Choose verifiable facts over emotional narratives on polar bear conservation
“Polar bears continue to be described as ‘canaries in the coal mine’ for the effects of human-caused climate change, but the evidence shows they are far from being a highly-sensitive indicator species.” Susan Crockford, 24 February 2021…
$10 Million AI Grant to Improve Climate Modelling of Clouds
A Team of Scientists plans to use AI to improve climate modelling of sub-grid scale phenomena such as turbulence and clouds. But there is no reason to think an AI will have any more luck than human climate modellers.…
EU Carbon Pricing Pushing Power And Gas Prices Higher
European gas prices are driven by the competitive dynamics between gas and coal plants. As a result, the 80% surge in carbon EUA prices since Nov-20 is pulling European gas curves higher. European power & Asian LNG prices are following suit, given they are anchored by TTF. (Gas Futures Market).…
Vision of a Stellar Ending
The light from this supernova first reached Earth from the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia around 1667 A.D. If anyone alive at the time saw it, they left no records. It is likely that large amounts of dust between the dying star and Earth dimmed the brightness of the explosion to the point that it was barely, if at all, visible to the unaided eye.…
With drop in LA’s vehicular aerosol pollution, vegetation emerges as major source
California’s restrictions on vehicle emissions have been so effective that in at least one urban area, Los Angeles, the most concerning source of dangerous aerosol pollution may well be trees and other green plants, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, chemists.…
Sea Level & the Jersey Shore: Follow-up
Government is hard – and as Mark Twain quipped – expensive. “I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures [and legislators – kh] that bring higher prices than any in the world.”…