If cloud formation is impacted by cosmic ray flux, as suggested by new research from CERN, then this further complicates our understanding of drivers of global temperature: GENEVA, 25 August 2011. In a paper published in the journal Nature today, … [Read more...] about New insight into cloud formation
Climate & Climate Change
Climate4you Update July 2011
THE climate update for July 2011 indicates: “The Northern Hemisphere was characterised by regional variability. Below average temperatures extended across western North America, most of the North Atlantic and Europe, and central Russia. Above … [Read more...] about Climate4you Update July 2011
Carbon Dioxide Follows Temperature: Murray Salby
ACCORDING to Murray Salby, Chair of Climate at Macquarie University, recent increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide are from predominately natural sources and changes in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide follow changes in temperature. This was … [Read more...] about Carbon Dioxide Follows Temperature: Murray Salby
No Barking Greenhouse Effect
REMEMBER the Sherlock Holmes story, Silver Blaze… Gregory (of Scotland Yard): "Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?" Holmes: "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." Gregory: "The dog did nothing … [Read more...] about No Barking Greenhouse Effect
Polish Scepticism Tempers Alarmist EU Agenda
“ON June 22, Poland opposed all the other EU countries to block the conclusions of the EU environmental ministers council. Were it not for Poland's opposition, the council would have adopted stricter carbon emission targets, endorsing the … [Read more...] about Polish Scepticism Tempers Alarmist EU Agenda
Outgoing Longwave Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect: Ken Gregory
HAS the greenhouse effect increased with man-made greenhouse gas emissions? Canadian Ken Gregory asks and answers this question concluding… The greenhouse effect as characterized by the normalized greenhouse factor has increased by only 0.19% … [Read more...] about Outgoing Longwave Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect: Ken Gregory