Climate & Climate Change

I have become curious about something. The core of the Earth is alleged to be molten. It's also a fact that the deeper you dig into the Earth, the warmer it gets. Where is that heat coming from... surely not from the Sun. What's the possibility that … [Read more...] about Gordon Robertson on a Molten Core

Could ‘the greenhouse effect’ be one of those things that everybody claims to understand because it is apparently so important, but in reality it is not supported by a credible scientific literature? That's the view of Bill Kininmonth, meteorologist … [Read more...] about William Kininmonth on the Radiation of Energy and Global Warming

"Just a few weeks ago, predictions of Arctic ice collapse were buzzing all over the internet. Some scientists were predicting that the 'North Pole may be ice-free for first time this summer'. Others predicted that the entire 'polar ice cap would … [Read more...] about Arctic Sea Ice Refuses to Melt

Radiative equilibrium is one of the foundation stones of radiative forcing theory. But it is not a law of physics, only a rather archaic and untested supposition found in climatology textbooks alone. "For the Earth to neither warm or cool, the … [Read more...] about Alan Siddons on Radiative Equilibrium

Dear Jennifer, A couple of weeks ago I became quite agitated after reading an article in The Australian’s Higher Education section by Roger Jones of CSIRO. Jones questioned the sceptics drawing attention to flaws in the computer models and then went … [Read more...] about Global Warming and Some Maths: A Note from William Kininmonth

Bishop Hill blog has put together the story of the Amman and Wahl paper that purported to support the 'hockey stick' reconstruction of paleoclimate, cited in IPCC AR4: There has been the most extraordinary series of postings at Climate Audit over … [Read more...] about The Story of the Caspar Amman Affair and the IPCC AR4 Paleoclimate Chapter