Steven Koonin’s new book, Unsettled, is an excellent introduction to climate science by an award-winning teacher. It is essential reading for anyone who wishes to develop an informed judgment on the most important scientific issue of this decade. by Richard Schulman Dr. Koonin has impressive academic and governmental credentials. He has a BS from Caltech […]
Global warming lobby ends year in defeat
The year 2018 has not been a happy one for the global warming lobby. President Trump took the US out of the Paris Climate Accord, but it is the US that has reduced its CO2 emissions, not the posturing signees of the Accord. Meanwhile the Trump administration has opened millions of acres of public lands […]
Winter and spring colder than usual? Here’s why
Winter and spring colder than usual? The NY Daily News, among others, thinks so: The Daily News has no clue as to why this is happening. But those who have read Henri Svensmark and Nigel Calder’s The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change or good summaries do. The solar wind — plasma flares from […]
The revolution in climate science you probably haven’t heard of
In 1801, British astronomer William Herschel noticed that wheat was scarce and prices were high when sunspots were minimal, and conversely wheat was abundant and prices low when sunspots were plentiful. Similar observations to Herschel’s were made in 1871 by British economist William Stanley Jevons — and many others in the preceding and ensuing years. Herschel, […]
