Best Climate Change Temperatures
By Andy May I just gave an informal Zoom talk to a small group on measuring climate change through temperatures. The host, Dave Siegel, recorded it and has posted the……
Climate Grief: “Half the wildlife in Africa has died on my watch.”
Climate scientists want to be “stewards of grief, to hold the hand of society as we enter the unknown space of the climate crisis”.…
PAGES 12K: The Ice Age Goeth
Guest “damning with faint praise” by David Middleton Kaufman, Mckay, Routson, et al., 2020 In my previous post, I noted a “funny pattern” in the latest Holocene climate reconstruction (Kaufman,……
Aerosol formation in clouds
“Our experimental setup allows us for the first time to precisely investigate the distribution of organic vapours at the air-water interface under near-environmental conditions,” says Houssni Lamkaddam, a researcher in the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry at PSI. “With our apparatus, we can now simulate what happens in clouds.”…
Claim: Direct Observations Confirm that Humans are Throwing Earth’s Energy Budget off Balance
The new technique is computationally faster than previous model-based methods, allowing researchers to monitor radiative forcing in almost real time. The method could be used to track how human emissions are affecting the climate, monitor how well various mitigation efforts are working, and evaluate models to predict future changes to the climate.…
Joe Biden Pledges to Make Solar Panels More Environmentally Toxic
If you thought Arsenic doped Silicon or Gallium Arsenide on your roof was bad, how about solar cells made of organic Lead compounds, or Cadmium Telluride? Biden’s quest for cheaper solar is exploring some truly terrifying photovoltaic innovations.…