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New Survey: Polar Bear Population Is Largest Ever

Written by Dr Susan J Crockford

The Chukchi Sea finally has a polar bear population estimate! According to survey results from 2016 only recently made public, about 2,937 bears (1,522-5,944) currently inhabit the region, making this the largest subpopulation in the Arctic.

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Pressure Leak On ISS Caused By Micrometeor Strike

Written by Tyler Durden

In what may be a scene out of the movie Gravity, NASA was working to contain a pressure leak on the International Space Station that was possibly caused by a micrometeorite striking the lab, the head of the Russian space agency said, adding the incident presented no danger.

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How to Fool Yourself with a Pyrgeometer (video)

Written by Prof Claes Johnson (Professor of Applied Mathematics KTH)

CO2 alarmism feeds on an idea of massive backradiation or Downwelling Longwave Radiation DLR from the atmosphere to the Earth surface, about 330 W/m2 to be compared with 170 W/m2 absorbed shortwave radiation from the Sun.

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The Power Brokers Behind the Global Warming Scam

Written by Dr Tim Ball (Climatologist)

The idea that humans were causing runaway global warming originated with the Club of Rome. Formed in 1968 by David Rockefeller, it expanded on the Malthusian idea that the population would outgrow the food supply. The expansion was that world population would outgrow all resources. They made three major assumptions.

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The Problem With Calling CO2 A Pollutant

Written by S Fred Singer

When we hear about “clean” energy these days, it generally refers only to solar and wind, which do not emit CO2. CO2 is never mentioned as a “criteria pollutant” in the Clean Air Act or any amendment.

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Venta Maersk’s Arctic Venture

Written by Dr L E Kaiser

The Venta Maersk (VM) is a brand new container ship with a carrying capacity of 3,600 standard 20 ft. size (TEU) containers. With a length of 200 m and a beam of 36 m, it is quite a large vessel but nowhere near the really large container ships that can carry three to five times as many TEU.

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