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One Hundred and One Years of Netherlands’ Windstorms

Have they become more or less damaging over the past century of “unprecedented” global warming? No. It has declined since the early 1980s to values that are currently “far below the range witnessed in the 20th century” ... Read More A Polar Dinoflagellate that Can Really Take the Heat (14 May 2013) A new study demonstrates the incredible ability of Polarella glacialis to cope with an instantaneous temperature increase of up to 11°C, suggesting the much smaller temperature increase at the upper...

Effects of Temperature on Mortality in Nairobi, Kenya

Even in places that are appreciated for their relative warmth, a change in the weather or shifting of the seasons to cooler conditions, rather than an equivalent increase in warmth, is typically the more deadly of the two types of temperature evolution... Read More Scots Pine Stands of Estonia Are Growing Ever Better Nowadays (7 May 2013) What climate alarmists frequently claim is bad for the biosphere - rising temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations - appears to actually be having a...

Modeling Northern Hemispheric Winters

How good are the simulations of the most up-to-date climate models? Authors Kim et al. (2012) assessed the seasonal prediction skill for the Northern Hemisphere winter and found a number of biases that have yet to be overcome... Read More Projections of CMIP5 Models: Will They Ever Come Together? (30 Apr 2013) An unfortunate conclusion of this study is that “accepting model spread as a way to portray uncertainty of the projection estimate may result in an overestimation of the projected warming...

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Larval Growth of Oysters in a Warming and CO2-Accreting World

Craig Idso

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April 24, 2013

How does the larval-stage of the Portuguese oyster respond to multiple climate change stressors? With a surprising degree of tolerance!...
The Capacity for Thermal Acclimation in Mosquitofish

Craig Idso

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April 17, 2013

Noting that “many predictions of the impact of climate change on biodiversity assume a species-specific response to changing environments,” the authors of this study proceed to argue, on the basis
Intense Tropical Cyclones of the Northern Indian Ocean

Craig Idso

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April 13, 2013

Once again we have another real-world example of the occurrence of intense tropical cyclone activity being totally independent of concomitant mean global air temperature over the past three decades...
Seasonal Flow Regimes of UK Rivers

Craig Idso

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April 03, 2013

Analyses of river flow records since 1969 reveal there is “no compelling evidence for a decrease in overall runoff or low flows” in the summer, which finding “is contrary to trajectories of most fu
How Does a Nondescript Shrimp Deal with Rising Temperatures?

Craig Idso

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March 28, 2013

Just like a whole lot of other organisms do, it “shows genuine acclimation capacities” due to the plasticity inherent in both the organism’s thermal limit and its heat shock response...
Microevolution in Alaskan Pink Salmon in Response to Warming

Craig Idso

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March 21, 2013

Reviewers Needed for Climate Change Reconsidered - 2
Would Sea Anemones Survive in a High-CO2 World of the Future?

Craig Idso

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March 14, 2013

According to the results of this research study, not only would they survive, they would likely thrive!... Read More
Snow Avalanches in Forests of the Swiss Alps

Craig Idso

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March 07, 2013

Trends since 1970 indicate there has been a decrease in snow and weather conditions associated with avalanches throughout the region...
In Search of a CO2-Induced Increase in the Mean Rate-of-Rise of Global Sea Level

Craig Idso

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February 27, 2013

As more data become available, and as more researchers strive to decipher what those data imply, the search appears ever more futile...
Winter Wheat Yields in a Warmer Yangtze Delta Plain of China

Craig Idso

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February 21, 2013

How would they likely compare with the region’s winter wheat yields of today?