by Richard Schulman Nature dominates Earth’s climate: there is no climate crisis. Human combustion of fossil fuels has powered unprecedented economic growth and prosperity. The human contribution to the warming that has taken place since the 1880s — when temperatures began recovering from the Little Ice Age (1300-1850) — has been minor and, in fact, […]
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, […]
