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Guest contribution by Willis Eschenbach From the viewer: Japan has just raised its target of reducing CO2 emissions from 26 to 46 percent (by 2030 compared to 2013). But how did this number come about, was Environment Minister…

After galaxies began to form in the early universe, the universe continued to expand. The gravitational pull between galaxies caused galaxies to contract into superclusters, while dark energy and the resulting cosmic expansion drove these…

Guest essay by Eric Worrall What could possibly go wrong? Victoria wants all new car sales to be electric by 2030 and plans to retire its largest reliable power generator by 2028. The Victorian government plans to increase sales…

By earthly standards, the surface of Mars is the image of devastation. Not only is it irradiated and cold enough to make Antarctica look bland, but it's a thousand times drier than the driest places on earth. However, under the superarid…

Guest contribution by Willis Eschenbach After my last post on ocean surface warming, titled "How Global Warming Isn't", I had to think about the warming of the upper part of the ocean. So I got the ocean heat content (OHC) data for…

Early Thursday, a Long March 5B rocket - currently the most powerful Chinese launch vehicle - launched from Wenchang and carried the first major component of an ambitious new modular space station. The station module known as Tianhe…

Twitter thread from Dr. Pielke, There is an interesting investigative journalism project to be carried out on the revolving door between climate science and policy and private sector climate services Just one example: John Kerry's…

An icy Saturn satellite, Enceladus, has been a topic of increasing interest in recent years since Cassini captured jets of water and other material ejected from the moon's south pole. One particularly tempting hypothesis, supported by the…

Short message from Kip Hansen - April 30, 2021 Dr. Judith Curry tweeted this article on The Conversation: "This supermoon has a twist - expect flooding, but a lunar cycle masks the effects of sea level rise". The piece was…

In the immortal words of Ian Malcom (Jeff Goldblum) "Life ... um ... finds a way". Back in 2005, an article in Nature used the famous quote from Jurassic Park to describe the possibility of surviving life on Mars. It embodies the hope…