Real Climate Science

04 Jan 1935 – WINTER HEAT WAVE IN BRITAIN 

Experts say that the climate is much warmer now, and it is the hottest year ever.

Experts say that one billion climate refugees will flee to Antarctica in the next 15 years.

Climate change study predicts refugees fleeing into Antarctica – Telegraph

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Summer temperatures are at their peak in Antarctica right now. A good time to move and avoid the rush.

Vostok, Antarctica Forecast | Weather Underground

Ages-Old Icecap at North Pole Is Now Liquid, Scientists Find – New York Times

Decades ago, climate scientists predicted that rising global temperatures would lead to more severe and intense droughts due to combinations of increasing temperatures, decreasing precipitation, more evaporation, and a reduction in snow and ice packs. The effects of a warming world are already being felt in different regions of the world, including the Mediterranean and Southwest. These droughts threaten jobs, food security, water resources, and, in some places, political stability.

In our stories, our correspondents explore the links between climate change and drought and their implications on societies.

“Drought is one of the most pervasive and insidious of natural disasters. Blame for crop loss, famine, hunger, migration, economic instability and even war can all been placed at its door. It’s estimated that, since 1981, climate change has already caused an average of $5 billion per year in crop losses. As climate continues to change, we are concerned that increasing temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns may increase drought risk in certain parts of the world, including the central and southwestern United States.”

Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D.
Atmospheric scientist, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University

Drought – Years Of Living Dangerously

Katherine is about to get slammed with yet another major snowstorm in Lubbock, TX.

Rainfall in Lubbock shows no trend over the past century.

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Snowfall in Lubbock shows no trend over the past century.

The number of 100 degree days in Lubbock hasn’t changed.

Temperatures in Lubbock peaked in 1927, and show no trend over the past century, and have been plummeting since 1998.

The amount of sea ice on Earth is at record levels.

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Like many of her climate science peers, evangelical Christian Katherine Hayhoe simply makes up information which sounds scary and is convenient for her career goals. There isn’t one smidgen of evidence backing anything she says.

Over the past century, atmospheric CO2 has increased by about one part per ten thousand. This is equivalent to packing an extra ten people into the Rose Bowl. Climate experts like James Hansen believe this means doom for all humanity.

The Washington Post reports :

The coldest it has been on this day in Anchorage, Alaska, since 1954 is 20 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. The coldest it has been on New Year’s Eve in that same time period is even colder: -25. But this year, the lows are expected to be 33 and 27 degrees respectively — meaning that 2014 will be the first year on record that the temperature didn’t drop below zero.

It is ….. the sort of thing that we should expect to see more of.

Anchorage, Alaska never saw a day below zero in 2014 – The Washington Post

The US recorded the most nights below zero since 1989, but Anchorage now represents the global climate.

The weather pattern was almost identical in 1977, and was blamed on global cooling.

Lakeland Ledger

The world’s leading climate experts at the IPCC warned this would happen :

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Milder winter temperatures will decrease heavy snowstorms

IPCC Third Assessment Report – Climate Change 2001

Heavy snow in Mexico, Southern California, the Mojave Desert and Texas provide even further fulfillment of the prophesy.

 National Snow Analyses – NOHRSC – The ultimate source for snow information

North Pole could be ice free in 2008 – earth – 25 April 2008 – New Scientist Environment

My car thermometer reported -24F driving past the Budweiser brewery in Fort Collins this morning.

The coldest New Year’s Eves on record in Fort Collins were -22F in 1898 and 1900.  It isn’t even 11 PM and we are already down close to that, with clear skies and no wind.

Centigrade :

I’m just back from the gym. The cold takes your breath away when you step outside.