by Spencer Walrath A federal judge in Boston dealt a major blow yesterday to environmental activist groups seeking to sue fossil fuel companies for supposedly ignoring the risks of climate change. The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) had sued ExxonMobil for allegedly failing to sufficiently prepare a facility in Everett, Mass., for the effects of climate…
via Watts Up With That?
September 13, 2017 at 03:16PM
Comparing Churchill problem bear statistics over a few years provides some critical perspective: this year, the bears are causing much fewer problems.
This 2nd week in September is no exception, being the 9th week ashore in all cases: 2017 (4-10 September, where I think “total number of polar bear occurrence reports to date” should be 64, not 53, see week 7 report here), 2016 (5-11 September), 2015 (7-13 September), where there were about 1/2 the number of bears in “jail” this year compared to the last two years (i. e., 6 vs. 11 and 12) and slightly more than 1/2 the number of occurrence reports in 2017 than in 2016 and 2015 (64 vs. 107 and 99):
via polarbearscience
September 13, 2017 at 03:04PM
From KOBE UNIVERSITY and the “Yes Virginia, climate DOES change on it’s own accord” department. By studying climate changes that took place thousands of years ago, we can better understand the global climate system and predict the Earth’s future climate. A multi-organization research team led by Professor HYODO Masayuki (Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University)…
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September 13, 2017 at 09:44AM
On this date in 1988, Category 5 Hurricane Gilbert was about to crash into Playa del Carmen, Mexico – where I plan to be next month.
via The Deplorable Climate Science Blog
September 13, 2017 at 09:43AM
Iowa Climate Science Education 