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…
Follow up: “The drought in the western U.S. could last until 2030”
In 2021: In 2022: May 2023: June 2023 : Expert predictions are rarely accurate. Information on historical drought conditions in the U.S.
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…
Media oopsy follow up: 2022 Oak Fire’s growth caused by climate change – or an arsonist
Summer 2022: Oak Fire in California exploded due to climate change But as the climate emergency brings rising temperatures, California has become increasingly vulnerable to extreme wildfires. In 2020 and…
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…
Follow up: Trevor Jacob and his [faked] plane crash
The original stunt: Trevor Jacob and his plane crash – Coldstreams Skeptic As of May 2023, Trevor Jacob admits it was a faked stunt for a promotional opportunity. He also…
Follow up: CNBC’s Jim Cramer’s stock positions
Cramer's expert stock picks are slightly worse than a coin toss, and some are spectacularly wrong.
Follow up: “San Francisco – the City That Waits to Die”
The title is the name of a 1971 PBS documentary speculating about a future large earthquake in San Francisco. Long before global warming, the media needed a scary headline based…
Environment: Wild – Founder of Earth Day was later convicted of murder, died in prison
The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970. In a bizarre turn of events, the self identified founder of Earth Day, Ira Einhorn, was later convicted of murder (twice)…
Follow up: Lake Mead is going to largely die within 2 years
March 24, 2023 Lake Mead’s water would continue to decline Would fall to Tier 2B in 2024 Would fall to Tier 3 shortage in 2025, necessitating mandatory water cuts to…
Science oops: Much bad science (and worse media coverage of it)
The problem isn't bad science but what happens next: disastrous media coverage of bad science studies, and a lack of skeptical inquiry by reporters.
Climate Future Followup: Global Warming will cause more baseball homeruns
Abstract Home runs in baseball—fair balls hit out of the field of play—have risen since 1980, driving strategic shifts in gameplay. Myriad factors likely account for these trends, with some…
Public health oops: “Masks in hospitals made ‘no difference’ to Covid infection rates”
Researchers from St George’s Hospital in London analysed routinely collected infection control data over a 40-week period between December 4, 2021 and September 10, 2022. …. Researchers found removing the…
Follow up: California drought likely to continue into 2023
100% wrong: As California’s 2022 water year ends this week, the parched state is bracing for another dry year — its fourth in a row. So far, in California’s recorded…
Follow up: “XBB.1.5 to be “deadliest wave in pandemic history”
Another “expert” prediction crashed and burned to the ground. Jacob B. Aguilar, PhD on Twitter: “I wish all a prosperous 2023. However, in realty the XBB.1.5 SUPER variant is exploding…