A QUICK “Year End” review of the “State of Play”. — SO. Look at that picture. Then read these two reports on the agricultural situation in Argentina. #1 44%: Expected drop in Argentina’s soybean production in 2023 relative to the last five years, the lowest harvest since 1988/89, contributing to an estimated 3% drop in Argentina’s GDP for 2023 (EU Science Hub…

A few thoughts on Climate Models — From James Hansen’s How We Know that Global Warming is Accelerating and that the Goal of the Paris Agreement is Dead. He is forecasting that we will reach +2C around 2040. SO. If you read my recent LiBT series “Unclothing the Emperor : Understanding “What’s Wrong” with our “Climate Paradigm”…

Unclothing the Emperor : Understanding “What’s Wrong” with our “Climate Paradigm”. Part 4 — The PERMAFROST — is MELTING, “faster than expected”. SO. I have come to realize that I am a “fringe” writer when it comes to Climate Change and the Climate Crisis. …

Researching my next piece. — SO. Since I am not a “Climate Scientist” my qualifications for writing articles about the Climate System are often called into question. Since I am also questioning the current Climate Paradigm aka “the Scientific Consensus” I am generally viewed as a “FRINGE” writer. However, everything I say is based on…

Unclothing the Emperor : Understanding “What’s Wrong” with our “Climate Paradigm”. Part 3 Polar Amplification. In case you missed it in James Hansen’s latest paper, How We Know that Global Warming is Accelerating and that the Goal of the Paris Agreement is Dead, here’s the most important takeaway from the paper. “A decade ago, we estimated that Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) during the first decade…

Hansen dropped a new paper this morning. Let’s UNPACK what it MEANS. — SO. If you have been reading my stuff for awhile you know that last February (2022) I wrote this paper. Living in Bomb Time — 20 Climate Report Part Three continued: Heat doesn’t “just happen”. Where it’s coming from and why that matters. It was the last piece of a…

Unclothing the Emperor : Understanding “What’s Wrong” with our “Climate Paradigm”. Part 2 SO, Last month, Zeke Hausfather wrote this for the NYT. I Study Climate Change. The Data Is Telling Us Something New. Where he stated. “While natural weather patterns, including a growing El Niño event, are playing an important role, the record global temperatures we have experienced this year could not…

Unclothing the Emperor : Understanding “What’s Wrong” with our Climate Paradigm. In order to understand “Why” things are happening “FASTER than Expected”. SO. Our world is literally “melting away” in a rising tide of HEAT. The disconnect between what we are all seeing/feeling/experiencing “first-hand” and what the “Speakers” for Climate Science are saying has become noticeable. Global temperatures soared to a new record in September by a huge margin.

The Earth’s Climate System — A Short Users Guide. Part 03. — Do you remember when the “Northwest Passage” opened for the FIRST time in human history? You should, it was 2007. Arctic melt opens Northwest passage — Record low for sea-ice retreat. Published 19 September 2007 | Nature 449, 267 (2007) | doi:10.1038/449267b The most direct shipping route between the Atlantic…