Monthly Archives: August 2014

Climate experts now mindlessly blame icebergs calving on global warming, but in 1909 they understood that it was caused by the action of the tide. We now know that the calving of icebergs, as the breaking off of blocks from the … Continue reading →

In 2008, Barack Obama promised five million new green jobs. The actual number turned out to be 2,642. In 2008 candidate Barack Obama promised to create 5 million green jobs. He laid out a plan to invest $150 billion over 10 years that would … Continue reading →

The US Secretary Of State says that a 0.0001 mole fraction increase of an essential trace gas is the greatest threat humans have ever faced. One hundred years ago, war was raging in Europe, with thousands of people dying every … Continue reading →

The Illinois State Climatologist says July was the coldest on record The state climatologist says last month’s relative chilly temperatures tied the record for the coolest July in recorded Illinois history.  And as data are revised he says it’s likely … Continue reading →

TimesMachine: December 21, 1930 – NYTimes.com

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NOAA and NASA say that Earth is the hottest on record, yet the amount of sea ice on Earth is the highest since 1996, and the sixth highest on record. Polar amplification is a fundamental tenet of global warming theory, … Continue reading →

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It is easy for us laymen to become confused by the words of  scientists. For example, when Nobel Laureate Albert Arnold Gore predicted an ice-free Arctic in 2014, what he really meant was 2014 would be the summer when Arctic sea ice … Continue reading →

According to little Mikey, the climate suddenly went nuts in the year 1910. It isn’t clear what might have caused Mr. Climate to have a nervous breakdown then, because CO2 was hardly rising around that time. So I spent the last … Continue reading →