Real Climate Science

You can put lipstick on a pig,
but it is still a pig.

– Barack Obama     September 9, 2008

In November 1976, National Geographic had a fairly objective discussion of climate.

They showed how temperatures regularly take large swings, independent of human activities.

They showed that most of the recession of glaciers in the Alps occurred before 1940.

They discussed the next ice age and stated that climate change has always been occurring, and always will continue to occur.

They discussed the rapid cooling since 1940.

The National Geographic Archive | November 1976 | page 1

Now they publish mindless idiocy like this :

Climate Change First Became News 30 Years Ago. Why Haven’t We Fixed It?

Arctic sea ice volume continues its eleven year long expansion.

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There has been a large expansion of thick ice into the Chukchi, Beaufort and East Siberian Seas since 2008.

2008                    2019

Arctic sea ice extent is close to the 1981-2010 median.

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Experts describe this expansion of Arctic ice and normal levels of ice as being a melting death spiral, which is wreaking havoc on weather patterns.  They say the Arctic is gone, and ask what “we” can do to stop it.

The world’s leading climate expert predicted the Arctic would be ice-free last year.

The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search

And a Nobel laureate predicted the ice would be gone five years ago. His science fiction movie has been shown to nearly every public school child in the world.

Gore: Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014

A simple solution for the press, scientists, educators and politicians would be to simply stop lying about the climate.

Los Alamos, New Mexico has received five feet of snow in the past week, and eight feet of snow this winter, and is listed as having an “extreme drought” by the US drought monitor.

New Mexico

Snow Report – Pajarito Mountain Ski Area

I took these pictures before the last two feet of snow fell.

There is no data logged for December yet, but even without the December data precipitation in Los Alamos was just about normal for June-December.  After the December data is logged, precipitation will be well above average.

January 1, 2019 was an epic day for photography in the Sonoran Desert. Click the images for full-size.  They look much better at full resolution.

China on track to lead in renewables as US retreats

• The Guardian

China burns more than four times as much coal as the US, and their coal usage is growing, as US coal usage declines.

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Experts describe this as China “assuming the mantle of green energy leadership” while “the US retreats.”

We used to have great senators in the west, like Barry Goldwater, Pete Domenici, and Harrison Schmitt – but now we have nothing but Flakes, Udalls, Romulans and pink tutus.

Jeff Flake’s replacement from Arizona.