Wednesday, April 07, 2010

The Reference Frame: Nature: eccentricity negatively drives big climate variations
Lisiecki confirmed that the timing has been remarkably correlated with the approximate 100,000-year eccentricity variations in those 12 cycles or so. Moreover, the correlation is actually negative. When we're getting a greater amount of solar energy per year, because of the eccentricity changes, the Earth actually seems to be cooler! This fact actually seems to have been true for 5 million years.
The paranoid style in American climate politics | CEJournal
And what about all that knowledge that literally many thousands of scientists have produced over the course of many decades? [like what, specifically?] Stephens implies it’s all but worthless because the scientists have been at work for venal purposes.
- Bishop Hill blog - WaPo on climate models
Now last time I heard, the models could get into an ice age but couldn't get out again, so I'm not sure whether Gavin is being entirely straight with us here. Perhaps the models have moved on though, although one could still wonder if they could move so quickly from not being able to get out of an ice age to being useful.
Climate change row over the mystery of the shrinking sheep - Telegraph
Scientists have questioned claims that global warming is causing sheep to change size and colour in the latest row to engulf climate change science.
[How performing small rituals can prevent bad weather] Wins Web Video Contest - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
How to fight climate change? Well, you could start by just saving some electricity. Or saying no to plastic bags. Or turning off the tap while you brush your teeth.

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