Category Archives: Climate Change

Review and Summary of “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels”

We don’t take a safe environment and make it dangerous; we take a dangerous environment and make it far safer.

Politifact or Politi-fiction?

By Andy May This is a critique of the coverage of the man-made climate change debate by Politifact.com. It’s an update of a post I wrote last year. Journalism has not improved in the last 19 months and may actually be worse. Because Politifact is often characterized as an unbiased and credible source by theContinue reading “Politifact or Politi-fiction?”

The Kerr-McGee Bohai Bay Block 0436 20 year Reunion

Those of us that worked to obtain block 0436 in Bohai Bay, China and were involved in the discoveries met today (July 28, 2016) in Greg Cleveland’s beautiful Memorial Area home for a 20th anniversary celebration of the first discovery. Quite a few were able to come. The block has gone back to the ChineseContinue reading “The Kerr-McGee Bohai Bay Block 0436 20 year Reunion”

Comparing the Kobashi and Alley Central Greenland Temperature Reconstructions

By Andy May In 2000, Richard Alley released an ice core temperature reconstruction for Central Greenland using Oxygen isotope ratios. He describes the technique used here. I used this ice core proxy data in a previous post “Climate and Civilization for the past 4,000 years.” Since Alley’s data stops at 1855, I spliced the GreenlandContinue reading “Comparing the Kobashi and Alley Central Greenland Temperature Reconstructions”

Climate and Civilization for the past 4,000 years

Present warming is not unusual.

Using R and JAMSTEC NetCDF Files to Examine Ocean Temperatures

We examine ocean temperatures with an R program

An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton

Dear Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, I know you’re busy, so I will summarize my key points briefly. I do agree with you on most issues, but some of your positions are show stoppers for me. My entire focus in this presidential campaign is on jobs and the economy. I realize your website says you wantContinue reading “An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton”

The Exxon Climate Papers

A group of Democrat attorneys general and environmental activists are accusing ExxonMobil of lying about climate change. Is it true?