Despite Europe’s boom in solar and wind energy, CO2 emissions haven’t been reduced by even a single gram. Now, even the Green Party is taking a new look at the issue — as shown in e-mails obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE: ‘Wind Turbines in Europe Do Nothing for Emissions-Reduction Goals’
The country’s five resorts are currently enjoying exceptional conditions after heavy snowfall in the Highlands, but climate change may mean they have less than 50 years of ski-ing left. It was -18C in Aviemore this week – the coldest night of the year in the UK – but Met Office climate predictions suggest that by [...]
Avoiding the hothouse and the icehouse By controlling emissions of fossil fuels we may be able to greatly delay the start of the next ice age, new research from the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen concludes. The results have been published in the scientific magazine, Geophysical Research Letters. From an Earth history perspective, [...]
Roger Pielke Sr has featured an interesting article from ‘Florida Trend’ magazine on his climate science weblog entitled: ‘It’s Hot But Don’t Blame Global Warming’ Some Florida cities are getting hotter, but the evolution has more to do with bulldozers and pavement than global warming. The article features Florida State University emeritus professor Morton D. [...]
Roger Pielke Sr has an interesting post on his climate science weblog entitled: ‘Update On A Comparison Of Upper Ocean Heat Content Changes With The GISS Model Predictions’ Do read it all, but the ‘bottom line’ is here: OBSERVED BEST ESTIMATE OF ACCUMULATION Of JOULES [assuming a baseline of zero at the end of 2002]. [...]
High CO2 boosts plant respiration, potentially affecting climate and crops Embargoed for release: 9-Feb-2009 17:00 ET (9-Feb-2009 22:00 GMT) The leaves of soybeans grown at the elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels predicted for the year 2050 respire more than those grown under current atmospheric conditions, researchers report, a finding that will help fine-tune climate models [...]
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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