Planet3.0 Blogs

Above, climate deniers as always with their finger on the pulse of reality, have decided to double down on coal burning. Denialist clown and tobacco shill Steven Milloy is leading a “Burn more Coal” campaign, as America wakes up to…

Greta Thunberg is having none of your bullshit. Advertisements…

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NASA lies. Check. They’re in it for the money. Check. Do your own research. Check. God’s word is true, and He’s still up there. Check, and Check. Advertisements…

The Arctic Report card, an annual review of northern polar changes by NOAA scientists, comes out at the AGU Fall Meeting each year. This year, as the increasingly dire observations were being outlined, the Administration’s representatives were at the COP…

Since I’ve been trying to better understand some other aspects of the climate change topic, I recently read a paper by Jesse Jenkins, Max Luke, and Samuel Thernstrom. It’s about Getting to Zero Carbon Emissions in the Electric Power Sector,…

In a recent post, Antonio Turiel proposed that the global peak of diesel fuel production was reached three years ago, in 2018. Turiel's idea is especially interesting since it takes into account the fact that what we call "oil" is…

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Dec 9 through Saturday, Dec. 15 Editor's Pick   [To be added — Waiting for latest news from Cop24]   …

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change Temperature, precipitation, wind Hot days and tropical nights in Nigeria: trends and associated large-scale features Recent decadal variability of daily observed temperatures in Hindukush, Karakoram and Himalaya…

I’ve been studying how temperature has changed over the years in the Arctic. The longest record I’ve got is for land areas only, from the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project, which starts way back in 1750: Admittedly, the earlier data…

The American Geophysical Union Fall meeting’s Cryosphere section continues to grow as seen in the Poster hall.  The poster hall is where most of the research is presented and is dominated by student work.  Here are some examples of this…

Our media feed us routinely with lies and the story of the involvement of the Russian Secret Service with the Climategate hack is just one of them. I thought it was worth discussing it here in light of the fact…

Energy storage technology is moving along the same track that solar did a decade ago – lower cost, better performance, new technologies. Advertisements…

Since I’ve been writing about social science papers recently, there are a couple of others I wanted to mention. I discovered that James has already covered one, so I don’t need to say more. The other is a paper called…

The news lately is replete with mentions of sea ice, because NOAA’s Arctic Report Card features it prominently, mentioning that “In 2018 Arctic sea ice remained younger, thinner, and covered less area than in the past. The 12 lowest extents…

The Arctic Report Card is an annual update on changes in the Arctic, and is rolled out at the AGU Fall Meeting. This is the first time I’ve actually attended the press conference. Retired Admiral Tim Gallaudet, acting Chair of…

In the November 2018 midterm elections, Democrats won the U.S. House of Representatives popular vote by a margin of about 8.6 percent and gained 40 seats in that chamber. For perspective, President Obama won his convincing 2008 and 2012 elections by 7.2…

In Washington DC, the world’s largest scientific meeting is underway – The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting is Burning Man for earth, ocean and atmospheric scientists, and I’m lining up the interviews, sessions and after-hours activities that will make this…

Solar and Wind­ Australia’s six States and two Territories have always had primary responsibility for implementing policies on the transition away from fossil fuels to renewables as an energy source.  As a result, there has been a significant increase in the…

Tools of the trade Not known for my technical skills or my use of cutting-edge technology, I found some photography challenges in Svalbard. The cold, the instant fog-up when entering the ship […]…

We, humans, love gold so much that we have even imagined that giant, flying reptiles would share our love for the yellow metal. This curious vision of dragon's motives has a certain logic, although it takes some work to understand…

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This pirate vid is up for now, includes the whole monologue from the other night that I couldn’t find on the Late Show channel – they chose to omit some of the more gallows humor on climate, apparently.   Advertisements…

Saudis, US and Russia attempting to dismember science. Hope to talk with Mike and many others this week at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in DC. BBC: Attempts to incorporate a key scientific study into global climate talks in…

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Dec 2 through Saturday, Dec. 8 Editor's Pick Can 2018’s extreme weather persuade skeptics that the climate is changing?    A…

Reiner Grundmann has a new paper on The rightful placeful of expertise. It’s rather long, but there were a couple of things I wanted to highlight, and it gives me chance to try and stress something I was trying to…

CBC: The new U.S. ambassador to Canada says that when it comes to climate change she believes in “both sides of the science.” Kelly Craft, who took up her position Monday, told the CBC’s Rosemary Barton she appreciated all of…

We are watching giant, coal-heavy, Rust Belt utilities pivot hard away from fossil fuels and towards renewables, and efficiency. My jaw was on the floor after I interviewed Jessica Woycehoski, a forecaster for Consumer’s Energy, Michigan’s largest utility, and one…

Colin Campbell illustrating the concept of oil depletion.Colin Campbell is the originator of the concept of "peak oil," the founder of the "Association for the study of peak oil and gas" (ASPO) and, together with Jean Laherrere, the author of…

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change mitigation Emission scenario analysis for China under the global 1.5 °C target Climate change communication Attribution matters: Revisiting the link between extreme weather experience and climate change…