Google Fellows Seek to Fine Tune Climate Communication
The first video from each of them is simple, consisting of a webcam talk. The other two videos consist of a more conversational style video, with "B-roll" images of clouds rotating through, and a whiteboard talk in which the scientist spells out why his study is important. I found the whiteboard talk most engaging, which surprised me, since such ta… Read More
Heartland Institute Jumps the Shark
Tough stuff, but you’ve got to love the reasoning, which Heartland explains on its website. “…what these murderers and madmen have said differs very little from what spokespersons for the United Nations, journalists for the “mainstream” media, and liberal politicians say about global warming.”… Read More
Buy an Electric Car, Keep Your Food from Spoiling
Fans of electric automobiles love the fact that they’re quiet, zippy and take far less maintenance than gasoline-powered cars (no oil changes, no ignition system, no radiator fluid…). In principle, electrics are also more climate-friendly — although until coal-fired power plants start capturing and storing CO2 to keep it out of the air, the climate… Read More
Twisters Past and Present: Interactive Tornado Tracker
The tracker plots tornado reports from the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., and is updated frequently to capture breaking events. This tracker shows reported tornadoes, not confirmed tornadoes. The National Weather Service conducts damage assessment surveys after tornadoes are reported to determine if a tornado actually touched down, and i… Read More
After Fukushima Nuclear Crisis, U.S. Flying Blind
There are reasons to fear that a similar scenario is playing out in the U.S., but here the most serious threat comes from sea level rise and the increasing dangers that storm-driven waves will overcome the flood defenses of coastal nuclear plants, and coastal energy facilities in general.… Read More
Life-Threatening Tornado Outbreak Likely in Plains States
The U.S. has already seen more tornadoes to date compared to average, with 421 twisters in SPC’s preliminary count. This compares to the average to date of 344 tornadoes. … Read More
What the Hail is Going On?
Global warming is altering the background conditions in which severe thunderstorms form. There has already been an overall global increase in atmospheric water vapor, which provides more moisture for storm systems to tap into.… Read More
You Want Records? Search! Interactive Temp Tracker
In recent years, record daily highs have been outpacing record daily lows in a pattern that has been shown to be inconsistent with natural climate variability alone. So far in 2012, the daily record high to record low ratio has been 17-to-1 through March 27, for monthly record highs compared to monthly record lows the ratio has been a whopping 33-t… Read More
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