Destruction Of NCAR Will Usher In Dark Ages Part II
The US government is determined to exterminate climate science — a move that will make America irrelevant.
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Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In?
Bill Gates pictures himself as a technology and system innovator. In October, the billionaire philanthropist recontextualized climate action, global health, and development as mutually exclusive and in competition with each other in advance of the international climate summit, COP30. With his status as one of the original Silicon Valley tech … [continued]
Why Is 1.5°C (2.7°F) Not Just An Abstract Number For Global Warming Limits?
During the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, in 2015, 195 parties adopted the overarching goal to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.” It’s ten years … [continued]
Dystopian Denials Of Climate Change Don’t Change The Facts
I just finished the Kamala Harris memoir about the 2024 election, 107 Days. I come away from reading it even more unsettled than ever about the dystopian state of our democracy under President Donald J. Trump and his Project 2025 backers. Private companies and US citizens are hesitant to practice … [continued]
Risk of Atlantic Current Collapsing Much Higher Than Previously Expected
Unsurprisingly, climate risks keep growing. However, it’s not great to hear that one of the possibilities that has concerned me the most for almost two decades is getting more likely. That is the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The AMOC brings warm water from tropical parts of … [continued]
Neutral Techno-Economics Beats Hydrogen Narratives
Bayreuth, a pleasant Bavarian city of about 75,000 people, has become an unlikely symbol of learning in the hydrogen story. Two years ago, its municipal utility, Stadtwerke Bayreuth, announced a plan to decarbonize its bus fleet with hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. It looked like the future. The proposal included a … [continued]
Need Data To Support Your Climate Conspiracies? Look To The Fake Research Black Market
When I was an early career teacher, I taught eighth grade. I remember a pattern of wrangling with parents about their children’s grades. The school guidance counselor would console me afterward, musing that, if the kids would only do their homework, things would be easier for them. It seemed to … [continued]
China Surges Ahead in Global Science as US Retreats from Research
According to the latest Nature Index results, Harvard University is now the only American institution left in the top ten list of research organizations by contributions to leading scientific journals. It sits in second place, but far behind the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which has pulled ahead by a … [continued]
Climate Scientists, Epstein Survivors Speak Out: This Is No Hoax
US President Donald Trump is finally running out of hoax cards to play, as Epstein survivors, climate scientists, and his own supporters call attention to the truth.
Are You There?
I was at Starbuck’s yesterday and I didn’t see you. I went to the mall and you weren’t there either. I know you have to get groceries, but I never see you there. No! Wait! That must be wrong. The most recent Gallup poll tells me that you are half … [continued]
