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I wasn’t born until 15 years later, but I remember that the Summer of 42 made the summer of 1971 feel very hot.

This one was taken at 1/4000th of a second shutter speed.

With all this thick ice in the Arctic, Polar bears are having a difficult time finding places to drown. FullSize_CICE_combine_thick_SM_EN_20180707.png (1337×1113) Reality is no impediment to climate scientists, who will say whatever lies are necessary to keep funding coming in.

From June 15 to September 14, 1936. Clinton, Missouri had sixty-four days over 100 degrees, nineteen days over 110 degrees, a peak temperature of 118 degrees, and an average afternoon temperature of 103 degrees. For the entire year of 1936, … Continue reading →

The permanent drought is devastating both wild and domestic animals here in Boulder.

Satellite data shows that current troposphere temperatures are about the same as 1991 and 1995.  Other than spikes and dips caused by volcanoes and ENSO events, there has been no change in temperature. Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs The 1995 … Continue reading →

Usually July is a very brown month here in Boulder, but we have had lots of rain this spring and early summer, and it is the greenest I have ever seen it in July.

Opinion | Scott Pruitt and the Global Heat Wave – The New York Times I wonder who they blamed the 1896 heatwave on?  That one killed 1,500 people in New York. 1896 Heatwave Australia also had their worst heatwave on … Continue reading →