By Alex Farnsworth et al. Abstract The East Asian monsoon plays an integral role in human society, yet its geological history and controlling processes are poorly understood. Using a general circulation model and geological data, we explore the drivers controlling the evolution of the monsoon system over the past 150 million years. In contrast to
By Richard W. Rahn If the government had not spent any tax dollars trying to mitigate climate change during the last 30 years, how much warmer would it have been and how much higher would the sea level be? The correct answer is, no measurable change. To the extent that mankind has an influence on
By Shinichiro Asayama, Rob Bellamy, Oliver Geden, Warren Pearce and Mike Hulme The publication of the IPCC Special Report on global warming of 1.5 oC paved the way for the rise of the political rhetoric of setting a fixed deadline for decisive actions on climate change. However, the dangers of such deadline rhetoric suggest the
By Norman Rogers The 1987 Brundtland Report from the United Nations defined sustainability: “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The Brundtland report implicitly imagined that all the world’s countries under the leadership of a pan-national elite would implement
by Judith Curry “For decades, scientists and policymakers have framed the climate-policy debate in a simple way: scientists analyse long-term goals, and policymakers pretend to honour them. Those days are over. Serious climate policy must focus more on the near-term and on feasibility.” – Y. Xu, V. Ramanathan, D. Victor On twitter, Joe Duarte drew
By Peter Vicenzi While newly-elected House Democrats call for a Green New Deal (GND) to tackle global climate change, thousands of Parisians are taking to the streets in violent protest of French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed fuel tax. Based on their demands, the so called “gilets jaunes,” are no Tea Party-like activists, but their response
By H. Sterling Burnett A new study in the scientific journal Review of Environmental Economics and Policy examines myriad reasons climate models should not be used to make public policies. The author, Robert S. Pindyck, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, writes integrated assessment models (IAMs)—models that consider the interaction of physics, demographics, and political
By Marlo Lewis Climate campaigners demand ever-greater government control over energy markets, resources, and infrastructure. Many believe the best thing governments can do with fossil energy is “keep it in the ground.” They claim fossil-fueled civilization is “unsustainable” and headed for a climate catastrophe. Are they correct? Prediction is difficult—especially about the future! Nonetheless, an
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By Larry Kummer We’re told that climate change caused or intensified California’s wildfires — and that such fires are getting worse. As usual for such scary stories, these claims are only weakly supported by science — except for the ones that are outright fabrications. “If we keep fighting a war with fire, three things are
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Steam flow and precipitation proven to increase across United States despite consensus predicting otherwise. https://t.co/LNpSrcCacC
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Climate change morality in question by Pennsylvania Policymakers. https://t.co/iDO7jS0Vic
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CO-Food? NASA-inspired technology converts miracle molecule into food. https://t.co/nb7OzIjieA
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Tropical islands continue to thrive decades after being informed they would sink. https://t.co/stCp93MoMS
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