New peer -reviewed study in the European Journal of Agronomy  shows that lentils  experience significant boosts in plant yield when subjected to higher levels of airborne CO2, even under conditions of drought. The findings contradict consensus climate science claims that carbon dioxide is a pollutant.

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An asteroid that visited us from interstellar space is one of the most elongated cosmic objects known to science, a study has shown. Discovered on 19 October, the object’s speed and trajectory strongly suggested it originated in a planetary system around another star.

Three weeks ago, the BBC was happy to apologize for a breach of its legal obligation to report only with “accuracy and impartiality”, after an interviewer on the Today programme had failed to challenge a point that the global warming skeptic Lord Lawson had got wrong.

Last week the BBC proclaimed the Bonn Climate Talks (COP23) as ‘small steps forward’ in eliminating ‘fossil fuels’ in the push to cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2).

But the emerging science of geomicrobiology, along with revelations about the true environmental cost of electric batteries, are changing scientific opinion. Such fresh insights are overturning conventional ideas of what ‘clean and renewable’ really means for mass energy generation.

I gained a dramatic insight into the practice and dangers of anthropomorphism when I was asked to give a talk prior to a presentation by Jane Goodall, of chimpanzee research fame. I realized why I was invited after I spoke about the importance of trees in the urban environment using Winnipeg, the location of the event, as an example.

October Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are now available, and we see a slight upward response after a steep drop in September.  The rise was led by anomaly increases of about 0.06 in both the Tropics and the Southern Hemisphere (SH), compared to drops of about 0.2 the previous month.

As part of its woefully misleading and one-sided series attacking the oil and gas industry, NPR’s Marketplace  published a story on Wednesday suggesting fracking chemicals are harming public health. In an effort to support that narrative, reporter Scott Tong lists a dozen studies he (presumably) feels best support the argument, while also adding the following disclaimer:

Scientists are once again sounding the alarm that humans are destroying the planet and we’re heading towards a “mass extinction event.”

Two new studies from The University of Texas at Austin have significantly improved scientists’ ability to predict the strength and duration of droughts caused by La Niña — a recurrent cooling pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Their findings, which predict that the current La Niña is likely to stretch into a second year, could help scientists know years in advance how a particular La Niña event is expected to evolve.

Researchers at Washington State University and 13 other institutions have found that the arc of prehistory bends towards economic inequality. In the largest study of its kind, the researchers saw disparities in wealth mount with the rise of agriculture, specifically the domestication of plants and large animals, and increased social organization.

This week, thousands of scientists issued a bleak and terrifying “second notice” to mankind about how we will destroy the planet unless we take “urgent” action. If this warning is as reliable as the first notice these scientists issued in 1992, we have nothing to worry about.

New study published in Journal of Experimental and Marine Biology and Ecology finds corals in the South Pacific islands display remarkable tolerance and adaptability to changes in ocean acidification. The findings offer further empirical evidence conflicting with the claims that corals are threatened by rises in levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, an alleged cause of ocean acidification.

Global Warming Theory ‘Completely Disconnected From the Observations’ Extensive analysis of temperature trends in the Arctic reveals that there has been no detectable long-term change since the beginning of the 20th century, and thus predictions of a sea ice-free Arctic in the coming decades due to dramatically rising temperatures are not rooted in observation.

New study featured in the journal, Plant Cell & Environment identifies “beautiful blueprint” to ensure future global food security.  And the key is to ensure HIGHER levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Contrary to conventional globalist political ideology the science behind the claims of CO2 being an essential, rich plant fertilizer keeps on growing.

A team of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the Universidad de Extremadura and the Universidad de Sevilla have defined a theoretical framework that could explain the Mpemba effect, a counterintuitive physical phenomenon revealed when hot water freezes faster than cold water.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday rebuked those who deny the science behind global warming and urged negotiators at climate talks in Germany to avoid falling prey to such “perverse attitudes” and instead accelerate efforts to curb ‘greenhouse gases.’