Climate & Climate Change

Some time ago I noticed a submitted paper on Roger Pielke Sr's research group publications webpage and I referred to it in a comment on this blog. The paper is a survey entitled 'Is there agreement amongst climate scientists on the IPCC AR4 WG1?' by … [Read more...] about Survey of IPCC WG1 Climate Scientists Rejected for Publication

A new GRL paper by Matthews and Caldeira suggests that, in order to stabilise the computer modelled future climate, CO2 emissions need to be reduced to near-zero. The abstract of the paper is below: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L04705, … [Read more...] about New Paper from the Virtual World: Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-Zero Emissions

Mass media efforts to raise American public concern about climate change, such as Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and the "scientific consensus" media drumbeat, ironically may be having just the opposite effect, according to a new study appearing … [Read more...] about Peer Reviewed US Study Finds More Informed People ‘Show Less Concern for Global Warming’

OVERSEAS trips may become a once-in-lifetime experience and car travel needed to be cut by 80 per cent if we have any hope of avoiding "dangerous" climate change, experts say. Energy experts from Monash University said the carbon emission standards … [Read more...] about ‘Experts’ Views on the Future of Car and Air Travel in Australia

Dr Joanne Simpson was the first woman in the world to earn a doctorate in meteorology. She has devoted her entire professional life to studying clouds and violent storms, and at 75, she's still at it. Formerly of the NASA Goddard Space Flight … [Read more...] about First Woman to Earn PhD in Meteorology Speaks Out

A new paper is currently in press in the journal Comptes Rendus Geoscience, which reviews the evidence for a connection between Cosmic Rays and Climate. The invited review authored by Ilya G. Usoskin and Gennady A. Kovaltsov is entitled: 'Cosmic … [Read more...] about New Paper Reviews the Evidence for a Cosmic Ray-Climate Connection