In the first of a new series of blog posts, I recall my early days and the circumstances that gave me a passion for radio — beginning with the pirate stations of the 1960s … On Monday the 14th of August 1967, at just after three o’clock in the afternoon, I sat alone in my [...]
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Methane Gas: The Great Escape
It’s been talked about for years, and now it’s really happening — methane, a global warming gas far more deadly than carbon dioxide, is escaping from the Arctic seabed in vast quantities, adding to the atmospheric burden. What effect will it have on our planet’s climate? UK newspaper The Independent led with what it described [...]
Still No Sunspots
The current Solar Cycle — an indicator of the sun’s magnetic activity, which in turn is believed to influence our planet’s climate — is confounding astronomers by resolutely refusing to conform to predictions. There should be increasing numbers of sunspots blemishing the sun’s surface by now, but there are none. What does this trend indicate [...]
Being Economical With The Truth
Is there no such thing as human-induced climate change? Is it all just a natural blip? The Telegraph‘s Christopher Booker seems to think so. Meanwhile, the Unknown Country web site has put solar radiation back in the frame as a candidate for climate disruption — but have they each arrived at these differing positions by [...]
Sudden Climate Shifts Predicted
Could the Earth undergo sudden, rather than gradual, climate change? A recent report in a prestigious science journal assesses the likelihood and concludes: yes, it could. In my last post, I discussed my increasing conviction that we’re heading for a sudden, catastrophic climatic event. By “sudden”, I mean just that: not a gradual change over [...]
Superstorm Authors Vindicated
When The Coming Global Superstorm was first published in 2000, co-authors Art Bell and Whitley Strieber were ridiculed by climatologists and sceptics alike for talking arrant nonsense — which makes New Scientist magazine’s cautious reappraisal of their theory all the more significant This book was the inspiration behind the 2004 blockbuster movie The Day After [...]
Climate Change: Competing Theories
Richard Cassidy commented on my UK Floods: The Crisis Deepens post yesterday, saying he saw a feature on BBC news yesterday which suggested that the Gulfstream had [temporarily??] shifted south of the UK. Thanks for your comment Richard. I found a BBC News Online report that talks about the shifting of the Jet Stream high [...]
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