Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Are Early Season Tornadoes Increasing? « NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
If anything, the trend is declining for EF3+ tornadoes.

It may be that Trenberth is right in saying that warming will lead to more early season tornadoes. But if his theory is correct, the actual tornado statistics would suggest that no such warming has actually taken place in the last decade.
STUDY: TV Media Ignore Climate Change In Coverage Of Record July Heat | Research | Media Matters for America
Only 14% Of Heat Wave Stories Mentioned Climate Change. In a study of major media outlets, only 8.7% of television segments and 25.5% of print articles reported on record-breaking July heat waves in the context of climate change.
Trend Towards Permanent Darkness | Real Science
In June, the sun set about 8:30 pm. Now it sets much earlier.

At this rate, we will have a sunshine-free Colorado by next summer. Zwally™
Meet Singer Daria Musk And The Low-Carbon Google+ Concert Of The Future | ThinkProgress
they have a much lower carbon than those deafening big stadium concerts.
A Peculiar Prevalence Of P Values Just Below .05 | William M. Briggs
The real finding is the subtle confirmation bias that seeps into peer-reviewed papers. The, conscious or not shading of results in the direction the of authors’ hope. Everybody thinks confirmation bias happens to the other guy. Nobody can see his own fingers slip.

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