notrickszone--2020-04-15--Cooling Continent? Northern Europe Early Spring Now Coming Later, March Data Show

March mean temperatures over Northern Europe showed an overall cooling trend and so with it a later start to spring , the data from the Japanese Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) show .
Europe saw a very mild winter – one of the mildest on record – and so people living here believe it ’ s warming and that every year spring is arriving earlier .
Yet mean the temperature data from the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) going back 2 decades and more tell us the opposite is in fact the case in northern Europe and elsewhere : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look at the mean March temperatures at 14 stations across the United Kingdom .
Most stations plotted above show a cooling trend for the month of March .
Obviously CO2 is not the driving factor , rather likely it has to do with the North Atlantic oceanic cycles .
The story is the same across the Netherlands when we look at data going back to the time the Kyoto Protocol was adopted , in 1997 .
The northern European country of Finland shows no climate change , at least in march , over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Scandinavian country of Sweden , the home of teen activist Greta Thunberg , we see a trend that is more in line with United Kingdom , possibly being influenced by the North Atlantic cycles as well : The six Swedish stations examined show cooling in March over the past 30 years .
Why everyone is still speaking about warming even though the planet is showing more a mixed bag remains a mystery .
It probably has a lot to do with the global warming obsessed media .
Summary : Northern Europe early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warmer , and is in fact cooling modestly , when we look at the untampered data from the JMA .
Plotted in this post were the stations for which the JMA had complete or almost complete data sets .

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March mean temperatures over Northern Europe showed an overall cooling trend and so with it a later start to spring, the data from the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) show.
By Kirye
and Pierre Gosselin
Europe saw a very mild winter – one of the mildest on record – and so people living here believe it’s warming and that every year spring is arriving earlier.
Yet mean the temperature data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) going back 2 decades and more tell us the opposite is in fact the case in northern Europe and elsewhere: March has been cooling.
First we look at the mean March temperatures at 14 stations across the United Kingdom.
Data Source: JMA
Most stations plotted above show a cooling trend for the month of March. Obviously CO2 is not the driving factor, rather likely it has to do with the North Atlantic oceanic cycles.
The story is the same across the Netherlands when we look at data going back to the time the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, in 1997.
Data source: JMA.
The northern European country of Finland shows no climate change, at least in march, over the past 30 years:
Data source: JMA.
Moving to the Scandinavian country of Sweden, the home of teen activist Greta Thunberg, we see a trend that is more in line with United Kingdom, possibly being influenced by the North Atlantic cycles as well:
Data source: JMA.
The six Swedish stations examined show cooling in March over the past 30 years.
Why everyone is still speaking about warming even though the planet is showing more a mixed bag remains a mystery. It probably has a lot to do with the global warming obsessed media.
Summary: Northern Europe early Spring (March) is not getting warmer, and is in fact cooling modestly, when we look at the untampered data from the JMA.
Plotted in this post were the stations for which the JMA had complete or almost complete data sets.
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notrickszone--2020-04-14--Corona Exposes Inconvenient Truth: Pollution From Diesel Cars Grossly Over-hyped By German Activists

Roland Tichy ’ s site here reports that although car traffic in the German city of Stuttgart has decreased significantly due to COVID-19 , the drop in NO2 content has only been “ slight ” .
So it can not be the evil diesel engine cars that are “ choking ” our cities .
“ The Corona crisis is bringing it to light : car traffic has decreased significantly , but the air quality in city centers has hardly changed , ” Tichy comments .
Recall that a major reduction of diesel engines was supposed to improve air quality .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ State Institute for the Environment ( LUBW ) , for example , have attributed a large 80 percent share of air pollutants especially to diesel vehicles – so they have to be banned soon .
Yet Tichy notes : “ If this is true , the ‘ shutdown ’ would have to have a drastic effect .
But it does not.
” It turns out that the involuntary “ corona experiment ” with its widespread stop of car traffic has exposed bare the false claim made by environmental activists : Diesel cars are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cities .
According to Tichy , the “ Corona Experiment ” exposes just how pointless driving bans issued by the green transport ministers can be .
“ They obviously have no effect on the NO2 concentrations in the air.
” “ The measured values , for example , at the Am Neckartor station in the Stuttgart city center were already below the limit value of 40 µg/m3 in February and March , ” writes Tichy .
“ At that time , traffic was still flowing and ‘ shutdown ’ had not yet been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ measurement expert Martin Schraag accuses proponents of car bans of data “ manipulation ” and reminds that today ’ s “ newer vehicles and those retrofitted with software updates hardly emit any exhaust gases .
This should also have been reflected in the results.
” Schraag notes that NO2 values fluctuate strongly and depend heavily on Stuttgart ’ s weather conditions and wintertime heating can be the cause .
“ The weather , if you look at the data , has a decisive influence , ” Tichy comments .
“ The experts of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care about these influences and officially know nothing about them .
They still assume that traffic accounts for 80 percent of air pollutants.
” Now they are facing difficulties in explaining the situation .
As Schraag suspects , the 80 percent figure can not be correct if there are significantly fewer cars on the road and yet the values have not changed .
The Bavarian State Office for the Environment also confirmed that the air pollutants in the city of Würzburg – hometown of former NBA superstar Dirk Nowitzski – had hardly changed @ @ @ @ @ @ @

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Roland Tichy’s site here reports that although car traffic in the German city of Stuttgart has decreased significantly due to COVID-19, the drop in NO2 content has only been “slight”.
So it cannot be the evil diesel engine cars that are “choking” our cities.
Image: NASA here (public domain)
“The Corona crisis is bringing it to light: car traffic has decreased significantly, but the air quality in city centers has hardly changed,” Tichy comments.
Environmental claim exposed as false
Recall that a major reduction of diesel engines was supposed to improve air quality. After all, experts at the Baden-Württemberg State Institute for the Environment (LUBW), for example, have attributed a large 80 percent share of air pollutants especially to diesel vehicles – so they have to be banned soon.
Yet Tichy notes: “If this is true, the ‘shutdown’ would have to have a drastic effect. But it does not.”
It turns out that the involuntary “corona experiment” with its widespread stop of car traffic has exposed bare the false claim made by environmental activists: Diesel cars are responsible for polluting the air of German cities.
Diesel car bans “pointless”
According to Tichy, the “Corona Experiment” exposes just how pointless driving bans issued by the green transport ministers can be. “They obviously have no effect on the NO2 concentrations in the air.”
“The measured values, for example, at the Am Neckartor station in the Stuttgart city center were already below the limit value of 40 µg/m3 in February and March, ” writes Tichy. “At that time, traffic was still flowing and ‘shutdown’ had not yet been announced.”
Other larger factors
Tichy adds that engineer and measurement expert Martin Schraag accuses proponents of car bans of data “manipulation” and reminds that today’s “newer vehicles and those retrofitted with software updates hardly emit any exhaust gases. This should also have been reflected in the results.”
Schraag notes that NO2 values fluctuate strongly and depend heavily on Stuttgart’s weather conditions and wintertime heating can be the cause.
“The weather, if you look at the data, has a decisive influence,” Tichy comments. “The experts of the LUBW environment office obviously did not care about these influences and officially know nothing about them. They still assume that traffic accounts for 80 percent of air pollutants.”
At a loss for words
Now they are facing difficulties in explaining the situation. As Schraag suspects, the 80 percent figure cannot be correct if there are significantly fewer cars on the road and yet the values have not changed.
The Bavarian State Office for the Environment also confirmed that the air pollutants in the city of Würzburg – hometown of former NBA superstar Dirk Nowitzski – had hardly changed either although traffic has decreased significantly.
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notrickszone--2020-04-13--New Studies: Europe Is No Warmer Today Than It Was During Medieval Times

Two new papers use tree ring proxy evidence to suggest modern European temperatures are neither unusual nor higher than they @ @ @ @ @ Period .
Esper et al .
( 2020 ) have produced a new temperature reconstruction @ @ @ @ @ past reconstructions for Northern and Central Europe .
They find “ the warmest 30-year period @ @ @ @ @ high Medieval times ( 876–905 CE=+0.78 °C w.r.t .
1961–1990 ) and has been slightly @ @ @ @ @ from 1985–2014 ( +0.71 °C ) “ .
The proxy evidence and instrumental record also @ @ @ @ @ obvious net warming in Southern Europe since the 1940s .
Past reconstructions for Northern and @ @ @ @ @ unusual warming has occurred over the last century , with as-warm or warmer temperatures during @ @ @ @ @ al.
, 2020 cite tree ring temperature studies from Scandinavia , Scotland , Continental Europe @ @ @ @ @ also show the 1930s and 1940s were as-warm or warmer than recent decades .

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Two new papers use tree ring proxy evidence to suggest modern European temperatures are neither unusual nor higher than they were during the Medieval Warm Period.
Esper et al. (2020) have produced a new temperature reconstruction for Southern Europe to complement past reconstructions for Northern and Central Europe.
They find “the warmest 30-year period since 730 CE occurred during high Medieval times (876–905 CE=+0.78 °C w.r.t. 1961–1990) and has been slightly warmer than the recent period from 1985–2014 (+0.71 °C)“.
The proxy evidence and instrumental record also show there has been no obvious net warming in Southern Europe since the 1940s.
Past reconstructions for Northern and Central Europe also show no unusual warming has occurred over the last century, with as-warm or warmer temperatures during the 1940s.
Ljungqvist et al., 2020 cite tree ring temperature studies from Scandinavia, Scotland, Continental Europe, and the Pyrenees that also show the 1930s and 1940s were as-warm or warmer than recent decades.


notrickszone--2020-04-12--German Climate Researcher, Geologist: “What Climate Scientists Could Learn From Virologists”

Corona shows the stark attitude differences between the sciences of climate and virology .
While one arrogantly claims to monopolize the truth , the other acknowledges the great uncertainties .
The corona virus with all the effects is currently pushing all other issues completely to the sidelines .
This also includes the climate topic .
Climate activists like Professor Volker Quaschning or Professor Stefan Rahmstorf know it .
Currently they fear for their livelihoods as they try to resist this with all their might , sometimes with absurd tweets or , as in the case of Professor Stefan Rahmstorf , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Denial of science in times of corona “ .
In his article , Professor Rahmstorf ( Oceanography and Paleoclimatology ! )
also fancies himself a corona expert , and he puts those who do not agree with him in climate research in the same bag with the scientists who are critical of the corona crisis and approach .
This is done completely without any basis because these are two completely different issues .
It is a contemptible attempt to desperately link corona and climate , no matter what .
This is being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue right now .
And before his own issue gets completely washed away , Rahmstorf is stooping to such means to try to get some attention .
This blog here admits that it lacks the expertise to properly judge the corona debate .
But something completely different is crucial here .
Anyone who looks at or listens to the regular statements or podcasts of experts such as Berlin virologist Professor Christian Drosten will see the pleasant difference to climate alarmists like Professors Quaschning or Rahmstorf .
Unlike them , Professor Drosten does not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the truth .
On March 20 , 2020 , he explained in his podcast : “ There is no research data on long-range curfews .
Caution is also called for when dealing with numbers.
” … ” Summer can have at least a small effect on the virus.
” This has been the case since the beginning of his podcast series .
Professor Drosten has stated more than once that science does not yet know certain things or that certain findings have since become obsolete .
Imagine if he applied the popular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” to corona in the same way as Professors Rahmstorf or Quaschning do with climate .
Yet , climate models that fail to reflect reality still remain the basis for future scenarios .
They are taken at face value , even though their calibration fail when past data are applied .
And even worse , people are being told that there is a control over the climate that is now being lost .
Is this a lack of knowledge , a lack of respect for nature , or just their own blunt agenda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because of the fact that the aforementioned people are sitting in ideological trenches and hurling grenades in the direction of the other side .
This is something you can do in a war , but unfortunately it does not lend to a social discourse .

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Corona shows the stark attitude differences between the sciences of climate and virology. While one arrogantly claims to monopolize the truth, the other acknowledges the great uncertainties.
Image: CDC
By Dr. Sebastian Lüning, Die kalte Sonne
(Text translated, edited by P Gosselin)
The corona virus with all the effects is currently pushing all other issues completely to the sidelines. This also includes the climate topic.
Climate activists like Professor Volker Quaschning or Professor Stefan Rahmstorf know it. Currently they fear for their livelihoods as they try to resist this with all their might, sometimes with absurd tweets or, as in the case of Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, with an article in Spektrum der Wissenschaft: Denial of science in times of corona“.
In his article, Professor Rahmstorf (Oceanography and Paleoclimatology!) also fancies himself a corona expert, and he puts those who do not agree with him in climate research in the same bag with the scientists who are critical of the corona crisis and approach. This is done completely without any basis because these are two completely different issues.
Climate activists seeking attention
It is a contemptible attempt to desperately link corona and climate, no matter what. This is being done simply because corona is the top issue right now. And before his own issue gets completely washed away, Rahmstorf is stooping to such means to try to get some attention. This blog here admits that it lacks the expertise to properly judge the corona debate.
Beholders of the truth?
But something completely different is crucial here. Anyone who looks at or listens to the regular statements or podcasts of experts such as Berlin virologist Professor Christian Drosten will see the pleasant difference to climate alarmists like Professors Quaschning or Rahmstorf. Unlike them, Professor Drosten does not consider himself to be the sole beholder of the truth. On March 20, 2020, he explained in his podcast:
“There is no research data on long-range curfews. Caution is also called for when dealing with numbers.” …”Summer can have at least a small effect on the virus.”
Uncertainty is acknowledged
This has been the case since the beginning of his podcast series. Professor Drosten has stated more than once that science does not yet know certain things or that certain findings have since become obsolete. Imagine if he applied the popular killer argument “the science is settled” to corona in the same way as Professors Rahmstorf or Quaschning do with climate.
Models have failed
Yet, climate models that fail to reflect reality still remain the basis for future scenarios. They are taken at face value, even though their calibration fail when past data are applied. And even worse, people are being told that there is a control over the climate that is now being lost.
Is this a lack of knowledge, a lack of respect for nature, or just their own blunt agenda?
Alarmist scientists don’t contribute to healthy science
The climate debate will also fail because of the fact that the aforementioned people are sitting in ideological trenches and hurling grenades in the direction of the other side. This is something you can do in a war, but unfortunately it does not lend to a social discourse.
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notrickszone--2020-04-11--Surprise! Data Show North German Air Quality Hasn’t Improved Since COVID-19 Restrictions In Effect

The Corona crisis has reduced car traffic , yet air quality has not improved .
This suggests that the automobile ’ s role in air pollution has been vastly exaggerated .
There are fewer cars on the road in major German cities due cities to the massive COVID-19 restrictions and “ green zones ” , “ and yet it apparently does not look as if this will significantly improve air quality , ” reports the online German Nordkurier here .
“ Despite existing driving bans in large cities and the corona protection measures , nitrogen oxide pollution remains the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to the FDP in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
” Environmentalists and climate activists like to claim that modern cars and industry have been polluting the air with dangerous particulate matter or nitrogen dioxide , but since restrictions were put in place 3 weeks ago , no improvement has been detected thus far .
“ Less of an impact than previously assumed ” “ The only conclusion that can be drawn from this is that air pollution from internal combustion engines has less of an impact than previously assumed , ” said René Domke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party ( FDP ) , in the north German city of Schwerin .
“ He demanded that the future of internal combustion engines must be managed objectively again after these figures become known , ” report Nordkurier .
Skeptics claim that there ’ s been way too much hysteria and baseless activism surrounding automobile traffic and the pollution they allegedly cause .
“ Correlation broken , causality clearly refuted .
Any further discussion about driving bans in view of these undeniable facts is completely unnecessary , ” said Mr. Domke .
The real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critics say , is caused by the ever-increasing use of wood-burning for home heating , especially in the wintertime .
Often viewed as a renewable source of heating energy , wood-burning increasingly has been shown to be a major cause of pollution in German cities .
The leftist Guardian here reported in 2018 , for example , that wood-burning has in fact been “ suffocating cities ” in the UK .
Since traffic has been reduced over the past weeks , air quality has not improved , indicating that pollution from automobiles has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ The downright hysteria which the Deutsche Umwelthilfe and other NGOs have created combustion engines , which at times dominated everyday political life , was and is completely unfounded.
” “ In order to ensure mobility in the mainly rural Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , we urgently need individual transport , ” said Domke .

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The Corona crisis has reduced car traffic, yet air quality has not improved. This suggests that the automobile’s role in air pollution has been vastly exaggerated.
Image: NASA (public domain)
There are fewer cars on the road in major German cities due cities to the massive COVID-19 restrictions and “green zones”, “and yet it apparently does not look as if this will significantly improve air quality,” reports the online German Nordkurier here.
“Despite existing driving bans in large cities and the corona protection measures, nitrogen oxide pollution remains the same and is even increasing in some cases, according to the FDP in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.”
Environmentalists and climate activists like to claim that modern cars and industry have been polluting the air with dangerous particulate matter or nitrogen dioxide, but since restrictions were put in place 3 weeks ago, no improvement has been detected thus far.
“Less of an impact than previously assumed”
“The only conclusion that can be drawn from this is that air pollution from internal combustion engines has less of an impact than previously assumed,” said René Domke, regional chairman of the Free Democrat Party (FDP), in the north German city of Schwerin.
“He demanded that the future of internal combustion engines must be managed objectively again after these figures become known,” report Nordkurier.
Skeptics claim that there’s been way too much hysteria and baseless activism surrounding automobile traffic and the pollution they allegedly cause.
“Correlation broken, causality clearly refuted. Any further discussion about driving bans in view of these undeniable facts is completely unnecessary,” said Mr. Domke.
“Renewable” wood-burning the culprit
The real air quality problem now in Germany, critics say, is caused by the ever-increasing use of wood-burning for home heating, especially in the wintertime.
Often viewed as a renewable source of heating energy, wood-burning increasingly has been shown to be a major cause of pollution in German cities. The leftist Guardian here reported in 2018, for example, that wood-burning has in fact been “suffocating cities” in the UK.
Since traffic has been reduced over the past weeks, air quality has not improved, indicating that pollution from automobiles has long been over-hyped.
According to Domke, “The downright hysteria which the Deutsche Umwelthilfe and other NGOs have created combustion engines, which at times dominated everyday political life, was and is completely unfounded.”
“In order to ensure mobility in the mainly rural Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, we urgently need individual transport,” said Domke.
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notrickszone--2020-04-10--While NASA Alters/Warms Greece Temperature Data, Cold And Unusual Snow Keep Coming Anyway!

So what ’ s going on ?
NASA and other government agencies keep telling us that the globe is warming and ice becoming more rare , yet when look out the window , things often appear to be going the opposite direction .
For example , the Greek Reporter here informed how a “ rare spring snow ” blanketed large parts of northern Greece .
It reported : “ Of course , Northern Greece is used to low temperatures and snow , but even for their standards , such an intense snowfall in April is rare.
” Moreover , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how southeast Europe had seen its “ coldest April morning in a decade ” , potentially causing widespread crop damage .
So why are such events happening when they aren ’ t supposed to be ?
Today we look at the NASA data from two stations in Greece : Makedonia and Larissa , shown below : These two stations have data going back to 1892 and 1899 respectively .
As we know NASA has been busy over the last years adjusting and homogenizing data from stations around the world , again and again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , suddenly got altered – in many cases very substantially .
Greece here is another example .
What follows are side-by-side plots of the two stations : V4 unadjusted and V4 adjusted : The two GHCN V4 unadjusted mean annual temperature data plots of the respective stations clearly show a cooling trend .
So no wonder we are seeing “ rare ” snow and cold in April .
But NASA altered the data for the two Greek stations and named the two new data sets “ V4 adjusted ” .
Clearly the adjustments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scream about .
The warming didn ’ t occur because the air warmed up , but rather because NASA changed the data .
The warming is a fake .
Though lots of people , media and politicians are listening and believing it , the weather isn ’ t .
Snow and cold continue to make their appearance , Greece and other places are showing .

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By Kirye
and Pierre Gosselin
So what’s going on?
NASA and other government agencies keep telling us that the globe is warming and ice becoming more rare, yet when look out the window, things often appear to be going the opposite direction.
Rare cold, snow grip Greece
For example, the Greek Reporter here informed how a “rare spring snow” blanketed large parts of northern Greece. It reported: “Of course, Northern Greece is used to low temperatures and snow, but even for their standards, such an intense snowfall in April is rare.”
Moreover, the widely read Electroverse weather site here reported how southeast Europe had seen its “coldest April morning in a decade”, potentially causing widespread crop damage.
So why are such events happening when they aren’t supposed to be?
Altering: from cooling to warming
Today we look at the NASA data from two stations in Greece: Makedonia and Larissa, shown below:
These two stations have data going back to 1892 and 1899 respectively.
As we know NASA has been busy over the last years adjusting and homogenizing data from stations around the world, again and again. Data which once stood for years, suddenly got altered – in many cases very substantially. Greece here is another example.
What follows are side-by-side plots of the two stations: V4 unadjusted and V4 adjusted:
The two GHCN V4 unadjusted mean annual temperature data plots of the respective stations clearly show a cooling trend.
So no wonder we are seeing “rare” snow and cold in April.
NASA’s claimed warming is statistically fabricated
But NASA altered the data for the two Greek stations and named the two new data sets “V4 adjusted”. Clearly the adjustments magically produce the warming they like to scream about.
The warming didn’t occur because the air warmed up, but rather because NASA changed the data. The warming is a fake.
Though lots of people, media and politicians are listening and believing it, the weather isn’t. Snow and cold continue to make their appearance, Greece and other places are showing.
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notrickszone--2020-04-09--Epidemiology Professor: Do Nothing, Coronaviruses End In 4 Weeks…Containment PROLONGS Death

Dr. Knut Wittkowski , the former head of the epidemiology department at Rockerfeller University , says doing nothing would have been more effective – and ultimately cost fewer lives – than the “ containment ” strategy now in operation across the world .
By restricting movement and confining people in their homes we are unnecessarily prolonging or widening the curve instead of just flattening it .
The only way to eliminate any respiratory virus is not by developing vaccines or with pharmaceutical intervention , but by natural herd immunity .
This means we should be allowing children to attend school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ becomes infected – and the vast majority of the population won ’ t even know it because they won ’ t have symptoms – a common coronavirus like this one can be exterminated within about 4 weeks .
By trying to contain the virus , we are practically ensuring there will be a “ second wave ” of infections in the Northern Hemisphere fall , as not enough people will have been infected in recent months to exterminate this particular coronavirus strain .
Dr. Wittkowski asserts he is able to talk candidly about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to this COVID-19 outbreak because he is not paid by the government and therefore he is able to “ actually do science ” .

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Dr. Knut Wittkowski, the former head of the epidemiology department at Rockerfeller University, says doing nothing would have been more effective – and ultimately cost fewer lives – than the “containment” strategy now in operation across the world.
By restricting movement and confining people in their homes we are unnecessarily prolonging or widening the curve instead of just flattening it.
The only way to eliminate any respiratory virus is not by developing vaccines or with pharmaceutical intervention, but by natural herd immunity. This means we should be allowing children to attend school.
When 80% of the population becomes infected – and the vast majority of the population won’t even know it because they won’t have symptoms – a common coronavirus like this one can be exterminated within about 4 weeks.
By trying to contain the virus, we are practically ensuring there will be a “second wave” of infections in the Northern Hemisphere fall, as not enough people will have been infected in recent months to exterminate this particular coronavirus strain.
Dr. Wittkowski asserts he is able to talk candidly about what should have been done in response to this COVID-19 outbreak because he is not paid by the government and therefore he is able to “actually do science”.
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notrickszone--2020-04-08--German Skeptics Mourn Death Of S. Fred Singer: “Mentor, Good Friend, Outstanding Scientist”

We grieve the loss of Dr. S. Fred Singer Dr. Fred Singer as the keynote speaker at the first European Climate and Energy conference on May 30 , 2007 .
Dr. Singer was the keynote speaker at our very first Climate Change Conference in Berlin in 2007 at the premises of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Freedom ( IUF ) on May 30 , 2007 , immediately after our founding .
And he remained loyal to us in all subsequent years , even though in recent years his physical condition made the long journeys from his home in Virginia increasingly difficult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let science degenerate into a water-boy for politics , which was particularly evident in the increasing appropriation of environmental science by politics , allowed him to marshal all the strength his body could muster .
Fortunately for us all , he was able to do so for almost one and half decades .
No one would have been more predestined than him to see exactly this monopolization , because he came directly from science and always worked there in outstanding positions .
A short and partial look at his extraordinary curriculum vitae shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published over 200 times in leading scientific journals .
In 1954 , President Eisenhower even awarded him a special prize from the White House for his work .
Without any exaggeration it can be said that S.Fred Singer can be called the father of the US weather satellites .
Atmospheric physics was his domain .
Because he saw that the emerging environmental movement was striving for a symbiosis with politics in particular , which was highly dangerous for democracy , he founded the Science and Environmental Policy Project ( SEPP ) in 1990 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Change ( NIPCC ) in Vienna in 2008 .
Both institutions were active in the collection and dissemination of scientific facts , against the increasing ideologization of the environmental idea – and the emerging panic-mongering about supposedly man-made climate change .
A wealth of scientific books ( Climate Change Reconsidered , or Unstoppable Global Warming , Every 1,500 Years , together with Dennis Avery ) and many works written during this fruitful period , many of them with the support of Heartland and CFACT , bear eloquent witness to this .
Fred Singer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Munich in 2012 .
Our friend , my good friend S. Fred Singer , was also a living example of the unspeakable division and cruelty our continent saw in the last century .
Born in Vienna in 1924 as the child of a Jewish family , he left his home country at the early age of 14 after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938 , fled first to the Netherlands , where he was apprenticed to an optician , and from there emigrated further via England to the USA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he studied physics at Princeton and received his doctorate in 1947 .
Later he also studied electrical engineering at Ohio State University , where he graduated with a diploma .
In addition to English , Fred spoke German , Swedish and Dutch .
However , neither his resume nor his extraordinary scientific merits kept the growing opposition from the green-left camp from attacking and muzzling him using unspeakable defamation and lies instead of scientific debate .
The German WIKIPEDIA issue ( here ) offers readers an example of this .
Among other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Singer would have let himself be bought by the tobacco lobby because he – himself a lifelong non-smoker and chairman of a non-smoker ’ s association – had truthfully stated that the carcinogenic effect of passive smoking could not have been scientifically proven .
My last e-mail contact with him is dated October 8 , 2019 , when we , the board of directors of EIKE , congratulated him on his 95th birthday .
We didn ’ t get an answer to that , his mind was still alert , as we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go on .
Farewell , good old friend , rest in peace .
You have done so much for this society .
I am very proud to have had you as my friend .
=========================== Also this blog , NoTricksZone , was in large part inspired by Dr. Singer , his occasional emails to me and particularly his book : Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1500 Years .
And I know other skeptics here who also say they were inspired by him .
I recall wishing hm a happy 90th birthday with this blog @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be missed .

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By Michael Limburg, EIKE
(Translated, edited by P. Gosselin)
Dr. Siegfried Frederick Singer
Yesterday, our mentor and good friend, the outstanding scientist S. Fred Singer passed away – peacefully and quietly at the age of 95. Without the constant encouragement we received from this outstanding scientist from the very beginning, the founding of EIKE and our commitment to the dissemination of the scientific facts on climate change would not have been possible here in Germany.
Dr. Fred Singer as the keynote speaker at the first European Climate and Energy conference on May 30, 2007.
Distinguished career spanning 7 decades
Dr. Singer was the keynote speaker at our very first Climate Change Conference in Berlin in 2007 at the premises of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Freedom (IUF) on May 30, 2007, immediately after our founding. And he remained loyal to us in all subsequent years, even though in recent years his physical condition made the long journeys from his home in Virginia increasingly difficult.
But his unrestrained desire not to let science degenerate into a water-boy for politics, which was particularly evident in the increasing appropriation of environmental science by politics, allowed him to marshal all the strength his body could muster.
Fortunately for us all, he was able to do so for almost one and half decades. No one would have been more predestined than him to see exactly this monopolization, because he came directly from science and always worked there in outstanding positions. A short and partial look at his extraordinary curriculum vitae shows.
Father of U.S. weather satellites
His scientific work has also been published over 200 times in leading scientific journals. In 1954, President Eisenhower even awarded him a special prize from the White House for his work.
Without any exaggeration it can be said that S.Fred Singer can be called the father of the US weather satellites. Atmospheric physics was his domain.
Politicization of science “highly dangerous for democracy”
Because he saw that the emerging environmental movement was striving for a symbiosis with politics in particular, which was highly dangerous for democracy, he founded the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) in 1990 and the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) in Vienna in 2008. Both institutions were active in the collection and dissemination of scientific facts, against the increasing ideologization of the environmental idea – and the emerging panic-mongering about supposedly man-made climate change.
Over 200 scientific publications, wealth of books
A wealth of scientific books (Climate Change Reconsidered, or Unstoppable Global Warming, Every 1,500 Years, together with Dennis Avery) and many works written during this fruitful period, many of them with the support of Heartland and CFACT, bear eloquent witness to this.
Fred Singer at the 5th Climate and Energy Conference in Munich in 2012.
Escaped Nazi Germany, “unspeakable cruelty”
Our friend, my good friend S. Fred Singer, was also a living example of the unspeakable division and cruelty our continent saw in the last century. Born in Vienna in 1924 as the child of a Jewish family, he left his home country at the early age of 14 after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938, fled first to the Netherlands, where he was apprenticed to an optician, and from there emigrated further via England to the USA.
After serving in the U.S. Navy, he studied physics at Princeton and received his doctorate in 1947. Later he also studied electrical engineering at Ohio State University, where he graduated with a diploma. In addition to English, Fred spoke German, Swedish and Dutch.
Defamed by environmental activists who spread lies
However, neither his resume nor his extraordinary scientific merits kept the growing opposition from the green-left camp from attacking and muzzling him using unspeakable defamation and lies instead of scientific debate. The German WIKIPEDIA issue (here) offers readers an example of this. Among other things, the lie is repeated repeatedly that Singer would have let himself be bought by the tobacco lobby because he – himself a lifelong non-smoker and chairman of a non-smoker’s association – had truthfully stated that the carcinogenic effect of passive smoking could not have been scientifically proven.
My last e-mail contact with him is dated October 8, 2019, when we, the board of directors of EIKE, congratulated him on his 95th birthday. We didn’t get an answer to that, his mind was still alert, as we know, but his body refused to go on.
Farewell, good old friend, rest in peace. You have done so much for this society. I am very proud to have had you as my friend.
Michael Limburg
European Institute for Climate and Energy
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Also this blog, NoTricksZone, was in large part inspired by Dr. Singer, his occasional emails to me and particularly his book: Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1500 Years. And I know other skeptics here who also say they were inspired by him.
I recall wishing hm a happy 90th birthday with this blog post. He’s going to be missed.


notrickszone--2020-04-07--Economic Shutdown Not Leading To Cleaner Air in Germany – Results From Weather Pattern

Now that severe restrictions concerning mobility and social distance have been put in place and led to a shut down of a large part of the economy , climate activists claim that already we are seeing huge environmental benefits , among them : cleaner air .
One person here in Germany even tweeted that he had not seen such clean air since his childhood , and attributed it to scale-down of human activity .
But German wetteronline.de here reports the clean air central Europe has seen recently since the COVID 19 crisis began is not the result of the shutdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current weather pattern over Europe .
The lower volume of traffic and the largely idle economy certainly has an impact on the concentration of dust and dirt in the air .
However , the current weather situation is much more important .
On the verge of a powerful high over the Baltic , dry and cold air is being carried from Siberia to Central Europe .
It is very clear and pure .
In addition , there is a gusty easterly wind , which leaves no chance for a so-called inversion .
Under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , soot and dirt would increase rapidly.
” Moreover , a heated debate has been unleashed by Swiss meteorologist Jörg Kachelmann , who says the biggest threat to clean air in Germany is the now increasing use of wood burning for home heating .
According to the veteran meteorologist , “ nothing burns dirtier than wood and its additives ” and “ every wood stove is an environmental catastrophe ” .
The following chart shows the fine particle emissions from various heating fuels : With governments moving to restrict fossil heating fuels and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and more Germans are opting for wood heat .
Thus climate activists have to expect the air to become dirtier – much dirtier – and not cleaner should restrictions be enacted against the fossil fuel economy .

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Now that severe restrictions concerning mobility and social distance have been put in place and led to a shut down of a large part of the economy, climate activists claim that already we are seeing huge environmental benefits, among them: cleaner air.
One person here in Germany even tweeted that he had not seen such clean air since his childhood, and attributed it to scale-down of human activity.
But German wetteronline.de here reports the clean air central Europe has seen recently since the COVID 19 crisis began is not the result of the shutdown, but is mostly due to the current weather pattern over Europe.
Wetteronline.de reports:
The lower volume of traffic and the largely idle economy certainly has an impact on the concentration of dust and dirt in the air. However, the current weather situation is much more important. On the verge of a powerful high over the Baltic, dry and cold air is being carried from Siberia to Central Europe. It is very clear and pure. In addition, there is a gusty easterly wind, which leaves no chance for a so-called inversion. Under such an inversion the concentration of dust, soot and dirt would increase rapidly.”
Wood burning the biggest threat
Moreover, a heated debate has been unleashed by Swiss meteorologist Jörg Kachelmann, who says the biggest threat to clean air in Germany is the now increasing use of wood burning for home heating.
Das ist immer die grösste Lüge. Nichts verbrennt dreckiger als Holz mit so vielen Zusatzsubstanzen. Siehe den #Thread hierhttps://t.co/gp9ZexphxD Und auch auf der Tabelle die Folgen zu sehen im Vergleich. Jeder Holzofen ist eine Umweltkatastrophe für sich.@davidermes https://t.co/QDgtshMd9g pic.twitter.com/O6XUjboWLq — Jörg | kachelmannwetter.com🇨🇭 (@Kachelmann) April 5, 2020
40 times dirtier than natural gas
According to the veteran meteorologist, “nothing burns dirtier than wood and its additives” and “every wood stove is an environmental catastrophe”. The following chart shows the fine particle emissions from various heating fuels:
Wood pellets are 40 times worse than natural gas.
With governments moving to restrict fossil heating fuels and encouraging “renewable” wood, more and more Germans are opting for wood heat. Thus climate activists have to expect the air to become dirtier – much dirtier – and not cleaner should restrictions be enacted against the fossil fuel economy.


notrickszone--2020-04-06--A New 1796-2013 Greenland Reconstruction Shows It Was Warmer In The 1920s-1940s – And No Hockey Stic

A New 1796-2013 Greenland Reconstruction Shows It Was Warmer In The 1920s-1940s – And No Hockey Sticks

A new reconstruction for SE Greenland ( 1796-2013 ) shows temperatures have risen and fallen without any hockey-stick-like trajectories for @ @ @ @ @ Temperatures were warmer than today in the 1920s and 1940s and even briefly during the @ @ @ @ @ concentrations are a driver of Arctic warming , the 19th and 20th centuries should presumably @ @ @ @ @ today .
A new study ( Wangner et al.
, 2020 ) instead finds there @ @ @ @ @ warming and cooling episodes of multiple degrees per decade throughout the last ~215 years in @ @ @ @ @ ) decadal periods in the 1800s were occasionally warmer than 2013 ; and ( c @ @ @ @ @ the 1920s and 1940s than during the 21st century .

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A new reconstruction for SE Greenland (1796-2013) shows temperatures have risen and fallen without any hockey-stick-like trajectories for the last 200+ years. Temperatures were warmer than today in the 1920s and 1940s and even briefly during the 1800s.
If rising CO2 concentrations are a driver of Arctic warming, the 19th and 20th centuries should presumably have been much colder than today.
A new study (Wangner et al., 2020) instead finds there were:
(a) warming and cooling episodes of multiple degrees per decade throughout the last ~215 years in southeast Greenland;
(b) decadal periods in the 1800s were occasionally warmer than 2013; and
(c) more sustained warming in the 1920s and 1940s than during the 21st century.


notrickszone--2020-03-14--Back To Reality: Electric Mobility Gets Dose Of Shock Therapy …German, Swiss Post To End Electric Fl

Back To Reality: Electric Mobility Gets Dose Of Shock Therapy …German, Swiss Post To End Electric Fleet

By AR Göhring , European Institute for Climate and Energy ( EIKE ) ( Text translated and summarized by P. Gosselin ) Manufacturer “ Streetscooter ” , purchased by Deutsche Post ( German Post ) in 2014 , will be scrapped .
The German media of course blame it on “ bad management ” by the large company .
Which city dweller doesn ’ t know the small , yellow electric scooters of the German post office that the postmen and women deliver letters and small packages to citizens comfortably and efficiently ?
Not long ago I received news via @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made it back to the post office , especially in winter , and only when the heating is off .
Now the management of the Swiss Post is also following suit and ending the experiment with delivery street scooters .
The company used to be a small startup , a young dynamic private company in a “ sexy ” field – just like artificial intelligence or climate protection technology .
Deutsche Post bought the company with the benevolent support of the eco-loving press and used it to polish up its otherwise staid image @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coup based on electro-chemistry ultimately has to prove itself in everyday life over years .
The post office scooters obviously couldn ’ t .
Pushing an electric vehicle still loaded with letters back to the local depot when the battery is empty is not possible : the scooter is too big and heavy for that .
Or you have to plan shorter routes ( in winter ) , which reduces efficiency .
Since letters are only delivered during the day , the scooters can be conveniently charged at night .
But if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it takes hours , and you don ’ t have the time for that .
Take , for example , the Berlin E-bus experiment : the lithium buses run from 8 to 12 a.m. , then the diesel vehicles take over .
Our speaker Prof. Alt talks in this context about a double infrastructure , which is of course also roughly twice as expensive .
Presumably Deutsche Post had to manage a similarly inefficient double fleet of about 13,000 street scooters .
The scooters broke down more often and then soon had to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ delivery vans .
A commentator from ntv television , however , blames it on the slow management of Deutsche Post : A project like an electric fleet of electric cars has to be run by flexible start-up managers with heart and attitude , then it would work .
This claim is not convincing .
Whether it ’ s a startup or the Deutsche Post , both must adhere to the main laws of physics and economics .
One thing must never be forgotten : Deutsche Post is a business group that has to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Berlin , on the other hand , can waste money at will with misguided planning .
They work with funds from taxes levied by force .
And Berlin ’ s eco-socialist politicians , who are poor in arithmetic , are elected and are not held accountable for their failures with their own private assets .
Of course some will claim that Tesla has achieved what the N-TV quote above calls for .
But this is not true : Elon Musk is an eco-media darling who has already received billions of dollars in US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have long since gone bankrupt or become a mini-manufacturer for a niche .
We Germans are now experiencing the same thing in Brandenburg : because Merkel ’ s “ grand coalition ” wants to have a share in the media sexiness of Tesla , the “ Gigafactory ” is being heavily subsidized there .
The fact that an entire forest is being cut down and cheaper Polish workers have to be hired is of no consequence to someone like Federal Economics Minister Peter Altmaier .
The press as well .

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By AR Göhring, European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE)
(Text translated and summarized by P. Gosselin)
Manufacturer “Streetscooter”, purchased by Deutsche Post (German Post) in 2014, will be scrapped. The German media of course blame it on “bad management” by the large company.
Which city dweller doesn’t know the small, yellow electric scooters of the German post office that the postmen and women deliver letters and small packages to citizens comfortably and efficiently? Not long ago I received news via Facebook on how the e-delivery-vehicles just barely made it back to the post office, especially in winter, and only when the heating is off.
Now the management of the Swiss Post is also following suit and ending the experiment with delivery street scooters.
The company used to be a small startup, a young dynamic private company in a “sexy” field – just like artificial intelligence or climate protection technology. Deutsche Post bought the company with the benevolent support of the eco-loving press and used it to polish up its otherwise staid image a bit.
However, any PR coup based on electro-chemistry ultimately has to prove itself in everyday life over years. The post office scooters obviously couldn’t. Pushing an electric vehicle still loaded with letters back to the local depot when the battery is empty is not possible: the scooter is too big and heavy for that. Or you have to plan shorter routes (in winter), which reduces efficiency. Since letters are only delivered during the day, the scooters can be conveniently charged at night. But if you have to reload during working hours, it takes hours, and you don’t have the time for that.
Berlin e-bus failure
Take, for example, the Berlin E-bus experiment: the lithium buses run from 8 to 12 a.m., then the diesel vehicles take over. Our speaker Prof. Alt talks in this context about a double infrastructure, which is of course also roughly twice as expensive. Presumably Deutsche Post had to manage a similarly inefficient double fleet of about 13,000 street scooters. The scooters broke down more often and then soon had to be repaired, and replaced by diesel-powered delivery vans.
A commentator from ntv television, however, blames it on the slow management of Deutsche Post: A project like an electric fleet of electric cars has to be run by flexible start-up managers with heart and attitude, then it would work.
The Streetscooter deserved a dynamic, creative and risk-taking management – and the opportunity to obtain the necessary funds independently on the capital market.”
This claim is not convincing. Whether it’s a startup or the Deutsche Post, both must adhere to the main laws of physics and economics. One thing must never be forgotten: Deutsche Post is a business group that has to make money.
The city administration of Berlin, on the other hand, can waste money at will with misguided planning. They work with funds from taxes levied by force. And Berlin’s eco-socialist politicians, who are poor in arithmetic, are elected and are not held accountable for their failures with their own private assets.
Of course some will claim that Tesla has achieved what the N-TV quote above calls for. But this is not true: Elon Musk is an eco-media darling who has already received billions of dollars in US subsidies. Without these billions he would have long since gone bankrupt or become a mini-manufacturer for a niche.
We Germans are now experiencing the same thing in Brandenburg: because Merkel’s “grand coalition” wants to have a share in the media sexiness of Tesla, the “Gigafactory” is being heavily subsidized there.
The fact that an entire forest is being cut down and cheaper Polish workers have to be hired is of no consequence to someone like Federal Economics Minister Peter Altmaier. The press as well.
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notrickszone--2020-03-13--Despite Mild Winter, Europe February Mean Temperatures Show No Warming Over Three Decades

It ’ s been a particularly mild winter in Europe this year .
But that hasn ’ t changed the long-term trend over the past 30 years .
Now that the February 2020 data have been coming in , we plot the mean February temperatures for some countries in Europe .
Three of 5 stations show February mean temperature in Greta Thunberg ’ s Sweden have had a cooling trend since 1988 !
The real data will probably make the climate alarmists upset .
Twelve of 14 stations in UK show February mean temperatures have had a cooling or no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : those 14 stations have data dating back at least to 1980s ) : As a whole this northern European country has seen very little warming over the past 3 decades for the month of February : Three of six stations in Finland show no warming since the 1980s .
Data : JMA .
Ireland , situated in the North Atlantic , also shows no warming for the month of February since 1987 : Four of 6 stations with data going back to the 1980s show no February warming .
Data source : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Netherlands for the month of February .
All 5 of 5 stations there with data going back to at least 1995 show February temperatures having a cooling trend : Mean February temperatures have been falling at stations in the Netherlands since 1995 .
Data source : JMA .
So it remains a mystery as to why global warming alarmists claim rapid warming is happening .

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By Kirye
and Pierre Gosselin
It’s been a particularly mild winter in Europe this year. But that hasn’t changed the long-term trend over the past 30 years.
Now that the February 2020 data have been coming in, we plot the mean February temperatures for some countries in Europe.
Sweden
Three of 5 stations show February mean temperature in Greta Thunberg’s Sweden have had a cooling trend since 1988! The real data will probably make the climate alarmists upset.
Data source: JMA.
Great Britain
Twelve of 14 stations in UK show February mean temperatures have had a cooling or no warming trend since 1992! (Note: those 14 stations have data dating back at least to 1980s):
Source: JMA
Finland
As a whole this northern European country has seen very little warming over the past 3 decades for the month of February:
Three of six stations in Finland show no warming since the 1980s. Data: JMA.
Ireland
Ireland, situated in the North Atlantic, also shows no warming for the month of February since 1987:
Four of 6 stations with data going back to the 1980s show no February warming. Data source: JMA
Netherlands
The story is the same in the Netherlands for the month of February. All 5 of 5 stations there with data going back to at least 1995 show February temperatures having a cooling trend:
Mean February temperatures have been falling at stations in the Netherlands since 1995. Data source: JMA.
So it remains a mystery as to why global warming alarmists claim rapid warming is happening.
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notrickszone--2020-03-12--Dwarf Mammoths, Giant Camels, And Warmth-Demanding Plants Point To A 6-22°C Warmer-Than-Today Arctic

Several new studies use evidence from temperature-sensitive plant species and megafauna remains to reconstruct an Arctic climate that was 6°C to 22°C warmer than today when CO2 concentrations lingered near 300 ppm .
William Barentsz discovered Arctic Svalbard as he sailed through an open-water Arctic Ocean using a wooden boat in early June , 1596 .
In September , 2019 ( the month of the year with least extensive sea ice ) , 16 scientists needed to be rescued by helicopters because the massive ship they were using to study climate change couldn ’ t cut through the ice-covered waters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Western Arctic was sea ice free for about 4-5 months of the year .
Today – and steadily since 1800 – the Western Arctic is sea ice free only about 2 weeks of the year ( Porter et al.
, 2019 ) .
In fact , according to Rosel et al.
, 2018 , Arctic sea ice was actually thicker in 2015 ( 1.56 m ) and 2017 ( 1.65 m ) than it was in 1955 ( 0.94 m ) .
1 .
Voldstad et al.
, 2020 A much broader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ species suggest the sea surface temperatures near Svalbard were as much as 6°C warmer than they are today earlier in the Holocene , which effectively means the Arctic was sea ice free throughout the year .
2 .
Kirillova et al.
, 2020 About 115-100,000 years ago , “ semi-dwarf ” wooly mammoths thrived in an Arctic Siberia teeming with lakes , rivers , aquatic plants , grassy meadows , and forests .
July temperatures were 8-10°C warmer than today ’ s .
CO2 levels ranged between 260-280 ppm .
3 .
Schenk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thermal tolerance limits ( Finland ) suggest July temperatures had already reached “ near-modern ” ( ~16°C vs. 17°C ) levels 15,000 to 11,000 years ago , or during the last late glacial , when CO2 hovered near ~220 ppm CO2 .
By about 10,000 to 9,000 years ago , Greenland was “ 4-7°C warmer than today ” .
4 .
Fedorov et al.
, 2020 The Eurasian Arctic was up to 8°C warmer than today during the last interglacial ( 130,000 to 110,000 years ago ) .
Extensive forests lined the Arctic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ago , when the region was also much warmer than today .
Today ’ s Eurasian Arctic coast is treeless tundra .
The cold-preferring collared lemming has 25 % more habitat now than it did earlier in the Holocene due to today ’ s tundra expansion and cooler climate .
5 .
Rybczynski et al.
, 2013 Giant camels and horses were hedged by plants , forests , and wetlands in a balmy High Arctic until at least the late Pleistocene ( ~79k yrs ago ) .
CO2 ranged from 190 to 280 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ averaged about 300 ppm during the Pliocene , but yet the Arctic climate was 18.3°C warmer than today .
6 .
Fletcher et al.
, 2019 From 2 to 4 million years ago , as CO2 pivoted around 300 ppm , the Arctic was 15-22°C warmer than it is today .

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Several new studies use evidence from temperature-sensitive plant species and megafauna remains to reconstruct an Arctic climate that was 6°C to 22°C warmer than today when CO2 concentrations lingered near 300 ppm.
Navigating the Arctic Ocean
William Barentsz discovered Arctic Svalbard as he sailed through an open-water Arctic Ocean using a wooden boat in early June, 1596.
Image Source: Wikipedia
In September, 2019 (the month of the year with least extensive sea ice), 16 scientists needed to be rescued by helicopters because the massive ship they were using to study climate change couldn’t cut through the ice-covered waters near Svalbard.
In the 1500s, the Western Arctic was sea ice free for about 4-5 months of the year. Today – and steadily since 1800 – the Western Arctic is sea ice free only about 2 weeks of the year (Porter et al., 2019).
In fact, according to Rosel et al., 2018, Arctic sea ice was actually thicker in 2015 (1.56 m) and 2017 (1.65 m) than it was in 1955 (0.94 m).
The paleoclimate Arctic record
1. Voldstad et al., 2020 A much broader distribution of thermophilous (warmth-dependent) plant species suggest the sea surface temperatures near Svalbard were as much as 6°C warmer than they are today earlier in the Holocene, which effectively means the Arctic was sea ice free throughout the year.
2. Kirillova et al., 2020 About 115-100,000 years ago, “semi-dwarf” wooly mammoths thrived in an Arctic Siberia teeming with lakes, rivers, aquatic plants, grassy meadows, and forests. July temperatures were 8-10°C warmer than today’s. CO2 levels ranged between 260-280 ppm.
3. Schenk et al., 2020 Plant species’ thermal tolerance limits (Finland) suggest July temperatures had already reached “near-modern” (~16°C vs. 17°C) levels 15,000 to 11,000 years ago, or during the last late glacial, when CO2 hovered near ~220 ppm CO2. By about 10,000 to 9,000 years ago, Greenland was “4-7°C warmer than today”.
4. Fedorov et al., 2020 The Eurasian Arctic was up to 8°C warmer than today during the last interglacial (130,000 to 110,000 years ago). Extensive forests lined the Arctic Ocean coast from 10,000 to 3,000 years ago, when the region was also much warmer than today. Today’s Eurasian Arctic coast is treeless tundra. The cold-preferring collared lemming has 25% more habitat now than it did earlier in the Holocene due to today’s tundra expansion and cooler climate.
5. Rybczynski et al., 2013 Giant camels and horses were hedged by plants, forests, and wetlands in a balmy High Arctic until at least the late Pleistocene (~79k yrs ago). CO2 ranged from 190 to 280 ppm back then (Pleistocene) and averaged about 300 ppm during the Pliocene, but yet the Arctic climate was 18.3°C warmer than today.
6. Fletcher et al., 2019 From 2 to 4 million years ago, as CO2 pivoted around 300 ppm, the Arctic was 15-22°C warmer than it is today.
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notrickszone--2020-03-11--Leading Activist Resigns, Blasts FFF: “Science Largely Manipulation, Fraud.”…”Feel Like I’m Leaving

Leading Activist Resigns, Blasts FFF: “Science Largely Manipulation, Fraud.”…”Feel Like I’m Leaving A Cult”

Hardcore German left-wing activist Tom Radke – citing selfish leaders , fraudulent science , psychological manipulation and a cult-like atmosphere within the German Greens – has had enough of the Fridays For Future ( FFF ) Germany movement and has announced his resignation .
German left-wing activist , former FFF participant Tom Radke quits movement after experiencing its inner working .
Image cropped from Tom Radke.de .
In a statement published at his site , Tom Radke wrote he wishes “ to concentrate on left-wing patriotic politics : environmental protection , a strong welfare state and peace ” instead of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporations ” .
FFF not about the environment Radke writes how he “ found out through very negative practical experiences with Fridays for Future that many people never cared about environmental protection ” and that he “ misjudged the other ‘ climate activists ” .
He wrote : “ Of all activists at FFF Hamburg , only a few were really interested in preserving our environment , clean air and healthy food.
” Radke blasts the FFF leader “ Longhaul Luisa ” Neubauer who he believes was “ obviously in it for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” while she called on others to save money .
Radke also had the impression that FFF movement leader Greta Thunberg was “ being taken advantage of by her family but that she was “ personally a nice person ” .
He recognized “ the nonsensical and anti-people content of the climate movement ” and that the movement ’ s “ climate science is largely manipulation and fraud ” .
Radke also explains how he came to realize that the FFF activists in fact had very little knowledge about climate science itself and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on pure emotions and blind faith ” and “ also based on fear-mongering ” .
“ The young people are told that they , their families and everyone they love will die if we don ’ t act immediately.
” Radke accuses the German Green Party Using “ a lot of psychological pressure ” to coerce donations from followers despite the fact that “ there are major donors in the background , who are completely unknown to the ordinary members.
” Radke also writes that the FFF movement “ has nothing to to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ the CO2-tax serves to squeeze even more out of ordinary people .
He summarizes his departure as follows : “ I feel a little like a person who is leaving the cult .
It is a liberating feeling .
Through my experience I will try to help other students to leave FFF and the climate religion .
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Hardcore German left-wing activist Tom Radke – citing selfish leaders, fraudulent science, psychological manipulation and a cult-like atmosphere within the German Greens – has had enough of the Fridays For Future (FFF) Germany movement and has announced his resignation.
German left-wing activist, former FFF participant Tom Radke quits movement after experiencing its inner working. Image cropped from Tom Radke.de.
In a statement published at his site, Tom Radke wrote he wishes “to concentrate on left-wing patriotic politics: environmental protection, a strong welfare state and peace” instead of “Green voters and ‘green’ corporations”.
FFF not about the environment
Radke writes how he “found out through very negative practical experiences with Fridays for Future that many people never cared about environmental protection” and that he “misjudged the other ‘climate activists”.
He wrote: “Of all activists at FFF Hamburg, only a few were really interested in preserving our environment, clean air and healthy food.”
Radke blasts the FFF leader “Longhaul Luisa” Neubauer who he believes was “obviously in it for a career” and “her luxury life” while she called on others to save money.
Greta “taken advantage of”
Radke also had the impression that FFF movement leader Greta Thunberg was “being taken advantage of by her family but that she was “personally a nice person”.
Climate science “largely manipulation and fraud”
He recognized “the nonsensical and anti-people content of the climate movement” and that the movement’s “climate science is largely manipulation and fraud”.
Movement based on “pure emotions and blind faith”
Radke also explains how he came to realize that the FFF activists in fact had very little knowledge about climate science itself and that “their fanaticism is largely based on pure emotions and blind faith” and “also based on fear-mongering”.
“The young people are told that they, their families and everyone they love will die if we don’t act immediately.”
“Leaving the cult”
Radke accuses the German Green Party Using “a lot of psychological pressure” to coerce donations from followers despite the fact that “there are major donors in the background, who are completely unknown to the ordinary members.”
Radke also writes that the FFF movement “has nothing to to do with real environmental protection” and that “the CO2-tax serves to squeeze even more out of ordinary people.
He summarizes his departure as follows: “I feel a little like a person who is leaving the cult. It is a liberating feeling. Through my experience I will try to help other students to leave FFF and the climate religion.”
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notrickszone--2020-03-10--Clashing Climate Kiddies: Internal Strife Erupts, FFF Organizers Bicker Over Who Gets Spotlight

One highly visible person often seen at Greta Thunberg ’ s side at public Fridays For Future appearances is German 23-year old climate activist Luisa Neubauer of Hamburg .
Climate activist Luisa Neubauer at the center of infighting between FFF organizers .
Image : Andol – own work , CC BY-SA 4.0 The Green Party member was a driving force behind the launch of the Fridays For Future movement in Germany and Europe .
However , it appears other FFF organizers have had enough of Neubauer constantly hogging the spotlight amid signs of growing discord and infighting among FFF organizers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been “ disqualified as permanent speaker ” by FFF organizers and “ will also not speak at the controversial citizens ’ meeting in Berlin in June.
” Moreover , according to MOPO : “ Neubauer already was replaced ” by 17-year-old schoolgirl Helena Marshall at the Siemens Annual Shareholders ’ Meeting on February 5 .
The problem , MOPO writes , is that “ Neubauer is too much in the public eye ” and that she may not be “ suitable as a representative ” because it was reported how she had flown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Longhaul Luisa ” after having posted images of herself on foreign trips in social media .
Over the last years , climate activist Luisa made it around the world by plane several times , via Austria , Switzerland , Italy , Belgium , the Netherlands , Sweden , Poland , England , Scotland , France , Canada , China , Hong Kong , Nepal , Morocco , Namibia , Tanzania , Indonesia , etc .
Once in a talk show , Luisa was asked what she personally would do to protect the climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little as possible ” .
Evidence of open discord among the FFF movement organizers also surfaced in a video showing Greta Thunberg expressing her displeasure at comments made by Neubauer during the World Economic Forum earlier this year .
Strife is undeniable as Greta openly shakes her head as Neubauer speaks .
MOPO reports the “ first trouble ” began “ already at the beginning of spring 2019 ” when co-organizers felt “ the distribution of speeches and appearances was too one-sided.
” Today Greta tweeted she was skipping appearances in the marches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citing “ family reasons ” .

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One highly visible person often seen at Greta Thunberg’s side at public Fridays For Future appearances is German 23-year old climate activist Luisa Neubauer of Hamburg.
Climate activist Luisa Neubauer at the center of infighting between FFF organizers. Image: Andol – own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Green Party member was a driving force behind the launch of the Fridays For Future movement in Germany and Europe. However, it appears other FFF organizers have had enough of Neubauer constantly hogging the spotlight amid signs of growing discord and infighting among FFF organizers.
MOPO.de here reports how Neubauer has been “disqualified as permanent speaker” by FFF organizers and “will also not speak at the controversial citizens’ meeting in Berlin in June.”
Moreover, according to MOPO: “Neubauer already was replaced” by 17-year-old schoolgirl Helena Marshall at the Siemens Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on February 5.
Jet-setting Greenie “Longhaul Luisa”
The problem, MOPO writes, is that “Neubauer is too much in the public eye” and that she may not be “suitable as a representative” because it was reported how she had flown often. Neubauer was recently dubbed “Longhaul Luisa” after having posted images of herself on foreign trips in social media.
Over the last years, climate activist Luisa made it around the world by plane several times, via Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, England, Scotland, France, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Nepal, Morocco, Namibia, Tanzania, Indonesia, etc.
Once in a talk show, Luisa was asked what she personally would do to protect the climate. She answered: “Fly as little as possible”.
Open discord between Greta and Luisa
Evidence of open discord among the FFF movement organizers also surfaced in a video showing Greta Thunberg expressing her displeasure at comments made by Neubauer during the World Economic Forum earlier this year.
Strife is undeniable as Greta openly shakes her head as Neubauer speaks.
MOPO reports the “first trouble” began “already at the beginning of spring 2019” when co-organizers felt “the distribution of speeches and appearances was too one-sided.”
Greta skips France
Today Greta tweeted she was skipping appearances in the marches in Grenoble and Paris this Friday, citing “family reasons”.
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notrickszone--2020-03-09--‘Widespread Cooling (Up To -1.0°C) In Western And Central Europe’ Has Swept Across The Continent Sin

‘Widespread Cooling (Up To -1.0°C) In Western And Central Europe’ Has Swept Across The Continent Since 1992

A new study assesses a reduction in tree cover via urbanization or by clearing forests for cropland can warm up a locality by 1°C within 10 years .
In contrast , transitions from croplands and urban centers to forests leads to cooling .
Europe has been cooling recently ( 1992-2015 ) from land cover transitions to forests .
A few years ago a compelling analysis ( Levermore et al.
, 2018 ) found the urban heat island effect can reach intensities of 8°C warmer temperatures than nearby rural sites .
Further , reducing the green ( trees and vegetated areas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little as 11 % can lead to a 0.21°C per decade ( non-climatic ) warming trend in the local thermometer record .
Global warming can be reversed via land cover changes While forest losses can heat up local temperatures by as much as 1°C within 10 years ( Alkama and Cescatti , 2016 ) , a new study ( Huang et al.
, 2020 ) has assessed the opposite can occur too .
rom 1992 to 2015 , there were about 70 million hectares ( Mha ) of land cover changes ( LCCs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A substantial portion of these LCCs were “ cropland-to-forest ” transitions due to agricultural abandonment .
When a region returns to forest and tree cover , cooling ensues .
And with a growing percentage of European forested areas returning , a “ predominant regional biophysical cooling ” with “ an average temperature change of −0.12 ± 0.20 °C , with widespread cooling ( up to −1.0 °C ) in western and central Europe in summer and spring ” has swept across Europe due to LCCs in recent decades .
The substantial impact of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ study are profound .
First , the human effect on CO2 concentration changes appears to have minimal effect on local and regional temperatures relative to the much larger impact from land use changes .
More importantly , if reducing global warming is indeed the goal of policy makers , then denuding forests so as to install hundreds of steel-and-concrete wind turbines would appear to achieve the opposite of what it is claimed to do ( reduce warming ) .
So why on Earth are we doing this ?

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A new study assesses a reduction in tree cover via urbanization or by clearing forests for cropland can warm up a locality by 1°C within 10 years. In contrast, transitions from croplands and urban centers to forests leads to cooling. Europe has been cooling recently (1992-2015) from land cover transitions to forests.
Urbanization adds multiple degrees of warming over decades
A few years ago a compelling analysis (Levermore et al., 2018) found the urban heat island effect can reach intensities of 8°C warmer temperatures than nearby rural sites.
Further, reducing the green (trees and vegetated areas) in an urban center by as little as 11% can lead to a 0.21°C per decade (non-climatic) warming trend in the local thermometer record.
Global warming can be reversed via land cover changes
While forest losses can heat up local temperatures by as much as 1°C within 10 years (Alkama and Cescatti, 2016), a new study (Huang et al., 2020) has assessed the opposite can occur too.
F rom 1992 to 2015, there were about 70 million hectares (Mha) of land cover changes (LCCs) occurring across the European continent.
A substantial portion of these LCCs were “cropland-to-forest” transitions due to agricultural abandonment.
When a region returns to forest and tree cover, cooling ensues.
And with a growing percentage of European forested areas returning, a “predominant regional biophysical cooling” with “an average temperature change of −0.12 ± 0.20 °C, with widespread cooling (up to −1.0 °C) in western and central Europe in summer and spring” has swept across Europe due to LCCs in recent decades.
The substantial impact of land cover changes
The implications of this study are profound.
First, the human effect on CO2 concentration changes appears to have minimal effect on local and regional temperatures relative to the much larger impact from land use changes.
More importantly, if reducing global warming is indeed the goal of policy makers, then denuding forests so as to install hundreds of steel-and-concrete wind turbines would appear to achieve the opposite of what it is claimed to do (reduce warming).
So why on Earth are we doing this?
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notrickszone--2020-03-08--Finnish Meteorological Institute Reports Northern Hemisphere Snow Mass “Highest Levels In Year”!

German broadcaster RTL here reported how Northern Hemisphere snow mass has reached the highest level in years .
The Finnish @ @ @ @ @ reports the total amount of snow in the northern hemisphere this winter season has been @ @ @ @ @ from 1982 to 2012 .
This will come as a surprise to Europeans , who @ @ @ @ @ mildest winters on record .
According to RTL , “ In those places where it @ @ @ @ @ at all , there was a lot of snow .
The snow is meters high @ @ @ @ @ Looking at the northern Hemisphere snow cover charts from Rutgers University Global Snow Lab , @ @ @ @ @ area ) has been on the rise since reaching a low in 1990 .
Meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ “ record breaking February snowfall ” burying Montana and South Dakota .
According to Electroverse @ @ @ @ @ are returning ” due to reversing natural cycles .

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German broadcaster RTL here reported how Northern Hemisphere snow mass has reached the highest level in years.
Image: Finnish Meteorological Institute
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) reports the total amount of snow in the northern hemisphere this winter season has been well above the long-term average from 1982 to 2012.
This will come as a surprise to Europeans, who have seen one of the mildest winters on record. According to RTL, “In those places where it was cold enough for snow at all, there was a lot of snow. The snow is meters high, higher than usual.”
Snow cover trending upwards since 1990
Looking at the northern Hemisphere snow cover charts from Rutgers University Global Snow Lab, northern hemisphere snow cover (area) has been on the rise since reaching a low in 1990.
Chart: Rutgers University Snow Lab.
Record-breaking snow across Montana and South Dakota
Meanwhile weather site Electroverse reports of “record breaking February snowfall” burying Montana and South Dakota. According to Electroverse, “The cold times are returning” due to reversing natural cycles.
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notrickszone--2020-03-07--Overwhelming Rejection! German Community Shoots Down Planned Wind Park By Vote Of 269 – 11

Onshore wind energy in Germany has long lost its luster as a “ clean ” way to produce electricity in Germany .
Currently green energy proponents are pushing to significantly ease restrictions against the construction of wind parks , and don ’ t want to hear any complaints from pesky local citizens .
But resistance to projects has reached a massive scale .
Wind turbines welcome only by their developers and operators .
German citizens no longer welcome them .
Photo : Pierre Gosselin Across the country people have come to realize that although the produced electricity from wind is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impacts the huge industrial contraptions are having on the landscape , regional environment and public health risks aren ’ t worth it .
Today we find another powerful example of how wind projects planned near communities are being overwhelmingly rejected .
Near the North German community of Ovelgönnes , citizens shot down plans to build a wind park comprising four 200-meter tall Vesta 126 wind turbines each with a rated capacity of 3.45 MW , reports the daily Nordwest Zeitung ( NWZ ) .
The generator hub height is planned for 137 meters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tip of the blade .
In mid January , local citizens gathered for an information evening aimed at explaining what the project was about .
But as reported by the NWZ , the project proponents were met with “ severe opposition ” to their plans .
The article described the information meeting as “ charged with emotion ” .
One local resident claimed : “ Here personal effort for profits is being placed above the common good.
” Another resident accused the project supporters of “ putting public health at risk ” .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Windstrom shows that the turbines would be a mere 600 meters away from the nearest homes and only 1000 meters from the community of Großenmeer , east of the proposed park .
The project went to a vote earlier this week , reported the Nordwest Zeitung ( NWZ ) .
The result was devastating : only 11 ( 4 % ) were in favor of the park , 269 ( 94 % ) were against .
————————————————————————— Hat-tip : Jens Schluter at FaceBook .

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Onshore wind energy in Germany has long lost its luster as a “clean” way to produce electricity in Germany.
Currently green energy proponents are pushing to significantly ease restrictions against the construction of wind parks, and don’t want to hear any complaints from pesky local citizens. But resistance to projects has reached a massive scale.
Wind turbines welcome only by their developers and operators. German citizens no longer welcome them. Photo: Pierre Gosselin
Across the country people have come to realize that although the produced electricity from wind is CO2 emissions free, the massive environmental impacts the huge industrial contraptions are having on the landscape, regional environment and public health risks aren’t worth it.
Local citizens reject planned local wind park
Today we find another powerful example of how wind projects planned near communities are being overwhelmingly rejected.
Near the North German community of Ovelgönnes, citizens shot down plans to build a wind park comprising four 200-meter tall Vesta 126 wind turbines each with a rated capacity of 3.45 MW, reports the daily Nordwest Zeitung (NWZ).
The generator hub height is planned for 137 meters, close to 200 meters at the tip of the blade.
In mid January, local citizens gathered for an information evening aimed at explaining what the project was about. But as reported by the NWZ, the project proponents were met with “severe opposition” to their plans. The article described the information meeting as “charged with emotion”.
One local resident claimed: “Here personal effort for profits is being placed above the common good.” Another resident accused the project supporters of “putting public health at risk”.
Only 600 meters setback
A preliminary plan by wind park builder Windstrom shows that the turbines would be a mere 600 meters away from the nearest homes and only 1000 meters from the community of Großenmeer, east of the proposed park.
Image: Windstrom
Rejected 269 – 11
The project went to a vote earlier this week, reported the Nordwest Zeitung (NWZ). The result was devastating: only 11 (4%) were in favor of the park, 269 (94%) were against.
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Hat-tip: Jens Schluter at FaceBook.


notrickszone--2020-03-06--“Drought-Stricken” Germany Sees 2nd Rainiest February On Record…Doom And Gloom Cancelled Again

The last two summers in Germany ( 2018 and 2019 ) were unusually dry and warm , and already alarmists began to screaming that this was just a preview of what ’ s in store for Europe ’ s crispy burnt future .
The following 2 charts show the ground moisture for Germany last September .
The left image depicts the ground moisture at the depth of 25 cm , and the image on the right for a depth of 1.8 meters : German indeed was unusually dry last September .
Source : The drought monitor ; Helmholtz Center for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ precipitation pendulum has swung to the other side .
The German DWD national weather service now reports that February 2020 was the second wettest since records began .
Only 1946 was wetter .
Last month some parts of Germany saw rainfall that was double of what is normal .
In some regions it was even the wettest February , e.g .
in Lower Saxony , Hamburg and Schleswig Holstein .
The reason was a series of lows from the Atlantic moving directly over Germany .
Ground in many areas now over-saturated Now the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ middle and deeper layers .
In some parts of Lower Bavaria and parts of eastern Germany , however , there is still dryness in some places at a depth of just under 2 metres .
Yet , the situation is expected to ease there as well .
Currently much of Germany is over-saturated for the 0-60 cm ground depth : Moreover the 14-day forecast for Germany sees more precipitation ahead , which will further saturate the ground .
Last year at this time , in the wake of the dry 2018 summer , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this year ground moisture levels will be in much better shape as summer approaches .
So , all the doom and gloom scenarios of severe drought and crop failures being the future of Germany have suddenly been washed away .
Alarmists will have to go elsewhere to chase climate ambulances .

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The last two summers in Germany (2018 and 2019) were unusually dry and warm, and already alarmists began to screaming that this was just a preview of what’s in store for Europe’s crispy burnt future. The following 2 charts show the ground moisture for Germany last September. The left image depicts the ground moisture at the depth of 25 cm, and the image on the right for a depth of 1.8 meters: German indeed was unusually dry last September. Source: The drought monitor; Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) February 2020 second wettest since records began But the precipitation pendulum has swung to the other side. The German DWD national weather service now reports that February 2020 was the second wettest since records began. Only 1946 was wetter. Last month some parts of Germany saw rainfall that was double of what is normal.
In some regions it was even the wettest February, e.g. in Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig Holstein. The reason was a series of lows from the Atlantic moving directly over Germany. Ground in many areas now over-saturated Now the ground is well soaked down to the middle and deeper layers. In some parts of Lower Bavaria and parts of eastern Germany, however, there is still dryness in some places at a depth of just under 2 metres. Yet, the situation is expected to ease there as well.
Currently much of Germany is over-saturated for the 0-60 cm ground depth:
Source: DWD German national weather service:
More precipitation ahead
Moreover the 14-day forecast for Germany sees more precipitation ahead, which will further saturate the ground. Last year at this time, in the wake of the dry 2018 summer, the ground was much drier. So this year ground moisture levels will be in much better shape as summer approaches.
So, all the doom and gloom scenarios of severe drought and crop failures being the future of Germany have suddenly been washed away. Alarmists will have to go elsewhere to chase climate ambulances.


notrickszone--2020-03-05--A ‘Nearly Zero’ Climate Sensitivity Paper Finds A 16-Fold CO2 Increase Cools Earth Below Pre-Industr

A ‘Nearly Zero’ Climate Sensitivity Paper Finds A 16-Fold CO2 Increase Cools Earth Below Pre-Industrial Temperatures

In yet another new paper ( ) , scientists determine the climate sensitivity to CO2 is “ practically zero ” the more the concentration rises .
A ~4450 ppm CO2 concentration has cooler climates than observed in the pre-industrial ( 278 ppm ) era .
Why ?
A self-amplifying cloud feedback mechanism cools the Earth by magnitudes “ as large as 10 K ” upon warming saturation .
Earlier this year , scientists published a paper using mesocosms ( controlled outdoor experiments ) to demonstrate CO2 concentrations of 3200 , 7500 , and 16,900 ppm are associated with colder temperatures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CO2 concentrations .
Now , in another new paper ( Drotos et al.
, 2020 ) , several more scientists are asserting the Earth system has an internal , self-amplifying negative cloud feedback mechanism so powerful that “ at CO2 concentrations beyond four times the preindustrial value , the climate sensitivity decreases to nearly zero as a result of episodic global cooling events as large as 10 K ” .
The cooling events spawned by the high CO2 concentrations lead to temperature “ drops below the coldest values of the control [ 278 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the climate sensitivity to CO2 doublings is “ practically zero ” over time .
“ In particular , the climatological mean value of the global mean surface temperature practically stops responding to an increase in the CO2 concentration .
This practically zero climate sensitivity suggests that the effect of a feedback on the global mean surface temperature may turn out to be as strong as the radiative effect of CO2.
” In other words , scientists have found yet another way the claimed “ runaway greenhouse ” response of the climate system to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ false alarm .

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In yet another new paper ( Drotos et al., 2020
Earlier this year, scientists published a paper using mesocosms (controlled outdoor experiments) to demonstrate CO2 concentrations of 3200, 7500, and 16,900 ppm are associated with colder temperatures than in outdoor environments with 480 ppm CO2 concentrations.
Now, in another new paper (Drotos et al., 2020), several more scientists are asserting the Earth system has an internal, self-amplifying negative cloud feedback mechanism so powerful that
“at CO2 concentrations beyond four times the preindustrial value, the climate sensitivity decreases to nearly zero as a result of episodic global cooling events as large as 10 K”.
The cooling events spawned by the high CO2 concentrations lead to temperature “drops below the coldest values of the control [278 ppm pre-industrial CO2]” such that the climate sensitivity to CO2 doublings is “practically zero” over time.
“In particular, the climatological mean value of the global mean surface temperature practically stops responding to an increase in the CO2 concentration. This practically zero climate sensitivity suggests that the effect of a feedback on the global mean surface temperature may turn out to be as strong as the radiative effect of CO2.”
In other words, scientists have found yet another way the claimed “runaway greenhouse” response of the climate system to elevated CO2 turns out to be a false alarm.


notrickszone--2020-03-15--German Public Television Satire:  Corona Virus Is Good “Because It’s Ravaging The Elderly”

Many of us have been noticing there ’ s a not-so-subtle hate-campaign against the elderly going on .
Not long ago we saw a German production which featured kids singing “ my mother is old environmental scumbag “ or how Brexit voters were portrayed as incontinent scum .
At a recent performance in Dortmund , Leftist hip-hop band K.I.Z .
told a cheering crowd of predominantly women : Now we have a production again by ARD/ZDF German Public Television , Browser Ballet , that tops it all .
The satire is titled : “ Corona is rescuing the planet ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by telling viewers : We here at Browser Ballet say ‘ yes ’ to Corona because this virus is practically healing the planet by itself .
Interesting is how fair this virus is .
It ’ s ravaging the elderly , but the youth are withstanding this infection almost without effort .
That ’ s only just because it is the generation 65 and over that has run this planet into a wall over the past 50 years.
” Especially responsible , says the moderator , are the overweight and ill adult Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ turbo capitalism ” : Maybe the Corona virus is merely a response to turbo capitalism , and it is working .
Air travel has collapsed , production has been cranked back , consumption is declining .
There couldn ’ t be better news for this planet .
Air pollution in China , thanks to Corona , has decreased in a very short time .
If that continues , then we may experience a new green paradise !
” And isn ’ t it the problem that there are just too many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of resources , which means less hunger , which means less war , and that means less causes for refugees .
So , probably the Corona virus is simply a nice reflex of nature to tell people who ’ s the boss here .
That ’ s why : enough with this silly egoism .
Corona is here simply because we don ’ t deserve anything better .
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Many of us have been noticing there’s a not-so-subtle hate-campaign against the elderly going on.
Not long ago we saw a German production which featured kids singing “my mother is old environmental scumbag“or how Brexit voters were portrayed as incontinent scum.
At a recent performance in Dortmund, Leftist hip-hop band K.I.Z. told a cheering crowd of predominantly women:
People are scared of some stupid virus. The truth is, only old white men die!”
“Corona is practically healing the planet”
Now we have a production again by ARD/ZDF German Public Television, Browser Ballet, that tops it all. The satire is titled: “Corona is rescuing the planet”.
In the skit the moderator begins by telling viewers:
We here at Browser Ballet say ‘yes’ to Corona because this virus is practically healing the planet by itself. Interesting is how fair this virus is. It’s ravaging the elderly, but the youth are withstanding this infection almost without effort. That’s only just because it is the generation 65 and over that has run this planet into a wall over the past 50 years.”
Especially responsible, says the moderator, are the overweight and ill adult Americans, who have been recklessly practicing earth-destroying “turbo capitalism”:
Maybe the Corona virus is merely a response to turbo capitalism, and it is working. Air travel has collapsed, production has been cranked back, consumption is declining. There couldn’t be better news for this planet. Air pollution in China, thanks to Corona, has decreased in a very short time. If that continues, then we may experience a new green paradise!”
He adds:
And isn’t it the problem that there are just too many of us? Less people means less shortages of resources, which means less hunger, which means less war, and that means less causes for refugees. So, probably the Corona virus is simply a nice reflex of nature to tell people who’s the boss here. That’s why: enough with this silly egoism. Corona is here simply because we don’t deserve anything better. “
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notrickszone--2020-03-16--Uncertainty In Natural Climate Forcing Is 870 Times Larger Than CO2 Forcing – A CO2 Signal Is Thus N

Uncertainty In Natural Climate Forcing Is 870 Times Larger Than CO2 Forcing – A CO2 Signal Is Thus Not Detectable

Clouds regulate Earth ’ s climate .
New studies suggest uncertainty in clouds ’ surface radiative effects reach 17.4 W/m² per year ( ±8.7 W/m²/year ) .
Total CO2 climate forcing is said to be just 0.02 W/m² per year .
The difference in these magnitudes preclude detection of a CO2 signal in climate forcing .
According to Feldman et al .
( 2015 ) , a 2 ppm increase in CO2 per year ( 22 ppm over the 11 years from 2000-2010 ) results in a surface radiative forcing influence of 0.02 W/m² , or 0.2 W/m² per decade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ ten per cent of the trend in downwelling longwave radiation ” when clouds and water vapor are considered .
In contrast , the influence of clouds in total longwave forcing is substantially larger , with radiative forcing trends reaching ±4 W/m² per decade .
From 1978 to 2010 , the total longwave anomalies reached amplitudes of about ±2 W/m² per year ( Loeb et al.
, 2012 , below image ) .
These anomalies dwarf the 0.02 W/m² per year radiative influence from CO2 , and thus factors other than CO2 must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the overall trend in longwave or greenhouse effect forcing appears to have been flat during this 30-year period .
CO2 ’ s 0.2 W/m² per decade contribution may have had no net impact on the trend .
Even if a CO2 forcing signal was detectable in an overall trend over the last few decades , it would be lost amid the uncertainty and noise of the radiative effects of clouds .
According to L ’ Ecuyer et al.
, 2019 , the global annual net cloud radiative effect ( CRE ) at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be -24.8 ±8.7 W/m² .
In other words , when cloud cover increases , surface temperatures cool because the net shortwave effects of cloud ( -51 W/m² ) exceed the net longwave effects of cloud ( +26.3 W/m² ) .
The uncertainty value associated with this overall surface forcing estimate , ±8.7 W/m² , has a range of 17.4 W/m² .
If CO2 ’ s net radiative effect in surface forcing is 0.02 W/m² per year and the uncertainty the radiative effects of clouds is ±8.7 W/m² per year , this means that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence .
A CO2 forcing signal is therefore not detectable in the Earth ’ s energy balance .

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Clouds regulate Earth’s climate. New studies suggest uncertainty in clouds’ surface radiative effects reach 17.4 W/m² per year (±8.7 W/m²/year). Total CO2 climate forcing is said to be just 0.02 W/m² per year. The difference in these magnitudes preclude detection of a CO2 signal in climate forcing.
According to Feldman et al. (2015), a 2 ppm increase in CO2 per year (22 ppm over the 11 years from 2000-2010) results in a surface radiative forcing influence of 0.02 W/m², or 0.2 W/m² per decade. This is said to be just “ten per cent of the trend in downwelling longwave radiation” when clouds and water vapor are considered.
In contrast, the influence of clouds in total longwave forcing is substantially larger, with radiative forcing trends reaching ±4 W/m² per decade.
From 1978 to 2010, the total longwave anomalies reached amplitudes of about ±2 W/m² per year (Loeb et al., 2012, below image). These anomalies dwarf the 0.02 W/m² per year radiative influence from CO2, and thus factors other than CO2 must be driving the variability.
Further, the overall trend in longwave or greenhouse effect forcing appears to have been flat during this 30-year period. CO2’s 0.2 W/m² per decade contribution may have had no net impact on the trend.
Even if a CO2 forcing signal was detectable in an overall trend over the last few decades, it would be lost amid the uncertainty and noise of the radiative effects of clouds.
According to L’Ecuyer et al., 2019, the global annual net cloud radiative effect (CRE) at the Earth’s surface is estimated to be -24.8 ±8.7 W/m². In other words, when cloud cover increases, surface temperatures cool because the net shortwave effects of cloud (-51 W/m²) exceed the net longwave effects of cloud (+26.3 W/m²). The uncertainty value associated with this overall surface forcing estimate, ±8.7 W/m², has a range of 17.4 W/m².
If CO2’s net radiative effect in surface forcing is 0.02 W/m² per year and the uncertainty the radiative effects of clouds is ±8.7 W/m² per year, this means that uncertainty is 870 larger than the CO2 influence.
A CO2 forcing signal is therefore not detectable in the Earth’s energy balance.
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