The NIPCC is U.N. climate alarmists' worst nightmare.
By John Dale Dunn and Joseph Bast
Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases a special report on the alleged impacts of "global warming of 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty."
To coincide with that publication's release, the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) released on October 5 a draft Summary for Policymakers of the fifth volume in its "Climate Change Reconsidered" series. That report is available online here..........The two reports tell dramatically different stories about the causes and consequences of climate change..........How could two international teams of scientists, economists, and other experts arrive at opposite conclusions? Therein lies a story ...............To Read More
Showing posts with label NIPCC. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Friday, December 20, 2013
New Material Posted on the NIPCC Web site
Corals and
Fleshy Algae: Living Together in a Future World (17 Dec 2013)
Non-calcifying primary producers, especially those driving large amplitudes in diurnal pH fluctuations, may be important buffer organisms against potential ocean acidification on coral reefs... Read More
Non-calcifying primary producers, especially those driving large amplitudes in diurnal pH fluctuations, may be important buffer organisms against potential ocean acidification on coral reefs... Read More
On the Origin of
Extreme Climatic Events (17 Dec 2013)
Based on the diagnosis of a spectrum of possible outcomes for precipitation over the Great Plains from this system, it was concluded that the severe Great Plains drought of May-July 2012 did not require extreme external forcings and could plausibly have arisen from atmospheric noise alone... Read More
Based on the diagnosis of a spectrum of possible outcomes for precipitation over the Great Plains from this system, it was concluded that the severe Great Plains drought of May-July 2012 did not require extreme external forcings and could plausibly have arisen from atmospheric noise alone... Read More
Atmospheric
Blocking in the Northern Hemisphere (17 Dec 2013)
It is not well represented in state-of-the-art CMIP5 climate models as might be expected, and this study provides the details... Read More
It is not well represented in state-of-the-art CMIP5 climate models as might be expected, and this study provides the details... Read More
Tropical Tree
Seedlings in a Warming World (17 Dec 2013)
Tropical trees are likely much more able to successfully deal with rising temperatures than many have long supposed... Read More
Tropical trees are likely much more able to successfully deal with rising temperatures than many have long supposed... Read More
The Broad View
of Holocene Climate from the Swedish Scandes (18 Dec 2013)
The findings of this study indicate that the emergence during the past two millennia of at least two short-term tree line and thermal excursions to higher than present levels (i.e. early 21st century) indicates that the current performance of the ecological and climatic systems is well within the envelope of the natural variability of the late Holocene... Read More
The findings of this study indicate that the emergence during the past two millennia of at least two short-term tree line and thermal excursions to higher than present levels (i.e. early 21st century) indicates that the current performance of the ecological and climatic systems is well within the envelope of the natural variability of the late Holocene... Read More
Modeling the
Tibetan Plateau Summer Monsoon (18 Dec 2013)
CMIP5 simulations still struggle in their attempt, with the authors of this study concluding that significant scope still exists for improving the simulation by GCMs of Tibetan Plateau Summer Monsoon precipitation and regional climate change, especially in very mountainous areas... Read More
CMIP5 simulations still struggle in their attempt, with the authors of this study concluding that significant scope still exists for improving the simulation by GCMs of Tibetan Plateau Summer Monsoon precipitation and regional climate change, especially in very mountainous areas... Read More
Effects of
Elevated CO2 and O3 on Prairie Voles Feeding & Growth (18 Dec 2013)
Atmospheric CO2 enrichment had no discernible negative impacts on the growth and development of young male and female voles. In contrast, O3 enrichment of the air was clearly detrimental to the growth of females... Read More
Atmospheric CO2 enrichment had no discernible negative impacts on the growth and development of young male and female voles. In contrast, O3 enrichment of the air was clearly detrimental to the growth of females... Read More
Thursday, December 12, 2013
New Material Posted on the NIPCC Web site
Arctic Clouds and Sea Ice in CMIP5 Climate Models (10 Dec
2013)
How well are they represented? Based on the research findings of this study, not very well. And commenting on the ramifications of such inadequacy, the authors state: the fact that present-day sea-ice albedo is so badly constrained in GCMs [global climate models] impacts the fidelity of future scenario assessments of the Arctic region and should therefore be a concern for the modeling community... Read More
How well are they represented? Based on the research findings of this study, not very well. And commenting on the ramifications of such inadequacy, the authors state: the fact that present-day sea-ice albedo is so badly constrained in GCMs [global climate models] impacts the fidelity of future scenario assessments of the Arctic region and should therefore be a concern for the modeling community... Read More
Creating Global Climate Models for Agricultural Impact
Research (10 Dec 2013)
The authors of this study state that future outlooks of agricultural production and food security are contingent on the skill of GCMs [global climate models] in reproducing seasonal rainfall and temperatures. An assessment of that skill, however left much to be desired, with the authors concluding that it could well be decades before they are useful... Read More
The authors of this study state that future outlooks of agricultural production and food security are contingent on the skill of GCMs [global climate models] in reproducing seasonal rainfall and temperatures. An assessment of that skill, however left much to be desired, with the authors concluding that it could well be decades before they are useful... Read More
Solar and Planetary Influences on Global Climate Change
(10 Dec 2013)
They may be very significant, as the authors of this report concludes that about 50-60% of the warming observed since 1850 and since 1970 was induced by natural oscillations likely resulting from harmonic astronomical forcings that are not yet included in the GCMs... Read More
They may be very significant, as the authors of this report concludes that about 50-60% of the warming observed since 1850 and since 1970 was induced by natural oscillations likely resulting from harmonic astronomical forcings that are not yet included in the GCMs... Read More
Respiration of Cold-Water Corals in CO2-Enriched Seawater
(10 Dec 2013)
No significant change in respiration was found as a function of increasing pCO2, which finding held true across the full range of pCO2 studied (up to a high of 1215 µatm). As discussed in this review, such a finding is very good news for cold-water corals... Read More
No significant change in respiration was found as a function of increasing pCO2, which finding held true across the full range of pCO2 studied (up to a high of 1215 µatm). As discussed in this review, such a finding is very good news for cold-water corals... Read More
Cold-Water Corals Feeling Laboratory Heat ... and Loving
It! (11 Dec 2013)
Conventional wisdom fails again, as the results of this study suggest that two cold-water corals (CWC) may be capable of surviving in warmer environments than previously reported, and thus challenge temperature as the paramount limiting environmental factor for the occurrence of some CWC species... Read More
Conventional wisdom fails again, as the results of this study suggest that two cold-water corals (CWC) may be capable of surviving in warmer environments than previously reported, and thus challenge temperature as the paramount limiting environmental factor for the occurrence of some CWC species... Read More
Projecting Global Changes in Precipitation Extremes (11
Dec 2013)
With all of the trouble researchers seem to find with the ability of the world’s most cutting-edge climate models to predict the past, so to speak, it makes little sense to put much value in what they are predicting for the future... Read More
With all of the trouble researchers seem to find with the ability of the world’s most cutting-edge climate models to predict the past, so to speak, it makes little sense to put much value in what they are predicting for the future... Read More
Earth’s Changing Biosphere (11 Dec 2013)
Another scientist comments on a very important paper, writing that the
biosphere is changing, and changing rapidly...
Read MoreFriday, December 6, 2013
New Material Posted on the NIPCC Web site
Climate
Change Impacts on Wheat Production in Central Asia (3 Dec 2013)
A team of 20 researchers reports that the overall simulated impact of climate change on wheat productivity in Central Asia is positive, noting that a warmer climate explains most of this positive impact and that CO2 fertilization adds to it... Read More
A team of 20 researchers reports that the overall simulated impact of climate change on wheat productivity in Central Asia is positive, noting that a warmer climate explains most of this positive impact and that CO2 fertilization adds to it... Read More
The
Strange Global Warming of the
Antarctic Peninsula (3 Dec 2013)
There hasn’t been a heat wave there since the start of temperature measurements... Read More
There hasn’t been a heat wave there since the start of temperature measurements... Read More
The
Indian Ocean Dipole in CMIP5 Models (3 Dec 2013)
How accurately is it portrayed? Much less than desired, as the results of this study suggest that caution should be exercised in interpreting climate projections in the Indian Ocean Dipole-affected regions... Read More
How accurately is it portrayed? Much less than desired, as the results of this study suggest that caution should be exercised in interpreting climate projections in the Indian Ocean Dipole-affected regions... Read More
Long-Term
Effects of Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment on Plant-Insect Interactions (3 Dec 2013)
Elevated CO2 reduced the number of leaves damaged by leaf miners, leaf tiers, leaf chewers, eyespot galls and other leaf galls for all three oak species as well as the one legume examined in both of the years of this study... Read More
Elevated CO2 reduced the number of leaves damaged by leaf miners, leaf tiers, leaf chewers, eyespot galls and other leaf galls for all three oak species as well as the one legume examined in both of the years of this study... Read More
Modeling
the South American Monsoon System (4 Dec 2013)
How well has it been done to date? Apparently not well enough to know the future, as the authors conclude that how precipitation during the South American Monsoon System will change in the coming decades is still an open question... Read More
How well has it been done to date? Apparently not well enough to know the future, as the authors conclude that how precipitation during the South American Monsoon System will change in the coming decades is still an open question... Read More
Simulating
the MJO and Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves (4 Dec 2013)
The authors of this work evaluate the simulation of the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) and convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) in 20 models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) phase 5 (CMIP5) in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and compares the results with the simulation of CMIP phase 3 (CMIP3) models in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). Has their been any improvement over this time?... Read More
The authors of this work evaluate the simulation of the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) and convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) in 20 models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) phase 5 (CMIP5) in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and compares the results with the simulation of CMIP phase 3 (CMIP3) models in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). Has their been any improvement over this time?... Read More
Effects
of Atmospheric CO2 and Light Intensity on Spinach (4 Dec 2013)
Not only did elevated CO2 increase both the fresh and dry weight of spinach, it improved the food quality, enhancing the organoleptic quality (i.e., its taste, color, odor or feel)... Read More
Not only did elevated CO2 increase both the fresh and dry weight of spinach, it improved the food quality, enhancing the organoleptic quality (i.e., its taste, color, odor or feel)... Read More
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