Resisting Climate Hysteria

[mullokintyre]

The king of the Climate Hysteria, Michael Mann, wrote in the WAPO back in April about their predictions for the busiest Hurricane season on record.
Note that these predictions are for named storms, some of which may progress to hurricanes.
There is going to have to be some massive outbreaks of storms to get even close to the 33 figure they forecast.
So far this year there have been 3.
The US is half way through the deemed Hurricane season.
The highest number of named storms was in 2005 with 28.
Mick
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I posted the above back in July this year after king of climate hysteria, Michal Mann and his scientific team made some bold predictions about the severity of the summer 2024 northern hemisphere hurricane season.
Having reached the end of the season, it will probably come as a surprise to few that the predictions by Mann's research team have fallen somewhat short.
The final result was 18 named storms, 11 of which were at least category 1 hurricanes, 5 of which were category 3 or greater. (source The Statesman )
The 18 final storms was well short of the "best guess" of 33.
back in September, the Washington Post from where the original article came, made mention of the failure of the models in their predictions, and wrote of a number of factors that may have influenced the strange behaviour that they did not expect.
However, the bottom line, none of the models came up with the right answer, sop they now have to go back and try to tweak them until they get somewhat closer.
Or could could just throw their hands in the air and finally admit that they really have little idea as to what drives the weather.

Mick

 

[wayneL]

How about 'dem apples?

 

[Sean K]

China is about to hit the 12Bt annual CO2 emissions mark.

The Greens are saying that we are killing the Great Barrier Reef.

 

[moXJO]

Always found this funny:

 

[sptrawler]

Always found this funny:

My best mate retired from waste services last year, he says recycling is a joke, but it makes people feel good.
The best tip he ever gave me was, the side loader arm is calibrated to lift 80kg. Lol
He was a sparky by trade, but reckoned there was better money in waste services, who would have thought that.

 

[wayneL]

Gaslighting busted

 

[Sean K]

Not going to be long before Australia wakes up and stops supporting unreliable, inconsistantant and expensive variable power.

How many more billions are we going to put into this charade?

Another proposed wind farm development has been shelved, with the partners behind a contentious plan in South Australia quietly pulling the project.

An application with federal environmental regulators for the almost $2bn SA offshore wind farm project – also known as the Kingston project – was withdrawn without explanation this month.

The project was originally proposed by British company Australis Energy.

German group Skyborn Renewables – which is involved in operating or under-construction wind farms in Germany, Taiwan, France and the US – stepped in as a 50-50 joint venture partner in 2022.

Under the original plan for the project, about a third of the proposed 75 wind turbines would have sat in state, as opposed to commonwealth, waters.

The closest of the turbines – which together would have been capable of generating up to 600 megawatts of energy – would have been about 6.5km from the coast.

 

[sptrawler]

Unfortunately @Sean K IMO this has to play out, it is better to have a disaster now, rather than in 15years time IMO.
Hopefully Labor/Greens get in across the board and get to own the outcome, be it good or bad.

 

[JohnDe]

 

[basilio]

Perhaps its time to get away from Climate Hysteria and check out climate facts.
What are the consequences occurring as the climate rapidly warms around the world ?

The Arctic has seen massive changes in just 20 years.

Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more ​

Published: December 10, 2024 11:00am EST

Authors​

1. 
   Twila A. Moon
   Deputy Lead Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder
2. 
   Matthew L. Druckenmiller
   Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder
3. 
   Rick Thoman
   Alaska Climate Specialist, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Disclosure statement​

Twila A. Moon receives funding from NOAA for work performed as an editor on the Arctic Report Card.

Matthew L. Druckenmiller receives funding from NOAA for work performed as an editor on the Arctic Report Card.

Rick Thoman receives funding from NOAA for work performed as an editor on the Arctic Report Card.


The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can profoundly affect lives around the world.

Coastal flooding is worsening in many communities as Arctic glaciers and the Greenland Ice Sheet send meltwater into the oceans. Heat-trapping gases released by Arctic wildfires and thawing tundra mix quickly in the air, adding to human-produced emissions that are warming the globe. Unusual and extreme weather events, pressure on food supplies and intensifying threats from wildfire and related smoke can all be influenced by changes in the Arctic.

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state of the Arctic environment.

They describe the rapid changes they’re witnessing across the Arctic, and the consequences for people and wildlife that touch every region of the globe.

Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more

Rapid changes underway in the Arctic affect the region’s people and wildlife, and the entire planet.

theconversation.com

 

[JohnDe]

I am currently visiting Canberra for 5 days, last time I was here was about 7 years ago and the temperatures were mid to high 30’s.

Our present visit has given us perfect weather, with a maximum of 30 degrees, slight cloud cover and cool breeze.

I find myself confused by the past few months of weather predictions of us having one of the hottest summers recorded.

Maybe it’s still to come, or is it the doomsday cult?

 

[Sean K]

1.64 million extra crimes because the temp goes up 1 degree, or so. You know it makes sense.

Australia will have to contend with an additional 1.64m crimes created by climate change over the course of the rest of the century, an alarming study has found.

Researchers Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Russell Smyth, and Trong-Anh Trinh came to the staggering conclusion after matching weather data with crime rates over an 18-year period.

Their paper ‘Crime, Weather, and Climate Change in Australia’ found that increasing extreme heat events in Australia will generate an additional 72,000 crimes per year.

If emissions continue to rise as predicted, those yearly increases will amount to approximately 1.64m additional crimes throughout the rest of the 21st century.

 

[wayneL]

1.64 million extra crimes because the temp goes up 1 degree, or so. You know it makes sense.


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Australia will have to contend with an additional 1.64m crimes created by climate change over the course of the rest of the century, an alarming study has found.

Researchers Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Russell Smyth, and Trong-Anh Trinh came to the staggering conclusion after matching weather data with crime rates over an 18-year period.

Their paper ‘Crime, Weather, and Climate Change in Australia’ found that increasing extreme heat events in Australia will generate an additional 72,000 crimes per year.

If emissions continue to rise as predicted, those yearly increases will amount to approximately 1.64m additional crimes throughout the rest of the 21st century.

Nothing whatsoever with the infestation of incongruent third world cultures of course.

 

[Sean K]

Nothing whatsoever with the infestation of incongruent third world cultures of course.

But, wouldn't that make the crime rate go down? Maybe cooler weather causes more crimes.

 

[wayneL]

But, wouldn't that make the crime rate go down? Maybe cooler weather causes more crimes.

Well, all the high crime areas in the UK are in the cold north. However there is some other coincidence that seems inescapable to behold.

 

[Sean K]

I've been diving on the Ribbon Reefs between Cairns and Lizard Island for the past 4 days and I can tell you there is zero coral bleaching in this section of the GBR. Maybe the dive boat only took us to the thriving coral.

 

[IFocus]

I've been diving on the Ribbon Reefs between Cairns and Lizard Island for the past 4 days and I can tell you there is zero coral bleaching in this section of the GBR. Maybe the dive boat only took us to the thriving coral.

Fake news... I only rely on Pauline Hanson reports re the GBR.

Edit: good to hear

 

[Sean K]

Fake news... I only rely on Pauline Hanson reports re the GBR.

Edit: good to hear

There's something else going on with the bleaching.

My hypothesis is that it ebbs and flows with the weather, or something else, not the climate.

My evidence is that the 'coral triangle' between eastern Indonesia to Palau and down to the GBR has the same coral and fish. It ranges from 31 to 26 degrees. A 5 degree range. But the corals thrive in the warmer part around the equator. PNG has the best coral coverage of all for some reason. Less effluent run off perhaps, or less range?

But, the CAGW hypothesis has some holes in it when they hold up warmer water = coral bleaching and death of the GBR.

It could be that 'rapid' change means the algae can't adapt quickly enough, but the GBR is looking better than I've seen it in 30 years of diving here. Who is to say how the reef was going through cycles prior to records started to be kept only 30 years ago.

Jury is out on global warming destroying the reefs.

More investigation is required.

But who will sponsor that? No university in their right mind would sponsor a study suggesting global warming is not the cause of coral bleaching.

The science is not settled on the destruction of coral reefs due to warming water.

If James Cook University gave me sponsorship to do further studies, I'm all in.

 

[mullokintyre]

Jeff Bezos, one of the Billionaires of the world, who despite swanning around in a massive diesel powered yacht, and flies numerous trips in his private jets, is fond of spruiking the virtues of net zero carbon emissions.
Indeed, the company he founded syates on its website

"To reach this target, we're also expanding the use of zero-emission transportation such as electric delivery vans, cargo e-bikes, and on-foot deliveries, and we engage in industry initiatives to remove carbon emissions from transportation systems like ocean shipping, aviation, and trucking. We're also using innovative construction techniques and building materials to make our fulfillment centers, data centers, offices, and physical retail locations more sustainable."

So it comes as a tad surprising to see that a fleet of his Rivian Electric Vehicles parked at their charging stations which in turn is powered by an extremely large capacity diesel Generator.

Mick

 

[IFocus]

There's something else going on with the bleaching.

My hypothesis is that it ebbs and flows with the weather, or something else, not the climate.

My evidence is that the 'coral triangle' between eastern Indonesia to Palau and down to the GBR has the same coral and fish. It ranges from 31 to 26 degrees. A 5 degree range. But the corals thrive in the warmer part around the equator. PNG has the best coral coverage of all for some reason. Less effluent run off perhaps, or less range?

But, the CAGW hypothesis has some holes in it when they hold up warmer water = coral bleaching and death of the GBR.

It could be that 'rapid' change means the algae can't adapt quickly enough, but the GBR is looking better than I've seen it in 30 years of diving here. Who is to say how the reef was going through cycles prior to records started to be kept only 30 years ago.

Jury is out on global warming destroying the reefs.

More investigation is required.

But who will sponsor that? No university in their right mind would sponsor a study suggesting global warming is not the cause of coral bleaching.

The science is not settled on the destruction of coral reefs due to warming water.

If James Cook University gave me sponsorship to do further studies, I'm all in.

Would have thought there would already a heap of papers on the subject given the vast numbers of marine biologists.

Nice to hear some good news for a change I stopped reading a lot research the outlook is not great.