Projecting manmade climate change: scenarios to 2050
Climate impact assessments are being biased in an alarming direction by continued inclusion, and especially sole reliance, on RCP8.5. For climate change to 2050, RCP4.5 and RCP6.0 are the most likely of the IPCC scenarios, and should be the focus of impact assessments for the insurance sector and for local adaptation planning over the next several decades.…
Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1 – here’s what forecasters are watching right now
As summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, forecasters begin watching every bout of rainy weather between the Gulf of Mexico and Africa. Each counterclockwise swirl of wind or burst of puffy clouds there has the potential to organize into a life-threatening tropical storm.…
Ban All New Gas Boilers By 2025 Say IEA
Reposted from NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT MAY 18, 2021 By Paul Homewood Could somebody please tell me which planet McGrath And Harrabin are on? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57149059 Do the……
NASA’s S-MODE Takes to the Air and Sea to Study Ocean Eddies
After nearly a year and a half of delays due to the pandemic, the S-MODE team is excited to get their planes in the sky and the gliders in the water. “It was frustrating,” Rodriguez said, “but the science team hasn’t slowed down. The science keeps progressing.”…
Add The Wall Street Journal To The People Who Can’t Do Basic Arithmetic
The simple fact is that wind/solar plus battery systems would not need any government subsidies if they were cost effective. The Biden Administration is proposing to hand out many, many tens of billions of dollars to subsidize building these systems. They are clearly not cost-effective, and not even close. But no one in a position to know will make the relatively simple calculations to let us know how much this is going to cost.…
Get Ready for the Ride of Your Life – Waymo Autonomous Taxi Escapes Handlers
Citizen reporter Joel Johnson documenting some of his hair raising experiences in San Francisco robot taxicabs. Includes video.…