We need some good news, and NASA has provided some on on the “global warming” front. The good news comes from data gathered by NASA satellites, which have evaluated the release of heat by the Earth’s atmosphere into space. The data, from 2000 through 2011, indicates that far more energy was released — and therefore [...]
Posts Tagged ‘global warming’
Revisiting A Hot Topic
Posted in Entertainment, Science, weather, World, tagged Environment, global warming, NASA, Science, weather, World on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Cloud Whitening” And The Hubris Of Science
Posted in Environment, Science, weather, tagged climate change, Climate science, Cloud Whitening, Environment, Environmental engineering, global warming, Science, weather on April 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I know that people disagree about the science and causes of “global warming,” but can we all agree that having scientists engage in large-scale environmental science experiments is not a great idea? Consider the proposal to engage in “cloud whitening.” Humans would spray fine droplets of sea water into the air. The theory is that [...]
A Hot Topic (Cont.)
Posted in Science, tagged climate change, global warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Science on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve posted on several occasions before on sloppy science related to climate change — see here and here, for example — so I was glad to see that an independent review has suggested changes in how the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change operates. The proposals are designed to avoid politicizing science issues and making the [...]
A Welcome Debate
Posted in Environment, Science, tagged climate change, Environment, global warming, Science on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the entity whose reports have been subject to significant criticism lately, says the group now “welcomes” vigorous debate on the science of climate change. Some people may be skeptical of that statement, because it certainly appears that the IPCC and other groups have tried to quash [...]
Russell Webner, “Oil Person”
Posted in Art, Environment, Family, Humor, Science, tagged Art, Environment, Family, global warming, Humor, Russell Webner, Science on March 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Occasionally I run searches on friends and family members, just to see if anything interesting pops up. Tonight a search of Russell’s name showed that he is one of the people in the “Carbon Capture Report,” a news monitoring service of the University of Illinois that focuses on climate change issues. That’s right — the [...]
A Hot Topic (Cont.)
Posted in Environment, Politics, Science, weather, tagged Environment, global warming, Politics, Science, weather, World on February 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Another article has raised significant questions about the data underlying the global warming hypothesis. In this instance, the questions relate to whether recorded temperatures are accurate gauges of climate trends, or whether they may reflect distorting factors such as surrounding development, changes in locations of measuring devices, and changes in land use. One scientist who [...]
A Hot Topic (Cont.)
Posted in Environment, Politics, Science, weather, World, tagged Environment, global warming, Politics, Science, weather, World on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an article that summarizes some of the latest embarrassing revelations about “global warming” science. I obviously don’t think the entire notion of man-made global warming has been shown to be a house of cards, but the seemingly unending disclosures about sloppy science, phony claims, conflicts of interest, and other chicanery clearly have undercut the [...]
A Hot Topic (Cont.)
Posted in Science, weather, World, tagged climate change, global warming, Science, weather, World on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the latest on the global warming science front. The most recent development involves errors and lack of substantiation in the 2007 report of the UN climate change panel, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, and its headline-grabbing statement that it was very likely that the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035, if not sooner. [...]
A Hot Topic (Cont.)
Posted in America, Environment, Science, weather, World, tagged America, climate change, Climatic Research Unit, Environment, global warming, Science, weather, World on December 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One great thing about the holidays is seeing your children and nieces and nephews, fresh from their college campuses, and learning what is on their minds. We were up in Vermilion to visit with the “Kishman cousins” on Christmas Eve, and I had a chance to chat with our godson Andrew, who is a junior [...]
Living Near The Terminal Moraine
Posted in America, Environment, Ohio, weather, World, tagged America, climate change, Environment, Glaciers, global warming, Ice Age, Ohio, Science, weather, World on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was interested in UJ’s recent post that linked to a photo that showed that a particular Canadian glacier has retreated in the 90 years since 1919. UJ’s question was whether the photographic evidence of the glacier’s retreat was “bothersome.” Being a lawyer, my answer to that question is (of course!) it depends. Glaciers advance [...]
A Hot Topic (Cont.)
Posted in America, Environment, Politics, Science, weather, World, tagged America, climate change, Climatic Research Unit, Environment, global warming, Politics, Science, weather, World on December 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve posted before — see here and here — on the e-mails and other information collected as a result of the data breach at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. The Weekly Standard has now published a thorough and carefully considered analysis of the data obtained, the context and meaning of [...]
A Hot Topic (Cont.)
Posted in America, Environment, Politics, Science, World, tagged America, climate change, Climatic Research Unit, Environment, global warming, Politics, Science, weather, World on November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Other shoes continue to drop in the ongoing story about the activities of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, which is regularly cited as one of the world’s leading proponents of the global warming hypothesis. I’ve previously noted the curious e-mails obtained as a result of a criminal computer hacking episode. [...]
A Hot Topic (Cont.)
Posted in America, Environment, Science, weather, World, tagged America, climate change, Environment, global warming, Science, weather, World on November 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The fallout continues from the data breach that led to the release of e-mail exchanges between climate scientists about global warming data. This New York Times piece indicates that the controversy about the e-mails, and their true meaning as it relates to the science of global warming, has had broad repercussions. Hacking into a computer [...]
A Hot Topic
Posted in America, Environment, Politics, Science, World, tagged America, climate change, Environment, global warming, Politics, Science, World on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Climate change and the science of climate change are hot topics these days, for several reasons. First, it is now conceded by most in the scientific community that the continuing increases in global temperatures predicted by the most touted computer models have not occurred. Instead, the global temperature trend lines are flat for the past [...]
Fly Coach, Instead
Posted in Politics, Travel, tagged budgets, Congress, corruption, global warming, Politics, Travel on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I realize that $550 million is but a drop in the seemingly bottomless bucket that is the federal budget, but I am still irked at Members of Congress for spending that sum to buy new jets to ferry them around on their boondoggle “fact finding” trips. At a time of belt-tightening by average Americans, is [...]
