Are fossil-fuel CO2 emissions good or bad?
By Andy May This is the transcript, with minor edits to get it into blog post format, of my keynote speech to the AAPG Division of Professional Affairs, at the second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy Convention in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on August 30, 2022. Andy May Petrophysicist [...]
Global cloud cover decreases; no link with CO2
By Dr. Lars Schernikau, energy economist, entrepreneur, commodity trader - Reposted from Watts Up With That Introduction Water is the third most important molecule in our atmosphere making up about 1% of its composition (Figure 1). Nitrogen (77%) and Oxygen (21%) are the most important components. Water vapor is also the [...]
Snow and Climate: no easy answers
By Jim Steele reposted from What's up with that “As scientists who study what controls snowfall admit, “There are “no easy answers” to the question of climate change and snow” Nonetheless click bait media doesnt hesitate to fear monger that we are on the verge of the “end of snow” [...]
New milestone: 1200 signatories of the World Climate Declaration
Again we reached a milestone, 1200 signees of the World Climate Declaration in August. We normally welcome these new signees in our newsletter (subscribe here!) but now we have so many we do it here in a separate post. We will also start doing new interviews again with signees. If you want to [...]
The Sun-Climate Effect: The Winter Gatekeeper Hypothesis (V). A role for the sun in climate change
by Javier Vinós & Andy May Reposted from Climate Etc. “Once you start doubting, just like you’re supposed to doubt. You ask me if the science is true and we say ‘No, no, we don’t know what’s true, we’re trying to find out, everything is possibly wrong’ … When you doubt and ask it [...]
No Evidence That Climate Change Is Making Droughts Any Worse
"If it [a scientific hypothesis] disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG." – Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman The hullabaloo in the mainstream media about the current drought in Europe, which has been exacerbated by the continent’s fourth heat wave this summer, has only amplified the voices of those who insist that climate [...]