What President Trump’s Landslide Election Victory Means for Science

Making Science Great Again!Re Posted From: What President Trump’s Landslide Election Victory Means for ScienceWatts Up With That . . . [More]

What President Trump’s Landslide Election Victory Means for Science

Making Science Great Again!Re Posted From: What President Trump’s Landslide Election Victory Means for ScienceWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Relative importance of carbon dioxide and water in the greenhouse effect: Does the tail wag the dog?

Through his analysis, Koutsoyiannis calls for a reorientation of climate research, urging the scientific community to afford greater attention to hydrology and to reconsider CO₂’s central role in climate models. He concludes that the understanding of Earth’s climate may be limited by the current emphasis on CO₂ emissions, which he argues overlooks the nuanced and regionally specific effects of water vapor.Re Posted From: Relative importance of carbon dioxide and water in the greenhouse effect: Does the tail wag the dog?Watts Up With Tha . . . [More]

Relative importance of carbon dioxide and water in the greenhouse effect: Does the tail wag the dog?

Through his analysis, Koutsoyiannis calls for a reorientation of climate research, urging the scientific community to afford greater attention to hydrology and to reconsider CO₂’s central role in climate models. He concludes that the understanding of Earth’s climate may be limited by the current emphasis on CO₂ emissions, which he argues overlooks the nuanced and regionally specific effects of water vapor.Re Posted From: Relative importance of carbon dioxide and water in the greenhouse effect: Does the tail wag the dog?Watts Up With Tha . . . [More]

Trump Wins U.S. presidency! Net Zero, UN Climate Pacts, Green New Deal & Inflation Reduction Act Fac

“With Donald Trump winning the US presidential election, the United Nations COP29 will turn into a giant wake, with the United Nations facing defeat of their anti-human climate agenda. The entire climate agenda is facing utter and complete collapse due to its unrealistic mandates and targets. Failure across the board is occurring, from emission targets to anemic electric vehicle sales to pushback by farmers fighting back against agricultural climate restrictions. A Trump victory will help push the United Nations and its net zero agenda into t . . . [More]

Trump Wins U.S. presidency! Net Zero, UN Climate Pacts, Green New Deal & Inflation Reduction Act Fac

“With Donald Trump winning the US presidential election, the United Nations COP29 will turn into a giant wake, with the United Nations facing defeat of their anti-human climate agenda. The entire climate agenda is facing utter and complete collapse due to its unrealistic mandates and targets. Failure across the board is occurring, from emission targets to anemic electric vehicle sales to pushback by farmers fighting back against agricultural climate restrictions. A Trump victory will help push the United Nations and its net zero agenda into t . . . [More]

The Dunkelflaute Disaster: What Happens When Wind Power Goes Silent

The truth here is painfully simple. Europe’s renewable dream relies on natural gas, coal, and nuclear. Without these, the entire system is a non-starter. Dunkelflaute is just the latest chapter in a long saga showing that renewables, as they stand today, cannot sustain a modern grid. And while the green lobby loves to demonize fossil fuels, they remain essential, especially when the wind stops.Re Posted From: The Dunkelflaute Disaster: What Happens When Wind Power Goes SilentWatts Up With That . . . [More]

The Dunkelflaute Disaster: What Happens When Wind Power Goes Silent

The truth here is painfully simple. Europe’s renewable dream relies on natural gas, coal, and nuclear. Without these, the entire system is a non-starter. Dunkelflaute is just the latest chapter in a long saga showing that renewables, as they stand today, cannot sustain a modern grid. And while the green lobby loves to demonize fossil fuels, they remain essential, especially when the wind stops.Re Posted From: The Dunkelflaute Disaster: What Happens When Wind Power Goes SilentWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Gas Power Will Remain Crucial

So it is quite wrong to imply, which NESO seem to, that gas will only make a small contribution. On the contrary, it is absolutely fundamental to the grid.Re Posted From: Gas Power Will Remain CrucialWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Gas Power Will Remain Crucial

So it is quite wrong to imply, which NESO seem to, that gas will only make a small contribution. On the contrary, it is absolutely fundamental to the grid.Re Posted From: Gas Power Will Remain CrucialWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Right, Our World In Data, Climate Change Is Increasing Crop Yields, Concern About Future Decline Is

You can’t have high yields without CO2 and modern, fossil fuel intensive, agricultural infrastructure. That’s the overall lesson readers should take away from Ritchie’s Our World In Data series of articles.Re Posted From: Right, Our World In Data, Climate Change Is Increasing Crop Yields, Concern About Future Decline Is UnwarrantedWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Right, Our World In Data, Climate Change Is Increasing Crop Yields, Concern About Future Decline Is

You can’t have high yields without CO2 and modern, fossil fuel intensive, agricultural infrastructure. That’s the overall lesson readers should take away from Ritchie’s Our World In Data series of articles.Re Posted From: Right, Our World In Data, Climate Change Is Increasing Crop Yields, Concern About Future Decline Is UnwarrantedWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Trump’s Victory and Climate Policy

This election, though not explicitly about climate, may go down as a turning point for climate policy itself. Voters signaled that they won’t accept environmental goals at any cost, especially when that cost is borne by the average household. It’s a call for a shift from alarmist narratives to a practical, results-driven approach that respects both the environment and the economy.Re Posted From: Trump’s Victory and Climate PolicyWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Trump’s Victory and Climate Policy

This election, though not explicitly about climate, may go down as a turning point for climate policy itself. Voters signaled that they won’t accept environmental goals at any cost, especially when that cost is borne by the average household. It’s a call for a shift from alarmist narratives to a practical, results-driven approach that respects both the environment and the economy.Re Posted From: Trump’s Victory and Climate PolicyWatts Up With That . . . [More]

AI Knows It is Biased on Climate Change

Okay it is chatbots that know they are biased, not all of AI. But these days the headlines are all about “AI” and they really just mean these chatbots that emulate reading to an amazing degree, so I go with the flow. Nor do these chatters know anything as they are just computers emulating humans but it is far easier to talk as if they knew what they were doing.Re Posted From: AI Knows It is Biased on Climate ChangeWatts Up With That . . . [More]

AI Knows It is Biased on Climate Change

Okay it is chatbots that know they are biased, not all of AI. But these days the headlines are all about “AI” and they really just mean these chatbots that emulate reading to an amazing degree, so I go with the flow. Nor do these chatters know anything as they are just computers emulating humans but it is far easier to talk as if they knew what they were doing.Re Posted From: AI Knows It is Biased on Climate ChangeWatts Up With That . . . [More]

Urban Legends of Climate Change: Palm Springs, California

This is the first of what will likely be a series of posts regarding urban heat island (UHI) effects in daily record high temperatures. My previous UHI work has been using the GHCN monthly average station data of “Tavg” (the average of the daily maximum [Tmax] and minimum [Tmin] temperatures). So, I’m moving from Tavg to Tmax (since record high temperatures are of so much interest), and daily rather than monthly values (although I will also sometimes include monthly results to provide context).Re Posted From: Urban Legends of Climate Chan . . . [More]

Urban Legends of Climate Change: Palm Springs, California

This is the first of what will likely be a series of posts regarding urban heat island (UHI) effects in daily record high temperatures. My previous UHI work has been using the GHCN monthly average station data of “Tavg” (the average of the daily maximum [Tmax] and minimum [Tmin] temperatures). So, I’m moving from Tavg to Tmax (since record high temperatures are of so much interest), and daily rather than monthly values (although I will also sometimes include monthly results to provide context).Re Posted From: Urban Legends of Climate Chan . . . [More]

Climate: Losing Politics (time to end the futile, wasteful crusade?)

“Inflation and high interest rates could be blamed on high government spending stimulating excessive demand. High gas prices could be blamed on suspending drilling permits and the termination of the Keystone pipeline project.”Re Posted From: Climate: Losing Politics (time to end the futile, wasteful crusade?)Watts Up With That . . . [More]

Climate: Losing Politics (time to end the futile, wasteful crusade?)

“Inflation and high interest rates could be blamed on high government spending stimulating excessive demand. High gas prices could be blamed on suspending drilling permits and the termination of the Keystone pipeline project.”Re Posted From: Climate: Losing Politics (time to end the futile, wasteful crusade?)Watts Up With That . . . [More]