21 05, 2021

The 1.5°C Hysteria

By |2021-05-21T21:11:35+02:0021 May 2021|News, USA|Comments Off on The 1.5°C Hysteria

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Lots of folks are up in arms about some rumored “CLIMATE CRISIS!!!” or “CLIMATE EMERGENCY!!!” These terms refer to all the terrible things that are supposed to happen when we get 2°C warmer, or 1.5°C warmer, than the “pre-industrial” temperature. Greta Thunberg, for example, keeps screaming about how [...]

17 05, 2021

Fact checking Steven Koonin’s Fact Checkers

By |2021-05-17T12:17:29+02:0017 May 2021|Book review, News, USA|Comments Off on Fact checking Steven Koonin’s Fact Checkers

By Andy May The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a review of Steven Koonin’s new book Unsettled on April 25, a little over a week before it went on sale. A blog called “Climate Feedback” published a “Fact Check” of the book review on May 3rd, the day before the book came out. This so-called fact check was [...]

13 05, 2021

Presentation Ross McKitrick: is a worst case scenario really bad?

By |2021-07-01T10:13:49+02:0013 May 2021|Canada English, Ireland, News, Presentation, Videos|Comments Off on Presentation Ross McKitrick: is a worst case scenario really bad?

Ross McKitrick, the Canadian economics professor who publishes regularly in climate journals, gave an online talk for the Irish Climate Science Forum and the international CLINTEL Foundation (of which I am the cofounder). I have some sort of special bond with both McKitrick and McIntyre, because back in 2004, when I was an [...]

2 05, 2021

A Review of Temperature Reconstructions

By |2021-05-02T14:06:47+02:002 May 2021|News, USA|Comments Off on A Review of Temperature Reconstructions

This is an update to a 2016 post; the original post is here. We often hear that the planet is warming faster than ever before, or at the fastest rate since the beginning of the industrial era! Is it true? We haven’t had thermometers for very long. How do thermometer readings compare to temperature proxies [...]

28 04, 2021

Clouds and Global Warming

By |2021-04-28T15:16:15+02:0028 April 2021|News, USA|Comments Off on Clouds and Global Warming

This post is inspired by an old post on the CERES cloud data by Willis Eschenbach that I’ve read and re-read a lot, “Estimating Cloud Feedback Using CERES Data.” The reason for my interest is I had trouble understanding it, but it looked fascinating because Willis was comparing CERES measured cloud data to IPCC modeled cloud feedback. I [...]

26 04, 2021

Unsettled, Steven Koonin’s new book

By |2021-04-26T14:04:27+02:0026 April 2021|Book review, News, USA|Comments Off on Unsettled, Steven Koonin’s new book

I was honored to be chosen by NYU Professor Steven E. Koonin to review his wonderful new book, Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What it Doesn’t, and Why We Got It Wrong. According to Amazon.com, if you order the Kindle version (Koonin, 2021) now, it will download on May 4th. Professor Koonin sent me a near final [...]

21 04, 2021

Why did the EU invite Greta Thunberg and not Nobel Prize winner William Nordhaus?

By |2021-04-21T21:46:53+02:0021 April 2021|News|Comments Off on Why did the EU invite Greta Thunberg and not Nobel Prize winner William Nordhaus?

Press release by the Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL) Essay “Undue Climate Haste” 21 April 2021 Optimum economic outturn is seen at 3.5 degrees Celsius of warming in 2100 Mortality due to extreme weather decreased spectacularly Why did the EU invite the young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg to speak in Brussels instead of [...]

7 04, 2021

The Happy Warrior Saves His Best Climate Writing for Last

By |2021-04-07T21:06:55+02:007 April 2021|Book review, News, USA|Comments Off on The Happy Warrior Saves His Best Climate Writing for Last

Bookreview By Patrick J. Michaels April 06, 2021 S. Fred Singer, who died last year, was an emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, well-known for his written and spoken clarity. His last book, the Third Edition of Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate, is the most lucid example of his [...]

7 04, 2021

The RSPB, wind farms and a change of direction

By |2021-04-07T12:51:10+02:007 April 2021|News, United Kingdom|Comments Off on The RSPB, wind farms and a change of direction

By Andrew Montford LAST month the House of Lords Environment Committee heard evidence about the effects of offshore windfarms on the marine environment. The hearing was notable for revealing signs of concern from the RSPB (The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) about the devastation that is potentially going to be [...]

5 04, 2021

The Imaginary Climate Crisis: How can we Change the Message? A talk by Richard Lindzen

By |2021-04-07T13:08:21+02:005 April 2021|News, USA, Videos|Comments Off on The Imaginary Climate Crisis: How can we Change the Message? A talk by Richard Lindzen

The Irish Climate Science Forum (ICSF) in cooperation with CLINTEL hosted a lecture by the world-renowned climate scientist Richard Lindzen. The online lecture was attended by around 200 people from around the world (including a group of climate activists who disturbed the talk. The recorded talk can be viewed here. Professor Lindzen kindly [...]