Atmospheric

Climate Doomism Is Bad Storytelling

When news about the climate is published, like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, frightening headlines like “final warning” or “now or never” are often the norm. Some activists call this approach “climate doomism”, and are qui ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 28 2023 - 5:12pm

Forget Oil, Says James Hansen, Cleaner Coal Emissions Will Cure Global Warming

An ongoing rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide from burning of fossil fuels might be kept below harmful levels if emissions from coal are phased out within the next few decades, say researchers. They say that less plentiful oil and gas should be used spari ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2023 - 9:27am

How One 'Warm Ice Age' Permanently Changed Climate Cycles

In recent geological history, 90,000 of every 100,000 years have been ice ages. It's been 12,000 years since the last one so we may be due. Or not. Climate science has a few rules but a lot of exceptions and 700,000 years ago a big exception occurred. ...

Article - News Staff - May 16 2023 - 8:43am

The Beijing Solution To Cutting Pollution

If you're a communist dictatorship, the solution for pollution is simple- you ban driving. They did just that during the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation from Nov. 4-6, 2006 and it might be an indicator for what they will do during the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 17 2023 - 10:24am

Without Climate Lockdowns, US Property Values May Plummet?

Prior to the Olympics in Beijing, China solved a pollution problem they previously claimed they never had by banning all cars except those for communist party elites. It did little for CO 2, Beijing had a PM 10 (smog) problem, but it showed drastic interve ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 17 2023 - 3:35pm

Hurricanes: Two Ways They Intensify

Hurricane Katrina was not dangerous until it hit land in Louisiana. But it intensified and since activists had successfully lobbied the Clinton administration to prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from making repairs, devastation occurred. Injuries and li ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2023 - 11:32am

New York Has A Mild Winter Two Weeks In- Global Climate Change Implicated

We're only two weeks into winter and a New York university is already declaring above-average temperatures in 2023 a result of global climate change.  ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 4 2024 - 8:14pm

Carbon Offsets Won't Work Until There Is Science In How Trees Are Planted

Former Vice-President Al Gore has a giant mansion but buys carbon offsets to mitigate the damage. Do they work? It depends, and that means it is unlikely. Lots of corporations dove into the carbon offset market, Mr. Gore made hundreds of millions of dollar ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 25 2024 - 10:32pm

What Will It Take For Real Farming In Space?

If humans in space are happening any time soon, it will be despite government involvement rather than because of it. NASA couldn't even build a telescope without going 25 years and 1,000 percent over budget. By the time all cultural parties pick away ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 24 2024 - 10:43pm

Acid Raid And Ozone Depletion 250 Million Years Ago

Acid rain and ozone depletion may seem like modern problems but it has been connected to the Permian extinction 250 million years ago, a mass die-off so severe in Earth's history that even Mother Jones hasn't used it as a corollary of modern cli ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2024 - 2:13pm