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There's a far more scientific way of understanding the climate, and that involves observing the actual climate system directly from space or in situ.

This Model was created to encourage scientist to collect the information necessary to determine the Earth’s ET change over time, the area of “special parcels”  and plume size.  This Model shows that this data is necessary...

Biofuels are neither a practical nor desirable replacement for fossil fuels, even if they needed replacing, which they don’t.

Contrary to claims that drought is causing Lake Mead water levels to fall, the Colorado River natural flows into Lake Mead show no long-term trend since 1930.

Although most landscape changes are caused by humans, the intent here is show how landscape changes largely account for the land's temperature trends that have been incorrectly blamed on rising CO2.

By Charles Blaisdell PhD ChE The earth’s cloud cover has long been an important puzzle in climate change.  Cloud cover has many types and varies significantly from year to year. …

“At more local scales, there are immediate ways to develop climate resiliency where you don’t have to wait for 100-plus nations signing on to declarations,” Niyogi said...

Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on August 10, 2019 by curryja by Judith Curry Discussion thread on the new IPCC Report on Climate Change and Land. The complete Report can be downloaded here [link]....

From ScienceAlert! There’s Another Thing Killing The Coral Reefs, And We Can Actually Fix This Problem CARLY CASSELLA 17 JUL 2019 Coral reefs are one of the most threatened ecosystems on our planet, and in the past...

By Jim Steele Published in Pacifica Tribune May 14, 2019 What’s Natural Our Urban “Climate Crisis” Based on a globally averaged statistic, some scientists and several politicians claim we are facing a climate crisis...

Napa Valley, a world-famous symbol of American excellence in wine, is threatened by too much of a good thing. Ever-increasing wine production has inflicted damage on the region's economy and ecology.  The industrialization...

Japan's agricultural sector could find a much-needed boost with an innovative approach to growing that combines solar power generation and mushroom cultivation...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo cut his visit to the United States short this week, when he had to return home to face a severe crisis. Wildfires are ravaging Indonesia, a twisted side effect of deforestation, and smoke...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo cut his visit to the United States short this week, when he had to return home to face a severe crisis. Wildfires are ravaging Indonesia, a twisted side effect of deforestation, and smoke...

Do you know the real cost of a steak? We're not talking about the dollars that people shell out to buy one, but rather the environmental cost of creating it? From the water and grain needed to feed livestock to the emissions...