The US space agency is set to launch a satellite that can map in detail where carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere. Nasa’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) will pinpoint the key locations on the Earth’s surface where CO2 is being emitted and absorbed….. However, to locate the sources and sinks, scientists will need to combine [...]
Paul Reiter of The Insects and Infectious Disease Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, has an ‘open access’ review published in Malaria Journal entitled, ‘Global warming and malaria: knowing the horse before hitching the cart.’ The Abstract states: Speculations on the potential impact of climate change on human health frequently focus on malaria. Predictions are common that in [...]
Karen Clark & Company Report Analyzes Performance Of Near Term Hurricane Models Short Time Horizon Appears Inadequate for Predicting Insured Losses BOSTON, December 16, 2008 – Karen Clark & Company, independent experts in catastrophe risk, catastrophe models, and catastrophe risk management, today released a report on the performance of near term hurricane models. The report [...]
As reported by Prometheus, there is a chapter in the latest US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) report entitled, ‘Rapid Changes in Glaciers and Ice Sheets and their Effects on Sea Level.’ Uncertainty seems to be the key message with regard to the ability to predict sea level rise in the 21st Century (page 92/93): [...]
According to a NOAA Press Release yesterday, NCDC’s ranking of 2008 as ninth warmest if expected trends continue compares to a similar ranking of ninth warmest based on an analysis by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The NASA analysis indicates that the January-November global temperature was 0.76 degree F (0.42 degree C) above the [...]
Average CO2 emissions from new cars must be slashed to 130g/km by 2015, the equivalent of achieving 58mpg with a diesel engine and 52mpg in a petrol car. The EU new car CO2 legislation passed by the European parliament today sets out a tough programme for car manufacturers with 65% of new cars averaging the [...]
Germany and the rest of Europe are getting more rational on climate change. Participants at last week’s United Nations climate conference in Poznan, Poland, were taken aback by a world seemingly turned upside-down. The traditional villains and heroes of the international climate narrative, the wicked U.S. and the noble European Union, had unexpectedly swapped roles. [...]
Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernemntal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report report — updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of over 400 scientists who voiced skepticism about the so-called global [...]
According to The Guardian, IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri has stated that the IPCC will not be influenced by new research. In a remarkable response to leading climate alarmist James Hansen’s claim that the lPCC AR4 report is two years out of date, Pachauri is reported to have said that this is “not a valid position.” [...]
New Booker Book: The Real Global Warming Disaster
Christopher Booker has a new book out entitled: The Real Global Warming Disaster: Is The Obsession With `Climate Change` Turning Out To Be The Most Costly Scientific Blunder In History?
Available from Amazon UK here:
More from Booker himself here. (1)
Why the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are Not Collapsing
Read the AIG News paper here. (1)
Global Warming Ate My Data
We’ve lost the numbers: CRU responds to FOIA requests.
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Climate Depot's Arctic Fact Sheet
Climate Depot Arctic Fact Sheet (for additional updates on the Arctic see new articles tagged Arctic) (0)
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