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Found: ‘Missing Link’ for Sunspot Activity, Cosmic Rays, Clouds & Climate Change

Written by CO2 is Life

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Hailed as ‘the last piece of the puzzle’ in codifying our understanding of the mechanism(s) that cause climate changes, scientists are increasingly turning to Sun-modulated cosmic ray flux and cloud cover variations as the explanation for decadal- and centennial-scale global warming and cooling. In other words, climate changes are increasingly being attributed to natural variability, not anthropogenic activity.

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China closer to landing on the far side of the Moon

Written by Eric Berger

Enlarge / The far side of the Moon. No robotic spacecraft has ever made a soft landing here.
NASA

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Could recent supernovae be responsible for mass extinctions?

Written by Julia Demarines

Could recent supernovae be responsible for mass extinctions?
The ultraviolet radiation from a nearby supernova may have resulted in changes in life on Earth. Credit: David Aguilar (CfA)

Two nearby supernovae that exploded about 2.5 and eight million years ago could have resulted in a staggered depletion of Earth’s ozone layer, leading to a variety of repercussions for life on Earth.

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Deceitful Hype About Drought

Written by Dr Lubos Motl

Two weeks ago, I discussed the unusually thick layers of pollen on cars due to the relative shortage of precipitation in my homeland.

Yesterday, most of Czechia saw intense rain and in Moravia, today is predicted to cover about 50% of the average precipitation for the whole month of May. (The figure 50% is changing rather wildly.) It’s been modestly raining for a week and at least additional four days are predicted.

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Polar Bear Specialists Trash Sea Ice Alarmism

Written by Dr Susan J Crockford

In case you missed it — or missed the significance of it — polar bear specialist Mitch Taylor correctly pointed out in his recent essay (a response to the New York Times article that appeared Tuesday (10 April) about the Harvey et al. (2018) BioScience paper) that the International Union for Conservation of Nature Polar Bear Specialist Group (IUCN PBSG) have given up using computer models of future sea ice extent based on rising CO2 levels supported by the IPCC.

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Climate Alarmists Don’t Understand Basics in the Scientific Method

Written by CO2 is Life

“Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the committee, entered into the record an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal yesterday that claimed sea levels are not rising because of climate change, a view that rejects thousands of scientific studies. The piece was written by Fred Singer, who is affiliated with the Heartland Institute in Chicago, Illinois, which promotes the rejection of mainstream climate science.” —Science Magazine

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Peer-reviewed Study Slams Hepatitis B Vaccine

Written by Catherine Frompovich

Is the U.S.-mandated Hepatitis B vaccine administered to newborn infants within 24 hours of birth the initial ‘impact’ vaccine for ‘programming’ a child’s unfortunate decline into the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?

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Professor Peter Ridd Sacking Outrageous

Written by Evan Mulholland

The sacking of Professor Peter Ridd by James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville, Australia is outrageous and will do irreparable harm to the international reputation of Australia’s universities according to the free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs.

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‘Evil’ GE Foods And ‘Eco-Friendly’ Organics

Written by Paul Driessen & Vijay Jayaraj

Across the globe, genetically engineered (GE) crops face opposition from environmental and organic food activists, who claim the crops harm the environment and endanger human health. How factual are their claims? The evidence strongly supports GE over organic crops.

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How Much Plastic is Polluting the Ocean?

Written by Donna Laframboise

SPOTLIGHT: Peer-reviewed studies, published six months apart, produce wildly different estimates.

BIG PICTURE: In June 2014, the US Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a paper by a team of Spanish researchersThe PNAS website tells us it “strives to publish only the highest quality scientific research,” and that papers “undergo rigorous peer review” beforehand.

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Yellowstone – The Supervolcano When is It Due?

Written by Martin Armstrong

Yellowstone Supervolcano geyser Steamboat has been unusually active. Many fear that something strange is happening which may signal it is getting active once again under Yellowstone National Park. Steamboat is indeed the world’s largest geyser and it has erupted three times in just six weeks.

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Study: Experts Trash Alarmist Claims About Sea Level Rises

Written by www.co2science.org

Experts trash alarmist claims about sea level rises declaring: “The models have got it wrong and those who rely on the models have got it wrong.”

Paper Reviewed: Duvat, V.K.E., Salvar, B. and Salmon, C. 2017. Drivers of shoreline change in atoll reef islands of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Global and Planetary Change 158: 134-154.

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