‘Climate’ Archives
One of many ways climate disinformers mislead
This post by physicist John Cook was first published in Skeptical Science. In science, the only thing better than measurements made in the real world are multiple sets of measurements – all pointing to the same answer. That’s what we find with climate change. The case for human caused global warming is based on many independent lines of [...]
Energy and Global Warming News for August 23rd: Self-cleaning technology from Mars can keep terrestrial solar panels dust free; China closes factories as green deadline looms
Self-Cleaning Technology from Mars Can Keep Terrestrial Solar Panels Dust Free Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That’s the problem facing companies that deploy large-scale solar power [...]
Species extinctions happening before our eyes
This post was originally published in Skeptical Science. In the past, research has predicted that global warming could lead to the extinction of more than one-fifth of animal and plant species. This research has largely been based on theoretical models. However, now observations can confirm whether reality matches theory. The paper Erosion of [...]
Climate change is bad for business
Look no further than today to get a glimpse of what the future holds if we continue with business as usual: Record temperatures in the United States, Europe, and Canada; wildfires and hurricanes in Russia; and flooding in Pakistan and China. Climate change is here and there’s more to come. Thousands of lives have been lost, and millions of [...]
Doing it yourselves
We’ve been a little preoccupied recently, but there are some recent developments in the field of do-it-yourself climate science that are worth noting. First off, the NOAA/BAMS “State of the Climate 2009” report arrived in mailboxes this week (it has been available online since July though). Each year this gets better and more [...]
Energy and Global Warming News for August 20th: Renewables account for 18% of EU’s power; Offshore wind power approved in New Jersey; Swiss Re warns Caribbean storm damage costs may rise 50% with global warming; 5 races to watch this fall
Europe’s Brisk Energy Transition Europe’s evolution toward a heavier reliance on renewable energy is nicely documented in a report released this week by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics agency. The study, “Statistical Aspects of the Energy Economy in 2009,” provides a wealth of interesting detail without a lot of [...]
A Conversation with Eric Pooley about The Climate War
Eric Pooley has written a spell-binding political thriller about who killed the climate bill and how they did it. It’s called THE CLIMATE WAR. Journalist Francesca Rheannon interviewed him for the radio show, Writers Voice. Pooley largely blames the fossil fuel lobby and its PR men for the failure to get a climate bill through the Congress. But [...]
Energy and Global Warming News for August 19th: Pakistan is new benchmark in climate-related disasters; Windstalks harvest wind energy in a field
Windstalks Harvest Wind Energy In A Field … group of designers has created a new style of wind farm that takes a few cues from nature itself. Designed as a potential energy source for the planned city of Masdar in Abu Dhabi, the Windstalks, as they are known, resemble a wheat field. Only instead of stalks of wheat, the fields consist of [...]
Energy and Global Warming News for August 18th: Warming seas drive massive coral death in Indonesia; U.S. CO2 emissions to increase 3.4% this year; Powered by China, clean energy investment holds steady in Q2
Massive Coral Mortality Following Bleaching in Indonesia The Wildlife Conservation Society has released initial field observations that indicate that a dramatic rise in the surface temperature in Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated coral populations. WCS’s Indonesia Program “Rapid [...]
Energy and Global Warming News for August 17th: Record floods threaten to drown Pakistan’s economy; Levels plummet in crucial Lake Mead reservoir; Are batteries the key to electric cars, more responsive grid?
Are batteries the key to electric cars and a more responsive grid? The Obama administration is betting that some of its stimulus grants for batteries will have a double whammy — helping electric cars as well as the electric grid. Yesterday, the president gave remarks at ZBB Energy Corp., a company northwest of Milwaukee. ZBB builds large [...]
