Planet3.0 Blogs

A new paper by Willeit et al. reports on the first successful model simulation of global climate over the last three million years. That’s a lot of years. You can find out more, from the lead author himself, at the…

Story of the Week... Toon of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Climate Feedback Review... SkS Week in Review... Poster of the Week... Story of the Week...  How a Few Small Fixes Could Stop Climate Change "We have to act fast,…

Here there be spoilers. WBUR: I came to “Game of Thrones” late in the game. Feeling lame about the hundreds of pop culture references flying over my head — “Winter is coming?” Huh? — I gifted my husband the “GoT”…

So, what can we expect from the collapse of the Western Civilization? It is perfectly possible that many of the readers of this book will experience it, so you might as well be prepared to hear what’s going to happen…

(Image source: Wikipedia) The Devil is sometimes said to be "The Father of Lies." It is an apt definition for a creature that doesn't even exist except as a figment of human imagination. Satan is an evil egregore that we…

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems: Over the past two years, the dual use of land for the harvesting of solar electricity and agriculture has been tested in the joint project “Agrophotovoltaics – Resource Efficient Land Use (APV-RESOLA).” On one-third…

New York Times: Spring can feel like the end of the world for allergy sufferers, but in North Carolina this week, it looked that way, too. And it has a name to match: “Pollenpocalypse.”Massive clouds of sneeze-inducing pollen overtook North…

CleanTechnica: Pumped hydro storage is a mature technology used around the world. Placing such a system below ground is what makes the new pilot study collaboration quite unusual.A press release from MTU outlines the basics, which are the same as…

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A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Apr 7 through Sat, Apr 13, 2019 Editor's Pick The world could transition entirely to cheap, safe renewable energy before 2050:…

I’ve just been reminded by WordPress that this is the sixth anniversary of me starting this blog. I’m somewhat amazed that I’ve kept it going that long. I am, however, finding it more and more difficult to find things to…

People, part 2 As each person on this trip takes shape in my photos, I realize that they all held leading roles as stars of their own Arctic show.       […]…

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. This post has separate sections for: Climate Change, Climate Change Impacts, Climate Change Mitigation, and Other Papers. Climate change impacts Mankind Potential impacts of climate change on dengue fever…

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Uber Air taxis for 4 within 5 years.…

If you wonder why petro-states like Russia and Saudi Arabia have become so bold in attacking democracies around the world, and why a fossil-fuel dominated Republican Party is carrying water for them, look no further. Financial News (London): Companies in…

Not one to miss an opportunity, Bernie Sanders has a new social media spot lambasting Donald Trump’s ignorance in regard to climate, and wind energy. Newsweek: Bernie Sanders, a Vermont senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, has attacked President Donald Trump’s…

Austin American Statesman: Last fall, Keith Uhles, an engineer with the oil and gas firm CrownRock Minerals, invited other young West Texas professionals to join him at a popular Midland Mexican restaurant for a conversation about renewable energy subsidies.The event…

The Verge: Tree-lined streets turn to rivers in the Charleston, South Carolina, of the future. Street lights hang suspended just feet from the water’s surface as a meteorologist perched on a rooftop explains that this is the view we might…

Above: our paper recently published in Nature Energy. Our conclusion is that, in terms of energy returns, renewable energy in the form of solar or wind is much better than carbon capture and storage for mitigating of climate change. Sweeping…

Above: our paper recently published in Nature Energy. Our conclusion is that, in terms of energy returns, renewable energy in the form of solar or wind is much better than carbon capture and storage for mitigating of climate change. Sweeping…

And who says you even deserve an electric car? Advertisements…

Former Secretary of State John Kerry got into a contentious exchange with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) over Kerry’s college degree and the evidence of climate change during a House Oversight hearing.…

Maybe explains why Trump hates them? Anti-Winders are often folks who have moved to a rural area, have no roots there, and view the local farmers, many of whom are 4th and 5th generation – merely as groundskeepers to maintain…

As the storm-battered midwest waits for another monster blizzard..a reminder that it’s a pattern. I’m seeing it in and around the upper midwest, it shows up in the stats of extreme precipitation events, and it’s eating away at infrastructure, agriculture,…

Evighedsfjord with glaciers terminating in the fjord in 2000 and 2018 Landsat images. Q=Qingua Kujatdleq is at the head of Evighedsfjord (Q), Tapa Glacier (1), Unnamed glaciers (2 and 3), and developing nunatak area (4) .  The red arrow is…

Good timing on this one, as there has been a lot of chatter about how nuclear power is going to save the climate, following a recent op-ed in the New York Times.Oftentimes, I’ve heard people say, “Why don’t we just…

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections A series of authoritative governmental and nongovernmental analyses over more than three decades lays a strong foundation for concern over climate change implications for national security. Most recently, the national intelligence community –…

I interviewed Mark Jacobson for this month’s video, which is coming this week. One topic we touched on was the viability of burning fossil fuels with carbon capture technology – of which we are both skeptical. New research supports that…

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