Columnist Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. of the Wall Street Journal detects a shift in news media coverage of climate change, after decades: “I can’t help but wonder how events might have been different if climate news coverage over these many decades had not veered into moronic nonsense, from which it is only fitfully starting to…
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More Reasons to Doubt Extreme Heat Predictions
Many climate scientists choose to ignore temperature history from satellite data in favor of temperature measurements taken on the surface only. (Satellites measure temperatures at a variety of heights—from the surface to the stratosphere.) Climate scientist Nicola Scafetta reviewed 38 climate model forecasts and how they correlated with actual temperatures. Temperature records measured by satellites…
‘Media Lying about Hurricanes and Climate Change.’ Michael Shellenberger Names Names.
Michael Shellenberger calls out the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and ABC News for misleading information about the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. He compares their often hyperbolic statements with actual facts and graphs from the National Oceanic and Aerospace Administration (NOAA). There has been little or no change in either…
Can the Media Tell the Truth about Climate Change? Apparently Not.
From Steven Koonin in the Wall Street Journal: “[T]he media goes with this angle: ‘A “doomsday glacier” the size of Florida is disintegrating faster than thought.’ A correct headline would read: ‘Thwaites Glacier retreating less than half as rapidly today as it did in the past.’” Koonin, author of Unsettled, a book that questions the…
Another Reason to Question Solar Geoengineering: Malaria
It’s currently popular to argue for fighting climate change by “solar geoengineering”—such as sending sulfates toward the sun to cool the Earth’s surface (the way a volcano’s eruption can cool the Earth). But many people question this approach. The latest warning comes from Robinson Meyer in the Atlantic. “A new study hints that solar geoengineering…
Don’t Worry about Greenland’s Melting Ice
Greenland ‘s ice mass is melting—but more slowly than it did a decade ago, and its level right now is about the same as in the 1930s. That’s from Steven Koonin, writing in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). Koonin cites measurements of ice conducted by the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet,…