Author Archives: Tony Heller

The classic symptoms of the witch-burning mentality. Blame every natural event (La Nina in this case) on the evil works of humans. Texas Governor Prays for Rain While Denying Climate Change As climate change denial has reached a fevered pitch … Continue reading →

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That would be living hell.

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The Colorado River is headed for a major flood this summer, and a Denver newspaper is worried about reduced stream flows. Talk about old news. The Interior Department this week determined that global warming will reduce stream flows in wester … Continue reading →

(Russian) Analysts say Russian meteorological stations cover most of the country’s territory, and that the Hadley Center had used data submitted by only 25% of such stations in its reports. Over 40% of Russian territory was not included in global-temperature … Continue reading →

Strong La Nina periods average about 15% less rain than strong El Nino periods. All eight periods which averaged less than 25 inches of rain were also ENSO negative.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ Sea level is falling around Nauru – red circle below near the center of the map. Google Earth shows that the beaches are fine, and that the inhabited part of the Island ranges from seven feet above sea level … Continue reading →

ftp://ftp.aviso.oceanobs.com/ Sea level is about 2mm higher than it was seven years ago. It will only take 3,500 years to achieve 1 metre of rise, or 17,500 years to reach Hansen’s five metres this century forecast.

Launched in 2002, Envisat is the largest Earth Observation spacecraft ever built. It carries ten sophisticated optical and radar instruments to provide continuous observation and monitoring of the Earth’s land, atmosphere, oceans and ice caps. Envisat data collectively provide a … Continue reading →