence for the involvement of conspiracist ideation in the rejection of scientific propositions—from climate change to the link between tobacco and lung cancer, and between HIV and AIDS—among visitors to climate blogs.” Continue reading Study: Deniers like conspiracy theorists
Study: Climate Change Could Push Indiana Bats Out Of State
Where will they go — Ohio? Continue reading Study: Climate Change Could Push Indiana Bats Out Of State
Ask Samuel Pepys — climate change is not new
On Jan. 29, 1661, Samuel Pepys wrote: “It being a most glorious and warm day, even to amazement, for this time of the year.” Continue reading Ask Samuel Pepys — climate change is not new
Greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants down 4.6 pct
EPA: U.S. Power Plants Emitted 2.2 Gigatons of CO2 in 2011
That’s 67% of reported emissions. Continue reading EPA: U.S. Power Plants Emitted 2.2 Gigatons of CO2 in 2011
UAH Global Temperature Update for January, 2013: +0.51 deg. C
“The most common cause of such warm spikes (when there is no El Nino to blame) is a temporary increase in convective heat transfer from the ocean to the atmosphere.” Continue reading UAH Global Temperature Update for January, 2013: +0.51 deg. C
House Committee to consider whether EPA endangerment finding ‘scientifically well grounded’
Possibly some EPA budget cuts, too? Continue reading House Committee to consider whether EPA endangerment finding ‘scientifically well grounded’
Global Sea Ice Area Is Above Normal
30 years of unprecedented melting and polar amplification has lead to above normal sea ice area on planet earth – in the middle of the Antarctic summer. Continue reading Global Sea Ice Area Is Above Normal
Antarctic Ice Core Contains Unrivaled Detail of Past Climate
“A team of U.S. ice-coring scientists and engineers in Antarctica, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), have recovered from the ice sheet a record of past climate and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that extends back 68,000 years.” Continue reading Antarctic Ice Core Contains Unrivaled Detail of Past Climate