A few commentators have begun to stumble towards the fact that the policy of becoming “carbon neutral” by 2050, as adopted by the UK and the EU, would undo modernity itself.

On Unherd, Peter Franklin observes that, if carried through, the policy will have a far greater effect than Brexit or anything else; it will transform society altogether.

What sank the lost continent of Zealandia? If you said its crust was too thin to support this land mass – only recently (2017) confirmed to be a continent and not a piece broken off of the ancient supercontinent original continent of Gondwana – then you’re a follower of the conventional wisdom shared by most modern geophysicists (a good crowd to be in).

Following the thinking of the late Prof David Mackay using “back of the envelope calculations”, this post makes estimates of the likely future growth in global CO2 emissions to put the efforts at CO2 emissions reduction in the Western World into the context of a probable and inevitable future for Global CO2 emissions.

On 26 November 2018, the NASA InSight lander successfully set down on Mars in the Elysium Planitia region. Seventy Martian days later, the mission’s seismometer SEIS began recording the planet’s vibrations.

It’s been 100 years since the Spanish Flu caused a global pandemic. While you can rest easy right now knowing a global pandemic is not currently a threat, it is just a matter of time before the next one arrives.

The term ‘Electrotherapy’ may sound scary but electrical stimulation has been scientifically proven to work well for some types of nerve pain. Treatments range from electrotherapy you can do at home to surgical procedures.

“Power and energy, the generation and control thereof, is the number one business in the world, more powerful than guns and drugs, food and property. One of my first discoveries, after having graduated from University, was that science and scientists in general were controlled in their activities by managers and political influences originating from individuals with no intrinsic knowledge of science.

Over the period from November 2018 to March 2019, I wrote a series of posts on the subject of the true costs of trying to get electricity from intermittent wind and solar sources.

On November 29, 2018, it was “How Much Do The Climate Crusaders Plan To Increase Your Costs Of Electricity? — Part III” On February 5, 2019, it was “Eulogy For Roger Andrews.”

Trying to imply that cooling is right around the corner when we’re watching record-breaking warm ocean temperatures to me seems a big stretch. But current facts and the history around the five previous Ice Ages that came and melted before fossil fuels became recognizable words may be worthy of review.

From 2008 to 2016, a widespread cooling ranging from 0.6°C to more than 2.0°C has effectively chilled the entire oceanic region from E. Canada to N. Iceland to S. Europe.

The cooling persists year-round and extends from the surface down to depths of 800 m.

Principia Scientific’s senior scientist, Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser, pens an open letter to Canada’s minister in charge of Environment and Climate Change, The Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (photo, center, above) to explain that carbon dioxide is being wrongly characterized as a pollutant, when established science proves it is essential and benign plant food.

Image copyright MARTIN ROSE Image caption The training guidelines are effective immediately but do not recommend a heading ban during matches

Primary-age children have been banned from heading the ball in new guidelines issued by the football associations in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Heading restrictions for all age groups under 18 were also announced with a graduated use between 12 and 16. The guidance, which will not yet apply in Wales, will affect training only.

Climate alarmists are getting very nervous that President Trump will put some actual scientists on board the next National Climate Assessment. This will make it much harder for them to politicize the science and commit fraud.

A remarkable feature of the ‘climate emergency’ movement is the manner in which it conflates many separate things into just one or two.

I mentioned in part 1 that the word ‘climate’ used to refer to an array of factors within a region, including typical seasonal variations, wind, precipitation and vegetation.

For three years, anthropologist Alan Rogers has attempted to solve an evolutionary puzzle. His research untangles millions of years of human evolution by analyzing DNA strands from ancient human species known as hominins.

While trying to fatten the atom in 1938, German chemist Otto Hahn (image, above) accidentally split it instead. This surprising discovery put modern science on the fast track to the atomic age and to the realization of technologies with profound potential for great harm or great help.