Climate Alchemy

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Climate Alchemy

The White House and press say methane (CH4) is the most potent greenhouse gas and have banned all new production on public lands.

But in California, methane is no longer a greenhouse gas and is carbon-free.

California Governor Gavin Newsom Proclaims Natural Gas To Be Zero-Carbon

California’s Request to Burn Natural Gas OK’d by DOE as Supply Risks Imminent – Natural Gas Intelligence

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Celebrities Demand Climate Action

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Polar Bears Granted 70 Year Reprieve

Fifteen years ago, it was announced that polar bears will be extinct in 25 years due to vanishing sea ice.

22 Apr 2006, 7 – The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com

Since then there has been no change in Arctic sea ice extent.

ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p1/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt

Now experts say polar bears “could vanish” by the end of the century.

Polar bears could vanish by the end of the century, scientists predict | Live Science

They also said that satellite records began in 1979 :

“Arctic sea ice has been steadily decreasing since the beginning of satellite records in 1979”

The 1990 IPCC report said satellite records began in the early 1970s when ice extent was much lower.

1990 IPCC Report

The increase in Arctic sea ice didn’t suit the agenda, so in the 2001 IPCC report they altered the data.

https://archive.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/tar/wg1/062.htm

 

The Arctic was much warmer five thousand years ago and may have been ice-free. Polar Bears survived just fine.

Less Ice In Arctic Ocean 6000-7000 Years Ago — ScienceDaily

Holocene Treeline History and Climate Change Across Northern Eurasia – ScienceDirect

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Polar Bears Granted 70 Year Reprieve

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1901 Floods

09 Jan 1901, Page 2 – The Star at Newspapers.com

28 Mar 1901, 1 – The Morning Union at Newspapers.com

26 Aug 1901, Page 1 – The Wilkes-Barre Record at Newspapers.com

08 Apr 1901, 1 – The Beatrice Daily Express at Newspapers.com

10 Apr 1901, 1 – The Morning Journal-Courier at Newspapers.com

14 Nov 1901, 1 – Star-Gazette at Newspapers.com

31 Dec 1901, Page 1 – The Daily Review at Newspapers.com

July 1901 was the second hottest month on record in the US.

From July 8-26 1901, Logan, Iowa was over 100 degrees every day – topping out at 110 degrees on July 24. That was Iowa’s longest stretch of 100 degree days.

Later in July 1901, the heatwave expanded to Europe

THE HEAT WAVE IN EUROPE.; Numerous Deaths in London — Effects of Drought Serious — No Signs of a Change in England.

And continued into August.

UNPRECEDENTED HEAT IN ITALY.; Vineyards Shriveled Up — People Forced to Sleep in the Open Air.

NOAA has erased the US heat of July 1901 by cooling it almost two degrees relative to recent years.

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Not His First Rodeo

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Zero Carbon CH4

California Governor Gavin Newsom Proclaims Natural Gas To Be Zero-Carbon

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World Spinning Out Of Kilter

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“Here’s What You Need To Know”

Carbon Dioxide Levels Are at a Record High; Here’s What You Need To Know | National Geographic Society

Modelling atmospheric CO2 changes at geological time scales

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