Author: cne4h
not many people know Paul Homewood A patch of melting ice in the Rocky Mountains is revealing trees that grew 7,000 years ago: significance Recent warming has reduced snow and ice cover and increased the elevation of most subalpine treelines around the world. Mid-Holocene (approximately 5,950 to 5,440 years ago) whitebark pine forests preserved within perennial ice sheets in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem provide insights into the consequences of past climate change and ecosystem dynamics. When warm-season temperatures were similar to conditions in the mid-to-late 20th century, mid-Holocene treelines were approximately 180 meters above modern elevations. Subsequently, treeline elevations decreased…
The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote on Monday that attempts to blame California's catastrophic wildfires on “climate change” are a deflection from the real culprit. [emphasis, links added] The climate left is desperately trying to “change the conversation about the failure of state and local governments to control the fires that Santa Ana winds regularly spark,” the Wall Street Journal editor noted. The op-ed first debunks the absurd claim that climate change is somehow causing the fires, then shows how state and local governments, especially Gov. Gavin Newsom, have given up on protecting California residents from wildfires important role.…
Today’s recipe: 1. Thin high clouds from the subtropical jet stream loom over us today. I think they are thin enough and partially miss the east corner of Baja, so they might not be an issue. 2. The US high pressure that produced yesterday's gusty winds is moving toward Idaho, so the pressure gradient in the Sea of Cortez is weaker. 3. A trough of low pressure south of Cabo sucks those massive winds across the launch site. 4. Local pressure gradients in coastal valleys bend and accelerate wind flow toward La Ventana and Los Barriles beaches. 5. Random northwest…
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday, six days before leaving office, aimed at strengthening the United States' artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and “accelerating the clean energy transition.” [emphasis, links added] The executive order directs the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Departments of Energy (DOE) to lease federal property to the private sector to build “gigawatt-scale” artificial intelligence data centers, while requiring the Department of the Interior to “determine lands under its management” that are suitable for clean energy . The move is the latest in a series of last-minute developments on the president's green energy agenda,…
Farmer Rafik Danwade has been spraying more pesticides on his one-acre field in Jambhali village in Maharashtra, India, but the chemicals are getting less effective at protecting his 3,200 chilli plants from nematodes and other pests. It's getting worse. So Danwade, 56, turned to a practice his grandfather had taught him in the 1970s: He planted 1,000 marigolds alternating between the edges and in the field. “Sometimes you have to look to the past to find solutions to current and future problems,” Danward said. He and other farmers around the world are relearning the ancient wisdom of sowing plants known…
As catastrophic wildfires ravaged Southern California, the corporate liberal media displayed their worst habits while reporting on the disaster. [emphasis, links added] From rabid screaming about climate change, to mindless defense of incompetent Democratic officials, to lashing out at Trump, Their coverage of the California wildfires perfectly highlights everything that is so scary about our leftist media. As we've seen with how they cover hurricanes, they view every imaginable environmental disaster as an opportunity to talk dogmatically about climate change. On January 8th on MSNBC 11th hourHost Stephanie Ruhle announced: “Wildfires raging in Los Angeles highlight the risks of climate…
from american thinkers That’s how Victor David Hanson describes this week’s catastrophic wildfires in California. “It's a complete system collapse because there's no money spent on irrigation, storage, water, fire protection and forest management, a viable insurance industry, a DEI hierarchy, and you put all of that together and it's like a DEI Green New Deal, it's like a hydrogen bomb. …Gavin Newsom is playing around, he's almost Nero Newsom. It's unimaginable… What we're seeing in California is a state of 40 million people. The managers believe that this place should be restored to the pastoral scenery of the 19th…
Transcript: Climate change and comedy are not a natural pairing. But a few years ago, comedian Stewart Goldsmith became frustrated with climate change. https://www.tiktok.com/@stuartgoldsmithcomedy/video/7386687443522620705 Goldsmith: “I found I couldn't really talk about anything else. I wasn't thinking about anything else. As a result, I brought it to the stage. He began filling his daily life with jokes, from the challenge of remembering reusable food containers to his smugness about reducing his carbon footprint. Goldsmith: “In comedy, we talk about problems. The problem is the material. Climate change can be a depressing topic. Goldsmith: “It's easy to be like, 'Oh, God,…
From Cliff Mass Weather Blog cliff mass Some climate activists and media outlets claim drought or climate change is the main cause of recent wildfires around Los Angeles (see examples below) These claims can easily be proven wrong. Drought has little impact on Los Angeles fires. Climate change has little impact. Let me provide the following facts. fuel Plant fuels for fires are primarily light fuels such as grasses and pasture vegetation. To illustrate this point, consider the area where the Palisades Fire occurred (image below). Most of these fuels are 1-10 hour fuels, which means they typically dry out…
Author: Dugan Flanakin There are a number of new car engines that the creators hope to capture in the commercial market in the near future. These engine designs run on methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, nitrogen and (surprise?) lithium. Another company has a motor shaped like a donut that runs inside a wheel. hydrogen The Indian state of Kerala is pioneering the use of “green” hydrogen in transportation. The Kerala Green Hydrogen Valley initiative, initiated by the Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (ALERT), is creating a complete hydrogen value chain to demonstrate how hydrogen can reduce emissions across…