Global Warming or Climate Change

Is climate change to blame for the Eastern United States’s warm spell? A man exercises in Manhattan during an unseasonably warm December Sunday.   Lucas Jackson / Reuters 1.3k             ROBINSON MEYER     DEC 15, 2015     SCIENCE Man, it’s a warm one. At least, here in the eastern half of the United States it is. Since late last week, cities from Chicago to Atlanta to Boston have experienced decidedly un-seasonal heat, with temperatures dozens of degrees Fahrenheit above average. Here in D.C., we had  our hottest December 12th since 1889 . In Lexington, Kentucky, they did us one better, breaking a record set during the Grant administration. As pleasant as this weather can be—if it doesn’t quite feel like Christmas in July, it’s at least like Hanukkah in April—the warmth can also provoke unease. Both memory and pop culture instruct that we should hope for  a snowy Christmas , not a dr...

ClimateHome : Heatwaves and droughts in a hotter planet to cripple power stations within decades without adaptation measures, researchers warn  The Itaipu hydroelectric dam on the Parana River, Brazil border. Most hydroplants are in regions forecast to see water shortages, like South America. Photograph: Norberto Duarte/AFP/Getty Images Alex Pashley for ClimateHome, part of the Guardian Environment Network Tuesday 5 January 2016  04.47 EST Last modified on Tuesday 5 January 2016 11.36 EST Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Shares 335 Comments 147   Save for later Thousands of power plants around the world may face severe reductions in their ability to generate electricity by mid-century due to water shortages, according to new research. Hydro- and thermo-electric (nuclear, fossil-fuelled, biomass-fuelled) power plants are vulnerable to dwindling rivers and reservoirs as the planet warms, a ...

Let’s start the New Year as we mean to go on: by dancing joyfully and triumphantly on the grave of man-made global warming. Climate change is over. It’s a busted flush. The alarmists now have all the credibility of bewildered Harold Camping followers shivering on a mountaintop the morning after the night before, looking all shifty and embarrassed as they realise the Rapture their models so confidently promised just ain’t going to happen… If you still doubt this, here are three recent pieces which should put your mind at rest. The first – modestly titled  The Most Comprehensive Assault On Global Warming Ever  – was written by a US physics professor called Mike van Biezen. It lists ten of the reasons (though there are many more) why man-made global warming theory no longer has any credibility. They are: 1. Temperature records from around the world do not support the assumption that today’s temperatures are unusual 2.  Satellite temperature data d...

Those of us in London and New York who are wearing T-shirts while we do our Christmas shopping will not be surprised that 2015 is "virtually certain" to go down as the warmest year on record,  according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , which tracks climate data. In fact, it is so hot that even blogs that deny climate change are publishing data showing the temperature is rising. But before we get to the sceptics, here is  the new data from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies . (It is well worth clicking through to the full page if you want to see all the charts.) Here are some highlights. Temperature anomalies since 1880 show Earth getting hotter. NASA GISS NASA GISS surveys data from a number of different points and cuts it in a number of different ways. NASA GISS Here is the surface temperature. NASA GISS Here is the difference between the two hemispheres — it's worse in the North. NASA GISS The temperatu...

Global warming  has been a hot button issue for some time now, and yet experts continue to disagree about what exactly its effects will be. Much of this controversy may be due to its name; global “warming” is less about warming and more about drastic climate change. Though many people are familiar with the common facts about global warming, here we present 10 shocking facts that might inspire you to recycle just a little bit extra. Number Ten: The Greenhouse Effect Can Be a Good Thing.  Though many assume the Greenhouse Effect is entirely bad, there are significant benefits. The Greenhouse Effect maintains a consistent temperature on our planet, filters unwanted UV rays and even helps to grow crops that are no longer in season. bountifulblessingsshared.com Number Nine: 2014 Was the World’s Hottest Year on Record.  In fact, every year of the past decade has been in the running for the world’s hottest year on record. Before 2014 was declared the hottest, it was...

COMMENTARY  by    David W. Kreutzer DECEMBER 16, 2015, 10:19 AM EST E-mail   Tweet   Facebook   Linkedin Share icons Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders Photograph by Chip Somodevilla–Getty Images And it could cost Americans trillions U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders recently rolled out a plan designed to slow climate change: cut carbon dioxide emissions by 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2050. While these targets are ambitious, his proposal would have no measurable effect on climate. Instead, the cuts would reduce employment, cut income, and raise energy costs. The plan is yet another salvo in the left’s ongoing “war on carbon” and, more specifically, Big Oil. Progressives have long charged the big oil companies with raking in obscene profits—gouging the little guy while pocketing lucrative and unnecessary government subsidies. Conservatives concur on the latter point. We’d like to end all government subsidies to all forms of ...