Feb
6

ClimateScam Must Reads for 2011-02-06

hyscience on February 6th, 2011

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Feb
2

Lack of Snow Proof of Man made Global Warming?

admin on February 2nd, 2011

In this video, Democrats motivate reactionary legislation via the lack of snow, claiming they don't need a scientist to see the impact of global warming.  It seems to make sense that in years in which there is less than average snow the culprit used by politicians would be man-made global warming.   However, the record snow experienced by the United States this year is also cited as proof of man-made global warming.  Be it flood, drought, hurricane, heat or cold, despite the lack of predictive validation, it's all due to man-made global warming. 

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An Answer for Bill February 1, 2011 : 11:43 AM

Last week on his show Bill O'Reilly asked, "Why has southern New York turned into the tundra?" and then said he had a call into me. I appreciate the question.

As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming:

"In fact, scientists have been warning for at least two decades that global warming could make snowstorms more severe. Snow has two simple ingredients: cold and moisture. Warmer air collects moisture like a sponge until it hits a patch of cold air. When temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of moisture creates a lot of snow."

"A rise in global temperature can create all sorts of havoc, ranging from hotter dry spells to colder winters, along with increasingly violent storms, flooding, forest fires and loss of endangered species."

It's always easier after the fact to find at least one article amid the sea of publications who wrote something consistent with what actually occurred.  

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Jan
14

Killing Penguins to Prove Global Warming?

admin on January 14th, 2011

Hoping to prove global warming, scientists may have instead be killing penguins:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some scientists studying penguins may be inadvertently harming them with the metal bands they use to keep track of the tuxedo-clad seabirds, a new study says.

The survival rate of King penguins with metal bands on their flippers was 44 percent lower than those without bands and banded birds produced far fewer chicks, according to new research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The theory is that the metal bands — either aluminum or stainless steel — increase drag on the penguins when they swim, making them work harder, the study's authors said. Author Yvon Le Maho of the University of Strasbourg in France, said the banded penguins looked haggard, appearing older than their actual age.

Consequently, studies that use banded penguins — including ones about the effects of global warming on the seabirds — may be inaccurate, mixing up other changes in penguin life with the effects from banding, said Le Maho and colleague Claire Saraux.
 

Ok, that didn't work out so well.  So what's up with this?  After 10 years of studying the birds and now understanding that their data is tainted …

The researchers made clear that they believe climate change is real, but that data from banded penguins may not be offering a good portrait of its effects. "We just need to think we need a better method to study it," Saraux says.

The data doesn't fit their belief so find another method of study?

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Jan
12

Global Warming Fail #1 – Ubiquitous Snow

admin on January 12th, 2011

Snow covers or is present in every state in the continental United States except Florida.

snow depth US

Update:  why is this a failure?  Consider that global warming extremists asserted that within a few years “children just aren’t going to know what snow is.” Snowfall will be “a very rare and exciting event.” Dr. David Viner, senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, interviewed by the UK Independent, March 20, 2000.

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Jan
12

Why Did Brisbane Flood?

admin on January 12th, 2011

Climate Realists comment:  

As shown in WA2011NewsNo1* Queensland & Australian floods show a very strong tendency to occur at a certain phase of the 19yr eclipse cycle. The delusional Australian politicians who want to blame CO2, and the warmist cult propagandists of the BBC need to be reminded of simple sums:


2011-1973 = 38 = 2 x 19yr eclipse cycle

So the floods are nothing to do with CO2!

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Jan
12

Supreme Court Stiff Arms Katrina Global Warming Case

admin on January 12th, 2011

Yes, sanity.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a request to reopen a lawsuit that charged energy companies with contributing to the effects of Hurricane Katrina by emitting greenhouse gases.

The result means victory for about 30 energy companies that were being sued by Mississippi homeowners who claimed that by emitting greenhouse gases, the companies helped cause global warming and exacerbated Katrina’s wrath.

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Jan
12

Storage “tank” for Greenhouse Gases Blows a Gasket

admin on January 12th, 2011

I don't know who the genius was who thought up this one.  Carbon dioxide, stored underground to prevent global warming, is reportedly seeping up and killing farm animals:

A Saskatchewan farm couple whose land lies over the world's largest carbon capture and storage project says greenhouse gases seeping from the soil are killing animals and sending groundwater foaming to the surface like shaken soda pop.

The gases were supposed to have been injected permanently underground.

Cameron and Jane Kerr own nine quarter-sections of land above the Weyburn oilfield in eastern Saskatchewan. They released a consultant's report Tuesday that links high concentrations of carbon dioxide in their soil to 6,000 tonnes of the gas injected underground every day by energy giant Cenovus (TSX:CVE) in an attempt to enhance oil recovery and fight climate change.

"We knew, obviously, there was something wrong," said Jane Kerr.

A Cenovus spokeswoman said the company doubts those findings. She pointed out they contradict years of research from other scientists.

"It's not what we believe," said Rhona Delfrari.

Despite the company's denial, the farm couple has some fairly compelling anecdotal evidence that seems quite inconsistent with "years of research":

"At night we could hear this sort of bang like a cannon going off," said Jane Kerr, 58. "We'd go out and check the gravel pit and, in the walls, it (had) blown a hole in the side and there would be all this foaming coming out of this hole."

"Just like you shook up a bottle of Coke and had your finger over it and let it spray," added her husband.

The water, said Jane Kerr, came out of the ground carbonated.

"It would fizz and foam."

Perhaps its nothing.  But, there's also the matter of a study that reportedly traced elevated soil CO2 levels to its source….  more here.

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Jan
6

What? Climate Scam Scientists Botched their Predictions?

admin on January 6th, 2011

Fear mongering does have its consequences in this age of electronic and video archiving:  false prophets are easy to expose.  This article does just that by listing eight of a multitude of botched predictions.  For example:

1. Within a few years "children just aren't going to know what snow is." Snowfall will be "a very rare and exciting event." Dr. David Viner, senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, interviewed by the UK Independent, March 20, 2000. Ten years later, in December 2009, London was hit by the heaviest snowfall seen in 20 years. And just last week, a snowstorm forced Heathrow airport to shut down, stranding thousands of Christmas travelers.

2. "[By] 1995, the greenhouse effect would be desolating the heartlands of North America and Eurasia with horrific drought, causing crop failures and food riots…[By 1996] The Platte River of Nebraska would be dry, while a continent-wide black blizzard of prairie topsoil will stop traffic on interstates, strip paint from houses and shut down computers." Michael Oppenheimer, published in "Dead Heat," St. Martin's Press, 1990.

What I found most interesting is the predictions of those who scared grade schoolers in the 70s concerning the coming ice age:

5. "By 1985, air pollution will have reduced the amount of sunlight reaching earth by one half." Life magazine, January 1970.

6. "If present trends continue, the world will be … eleven degrees colder by the year 2000. This is about twice what it would take to put us in an ice age." Kenneth E.F. Watt, in "Earth Day," 1970.

Enjoy.

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Dec
22

Now Global Warming Causes Cooling? I don’t think so.

admin on December 22nd, 2010

And neither does the public.

As freezing conditions blast their way across the globe from California and England to Australia climate scam skepticism is beginning to grow.  

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Dec
5

Desperation in Cancun?

admin on December 5th, 2010

Is this desperation or simply a reflection of the intellectual bankruptcy of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change?

Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, invoked the ancient jaguar goddess Ixchel in her opening statement to delegates gathered in Cancun, Mexico, noting that Ixchel was not only goddess of the moon, but also "the goddess of reason, creativity and weaving. May she inspire you — because today, you are gathered in Cancun to weave together the elements of a solid response to climate change, using both reason and creativity as your tools."

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"Excellencies, the goddess Ixchel would probably tell you that a tapestry is the result of the skilful interlacing of many threads," said Figueres, who hails from Costa Rica and started her greetings in Spanish before switching to English. "I am convinced that 20 years from now, we will admire the policy tapestry that you have woven together and think back fondly to Cancun and the inspiration of Ixchel."

Invoking the the name of a fabricated and non-existent "goddess" for inspiration and even quoting what she would have said? 

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