Emergent constraints on TCR and ECS from historical warming in CMIP5 and CMIP6 models
I note that Earth Systems Dynamics published the paper despite one of the two peer reviewers recommending against acceptance without further major revisions. But neither of the reviewers appear to have raised the issue that I focus on here.…
Fossil leaves show high atmospheric carbon spurred ancient ‘global greening’
A 23-million-year-old leaf preserved in a onetime New Zealand lake bed, key to past atmospheric conditions. One can see veins, glands along the teeth, and holes gnawed by insects, with resulting stunted growth and scar tissue.…
Wildfires, Blackouts And High Gas Prices: Californians Fight Familiar Foes Amid Pandemic
Californians are struggling with raging wildfires, roving blackouts, and sky high gas taxes while simultaneously dealing with government-imposed economic lockdowns and a pandemic that has so far killed more than 11,000 people in the state.…
Global Warming Crop Resilience? Aussie Farmer Helps CSIRO Develop Long Coleoptile Wheat
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Faced with a lack of interest from commercial grain producers, an Aussie farmer has stepped in to help the CSIRO test a new strain of wheat which can be planted deeper in the soil than conventional varieties, allowing the wheat more access to retained soil moisture, potentially boosting yields by……
Study: 1970s Dam Construction Paused Global Warming Sea Level Rise
A JPL led study has suggested construction of water reservoirs in the 1970s held back so much water from running into the sea it paused sea level rise.…
Death of Shale Postponed… Again
Guest “oils well that ends well ” by David Middleton The Red Chinese coronavirus has led to a lot of wishful thinking on the part of “journalists” over the past few months… Shale May Not Recover From Pandemicby Nick Cunningham | July 15, 2020 The U.S. oil industry may have already peaked, with an all-time……