July 30, 2017 – 7:48 am
Over the past 10 years, the Cult of Climastrology has been working hard to compare the tiny increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide to previous periods, particularly those which featured mass extinctions. This outline of doom has become more prevalent over the past 4 years as they have dramatically increased their scary prognostications in an attempt […]
July 28, 2017 – 3:48 pm
Today’s prognostication of doom, in which the political climate scientists have found a new way to create a scenario of doom that is not disprovable. Using computer models, of course Scientists just found a surprising possible consequence from a very small amount of global warming Even if we meet our most ambitious climate goal — […]
July 27, 2017 – 10:30 am
Today’s OMG WE’RE TOTALLY DOOMED (unless you give up your freedom and money to Government) moment Climate change could lead to more infections from parasitic worms Fossil records suggest that there could be another consequence of climate change and rising sea levels: an increase in parasitic worm infections. Scientists at the University of Missouri-Columbia and […]
July 26, 2017 – 8:28 am
Because there’s no better way to get people behind a political movement than to have Chicken Little as the spokesperson Why Hope Is Dangerous When It Comes to Climate Change Global warming discussions need apocalyptic thinking. This is from Tommy Lynch at Slate, which is trying to go Full Salon, as he finally has his […]
July 25, 2017 – 10:30 am
The Washington Post’s resident climahysteric, Chris Mooney, takes a shot at some more fear-mongering We may have even less time to stop global warming than we thought At least since 2013, one of the biggest concerns in the climate change debate has been the so-called carbon budget — a fixed limit to the volume of carbon […]
July 24, 2017 – 7:15 am
It’s time for yet another in a long line of scary doom-predictions from the Cult of Climastrology Climate change brings one-in-three chance of record rainfall, warns Met Office There is now a one-in-three chance of record rainfall hitting part of England and Wales each winter, according to new Met Office study which highlights the risk […]
July 17, 2017 – 10:58 am
Extreme weather is not getting worse. In fact, many events linked to climate have decreased. But, that never stops a good talking point Scientists are getting better at linking extreme events, such as wildfires, to climate change The largest B.C. city between Kamloops and Prince George has been evacuated because of wildfires. As people have […]
July 16, 2017 – 3:40 pm
Today’s bit of scaremongering from the Cult Of Climastrology, because they haven’t pulled this food crops are doomed story recently Maize, rice, wheat: alarm at rising climate risk to vital crops Governments may be seriously underestimating the risks of crop disasters occurring in major farming regions around the world, a study by British researchers has […]
July 11, 2017 – 4:24 pm
The fallout from the scaremongering NY Magazine article on the Earth soon being to hot to support human life continues. Some, like Grist (which usually does a good job with the fear mongering) says the story was too much fearmongering (even though they do some themselves) The worst-case climate scenario is very bad indeed. The […]
July 10, 2017 – 4:34 pm
A bit of a follow up to the earlier post on the Earth becoming utterly unable to sustain life, we find (Esquire)Â But for every doomsday scenario, there’s a more measured take. Climatologist Michael Mann, who said he was interviewed but not quoted for the New York story, shared why he disagreed with some of its […]
