More unintended consequences of white roofs - Wry Heat

White roofs may keep the roof surface and building cooler, but, the heat has to go somewhere. Heat reflected from white roofs can cause the ambient air temperature above the roof to be hotter than it ordinarily would. That can effect the performance of air conditioning units in two ways. First, the higher temperature of the ambient air causes the A/C unit to work harder, using more energy.

Twitter / AndrewSimms_nef: Yesterday, at short notice ...

Yesterday, at short notice @BBCr4today dropped 2 scientists set to discuss we have #50months left to act on climate, for Korean pop music

The Inconvenient Skeptic » My Presentation to The Right Climate Stuff group

A couple of months ago I posted about my increasing involvement with The Right Climate Stuff group which is largely composed of a group of NASA engineers and scientists. One of the things that they were interested in me doing was going to Houston to give then a presentation about my book. That presentation finally happened this past Wednesday.

Fischer, Kerrey spar on global warming, partisanship in final Senate debate - Kearney Hub: Local News

Kerrey thinks global warming is man-made; Fischer doesn't.