A New Look at the Urban Heat Island Effect
Nicola Scafetta has just published a new paper in Climate Dynamics examining evidence of the urban heat island (UHI) effect (Scafetta, 2021). The paper is not paywalled and can be downloaded here. In summary, Scafetta shows that part of the recent warming shown in the HadCRUT 4 global temperature record may be due to the UHI effect. He uses [...]
New presentation by John Christy: models for AR6 still fail to reproduce trends in tropical troposphere
Last night John Christy, the Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, gave an online talk for the Irish Climate Science Forum. The event was organised by Jim O'Brien who is also the Irish ambassador of CLINTEL. Signees of CLINTEL's [...]
Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom
If you read one book on climate change, let it be this one By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley There are many books on climate change, from both sides of the debate. On our side, the books are better written, scientifically sounder and a lot closer to the truth than on the totalitarian side. Garth [...]
Global Disasters: A Remarkable Story of Science and Policy Success
Believe it or Not, Disaster Trends are Moving in a Positive Direction By Roger Pielke Jr The Earth is a dangerous and violent place. Volcanoes, tropical cyclones, earthquakes, fires, tornadoes, tsunamis, drought … the list of perils is long and scary. But one of the most remarkable scientific and policy successes of [...]
The Rational Climate e-Book
Patrice Poyet has just published a new 431-page eBook entitled, The Rational Climate e-Book, it is free to download here. Dr. Poyet studied geochemistry, remote sensing, and computer science at Ecole des Mines de Paris / Nice University. He received his doctorate in 1986. As an expert computer modeler, he spends much of the book evaluating climate [...]
Rebuttal to Geological Society of London Scientific Statement on Climate Change
Guest essay by David Middleton and Andy May The Geological Society of London recently published a statement on climate change: Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: what the geological record tells us about our present and future climate Geologists Andy May and David Middleton have spent the past few days reviewing the Geological Society [...]