Daily Archives: April 7, 2011

Romm’s ancestors captured on film. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g]

For Romm, “hope” means a bottomless pit of hopelessness. Misery loves company – sort of.

They knew it all along, but they weren’t allowed to tell us. Like the cold UK winter which The Met Office hid. Global warming- fewer, but stronger cyclones Updated April 7, 2011 08:07:53 Global warming may mean fewer cyclones but … Continue reading →

Answer to yesterday’s riddle. What is the magic number 1196575042? CALL GBYTE(Z,I4,(K+0)*8,4*8) CALL GBYTE(Z,I1,(K+7)*8,1*8) IF(I4.EQ.1196575042.AND.(I1.EQ.1.OR.I1.EQ.2)) THEN IF (I1.EQ.1) CALL GBYTE(Z,KG,(K+4)*8,3*8) IF (I1.EQ.2) CALL GBYTE(Z,KG,(K+12)*8,4*8) The C equivalent is : if ( !strncmp(Z, “GRIB”, 4) ) { if (Z[7] == 1) … Continue reading →

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/tornado/tornadotrend.jpg The vast majority of severe tornadoes hit with CO2 below the safe level of 350 ppm.

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/ushurrlist18512009.txt The graph above plots number of hurricanes per decade (since 1851) vs. CO2 levels at the end of the decade. The vast majority of landfalling hurricanes hit with CO2 below the safe level of 350 ppm.

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IRELAND WILL be less physically affected by climate change than other countries but will have to face global population shifts, demands for resources and a need for new ideas on how badly-affected regions can cope. That is according to one … Continue reading →

Mann is a scientist. Spencer is a skeptic. Scientists counter climate change skeptic Paula Jasinski knows the science behind climate change isn’t bulletproof. Yet she thinks there is overwhelming evidence that mankind — not Mother Nature — is chiefly responsible … Continue reading →

The Republican-controlled House is expected to pass a much more stringent bill Thursday that would permanently strip the EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gases. But its companion version, sponsored by Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and James Inhofe (R-OK) and … Continue reading →