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Scientist: Global warming not causing extreme weather | The Daily Caller

In a Senate hearing Thursday, environmental scientist Roger Pielke of the University of Colorado said it’s “incorrect” to claim that global warming is spurring more extreme weather disasters.

“It is misleading and just plain incorrect to claim that disasters associated with hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or droughts have increased on climate timescales either in the United States or globally,” Pielke said in his testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. “It is further incorrect to associate the increasing costs of disasters with the emission of greenhouse gases.”

Insight: young scientist predicts that he will retire before global climate models become good enough for use in agriculture - environmentalresearchweb

I am a young researcher with plenty of years ahead to solve some of the problems that society will face as a result of climate change. But it is disconcerting to discover that I will be retired by the time global climate models are of sufficient quality to plug directly into agricultural models.

- Bishop Hill blog - 100% of poll respondents don't believe Mr Davey and the CCC

what this poll does show is that the government is failing to convince a key constituent (the equity market) that its affordability projections are plausible

The July – August 1936 Oklahoma Heatwave | Real Science

From July 11 to August 30 1936, Altus Oklahoma was over 100 F every day but two. This included thirty-five days over 105F, fourteen days over 110F and two days over 120F.