Real Climate Science

Worse Than The BBC Thought

“James Hanson, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute, is arguably the world authority on climate change. He predicts that we have just a decade to avert a 25-metre rise of the sea. Picture an eight-storey building by a beach, then imagine waves lapping its roof. That’s what a 25-metre rise in sea level looks like.”

– October 28, 2006

Climate’s last chance

Sea Level Trends – NOAA Tides & Currents

When we lived in the Bay Area twenty years ago, we regularly attended Stanford women’s soccer matches.

Stanford student and soccer goalkeeper Katie Meyer ’22 dies at 22 | The Stanford Daily

“If we pass our climate agenda we would lower energy prices for the average American family by $500 a month”

Biden Adviser Cedric Richmond: We Need to ‘Pass Our Climate Agenda’ to Lower Energy Prices :: Grabien – The Multimedia Marketplace

2008 version

Microsoft Word – Fact Sheet Energy Speech 082508 FINAL.doc

Meanwhile, back in the real world.

“There are several studies that indicate it would cost the United States trillions of dollars to transition to an electric system that is 100-percent renewable. Costs range from $4.5 trillion by 2030 or even 2040 to $5.7 trillion in 2030—about a quarter of the U.S. debt. The lower estimate results in a cost per household of almost $2,000 per year through 2040.”

Cost of Transitioning to 100-Percent Renewable Energy – IER

Recent and historical rainfall maps, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

“IT MAY be time to stop describing south-eastern Australia as gripped by drought and instead accept the extreme dry as permanent, one of the nation’s most senior weather experts warned yesterday.”

– January 4, 2008

This drought may never break

“Leading environmentalist Professor Tim Flannery has warned that Australia is now entering long-term climate change, which could cause longer and more frequent droughts. He also predicts that the ongoing drought could leave Sydney’s dams dry in just two years.”

– July 10, 2005

Climate change ‘will prolong’ drought conditions – ABC News

Australian rainfall deciles since 1900

Prior to the year 2000, warm temperatures in the US on March 5 were much more common.

Climate change: Five things we’ve learned from the IPCC report – BBC News

Africa has the highest population growth rate in the world.

Children born per woman, 2019

Crop yields are greatly increasing.

Change in crop yields, Africa, 1977 to 2018

Great Barrier Reef experiencing ‘record high’ levels of coral coverage

Greenland’s surface has gained about two trillion tons of ice over the past five years, which is about 500 billion tons above normal.

Surface Conditions: Polar Portal

In case you forgot for a minute that the Democratic Party leadership is suffering from severe mental illness.

Nancy Pelosi’s State Of The Union Commentary

Climate Scientists Want To Go On Strike

Crude oil prices have tripled since the pretend election of 2020.

Gas Station Price Charts – Local & National Historical Average Trends – GasBuddy.com

Atmospheric CO2 has reached a record high 430 PPM.

Global Monitoring Laboratory – Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases