Test your climate literacy — Before you look down this page, answer this: Of the 50 US states and 2 territories (Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands), how many state record maximum high temperatures out of 52 occurred: Before 1960 From 1960 to 1999 Since 2000 Do you have your answers? Let’s find out. The data Here…

How bad ideas produce horrific results — This is a Backson: The Backson doesn’t exist. It’s a figment of Owl’s imagination, as you’re about to see. This may be the most important video on climate change you will ever see, please watch: The story of the Backson is identical to the story of climate change. “As…

Is there a correlation between renewables and price? — These prices come from Global Petrol Prices. Do you see any correlation with renewables? The Danish Power Mix I’m just going to cut and paste from Denmark.dk, because I can’t make it up as well … Denmark loves clean, renewable energy. The wind production per capita exceeds that of any other OECD country. …

It’s not about climate. It’s about money. — Last week, I wrote about storytelling, and how storytelling is the only way to get results. Emotional images and stories beat data every time. Now that COP27 is just a few days away, I thought I’d help my readers understand what it’s all about. It’s not about climate. …

Storytelling is a weapon that can be used for good or evil — The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. - Bertrand Russell Storytelling is far more effective than facts and logic. This creates an asymmetry: people who do research must use storytelling to get others to…

What do you believe that doesn’t match reality? — Science is the belief of the ignorance of experts. — Richard Feynman People leave comments on my work. Here’s a good example from a man named Graham Townsend: Given the consequences of climate breakdown, and the likely public backlash against denialists, you may find yourself up in front of a…

Science advances by hashing out the details with your peers — There are many sides to most stories. Rarely is scientific inquiry clean cut. It’s messy. It involves trial and error, ups and downs, conversations and accidents. Recently, I have seen three separate proposals for how Milankovitch theory applies to our climate. In this post, I present all three. They are…

This is the third in a series. The first was All the US Remote Thermometer Readings. The second shows European remote temperatures. Once again, I’m using data from RealClimateTools.com to present raw daily maximum temperatures from remote, uncompromised stations via the servers of the Global Historical Climatology Network — a…

Raw thermometer data does not confirm claims of global warming — This is a remarkable graph of daily high temperatures in Bologna Italy since 1845. Dedicated people wrote down the temperature 56,243 times to bring you this data. What do you notice? Temperatures are increasing. Again. Look how warm the 1860s were in Italy. And the 1940s. They stopped reading around…