Monthly Archives: July 2015

Global Warming likely to be issue in US presidential race

Whilst it’s been pretty obvious that Republicans understand the climate issue and are very sceptical, I was beginning to worry that Democrat candidates might become sceptical and rather than having the show down to end the scam, we might just … Continue reading

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Nobel-winning physicist who backed Obama: Prez ‘dead wrong’ on global warming

There’s a strory doing the rounds that Ivar Giaever, a scientist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics, challenged Mr. Obama in a July 1 speech at the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany. “I say this … Continue reading

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How much did acadmics get right about the climate?

I thought I would set myself a challenge: how much did academics get right about the climate. I probably missed a few things, but the answer is “not much”. I’m going to ignore the stupid academic argument that climate is … Continue reading

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Man-made CO2 in perspective

It’s come to my attention from Cedric that the quote below may not apply to CO2 as I originally thought but likely includes the potent greenhouse gas: water vapour. As such the title of my article might be misleading. Reblogged: … Continue reading

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Are the Dead Parrot Talks – about to be trashed by El Nino hype?

For almost the last year, we’ve been seeing reports from alarmists in effect saying “when the El Nino comes – this will prove its warmer and that will save the dead parrot”.

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Good luck Greece.

The EU superstate was always a daft idea and the Euro was a daft idea within a daft idea. Greece has suffered severely by having its currency artificially inflated so that its goods were too highly priced to sell. Germany … Continue reading

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Is it time to repeal the second law of thermodynamics?

I’m getting sick to death people quoted the “second law” of thermodynamics – agreed not in its proper form, but it is now so abused that I think its time to repeal it. The second law of thermodynamics is often … Continue reading

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What is the adiabatic lapse rate of air?

When explaining the greenhouse warming effect, I’ve avoided going into the cause of the adiabtic temperature change of the atmosphere as we get higher and instead used a hand waving argument that expanding air is cooler which has been enough … Continue reading

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The 30min experiment that proves water heats from the top

After my 5 minute experiment shows IR heats water from above, I didn’t believe there could be any argument that IR heats from above. But apparently I was wrong. Some IR is sneeky and doesn’t get absorbed by the top … Continue reading

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The Haseler gap: imminent global plummeting temperatures (in next ~2000 years).

A couple of months ago, when I looked at the ice-age cycle I came across something I referred to as the “Haseler gap”. This appears to be a recurring major drop in temperatures (~4C) a fixed period after the inter-glacial … Continue reading

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