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The mainstream view in climate science is that Arctic sea ice loss is caused almost entirely by human-caused global warming, primarily carbon dioxide emissions. However, a nature communications The research title is The role of atmospheric rivers in shaping long-term changes in Arctic sea ice A key factor that has been largely overlooked is highlighted: atmospheric rivers (AR). These ARs (narrow and intense water vapor flows originating in the tropics and mid-latitudes) play an important role in Arctic sea ice changes that are not adequately captured by conventional climate models. By focusing too much on carbon dioxide as the culprit…
Tropical Storm Francine, currently in the Bay of Campeche in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, is expected to make landfall late Wednesday, and hurricane watches and storm surge watches are in effect along much of the Louisiana coast. Francine appeared on September 9, ending an extremely long period without a named storm in the Atlantic (see tweet below), 11 days after the usual August 29 appearance of the sixth named storm of the season. https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1833157295716319735 https://twitter.com/CIRA_CSU/status/1833157936589185091 Francine grows steadily and becomes more organized At 11 a.m. EDT Monday, Francine was located 480 miles south-southwest of Cameron, Louisiana, moving north-northwest at…
An article on the British website Future Net Zero (FNZ) claims that climate change is causing anxiety in children. This is wrong. [emphasis, links added] Since climate change is imperceptible and weather is not becoming more extreme, it is only the constant stream of media scare stories and misconceptions promoted in schools that the planet is doomed if climate action is not taken immediately. Children bring trauma. This makes groups like FNZ, and those they reference in their stories, complicit in damaging children's mental health. The article, titled “Climate change triggers anxiety in children,” discusses a “new campaign” launched by…
A ruling by a judge appointed by President Joe Biden could ultimately halt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in December. [emphasis, links added] Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee to the U.S. District Court in Maryland, sided with prosecuting environmentalists in August. Cancel a key National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) environmental review, known as a biological opinion, that is the basis for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Unless the federal government manages to amend the biological opinion by December 20 and bar the High Court or Congress from intervening, Ruling could force offshore oil…
California public schools will begin offering required courses on climate change as AB 285, the law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year, takes effect, reportedly aimed at indoctrinating the state's children. [emphasis, links added] The Federalist Papers reported on AB 285: California students are getting a new science curriculum this year aimed at educating students about climate change through the apocalyptic perspective of far-left activists. Last fall, California lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 285, which requires all science courses in grades 1 to 12 to “emphasize the causes and effects of climate change and methods of mitigating and adapting to…
not many people know Paul Homewood h/t Doug Brodie Plans to build a massive nuclear power plant in Wales are at risk of being scrapped as Ed Miliband seeks to accelerate Britain's shift to a net-zero grid. The energy secretary has told officials to review future nuclear plans, in a move that casts doubt on plans to build a third new gigawatt nuclear power station at Anglesey Werfa. The Daily Telegraph understands the review will also reconsider Boris Johnson's official target of deploying at least 24 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity by 2050. Whitehall sources stressed on Friday that no…
Vice President Kamala Harris has championed aggressive environmental policies backed by activist groups that were partly responsible for U.S. Steel Corp. withdrawing investment from a major project in Pennsylvania. [emphasis, links added] Now, a Japanese company may revive the project, but Harris has spoken out against foreign takeovers to appeal to working-class voters. However, with this in mind, this is a cynical strategy Her agenda caters to the activists who are partly responsible for this situation. 2019, U.S. Steel pledged to invest more than $1 billion in the Mon Valley plant project, but withdrew it two years later, in part…
Hurricane Francine is expected to form and make landfall near the Louisiana/Texas borderAxiosGulf tropical system expected to strengthen into hurricane before landfall in Louisianaabc newsSix potential tropical cyclone forms, expected to quickly intensify into hurricanes, targeting the U.S. Gulf Coastnbc newsFirst Alert Forecast: Better weather to start the week, but watch for PTC 6 impacts later this weekKorea PLCPotential Tropical Cyclone 6 is expected to become a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and then affect Texas and LouisianaFoss weather A system in the western Gulf of Mexico may strengthen into a hurricaneWDSU New OrleansTropical Storm Francine is expected to…
Six potential tropical cyclone forms, expected to quickly intensify into hurricanes, targeting the U.S. Gulf Coastnbc newsHurricane Francine is expected to form and make landfall near the Louisiana/Texas borderAxiosTropical Storm Francine may form in Gulf today; hurricane forecastAL.comGulf tropical system expected to strengthen into hurricane before landfall in Louisianaabc newsFirst Alert Forecast: Better weather to start the week, but watch for PTC 6 impacts later this weekKorea PLCPotential Tropical Cyclone 6 is expected to become a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and then affect Texas and LouisianaFoss weather A system in the western Gulf of Mexico may strengthen into…
Many ethical places (New York, California, UK, Australia) want to compete for the title of “climate leader”. But let's face it, at least where the population is large, no one can top Germany. [emphasis, links added] In Germany, back in the early 1990s, they started building wind and solar power on a large scale. Their total wind and solar nameplate capacity at the end of 2023 is 148 GW, about 2.5 times average demand (about 60 GW) and about 1.5 times peak demand (about 100 GW). So must Germany’s days of using fossil fuels be numbered? It's time for another…