Today, there was much in the news about the report by the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, which says that the effects of global warming could cost Canada $5 Billion dollars a year by 2020. If you read my post of January 2010, this would be a great deal! We should embrace …
Category Archive: Climate change
Jun
16
Little Ice Age, redux?
At the American Astronomical Society (AAS) conference this week, three papers lead to the conclusions that Solar Cycle 24 is very weak and that Solar Cycle 25 may not really happen at all. This is bad news for our climate. The problem with a “quiet” sun, lacking sunspots, is that when it has happened before …
Jun
16
IPCC fiction, again
Steve McIntyre has again identified that the UN IPCC is making things up, and publishing them as “facts” when there is no supporting evidence whatsoever. Further, he points out that this claim: Close to 80 percent of the world‘s energy supply could be met by renewables by mid-century if backed by the right enabling public …
Feb
02
Roy Spencer’s Challenge
Dr. Roy Spencer, a noted climate blogger and meteorologist, has put forward a challenge to the Church of Anthropogenic Climate Change: What most people don’t realize is that the vast majority of published research on the topic simply assumes that warming is manmade. It in no way “proves” it. If the science really is that settled, …
Jan
28
The glaciers aren’t melting?
Recent scientific study shows that the Karakorum glaciers in the Himalayas are GROWING, not melting as the IPCC claimed in the 2007 AR4 report. Now we know that the AR4 report has been shown to have been based on non-existent science. This, along with the cold winters we’ve had the last couple of years (both …
Oct
18
On climate change, succinctly
I saw a cartoon this week that in my opinion provides the explanation why we shouldn’t worry about AGW or anthropogenic climate change, or whatever it is called this week: Hmm. Over the past billion years or so, the temperature of the Earth has stayed in the habitable range, regardless of solar behavior, clouds …
Mar
20
On Climate Change Risk
One of my readers has asked a question about climate risk. Recently, statements have been made in various publications, ranging from Scientific American, Discover and The Economist positing that: Action on climate is justified, not because the science is certain, but precisely because it is not. This is a combination of the precautionary principle and …
Mar
16
Bad Science in major Science Publications
Recently, I’ve stumbled onto a few bad science columns and articles in major science publications, Discover and Scientific American. To start, Lawrence Krauss, a respectable physicist, starts delving into ocean chemistry and climate when he brings forth the notion that increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere will decrease the pH of the ocean, making it …
Jan
31
Canada’s Climate Change Target
OK, given that the evidence is now out on climate change, I am very disappointed that the Government of Canada insists on going along with the charade of Copenhagen by committing us, in a non-binding way, to a reduction of 17% in CO2 emissions from 2005 levels by 2020… Let’s work out how much that …
Jan
27
AGW feedback loop “weaker than thought”
So, some climate scientists have published a study showing that the feared feedback loop whereby rising CO2 levels would raise temperatures which would raise CO2 levels, ad infinitum, is not as pronounced as previously believed or modeled. It is interesting though that the scientists are very quick to discount their own research: The authors warn, …