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weird cults — Permit me to welcome you to a distinctly different universe, one inhabited by right-wing religious zealots who spout an endless stream of utterly weird and truly bizarre claims that are not factual. It is continuous and apparently never-ending. One thing is highly predictable – if they assert something, then there […]

Weird Religious News – “Down is up, up is down”

This entry was posted in religion weird and tagged religion weird on December 9, 2018 by Dave

greenland — A new study that has just been published in Nature reveals that something dramatic is happening in Greenland. The title of the study is “Nonlinear rise in Greenland runoff in response to post-industrial Arctic warming“. When you are talking about a measurement of meltwater from a body of ice that […]

Melting of Greenland ice is ‘off the charts,’ study shows

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science study and tagged greenland Melt nonlinear study on December 8, 2018 by Dave

emissions — After flattening out for a few years between 2014 and 2016 the overall rates of Global carbon emissions in 2018 have once again reverted back to their rapid upwards trend. Translation: if this does not change very soon, then we are well and truly F**ked. Here are the numbers. Where […]

In 2018 Global Carbon Emissions are still rapidly climbing

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science study and tagged 2018 carbon emissions global carbon project on December 7, 2018 by Dave

atlantis — Atlantis, Plato’s tale of the ancient lost city, is perhaps one of the most famous ancient myths. It is a saga that concerns an ancient civilisation that was swallowed by the sea and destroyed after a great earthquake and flood. Each generation sees somebody pop up claiming that it is […]

The latest Bogus “Atlantis Discovered” claim

This entry was posted in Skeptic news Skepticism and tagged atlantis bright insight on December 6, 2018 by Dave

David Attenborough — David Attenborough, who hopefully needs no introduction, has been speaking at day 1 of COP24, the UN Climate Change conference … “Right now, we are facing a man-made disaster of global scale. Our greatest threat in thousands of years.Climate Change. If we don’t take action the collapse of our civilisations […]

David Attenborough: collapse of civilisation is on the horizon

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science and tagged COP24 David Attenborough UNFCC on December 5, 2018 by Dave

myths — Katharine Hayhoe is not only a professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, but she is also the lead author on volumes one and two of the fourth national climate assessment. This means that she will find herself being faced again and again with climate […]

Popular Climate Change denial Myths

This entry was posted in Climate Change science and tagged Climate Change denial myths on December 4, 2018 by Dave