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Study: 90 Percent Of Atolls & Islands are Stable Or Growing

Written by James Delingpole

Another global warming scare story bites the dust: fragile islands and atolls in the Pacific are not sinking beneath the waves because of global warming. In fact, they are doing just fine.

The bad news (only bad for alarmists, of course) comes in a study by Virginie Duvat of the University of La Rochelle-CNRS, France, titled ‘A global assessment of atoll island planform changes over the past decades’.

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Carbon is an Element

Written by Anthony Bright-Paul

Carbon is an element of the Periodic Table. Is that a fact? Yes, it is a fact. It is not an opinion. Anyone can look it up, as I just have. Not only that, it has an Atomic number, which is 6. Incidentally Hydrogen is 1 and Oxygen is 8.

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UN IPCC: Meaningless Mental Masturbation

Written by Donna Laframboise

I’ve recently discussed the 16 pages worth of changes the UN’s climate body is making to its latest scientist-authored report so that it aligns with the politically-negotiated-after-the-fact Summary.

I’ve observed that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is meddling with the glossary definition of six terms central to the climate discussion – such as the definition of ‘global warming’ itself – at this eleventh hour.

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How The High Priests Of Science Lost Their Status And Prestige

Written by John Horgan

Stephen Hawking and Martin Rees recognize science’s declining status. But both authors fail to mention that science’s wounds are at least partially self-inflicted. I’m glad I witnessed science’s high priests at the height of their glory. But perhaps we are better off doubting all authorities, including scientific ones.

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Is Global Warming Damaging Agriculture?

Written by Chris J Krisinger

With the fall harvest underway across the nation’s Midwest “breadbasket,” early U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting predicts record-setting corn and soybean crops for 2018.

The corn crop will be above average for a record sixth year in a row, while soybean production is projected at an all-time high of 4.4 billion bushels, up 4 percent from last year’s previous record.

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‘Hockey Stick’ Climate Emails Set for Public Release

Written by Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt (Text translated by P Gosselin)

University of Arizona announces it will no longer withhold key emails which may shed light on whether a clique of government climate scientists conspired in the infamous ‘hockey stick’ climate data fraud involving Professor Michael Mann.

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Milky Way radio waves bouncing off the Moon

Written by Alison Mackey  

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Dr. Ben McKinley, Curtin University/Icrar/Astro 3d. Moon Image Courtesy of NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
An intriguing image created by radio telescopes in the Australian desert shows how our satellite can act as a giant mirror, shedding light on the universe’s past.
Radio waves from our home galaxy, the Milky Way, reflect off the surface of the moon in this intriguing image created by a research team working with the The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescopes in the Australian desert. The remote location was chosen for its extremely low levels of interference from earthly radio stations.

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Game Changer Drug ‘CURES 90%’ of Tuberculosis Cases

Written by Vanessa Chambers

Doctors have hailed a new treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis after it totally cured 93 per cent of patients in a breakthrough trial. Currently, around half of people with MDR tuberculosis are successfully treated, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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