Media lying about pavement temperature and pavement burns in Phoenix
In some parts of the U.S., it has been really, really hot - with some areas experiencing new record high temperatures..But the media is telling lies. Read on.
Follow up: Hottest temp ever on earth expected in Death Valley
I have said repeatedly: the best way to communicate about climate change is with facts, logic and well made arguments. Repeatedly crying wolf is not an effective strategy, but that…
Climate: Is the entire planet baking?
Here is a graphic representation of global temperatures as of July 23, 2023. Click on the map for a full size image. The map does not show the polar regions…
Aviation: The media discovers density altitude
Aircraft pilots need to calculate the density altitude of airports to understand the aircraft’s expected performance at take off, climb out and landing. Density altitude is the airport’s effective altitude…
Health: Heat exhaustion is real
Heat exhaustion is real and dangerous-and it can be hard to avoid depending on heat, humidity, dehydration and your physical condition.
Media: “Land temperatures…surpass 60C as deadly heatwave sweeps”
A news report says land surface temperatures in Spain are 60 deg C. Which is perfectly normal, but readers don't know that.
Climate: July 2023 hottest day in history?
The recent "hottest day in history" headline was based on a forecast model and not on actual temperature measurements.
Follow up: Tropical Storm Bret to become hurricane
A tropical storm named Bret has formed over the central Atlantic Ocean and will likely become a hurricane on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said Monday afternoon. Source: Tropical Storm…
Climate, Demographics: Climate to exterminate humanity
But not in the way people were expecting: Climate change affects 53% of parents’ decision to have more kids (cnbc.com
Climate oops: Britain reverts to coal after solar PV produces insufficient power
Britain fires up coal plant as solar panels suffer in hot weather (yahoo.com)
Climate: “Fungi may offer ‘jaw-dropping’ solution to climate change”
Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fu | EurekAlert! Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new…
Climate: Great Salt Lake’s shrinkage not due to climate change
Today, as much as two-thirds of the potential river inflow never reaches the lake. Consequently, the lake is shrinking. However, it is not climate change, but human water use that’s…
EVs: What happens to one’s older gas car when replacing it with an EV?
Many of older used vehicles are now shipped to other countries. Buying an EV doesn't really reduce carbon emissions; it mostly moves them somewhere else.
Climate Follow up: A half century of climate apocalypse headlines that turned out to be wrong
Fascinating – take a look: 50 years of predictions that the climate apocalypse is nigh 2000: “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is”: …within a few years winter…