UAH Global Temperature Report: February 2017 warmest in 39 years

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February 2017 Global Temperature Report – Contiguous U.S. has warmest February in past 39 Years Notes on data released March 2, 2017: The 2015-16 El Niño Pacific Ocean warming event has faded into history, but the globe still saw its fourth warmest February in the satellite global temperature record, including the warmest February in that time […]

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March 2, 2017 at 10:16AM

Claim: Modern Use of Fertiliser is “Unsustainable”

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Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study attacks the practice of using fertiliser to produce high wheat yields for bread, claiming that current use of fertiliser is “unsustainable”, due to the energy required to manufacture the fertiliser. How to reduce the environmental impact of a loaf of bread? (Update) With an estimated 12 million […]

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March 2, 2017 at 10:10AM

Secretary Tillerson won’t meet with U.N. climate chief – & it’s driving enviros crazy!

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With barely a month as Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson is coming under fire for not having met with the UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa. Espinosa sent a request to Tillerson for a face-to-face meeting but the newly minted secretary has been traversing the globe and meeting with other diplomats. That’s not sitting well with […]

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March 2, 2017 at 07:04AM

‘Science builds bridges, not walls’ – except when climate science is involved

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From the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING and the department of “tribal science”, comes this press release that is generally true, until you look at general science’s bastard child, climate science, and some of the ugliness and oppressive activism and tribalism that surrounds that branch of science. Science builds bridges, not walls, diplomacy experts […]

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March 2, 2017 at 07:00AM