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Predicted Jargon Decoder: November 3, 2024 BAJA human prediction begins!notes: Predict the last day of the season! Go to Baja! My goal every year is to end the season with a bang in the Windy City! Sadly, today is looking like a very depressing blast and calm day with northerly winds blowing across the Bay Area. At Ocean Buoy NW 25g31 and Pt. Reyes NW 29g34 Looks like a really great day,,, But while the North Pacific high pressure generates coastal winds above 20 degrees, it also pushes the high pressure ridge inland to our north, forming a very strong…

from climaterealism Author: Linny Luken Grist recently published an article titled “Authoritarianism is on the Rise.” Is climate change to blame? Claims that climate change is creating conditions, such as more severe storms, droughts and wildfires, that are leading to the rise of authoritarian governments around the world. From a scientific and historical perspective, this is stupid. The situations listed are not getting worse, so they do not lead to any rise in authoritarianism. Likewise, authoritarian governments existed long before modern warming began and are indeed more common. There are fewer unelected authoritarian rulers now than at any time in…

from NoTricksZone Author: P. Gosselin In a recent open letter, researchers warned that Arctic warming could lead to cold snaps across Northern Europe due to “complex feedback mechanisms.” According to Forschung & Wissen, an international group of prominent scientists recently published an open letter (PDF) stating that melting Arctic ice could disrupt Atlantic ocean currents, resulting in “devastating and irreversible effects, especially in northern Europe.” country” and also applies to other parts of the world. ” Source: Open letter from climate scientists to the Nordic Council of Ministers According to their article published in the October 2024 issue of Nature…

By James R. Riordon – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The atmosphere over Antarctica continues to heal: The annual hole in the ozone layer over Earth's Antarctic in 2024 will be relatively small compared to other years. Scientists from NASA and NOAA predict that the ozone layer may fully recover by 2066. This map shows the size and shape of the ozone hole over Antarctica on September 28, 2024, the day NASA's Ozone Observation Team calculated its largest annual extent. Scientists describe an ozone “hole” as an area where ozone concentrations fall below the historical threshold of 220 Dobson units.NASA…

from”But science has it figured out!” department. You may remember that four days ago, WUWT published this story: Oops, the science was “settled”—until it wasn’t: Plants absorb 31% more carbon dioxide than we thought Now, on the heels of that, another underestimated amount of carbon dioxide uptake has been discovered: New research shows the ocean is absorbing more carbon dioxide than previously thought. The article states: New research confirms that lower ocean surface temperatures enhance carbon dioxide uptake, with the Atlantic absorbing 7% more carbon dioxide per year than previously estimated. … Scientists studied the “ocean epidermis” – a small…

Article by Eric Worrell A group of psychologists claim that fear drives deniers to reject the truth. But they ignore evidence from the academic community that hysteria is the real “climate crisis.” Is it time to panic? How the existential fear of hurricanes fuels climate change denial Published: 11:40 pm on October 30, 2024 (AEDT) Jamie Goldenberg Professor of Psychology and Director of Cognition, Neuroscience and Social Psychology at the University of South Florida Emily P. Courtney Teaching Assistant Professor, University of South Florida Joshua Hart Professor of Psychology, Union College As televisions across Florida played the all-too-familiar images of…

NASA found 50 “areas of concern,” including leaks and cracks at the 25-year-old space station. Posted by Leslie Eastman Recent reports indicate that NASA and its Russian space agency are facing serious safety issues aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and may need to prepare for an emergency evacuation. Astronauts aboard NASA's International Space Station have been told to prepare for an emergency evacuation due to growing safety concerns. NASA and Roscosmos are tracking 50 “areas of concern” related to increasing leaks from the space station. NASA now calls the crack in the Russian service module a “top security risk,”…

From the Daily Skeptic Author: David Telfer Despite being relatively thin porridge, there were some positive announcements about energy in the budget statement. First and foremost, the Finance Minister has chosen to extend the temporary 5p per liter fuel duty cut for another year and cancel the planned fuel duty rise in 2025-26. The government claims the measure will save the average driver £59 in 2025-26. Of course, the cutthroat activist zealots at Carbon Brief resent this, lamenting the “cost” of the government’s freeze on fuel taxes since 2011 (Figure 1). Figure 1 Of course they fail to mention that…

Timothy G. Nash Jason Hayes Tom Rastin introduce You don't need a government agent to tell you what you want or when you want it. Milton Friedman explained that “market processes” allow individuals to interact and exchange goods and services voluntarily. The prices they charge on these exchanges guide production and consumption decisions, ultimately achieving the most efficient allocation of resources, maximizing customer satisfaction, and increased purchasing power, all without the need for government intervention. As far as electric vehicles are concerned, due to the lack of “market process”, consumers' wishes and needs are ignored and consumer needs are misunderstood.…

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and other lawmakers filed a “friend of the court” brief on Monday urging a federal appeals court to reopen a case in which it revoked key permits for two major natural gas projects. [emphasis, links added] Cruz briefly called on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reopen City of Port Isabel v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) case, in which the court ruled in August to cancel the licenses of two major liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Texas. Saskatchewan. The paper argued that it was Congress, not…