by James M. Taylor, J.D.
Heartland Institute
Posted 4/21/2013
Climate models supporting predictions of rapid global warming during the next century have performed miserably predicting global temperatures during the past two decades, according to a just-published comparison of model predictions and real-world temperatures. A spaghetti graph comparing 44 climate models with real-world temperature measurements shows every one of the 44 models expected more warming during the past two decades than actually occurred.
Climate scientist Dr. Roy W. Spencer explains the most likely reason for the divergence between model predictions and real-world temperatures: “the real climate system is not as sensitive to increasing CO2 as the models are programmed to be.”
“If I am correct, then we will continue to see little warming into the future,” Spencer observes. “Additional evidence for lower climate sensitivity in the above plot is the observed response to the 1991 Pinatubo eruption: the temporary temperature dip in 1992–93, and subsequent recovery, is weaker in the observations than in the models. This is exactly what would be predicted with lower climate sensitivity.”
ACTIVISTS DISTORT FACTS IN ‘CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS’
Two scientist-activists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison published an article in Science last week calling for more “Climate Change Conversations,” as the article was titled. Justifying their call for immediate action on global warming, the authors claimed, “The average temperature of Earth is increasing, ice is melting, oceans are acidifying, and extreme weather events are more frequent.” Indeed, more climate change conversations appear to be needed, as the authors presented misleading or flat-out wrong assertions regarding each point. Each of the activists’ assertions is thoroughly debunked in a new article published by Forbes.com.
SOURCE: Forbes
PEER-REVIEWED PAPER FINDS CLIMATE LESS SENSITIVE THAN ASSUMED
Climate models predicting significant future warming “may be too sensitive to perturbations in radiative forcing” and “the equilibrium climate sensitivity is on the low side of the range given in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report,” a team of scientists report in the peer-reviewed Climate Dynamics. Notably, the scientists are not regarded as skeptics and include prominent alarmist Michael Schlesinger.
SOURCE: Watts Up With That? and Climate Dynamics
EU PARLIAMENT REJECTS PRICE HIKE FOR CARBON EMISSIONS
The European Parliament this week rejected a plan to further restrict carbon dioxide emissions, dealing a severe blow to global warming activists. The EU’s rejection of a measure that would impose higher prices on carbon dioxide emissions sends a warning signal to U.S. politicians being pressured by global warming activists to enact a carbon tax in the United States. Even the reliably liberal New York Times admitted the economic punishment of carbon dioxide restrictions, observing, “Most green electricity sources cannot compete with coal and natural gas on their own and require subsidies that are passed on to industry and consumers. The more power they generate, the higher those costs. Direct charges for renewables add about 18 percent to German household electric bills, with indirect costs putting on more.”
SOURCE: Environment & Climate News
CATO INSTITUTE DEBUNKS DRAFT NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT
Scientists working with the Cato Institute thoroughly debunked the federal government’s 2013 Draft National Climate Assessment. The team of scientists, led by Patrick Michaels and Chip Knappenberger, published a 133-page scientific paper documenting serious flaws in all sections of the federal report. “This National Assessment is much closer to pseudoscience than it is to science,” Michaels and Knappenberger conclude.
SOURCE: The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
POLAR SEA ICE REMAINS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN LONG-TERM AVERAGE
Polar sea ice remains substantially more extensive than the long-term average, satellite measurements show. Northern Hemisphere sea ice is slightly below its average extent since satellites first began measuring sea ice extent in 1979. Southern Hemisphere sea ice, however, is substantially more extensive than the long-term average. For most of 2013 polar sea ice has been above the long-term average, with current polar sea ice more than 500,000 square kilometers above the long-term average.
SOURCE: Cryosphere Today
James M. Taylor is managing editor of Environment & Climate News, a national monthly… (read full bio)
Comment by Pearl Rains-Hewett:
The same challenge was presented in the USA on EPA PAHS CAPS on coal in TEXAS, the same WA State DOE PAHS CAPS WAC for banning of your wood stoves and fireplaces.
EU PARLIAMENT REJECTS PRICE HIKE FOR CARBON EMISSIONS
The European Parliament this week rejected a plan to further restrict carbon dioxide emissions, dealing a severe blow to global warming activists. The EU’s rejection of a measure that would impose higher prices on carbon dioxide emissions sends a warning signal to U.S. politicians being pressured by global warming activists to enact a carbon tax in the United States. Even the reliably liberal New York Times admitted the economic punishment of carbon dioxide restrictions, observing, “Most green electricity sources cannot compete with coal and natural gas on their own and require subsidies that are passed on to industry and consumers. The more power they generate, the higher those costs. Direct charges for renewables add about 18 percent to German household electric bills, with indirect costs putting on more.”
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Climate in Review, by C. Jeffery Small
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Climate Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Global Warming, Cato Institute
Center for Global Food Issues, Hudson Institute
JoNova, hosted by Joanne Nova
GlobalClimateScam.com
Center for Energy and Environment, Competitive Enterprise Institute
GlobalWarming.org
Cooler Heads Digest
Climate Crusaders
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Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
ClimateWiki
Master Resource
The Climate Bet
International Climate Science Coalition
Climate Scientists’ Register
Science and Public Policy Institute
Climate Depot by Marc Morano
World Climate Report by Dr. Patrick Michaels
E-FACT Report by the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)
Biweekly Updates from the Cooler Heads Coalition
Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change by Craig Idso et al.
Watts Up With That? by Anthony Watts
ICECAP by Joseph D’Aleo
Junk Science by Steve Milloy