Recent content by dcraig1

Yasi upgraded to Category 5 with wind gusts to 320 km/h. It is now probably a little more intense than Katrina and almost as large. This could be very ugly.

I think this report is indicative of the moribund character of the modern US: China Initiates Thorium MSR Project http://energyfromthorium.com/2011/01/30/china-initiates-tmsr/ Equally, it shows the aggressively forward looking attitude of the Chinese leadership. Some background: In the 1960s...

Very impressive animation of the huge cyclone Yasi headed towards north eastern Australia: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemiloops/shirgmscol.html Yasi is much bigger than, and just as intense as Larry in 2006 that caused a billion dollars in damage to Innisfail and the surrounding area...

As arabianights says, beware science reporting in the DailyMail. The problem with hydrogen is that it is slippery stuff. It seeps through everything, causes embrittlement of steel, there is no proper distribution infrastructure etc etc. If they have solved some of these problems, it may be a...

SkepticGate Looms In 2006, there was a report to the US congress known as the Wegman Report purporting to debunk the work of Michael Mann and the famous hockey stick. All other "investigations" of Mann have exonerated Mann and supporting his broad findings, including the investigation by the US...

Well, that settles it then. You saw a program on TV. Lets contact the IPCC and let them know. I would be interested to read any authoritative reference, but without one is your comment worth anything?

A general point about these "next big thing" get rich quick deals. Even if the general assessment of something like the future of nuclear power is correct, it does not take away the need for timing in trading or investment. Whatever you think you know about the fundamentals, industry...

Split, No doubt there are a multiplicity of environmental issues, and some of them very likely will have catastrophic consequences if left unchecked. Science must form the basis of dealing with them. Of course it's imperfect and the amount of research required is vast especially in ecology...

You can make up these fairy stories and repeat them as often as you like. It will never make them true. Conspiracy theory trash. Very few scientists take up the career in the hope of large financial gains. Many people working in climate science are highly skilled, generally with doctorates...

Shakone, Here is an example of an unexpected uncertainty. Recent research suggests that contrary to what one might expect, the Sun has a greater warming influence at the bottom of the short 11yr solar cycle due to different spectral composition of the solar radiation. Gavin Schmidt from NASA...

Shakone, If you go to a doctor with some problem and he tells you that you have a 90% chance of dying unless you have a specific medical procedure, what do you do? Either have the procedure or seek a second opinion but not any old medical opinion, but an expert opinion a third etc. They all...

If humans cut their net GHG emissions and in particular CO2 emissions to between 0 and 20% of current emissions, the current warming trend will cease when equilibrium is reached in the climate system in possibly a few decades. The new equilibrium temperature would probably be something like 1.5C...

In regard to the Lewis/APS malarkey, lets see what Lewis said in his book "Technological Risk": "The GCMs (Global Climate Models) in use nowadays do a pretty good job of calculating the effect of a potential doubling of the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere, but more research is truly...

An asinine comment. As I said in my first comment on this thread, you are capable only of drive by cut and paste of hyperlinks and nothing more. You would be well advised to educate yourself on a topic you clearly know nothing about.

Your assertions here are 100% wrong. It is nothing like a guess. There are multiple lines of evidence that all lead to the AGW conclusion. To name a few: 1. Nighttime temperatures are warming more than daytime. This is a direct fingerprint of an enhanced greenhouse effect. If increases in solar...