Not even worthy of a response. So jem, what do you think of this? You seem to be ignoring it for some reason. Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial. So even Exxon agrees. But not you or the GOP. Amazing. I wonder why? Maybe the GOP and deniers on the internet know more about climate science than NASA and NOAA and essentially every science org in the world?
or maybe we have read some of the 1350 peer reviewed papers. many of which tell us. a. co2 lags warming and cooling in all the historical and recent records. b. the sun is a big factor c. the tides are a big factoor d. we have warmed and cooled naturally for billions of years e. the proxy data shows we have been warmer in the past... which is why they cultivated wine around London. and a whole lot more. oddly you have produced no peer reviewed papers showing man made co2 causing warming although you cite all this consensus crapola. Where is the science? that is all it would take to convince me. I am all for protecting the environment. I used to volunteer my time an skills to clean water environmental groups... while you sell a greenhouse gas 2000 times more powerful than co2.
So jem, what do you think of this? You seem to be ignoring it for some reason. Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years
Climate change has narrowed the range where bumblebees are found in North America and Europe in recent decades, according to a study published Thursday. The paper, published in the journal Science, suggests that warming temperatures have caused bumblebee populations to retreat from the southern limits of their travels by as much as 190 miles since the 1970s. Logic would suggest that the northern reaches of their home turf would shift to higher latitudes by a corresponding distance. But that has not happened, leading researchers to think that the more northern habitats may be less hospitable to them. “Bumblebee species across Europe and North America are declining at continental scales,” Jeremy T. Kerr a conservation biologist at the University of Ottawa in Canada who was the lead author of the report, said at a news conference. “And our data suggest that climate changeplays a leading, or perhaps the leading, role in this trend.” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/s...ticle&isLoggedIn=true&src=recg&pgtype=article
Illegal not to act: Could courts save world from climate change? "ALL governments have a legal duty to protect their citizens from harm, so they must do their part to prevent dangerous global warming. And if they fail to act, their citizens can take them to court to compel them. This legal argument has been tested for the first time in the Netherlands. A court ruled last week that the government must do much more to cut emissions than it is currently. The Netherlands was aiming for a cut of between 14 and 17 per cent by 2020, but the court has ordered it to make a 25 per cent cut in the same time frame.... ...The ruling could be the first of many...." http://www.newscientist.com/article...e-world-from-climate-change.html#.VZ__a3UViko
total bullshit... many of the top climatologists don't have a bullshit climatology degree they have advanced degrees in real sciences. so they guys studying glaciers and dating ice cores and figuring out what the climate was like via the glaciers are not climatologists? http://www.mn.uio.no/geo/english/people/aca/geohyd/olehum/ Academic Interests Glacial- and periglacial geomorphology, with main emphasis on the climatic control on glacial and periglacial geomorphic activity in cold-climate, high-relief areas, past as well as present. Landforms derived from bedrock weathering in high-relief areas, with special emphasis on rock glaciers. Climate variability and associated geomorphic response. Reconstruction of Quaternary ice sheets, glaciers and periglacial environments in the North Atlantic region. Historical and modern climatology (modern data series as well as the use of documentary and early instrumental records for the reconstruction of late Holocene climate) of the Arctic region, the North Atlantic region, including the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Svalbard and Norway. The impact of climate on societies (human dimensions) in the North Atlantic region. Comparison and integration of different climate proxy series. Scientific applications of numerical modelling in geomorphology; e.g. modelling of active layer and permafrost thermal characteristics. Mapping Arctic and Antarctic surface temperature changes and geomorphic effects during the observational period. Mapping, monitoring and modelling natural cold-climate geomorphic processes and -hazards. Permafrost and periglacial processes. International Permafrost Association. Physical Geography of Svalbard Snow avalanche risk in Svalbard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Humlum Ole Humlum (born 21 July 1949) is a Danish professor of physical geography at the University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences and adjunct professor of physical geography at the University Centre in Svalbard.[1] His academic focus includes glacial andperiglacial geomorphology and climatology.[2] ====== Born near the coast in Jylland, he became interested in geology when he visited the Alps as a teenager and saw the glaciers. He studied natural science at the University of Copenhagen, earning bachelor's degrees in geology, geography, zoology and botany. In 1976, he obtained a M.Sc. in glacial geomorphology and was the same year also awarded a Prize Essay Gold Medal at the University for another study. He earned a Ph.D degreee in glacial geomorphology in 1980.[1][3] After having held post-doc positions 1980–1983 he became scientific director at the University of Copenhagen Arctic Station near Qeqertarsuaq where he lived for three years. He subsequently worked as assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1986–1999.[1] He became professor at the University Centre in Svalbard in 1999. In 2003, he became full professor at the University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences.[1] He became a member of the newly founded Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research in 2008.[3][4] Humlum is a member of the Norwegian organization Climate Realists which opposes the scientific assessment of climate change that is expressed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is active in Norwegian and Danish debate about the issue, arguing that current climate change is mainly a natural phenomenon.[1] Together with Jan-Erik Solheim and Kjel Stordahl, he published the article "Identifying natural contributions to late Holocene climate change" in Global and Planetary Change in 2011. The article argued that changes in the sun's and moon's impact on earth explains most of both historical and current climate changes. The theory in the article was opposed by several scientists.[5] He projected in 2013 that the climate most likely will become colder in the next 10–15 years.[6]
News about an imminent ‘mini ice age’ is trending — but it’s not true “Scientists warn the sun will ‘go to sleep’ in 2030 and could cause temperatures to plummet,” blared one headline from this weekend. “Earth heading for ‘mini ice age’ within 15 years,” warned another. By Sunday evening, news that the Earth could be headed for period of bitter cold was trending on Facebook and whizzing across Twitter. The story — which has been reported everywhere from conservative blogs to the British press to the Weather Channel to the Huffington Post — was based on a recent presentation at the Royal Astronomical Society’s national meeting. Researchers studying sunspots found that solar activity is due to decline dramatically in the next few decades, reaching levels not seen since the 17th century, during a period known as the Maunder minimum. Back then, the decline coincided with what’s called the “Little Ice Age,” when Europe’s winters turned brutally cold, crops failed and rivers froze over. Could another one be on its way? Not quite...." http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/to...e’-is-trending-—-but-it’s-not-true/ar-AAcXB3I
that is a pretty funny post... it really should say it "might" not be true. by why would a leftist every make a true statement. it essentially points out potential problems with the solar model without pointing out even larger problems with the co2 model. At least one can show certain types of solar activity leads temps in the database. CO2 trails temps in the database so that all the co2 models have to some imagine a way to make co2 lead.... thus the co2 models seem very contrived and curved fit. Which is why they all pretty much fail or real time data.
A step in the right direction, but not the ultimate destination: Natural gas tops coal as top source of electricity in US http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/14/natu...ource-of-electric-power-generation-in-us.html