Was July 2019 the Hottest Month ever recorded?
Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirms: July 2019 temperatures on par with warmest month on record. More data yet to come.
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Greenland Melt event in July 2019
The rather “shocking” fact is that in summer ice in Greenland is melting. OK, I put air quotes around the word “shocking” to suggest that this is what happens in summer and to hint that we should not be shocked. However, what is currently happening is actually truly shocking the subject matter experts, and so … Read more
“State of the UK Climate” published
@metoffice State of the UK Climate Report for 2018 is out. It provides latest assessment of UK #climate trends, variations and extremes.
Trump’s Affordable Clean Energy rule ‘worse than doing nothing’
The phrase “Affordable Clean Energy” crafts an illusion of progress and also an air of respectability. Numbers have been crunched, and it turns out to be a truly bad rule. Given the observation that the Trump administration has their fingerprints all over this, then that’s more or less guaranteed. Incompetent and utterly inept is not … Read more
Current Climate warming ‘unparalleled’ in 2,000 years
When casually discussing climate change, a rather popular rebuttal often offered by some is the idea that the climate always changes over time and that in the recent past there have been warmer periods. Examples often cited include the Roman warm period (250-400 AD), and also the better known Medieval Warm Period (700-1400 AD). Have … Read more
New paper claims clouds cause climate change
Seriously flawed paper claims that clouds are responsible for climate change. What exactly are the probelms witrhin this paper?