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The “Environmentalists Paradox”

Cartoon from Reason Magazine From The Guardian : We hear lots of concerned chatter these days – not least, here on this site – about peak oil, peak water, deforestation, resource depletion and the like, but a popular riposte offered by … Continue reading →

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L’enfer est plein de bonnes volontés et désirs

The road to hell is paved with not so good intentions. From The Guardian : Friends of the Earth urges end to ‘land grab’ for biofuels Charity predicts more food shortages in Africa because of EU target to produce 10% … Continue reading →

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Hollister, California

Hollister is famous for several things – bikers, unattractive brand name clothing, and aseismic creep.

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Danielle Was Cool

Hurricanes cool the ocean by moving heat into the upper atmosphere, blocking sunlight, and by mixing up the warm surface layer with colder water underneath. The image below shows the path of Hurricane Danielle superimposed on the UNISYS SST anomaly … Continue reading →

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

DBKB Image After talking the economy down on a daily basis for six months, on Feb. 13, 2009 President Obama pushed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 through Congress, based on this promise. With the recovery plan, unemployment … Continue reading →

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More On The GISS / Had Crut Divergence

Since 1997/1998, GISS has been steadily diverging from Had Crut. I have been accused of “cherry picking” this date. In this article I will show that is not the case.

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The Freezing Point And The Dew Point – Part 2

Yesterday we looked at the difference between the freezing point and dew point (or frost point) of water. Please read that article first.

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Blame It On Bush

Unemployment has more than doubled since Harry Reid and the Democrats took over the US Senate four years ago, promising change.

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Hurricane Season Close To Average So Far

http://www.weatherstreet.com/hurricane/2010/Hurricane-Atlantic-2010.htm Not much change in the immediate forecast.

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Quantifying The Greenhouse Effect In The Tropics

Dr. Hansen has told us that the very survival of “life as we know it” depends on reducing CO2 levels to 350 ppm (parts per million.) http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/greenhouse-effect I calculated the greenhouse effect using the same radiative transfer model incorporated in … Continue reading →

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