Tag Archives: environment

What pause?

Global Warming Since 1997 Underestimated by Half

A new study by British and Canadian researchers shows that the global temperature rise of the past 15 years has been greatly underestimated. The reason is the data gaps in the weather station network, especially in the Arctic. If you fill these data gaps using satellite measurements, the warming trend is more than doubled in the widely used HadCRUT4 data, and the much-discussed “warming pause” has virtually disappeared.

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Climate Change Down Under

How many once-in-100-years disasters can a 22-year-old have lived through?

Every summer, friends who live in fire-risk areas tell me of their preparations – wetting towels, filling gutters. These are the mundane rituals that more Australians are getting used to. Rituals that sit strangely next to the horrifying spectacle of a 40-metre wall of fire that threatens homes and lives. We shouldn’t have to become accustomed to these tasks. We still have a choice.

More about arctic sea ice

Following up on Yesterday’s post.

No, the World Isn’t Cooling

Arctic sea ice delusions strike the Mail on Sunday and Telegraph. The The Guardian takes down its UK competition, with a sub-head that neatly summarizes the issue:

Both UK periodicals focus on short-term noise and ignore the rapid long-term Arctic sea ice death spiral

David Rose and his tabloid “reporting” of Arctic sea ice and other nonsense looks at the story and includes a graphic showing the change in the Arctic over 33 years: