Guatemala News | Norwegian Study Calls for Research on Natural Causes of Climate Change

“Thanks to satellite observations, we know that the variability of the solar constant during the 11-year sunspot cycle is too small to account for the dimensions of terrestrial climate change,” Brönnimann told Tierramérica.

The climatologist commented that another natural phenomenon, the circulation of the oceans, also contributes to the movement of heat in the earth’s climate system. “Unfortunately, scientific observation of this circulation is relatively recent, which means it is not possible to formulate reliable predictions of its future effects,” he said.

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Currently the world is in the grip of one those phenomena known as the Madness of Crowds.

Sea Ice delays Shell Alaska drilling

Sea ice is “the number one reason we won’t be drilling in July,” said Smith. “At this point, we’re looking at the first week of August.”

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Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change 

“Since the President unveiled the Administration’s ‘all-of-the-above’ energy strategy, we have more oil, gas, biofuels, solar, wind and other sources than at any time in our history, with domestic oil production at its highest point in decades, and more natural gas than any time in our history, while doubling the production of renewable energy.

Study: News Outlets Missing Western Wildfires/Climate Change Links | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media

The liberal Media Matters for America organization said its analysis shows that only 1.6 percent (4) of 258 TV segments searched mentioned climate change in the period of April 1-June 30, 2012. The group says six percent (8) of the 135 print articles during that period mentioned climate change as a potential factor in the wildfires.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New study 'eliminates man-made global warming as a likely cause for the recent hot summers'

While 2006-2011 was the hottest six-summer stretch in more than half a century, it was only the tenth hottest six-summer period on the 129-year record. That seems to eliminate manmade global warming as a likely cause for the recent hot summers, Christy said. "Since these temperatures aren't higher than earlier temperatures, it doesn't look like ‘global warming,' but more like a problem we still wrestle with: unpredictable natural variability," Christy said. "No one really knows what triggers these natural shifts in the climate."