notrickszone--2020-04-23--Are Droughts The Future Of Central Europe? German Data Show There’s Been No Trend

The summer of 2017 in Europe was a wet one , yet everyone seems to have forgotten that .
Then came two hot and dry summers across Europe ( 2018 and 2019 ) and already climate alarmists began to call it the new normal .
Hot dry summers with intense drought were in store for the future , they claimed with a renewed level of alarmism .
And if you don ’ t believe it , just look how this spring is starting off across Central Europe this year .
Very little rain has fallen since the end of March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Aside from COVID-19 , that ’ s what we are already hearing from the climate alarmists in Germany as they clamor for a little attention .
Today we plot the monthly precipitation data from three North German cities : Hamburg , Hannover and Berlin , going back almost four decades .
The northern port city of Hamburg has seen a modestly declining trend since 1982 : Overall however , nothing unusual is happening .
The city still gets plenty of rain .
Last summer was dry , but such low periods have occurred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look at the monthly precipitation trend for Hannover : Here as well we see a modest decline in precipitation since 1982 , yet there are no unusual extremes happening today .
Looking at the fluctuations , we can make out an imprint of cycles between wet and dry periods .
Perhaps the pattern is linked to North Atlantic cycles or solar cycles .
Next we travel east to the capital city of Berlin .
Here unfortunately there ’ s a gap in the data in the 1990s , yet they still allow us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Berlin Tempelhof data show that wet extremes have become more frequent , but that there has been no trend change in precipitation .
Finally looking at the precipitation for Germany as a whole , percent above or below normal , we find that the long-term trend since the early 1880s has been upward .
Germany has gotten wetter since man started emitting CO2 .
Data : German DWD weather service .
If we choose to cherry-pick and look back only 20 years , then the trend is downward .
But such fluctuations are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So far it ’ s much too early to conclude that Germany ’ s ( Central Europe ) future is one of drought .

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By Kirye
and Pierre Gosselin
The summer of 2017 in Europe was a wet one, yet everyone seems to have forgotten that.
Then came two hot and dry summers across Europe (2018 and 2019) and already climate alarmists began to call it the new normal.
Hot dry summers with intense drought were in store for the future, they claimed with a renewed level of alarmism. And if you don’t believe it, just look how this spring is starting off across Central Europe this year. Very little rain has fallen since the end of March. It’s climate change!
Aside from COVID-19, that’s what we are already hearing from the climate alarmists in Germany as they clamor for a little attention.
Data from 3 central Europe cities
Today we plot the monthly precipitation data from three North German cities: Hamburg, Hannover and Berlin, going back almost four decades.
The northern port city of Hamburg has seen a modestly declining trend since 1982:
Data source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
Overall however, nothing unusual is happening. The city still gets plenty of rain. Last summer was dry, but such low periods have occurred also in the past.
Next we look at the monthly precipitation trend for Hannover:
Data source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
Here as well we see a modest decline in precipitation since 1982, yet there are no unusual extremes happening today. Looking at the fluctuations, we can make out an imprint of cycles between wet and dry periods. Perhaps the pattern is linked to North Atlantic cycles or solar cycles.
Next we travel east to the capital city of Berlin. Here unfortunately there’s a gap in the data in the 1990s, yet they still allow us to easily discern a trend.
Data source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The Berlin Tempelhof data show that wet extremes have become more frequent, but that there has been no trend change in precipitation.
Germany remains rainy and wet
Finally looking at the precipitation for Germany as a whole, percent above or below normal, we find that the long-term trend since the early 1880s has been upward.
Germany has gotten wetter since man started emitting CO2. Data: German DWD weather service.
If we choose to cherry-pick and look back only 20 years, then the trend is downward. But such fluctuations are well within the range a natural variability.
So far it’s much too early to conclude that Germany’s (Central Europe) future is one of drought.
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notrickszone--2020-04-24--German Review Of Moore Film: “About Selling Out Green Ideas”…Sustainability  – In The Cayman Islands

German Review Of Moore Film: “About Selling Out Green Ideas”…Sustainability  – In The Cayman Islands”

“ Whenever I came across green energy , it wasn ’ t green energy ” American documentary filmmaker Michael Moore presents on YouTube a film that critically examines renewable energies in the USA .
All the more astonishing is his relentless portrayal of the situation in the USA regarding these energies .
The Oscar winner presents a work directed by Jeff Gibbs “ Planet Of The Humans “ .
Similarly ruthless as other Moore films , it is enlightened , even exaggerated , but first and foremost proponents and critics of renewable energies speak out .
Especially supporters contradicted each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intention of the documentary film was not clear to them .
But nobody was ambushed , the questions were always asked fairly .
What is striking is the speechlessness of some when it came to unpleasant issues or the financing of certain movements .
The film is about the sell out green ideas , and this happens in the USA in a variety of ways .
To be clear , the film criticizes any kind of pollution , and it starts by digging out a 1958 film that warns of global warming caused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
Director Gibbs also makes his position very clear at the beginning .
In Germany he is what you would probably call an environmental fundamentalist , with a self-built wooden house in the wilderness , solar panel on the roof and self-chopped wood as fuel in the wood stove .
His first documentaries also deal with the mistreatment of nature .
Fossil fuels always in the background , out of sight Gibbs had his awakening at a solar festival in Vermont .
At a kind of hippie festival everything was powered by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But when a rain came up and Gibbs suddenly noticed nervousness among the organizers , he asked about it .
He discovered there were diesel generators to provide the necessary power and that the panels at the festival were more of a decoration .
The film then describes the rise of green energy with the inauguration of Barack Obama .
Investors like Richard Branson or Vinod Koshla entered this market with billions , as did investment banks .
Again and again there are times that remind us of the diesel generator moment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GM introduced its Volt electric vehicle .
But when asked , it becomes clear that the charging station is 95 % powered by coal .
And Gibbs lets engineers have their say , describing exactly what also counts in Europe : renewable energies need backups in the absence of storage .
In the USA , natural gas is often used for this purpose when it comes to new power plants , because they can cope better with ramp-ups and slow-downs than nuclear or coal-fired power plants .
Throughout the film there are time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the Ivanpah Solar Park in the Mojave Desert in California , where natural gas has to be used to preheat the plant for hours every morning before it can even start up .
Very nice are also statements , like the one from Elon Musk , claiming a battery factory can supply itself off grid with electricity and heat : Screenshot from Planet of the Humans But why the described factory needs its own transformer station remains a mystery .
This phenomenon is also common at other companies such as Apple or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the power grid that also offers electricity from fossil fuels .
Appearances count .
The documentary also takes a look behind the scenes and looks at the business of the heavily wealthy Koch brothers .
Anyone in the USA who is opposed to solar energy systems like Ivanpah is often accused of being a lobbyist for the Koch brothers , even though they are the ones who are making big money from green technologies .
Gibbs shows some of the Koch companies that are doing good business .
In Daggett , California , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was built .
But a visit to the town leaves Gibbs in shock .
The place is run-down , and sand now blows where solar modules used to stand because the ground has no plants to hold the sand down .
The soil is barren .
The increasing consumption of resources and the issue of the earth ’ s overpopulation are other topics in the film , as is biomass , which in the USA means burning wood in power plants .
Environmental groups even praise it because they call it climate neutral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case .
It is harmful because CO2 is produced and CO2 storage is lost .
An example shows that such plants can burn shredded car tyres or toxic railroad ties .
The documentary also introduces 350.org , comparable to Fridays For Future ( FFF ) in Europe .
Students in Michigan who are involved with 350.org managed to get the university to stop using coal for heating .
Now biomass is used , which means wood is burned .
This is followed by a look at the links to various US movements like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interesting document from 2004 , two years before the Gore movie “ An Inconvenient Truth ” when Gore founded the company Generation Investment Management with his partner David Blood ( note the pun Blood and Gore ) .
The aim was to promote biofuels and biomass , which , as I said , means burning trees in the USA .
And anyone who invested in forests in 2004 should benefit from the countless wood-fired power plants that have since been built in the USA .
Gore and his company are among them .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a film about climate change or about something completely different ?
The environmental movement has been taken over by capitalists , Gibbs concludes .
At the end , something comes full circle when Gibbs makes the same discovery at an Earth Day festival as he did previously in Vermont at the Solar Festival .
Earth Day founder Denis Hayes explains to an enthusiastic crowd that the festival is powered entirely by solar energy .
Several panels have been set up for this .
But a technician behind the stage explains the power would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the needed electricity is supplied by diesel generators .
People want to be lied to .
Even Cayman Islands are part of Gore ’ s Green Movement It is also worth watching the credits .
It has more information about a new sustainability fund from Gore and Blood , on the Cayman Islands .
Sustainability at Blood and Gore obviously does not mean paying taxes .
Image cropped from Planet of the Humans

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By Die kalte Sonne
(Text translated by P. Gosselin)
American documentary filmmaker Michael Moore presents on YouTube a film that critically examines renewable energies in the USA. All the more astonishing is his relentless portrayal of the situation in the USA regarding these energies.
The Oscar winner presents a work directed by Jeff Gibbs “Planet Of The Humans“.
Greens tangled in contradiction
Similarly ruthless as other Moore films, it is enlightened, even exaggerated, but first and foremost proponents and critics of renewable energies speak out. Especially supporters contradicted each other, sometimes rather unwittingly as the intention of the documentary film was not clear to them. But nobody was ambushed, the questions were always asked fairly. What is striking is the speechlessness of some when it came to unpleasant issues or the financing of certain movements.
The film is about the sell out green ideas, and this happens in the USA in a variety of ways. To be clear, the film criticizes any kind of pollution, and it starts by digging out a 1958 film that warns of global warming caused by CO2: “The Unchained Goddess”.
Director Gibbs also makes his position very clear at the beginning. In Germany he is what you would probably call an environmental fundamentalist, with a self-built wooden house in the wilderness, solar panel on the roof and self-chopped wood as fuel in the wood stove. His first documentaries also deal with the mistreatment of nature.
Fossil fuels always in the background, out of sight
Gibbs had his awakening at a solar festival in Vermont. At a kind of hippie festival everything was powered by solar panels, or so he thought. But when a rain came up and Gibbs suddenly noticed nervousness among the organizers, he asked about it. He discovered there were diesel generators to provide the necessary power and that the panels at the festival were more of a decoration.
The film then describes the rise of green energy with the inauguration of Barack Obama. Investors like Richard Branson or Vinod Koshla entered this market with billions, as did investment banks. Again and again there are times that remind us of the diesel generator moment in Vermont, for example, when GM introduced its Volt electric vehicle. But when asked, it becomes clear that the charging station is 95% powered by coal.
And Gibbs lets engineers have their say, describing exactly what also counts in Europe: renewable energies need backups in the absence of storage. In the USA, natural gas is often used for this purpose when it comes to new power plants, because they can cope better with ramp-ups and slow-downs than nuclear or coal-fired power plants.
Fraudulent claims?
Throughout the film there are time and again astonishing discoveries like the one at the Ivanpah Solar Park in the Mojave Desert in California, where natural gas has to be used to preheat the plant for hours every morning before it can even start up.
Very nice are also statements, like the one from Elon Musk, claiming a battery factory can supply itself off grid with electricity and heat:
Screenshot from Planet of the Humans
But why the described factory needs its own transformer station remains a mystery. This phenomenon is also common at other companies such as Apple or Google, which are all connected to the power grid that also offers electricity from fossil fuels. Appearances count.
Koch brothers
The documentary also takes a look behind the scenes and looks at the business of the heavily wealthy Koch brothers. Anyone in the USA who is opposed to solar energy systems like Ivanpah is often accused of being a lobbyist for the Koch brothers, even though they are the ones who are making big money from green technologies. Gibbs shows some of the Koch companies that are doing good business.
Green project leaves town run down
In Daggett, California, the first solar park in the USA was built. But a visit to the town leaves Gibbs in shock. The place is run-down, and sand now blows where solar modules used to stand because the ground has no plants to hold the sand down. The soil is barren.
The increasing consumption of resources and the issue of the earth’s overpopulation are other topics in the film, as is biomass, which in the USA means burning wood in power plants. Environmental groups even praise it because they call it climate neutral, which is by no means the case.
It is harmful because CO2 is produced and CO2 storage is lost. An example shows that such plants can burn shredded car tyres or toxic railroad ties.
The documentary also introduces 350.org, comparable to Fridays For Future (FFF) in Europe. Students in Michigan who are involved with 350.org managed to get the university to stop using coal for heating. Now biomass is used, which means wood is burned.
Sierra Club merges with crony capitalism
This is followed by a look at the links to various US movements like the Sierra Club. Gibbs finds another interesting document from 2004, two years before the Gore movie “An Inconvenient Truth” when Gore founded the company Generation Investment Management with his partner David Blood (note the pun Blood and Gore). The aim was to promote biofuels and biomass, which, as I said, means burning trees in the USA.
And anyone who invested in forests in 2004 should benefit from the countless wood-fired power plants that have since been built in the USA. Gore and his company are among them.
Gibbs asks the question: Was this a film about climate change or about something completely different? The environmental movement has been taken over by capitalists, Gibbs concludes.
People want to hear lies
At the end, something comes full circle when Gibbs makes the same discovery at an Earth Day festival as he did previously in Vermont at the Solar Festival. Earth Day founder Denis Hayes explains to an enthusiastic crowd that the festival is powered entirely by solar energy. Several panels have been set up for this. But a technician behind the stage explains the power would only be enough for a toaster – the needed electricity is supplied by diesel generators. People want to be lied to.
Even Cayman Islands are part of Gore’s Green Movement
It is also worth watching the credits. It has more information about a new sustainability fund from Gore and Blood, on the Cayman Islands. Sustainability at Blood and Gore obviously does not mean paying taxes.
Image cropped from Planet of the Humans


notrickszone--2020-04-25--Communism Extra Stout! Moore, Gibbs Propose Killing Unborn, Revocation Of Property Rights To Save Pl

Communism Extra Stout! Moore, Gibbs Propose Killing Unborn, Revocation Of Property Rights To Save Planet

Although the newly released Planet of the Humans documentary takes a critical look at green energies , it creators take an even harsher view of western democracy and its free market system .
On Earth Day ( April 22nd ) film producer Michael Moore held a livestream podcast with director Jeff Gibbs and Ozzie Zehner , where they discuss their documentary and speak about what needs to be done .
One thing is clear : When it comes to the planet , the trio are caught in a self-perpetuating spiral of pessimism which they ’ ll never be able to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They view humans as a cancerous disease that has to be urgently stopped .
“ The pandemic is because the earth is very upset with us .
Timeout !
” says Gibbs .
“ This timeout is good.
” “ We are the most destructive creature that ever existed on the planet .
We have to own that , ” Gibbs adds .
Director Gibbs also says it ’ s “ really sad ” that the top 1 % wealthy – the real enemy ” – are involved in the green movement .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ in very serious , serious trouble ” and we have lost our way .
The environmental movement , they say , has sold out to big corporations .
Moreover all three in the podcast agree that not only fossil fuels are bad , but so are green energies and nuclear .
This leaves listeners to wonder : What ’ s left ?
Where are humans supposed to get their power from ?
Squirrel cages ?
For all the criticism they have for human activity today , they offer very little in terms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profoundly radical yet vague transformation of how humans should live on the planet .
“ We need to take over the the entire environmental movement , to start a new one , ” says Gibbs , one that is aimed at achieving “ true sustainability ” , which for Gibbs means “ less of everything , sharing everything.
” The blueprint of the transformation they ’ re hinting at , however , hasn ’ t even reached the concept phase , has not even reached the infancy of being thought out .
Yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need .
They complain endlessly , but offer no real alternatives .
Doing away with property rights , “ sharing more ” According to Gibbs , unbridled consumption is the problem .
Humans need to start doing less , being lazier , to stop cutting the grass .
He also suggests that the element of profit needs to be eradicated from all human activity .
So do property rights .
To save the planet , Gibbs declares that humans need to be “ sharing more ” .
Is it really necessary for everyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the new more , ” says Gibbs .
Moore uses the example of sharing bicycles , or even cameras .
Everything can be shared .
Sharing of course , means no individual property rights .
In their world , we ’ d have to wait 15 years just to get the chance to share a government-issued Lada , let alone own one .
Another way to save the planet , Moore suggests , is to kill the unborn .
“ You wan na save the planet , support Planned Parenthood.
” What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s Communism – Extra Stout .
Many people would in fact be denied existence .
When asked if they themselves may be behaving hypocritically when using technology , Gibbs seems to blame others for it , like he wouldn ’ t need to do it if everyone else just behaved properly .
While preaching all this , Zehner is seen drinking from a plastic cup .
Education is bad for the planet ?
Zehner even went on to suggest that advanced education is bad for the planet : “ PhDs do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy impact on the planet .
It takes an enormous amount of infrastructure to support a society that educates people , and so when you start going back into the system and looking back at the overall footprint of nuclear , it starts to look a lot different.
” Overall , Gibbs says it gets down to “ getting a grip on ourselves ” , and admits that he has not yet figured out how to restrain even himself .
During the podcast , Gibbs frets that since the pandemic began , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born .
“ If we go back to normal , we ’ re just gon na go back to the same destruction .
”

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Although the newly released Planet of the Humans documentary takes a critical look at green energies, it creators take an even harsher view of western democracy and its free market system.
On Earth Day (April 22nd) film producer Michael Moore held a livestream podcast with director Jeff Gibbs and Ozzie Zehner, where they discuss their documentary and speak about what needs to be done.
Humans are the scourge
One thing is clear: When it comes to the planet, the trio are caught in a self-perpetuating spiral of pessimism which they’ll never be able to climb out of on their own. They view humans as a cancerous disease that has to be urgently stopped.
“The pandemic is because the earth is very upset with us. Timeout!” says Gibbs. “This timeout is good.”
“The planet has cancer,” Moore suggests.
“We are the most destructive creature that ever existed on the planet. We have to own that,” Gibbs adds.
Sold out to big corporations
Director Gibbs also says it’s “really sad” that the top 1% wealthy – the real enemy” – are involved in the green movement. In their view, the planet is “in very serious, serious trouble” and we have lost our way. The environmental movement, they say, has sold out to big corporations.
Abolish all energy sources!
Moreover all three in the podcast agree that not only fossil fuels are bad, but so are green energies and nuclear. This leaves listeners to wonder: What’s left? Where are humans supposed to get their power from? Squirrel cages?
Megatons of complaint, zero solutions
For all the criticism they have for human activity today, they offer very little in terms of solutions. Instead they declare a profoundly radical yet vague transformation of how humans should live on the planet. “We need to take over the the entire environmental movement, to start a new one,” says Gibbs, one that is aimed at achieving “true sustainability”, which for Gibbs means “less of everything, sharing everything.”
The blueprint of the transformation they’re hinting at, however, hasn’t even reached the concept phase, has not even reached the infancy of being thought out. Yet, they insist it is what we need. They complain endlessly, but offer no real alternatives.
Doing away with property rights, “sharing more”
According to Gibbs, unbridled consumption is the problem. Humans need to start doing less, being lazier, to stop cutting the grass. He also suggests that the element of profit needs to be eradicated from all human activity. So do property rights.
To save the planet, Gibbs declares that humans need to be “sharing more”. Is it really necessary for everyone to own every thing? “Less is the new more,” says Gibbs.
Communism – Extra Stout!
Moore uses the example of sharing bicycles, or even cameras. Everything can be shared. Sharing of course, means no individual property rights. In their world, we’d have to wait 15 years just to get the chance to share a government-issued Lada, let alone own one.
Another way to save the planet, Moore suggests, is to kill the unborn. “You wanna save the planet, support Planned Parenthood.”
What they propose is worse than communism. It’s Communism – Extra Stout. Many people would in fact be denied existence.
When asked if they themselves may be behaving hypocritically when using technology, Gibbs seems to blame others for it, like he wouldn’t need to do it if everyone else just behaved properly. While preaching all this, Zehner is seen drinking from a plastic cup.
Education is bad for the planet?
Zehner even went on to suggest that advanced education is bad for the planet: “PhDs do not have a zero carbon or zero energy impact on the planet. It takes an enormous amount of infrastructure to support a society that educates people, and so when you start going back into the system and looking back at the overall footprint of nuclear, it starts to look a lot different.”
Getting a grip
Overall, Gibbs says it gets down to “getting a grip on ourselves”, and admits that he has not yet figured out how to restrain even himself.
During the podcast, Gibbs frets that since the pandemic began, “something like 20 million people” were born. “If we go back to normal, we’re just gonna go back to the same destruction.”
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notrickszone--2020-04-26--New Video By German Geologist Casts Doubt Over Exclusively Man-Made Global Warming

Geologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning just released a video that challenges the claim that today ’ s warming is unusual and caused mostly by human activities .
While the video ’ s main focus is on Germany , it presents several key points that tell us why natural factors are just as much at play , if not more .
First , the video tells viewers how the global land surface temperature has risen 1.5°C since 1880 , but how in the late 1990s Germany saw a sudden significant jump in mean annual temperature .
That temperature jump coincides with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the North and Baltic seas ( 1:00 ) .
The reason for this sudden rise is not understood , the video says .
And because the warming effect of CO2 is one that occurs gradually over the long term , there has to be another reason for the abrupt rise .
The video shows how the rise of North and Baltic sea surface temperature is linked to the North Atlantic Oscillation ( NAO ) , which reached a peak in the early 1990s : “ The NAO is an important controller of precipitation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ video explains , and it is in part impacted by solar activity .
Also weather data recorded on Germany ’ s tallest peak , Zugspitze , show there are far fewer clouds today than earlier .
The number of hours of sunshine has gone up close to 400 hours a year since 1900 : More sunshine of course means warmer temperatures .
A third point is the Medieval warm Period ( MWP ) .
In Europe the temperature rose almost 5°C from the year 700 AD to the peak of the MWP in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a matter of decades , the temperature rapidly rose naturally several degrees , ” the video says .
“ Thus neither today ’ s temperature level nor the rate of rise in Germany are unprecedented in a historical context.
” The video then points out a temperature reconstruction ( Brunner 2004 ) from sediments from Lake Constance which reveals the lake froze over very rarely between 900 and 1200 AD .
But then the lake froze over far more often , especially during the 14th and 15th centuries : Today the lake freezes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The large climate variability seen over Europe over the past is also confirmed by proxy data taken from stalactites in a German cave ( Fohlmeister , 2012 ) .
Other studies confirm that temperatures were 1°C warmer 8000 years ago , the video shows .

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Geologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning just released a video that challenges the claim that today’s warming is unusual and caused mostly by human activities.
While the video’s main focus is on Germany, it presents several key points that tell us why natural factors are just as much at play, if not more.
Sea surface temperature fluctuations
First, the video tells viewers how the global land surface temperature has risen 1.5°C since 1880, but how in the late 1990s Germany saw a sudden significant jump in mean annual temperature. That temperature jump coincides with a sudden rise in sea surface temperature over the North and Baltic seas (1:00). The reason for this sudden rise is not understood, the video says.
And because the warming effect of CO2 is one that occurs gradually over the long term, there has to be another reason for the abrupt rise. The video shows how the rise of North and Baltic sea surface temperature is linked to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), which reached a peak in the early 1990s:
“The NAO is an important controller of precipitation and temperature in Europe,” the video explains, and it is in part impacted by solar activity.
400 hours more sunshine
Also weather data recorded on Germany’s tallest peak, Zugspitze, show there are far fewer clouds today than earlier. The number of hours of sunshine has gone up close to 400 hours a year since 1900:
Chart source: Austrian ZAMG.
More sunshine of course means warmer temperatures.
MWP just as warm
A third point is the Medieval warm Period (MWP). In Europe the temperature rose almost 5°C from the year 700 AD to the peak of the MWP in the year 1000 AD.
“Within a matter of decades, the temperature rapidly rose naturally several degrees,” the video says. “Thus neither today’s temperature level nor the rate of rise in Germany are unprecedented in a historical context.”
Lake Constance just as warm 1000 years ago
The video then points out a temperature reconstruction (Brunner 2004) from sediments from Lake Constance which reveals the lake froze over very rarely between 900 and 1200 AD. But then the lake froze over far more often, especially during the 14th and 15th centuries:
Today the lake freezes over similarly often as 1000 years ago.
The large climate variability seen over Europe over the past is also confirmed by proxy data taken from stalactites in a German cave (Fohlmeister, 2012).
Other studies confirm that temperatures were 1°C warmer 8000 years ago, the video shows.
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notrickszone--2020-04-27--New Northern Hemisphere Temperature Reconstructions Are Devoid Of Michael Mann-Like Hockey Sticks

New paleoclimate records from , Scandinavia-Russia , China , and the northeastern USA indicate there has been no unusual modern warming .
Instead , these newly published reconstructions show warmer periods and more rapid centennial-scale warming events occurred in past centuries , or when CO2 concentrations were much lower than they are now .
In the late 1990s Dr. Michael Mann heavily weighted tree ring evidence from North American bristlecone pines to construct the notorious hockey stick temperature graph featuring a sharp uptick in modern warming .
A new 2,500-year tree ring reconstruction ( 411 B.C.E .
to 2016 C.E @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shows no unusual climate changes in recent decades have occurred in this region ( Pearl et al.
, 2020 ) .
The authors suggest the tree species used , Atlantic white cedar , is “ significantly correlated ” with this region ’ s temperature .
Another new dendroclimatology study ( Shi et al.
, 2020 ) affirms Northern Eurasia ( Sweden , Yamal ) warmed 3 to 6 times faster during the 4th , 15th and 19th centuries than during the 1900s-2000s .
For example , the temperature record suggests it warmed 0.37°C @ @ @ @ @ @ @ During the Roman and Medieval warm periods as well as the 19th century , regional temperatues rose at much faster rates of 1.37°C to 3.31°C per century .
Further , the record shows regional temperatures were warmer during the first millennium than during the last century .
Using ice cores , tree rings , lake sediments , and stalagmites from 28 proxy temperature reconstructions from throughout the “ whole country ” of China , Hao et al.
, ( 2020 ) find the “ longest warm period on the centennial scale ” occurred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or during the Medieval Warm Period ( MWP ) .
The two warmest 30-year periods during the MWP are also “ comparable ” to the warmth of the most recent decades .
None of these Northern Hemisphere temperature reconstructions indicate there has been any unusual modern warming relative to the natural temperature variations of the last few millennia .

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New paleoclimate records from Europe
United States
In the late 1990s Dr. Michael Mann heavily weighted tree ring evidence from North American bristlecone pines to construct the notorious hockey stick temperature graph featuring a sharp uptick in modern warming.
A new 2,500-year tree ring reconstruction (411 B.C.E. to 2016 C.E.) for the northeastern United States shows no unusual climate changes in recent decades have occurred in this region (Pearl et al., 2020). The authors suggest the tree species used, Atlantic white cedar, is “significantly correlated” with this region’s temperature.
Scandinavia, Russia
Another new dendroclimatology study (Shi et al., 2020) affirms Northern Eurasia (Sweden, Yamal) warmed 3 to 6 times faster during the 4th, 15th and 19th centuries than during the 1900s-2000s.
For example, the temperature record suggests it warmed 0.37°C to 0.85°C within the last century. During the Roman and Medieval warm periods as well as the 19th century, regional temperatures rose at much faster rates of 1.37°C to 3.31°C per century.
Further, the record shows regional temperatures were warmer during the first millennium than during the last century.
China
Using ice cores, tree rings, lake sediments, and stalagmites from 28 proxy temperature reconstructions from throughout the “whole country” of China, Hao et al., (2020) find the “longest warm period on the centennial scale” occurred during the 10th to 13th centuries, or during the Medieval Warm Period (MWP).
The two warmest 30-year periods during the MWP are also “comparable” to the warmth of the most recent decades.
None of these Northern Hemisphere temperature reconstructions indicate there has been any unusual modern warming relative to the natural temperature variations of the last few millennia.
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notrickszone--2020-04-28--Polar Ice Surprises!  Svalbard Well Over Average, Arctic Ice Remains Steady, Antarctic Ice Growing

Polar ice showing longer term stability .
No basis for behind claims of a rapid melt .
We keep hearing how the ice at the poles is supposedly disappearing rapidly , yet a look at the latest data show this is not the case .
Polar ice has remained steady for the last decades .
Antarctic ice has in fact trended upwards since satellite measurement began 40 years ago .
A brand new article here describes how “ Antarctica is not rapidly melting.
” Die kalte Sonne site writes that something unexpected has happened in the Atlantic Ocean around Svalbard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is far greater than the long-term average , as the following graph from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute shows : What ’ s going on in the North Atlantic ?
How does all this ice fit with the earlier warnings that the sea ice is getting less and less ?
German meteorologist Klaus Paetzold shows on his website many more interesting observations of ice and snow in the northern hemisphere .
Though climate alarmists often claim Canada is warming twice as fast as the globe , the real , untampered data show that 5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which the JMA has near complete data – have had no warming trend in the month of March since 1986 .
Additionally , only one station shows a warming trend since 1998 .
Spring seems to be taking more time to arrive in Canada .
Summarizing : nothing dramatic is really happening at the earth ’ s poles .

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Polar ice showing longer term stability. No basis for behind claims of a rapid melt.
By Kirye
and Pierre Gosselin
We keep hearing how the ice at the poles is supposedly disappearing rapidly, yet a look at the latest data show this is not the case. Polar ice has remained steady for the last decades.
Antarctic rebounding, trending upwards
Antarctic ice has in fact trended upwards since satellite measurement began 40 years ago.
Data: JMA.
A brand new article here describes how “Antarctica is not rapidly melting.”
Svalbard sea ice well above average
Die kalte Sonne site writes that something unexpected has happened in the Atlantic Ocean around Svalbard: The extent of sea ice there is far greater than the long-term average, as the following graph from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute shows:
What’s going on in the North Atlantic? How does all this ice fit with the earlier warnings that the sea ice is getting less and less?
German meteorologist Klaus Paetzold shows on his website many more interesting observations of ice and snow in the northern hemisphere.
Canadian winters lasting longer?
Though climate alarmists often claim Canada is warming twice as fast as the globe, the real, untampered data show that 5 of 9 stations in Canada – for which the JMA has near complete data – have had no warming trend in the month of March since 1986.
Source: JMA
Additionally, only one station shows a warming trend since 1998. Spring seems to be taking more time to arrive in Canada.
Summarizing: nothing dramatic is really happening at the earth’s poles.
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notrickszone--2020-04-29--Warming Stalls As Global Temperatures To Dip, La Nina To Develop. Alaska Sees Little March Warming

The latest NCEP GFS global temperature anomaly plot shows a sudden cool down is expected for the globe by May @ @ @ @ @ trend since the beginning of the year .
Hat-tip : Snowfan .
Meanwhile some models @ @ @ @ @ thresholds could be met by September 2020 , which would further cool the globe .
@ @ @ @ @ North and South Poles and saw there are few signs of continued warming , and @ @ @ @ @ steady for a decade .
At Antarctica , sea ice has even trended upward over @ @ @ @ @ Japanese blogger Kirye has also looked at the untampered March data of 12 stations in @ @ @ @ @ Agency ( JMA ) .
Examined were the stations for which the JMA had sufficient @ @ @ @ @ the 12 stations follows : Seven of 12 stations in Alaska have had a cooling @ @ @ @ @ !

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The latest NCEP GFS global temperature anomaly plot shows a sudden cool down is expected for the globe by May 6, with a downward trend since the beginning of the year. Hat-tip: Snowfan.
Meanwhile some models are now suggesting La Niña thresholds could be met by September 2020, which would further cool the globe.
Alaska March not warming
Yesterday we looked at the North and South Poles and saw there are few signs of continued warming, and that polar ice has remained steady for a decade. At Antarctica, sea ice has even trended upward over the past 40 years.
Japanese blogger Kirye has also looked at the untampered March data of 12 stations in Alaska from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Examined were the stations for which the JMA had sufficient data. The plot of the 12 stations follows:
Data Source: JMA
Seven of 12 stations in Alaska have had a cooling trend for March since 1983!
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notrickszone--2020-04-30--4 New Studies:  High Mountain Asia Glaciers Are Advancing, Surging…And This Is A ‘Natural Phenomenon

4 New Studies:  High Mountain Asia Glaciers Are Advancing, Surging…And This Is A ‘Natural Phenomenon’

Glacier surges of 100s of meters within mere months have been occurring throughout High Mountain Asia ( the Karakoram region , especially ) for decades , even centuries .
It ’ s the Karakoram “ anomaly ” , and it ’ s thought to be “ natural ” .
So why are the regions where glaciers are retreating thought to be responding to unnatural climate changes ?
“ The January 2018 to September 2019 surge of Shisper Glacier , Pakistan , detected from remote sensing observations … The glacier surface velocity profiles indicate that the ablation zone of the glacier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phase resulting in advance of the snout and expansion of the ice-dammed lake .
Surface glacier velocities are as high as 48 m d−1 .
Between 18 December 2018 and 8 May 2019 , the glacier snout advanced at ~6 m d−1 with a total overall advance of 860 m. The lake formed due to damming of an outflow stream from Mochowar Glacier expanded to its maximum area ( 29.69 ha ) in May 2019 before drainage started on 23 June 2019.
” “ In 2017–2019 a surge of Shispare Glacier , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Glacier ( Hunza region ) , dammed the proglacial river of Muchuhar Glacier , which formed an ice-dammed lake and generated a small Glacial Lake Outburst Flood ( GLOF ) .
Surge movement produced the highest recorded Karakoram glacier surface flow rate using feature tracking ( ~18 ± 0.5 m d−1 ) and resulted in a glacier frontal advance of 1495 ± 47 m. The surge speed was less than reports of earlier Hasanabad advances during 1892/93 ( 9.3 km ) and 1903 ( 9.7 km ) .
Surges also occurred in 1973 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Karakoram region occurs in natural cycles 3 .
The “ Karakoram Anomaly ” – where some glaciers in the Western Himalayas surge and advance as other regional glaciers retreat – has been cycling for at least 200 years .
The last glacier advance/surge cycle occurred in the 1950s to 1960s .
“ A major outcome of this analysis is that most of the glaciers that have surged recently , have also surged in the 1950 to 1960s as surge cycles are often in the 40 to 60 year range .
Combined with further @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the so-called ‘ Karakoram Anomaly ’ is around since at least 200 years .
It is also shown that two glaciers that are listed as surging are only expanding , that flow blocking of tributaries plays an important role for several surges , that surging glaciers are mostly free of debris , and that surges show a great variability in regard to surge durations ( from 2 to 50+ years ) and surge cycles ( from 20 to 80+ years ) .
” “ The contrasting hydroclimatic changes in the Karakoram region @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the glacier mass balance data , are based on the observations of the past few decades .
However , our study shows the persistence of contrasting hydroclimatic variability over the past millennium ( Figure 3d and 3e ) , which indicates that the ‘ Karakoram anomaly ’ is part of natural variability .
… This study indicates that the ‘ Karakoram anomaly ’ is a natural phenomenon and is probably caused by spatially varying hydroclimatic trends in HMA [ High Mountain Asia ] .
” Glacier advance – and retreat – cycling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trigger ” If glacier advances occur in cycles and are considered natural , this begs the question : Why are the cycles or trends of glacier retreat considered to be an unnatural result of human-induced climate change ?
The answer may be that neither glacier retreat nor advance is a consistent consequence of an “ external climatic trigger ” after all ( Brinkerhoff et al.
, 2017 ) .
Instead there may be a “ cycle of advance and retreat in the absence of externally imposed climate change ” because… “ …interactions between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sediment transport drive these cycles , which occur independent of climate variations .
Water availability controls cycle period and amplitude , and enhanced melt from future warming could trigger advance even in glaciers that are steady or retreating ” The lack of a clear climate change signal could explain why , in a study of 50 Alaskan glaciers from 1972-2012 , researchers ( McNabb and Hock , 2014 ) found there was… “ …no corresponding change in the number of glaciers retreating nor do we see corresponding acceleration of retreat rates .
To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ region have advanced… ” South of Alaska are three of the United States ’ largest glaciers in one single location : Mount Rainier , Washington .
One glacier is retreating , another is stable , and the third glacier has thickened and advanced .
“ The north and east slopes of Mount Rainier , Washington , are host to three of the largest glaciers in the contiguous United States : Carbon Glacier , Winthrop Glacier , and Emmons Glacier .
Each has an extensive blanket of supraglacial debris on its terminus , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century climate changes in a different way .
While Carbon Glacier has thinned and retreated since 1970 , Winthrop Glacier has remained steady and Emmons Glacier has thickened and advanced.
” It is not reasonable to conclude a retreating glacier is responding to human-induced warming , whereas stable and advancing glaciers are responding to natural variability .

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Glacier surges of 100s of meters within mere months have been occurring throughout High Mountain Asia (the Karakoram region, especially) for decades, even centuries. It’s the Karakoram “anomaly”, and it’s thought to be “natural”. So why are the regions where glaciers are retreating thought to be responding to unnatural climate changes?
The advancing glaciers of High Mountain Asia (HMA)
1. A Pakistan glacier advanced 860 meters in 6 months during 2018/19.
Rashid et al., 2020
“The January 2018 to September 2019 surge of Shisper Glacier, Pakistan, detected from remote sensing observations … The glacier surface velocity profiles indicate that the ablation zone of the glacier continues to be in an active surge phase resulting in advance of the snout and expansion of the ice-dammed lake. Surface glacier velocities are as high as 48 m d−1. Between 18 December 2018 and 8 May 2019, the glacier snout advanced at ~6 m d−1 with a total overall advance of 860 m. The lake formed due to damming of an outflow stream from Mochowar Glacier expanded to its maximum area (29.69 ha) in May 2019 before drainage started on 23 June 2019.”
2. A Karakoram glacier advanced 1495 meters from 2017 to 2019.
Bhambri et al., 2020
“In 2017–2019 a surge of Shispare Glacier, a former tributary of the once larger Hasanabad Glacier (Hunza region), dammed the proglacial river of Muchuhar Glacier, which formed an ice-dammed lake and generated a small Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF). Surge movement produced the highest recorded Karakoram glacier surface flow rate using feature tracking (~18 ± 0.5 m d−1) and resulted in a glacier frontal advance of 1495 ± 47 m. The surge speed was less than reports of earlier Hasanabad advances during 1892/93 (9.3 km) and 1903 (9.7 km). Surges also occurred in 1973 and 2000–2001.”
3. A Qinghai–Tibet Plateau glacier advanced 6.27 km² (area) from 2009-2016.
Guo et al., 2020
“Our results indicated that the recent surge of the Monomah Glacier, the largest glacier in the Bukatage Massif, started in early 2009 and ceased in late 2016. From 2009 to 2016, its area and length respectively increased by 6.27 km² and 1.45 km, and its ice tongue experienced three periods of changes: side broadening (2009–2010), rapid advancing (2010–2013), and slow expansion (2013–2016). During 2000–2012, its accumulation zone was thinned by 50 m, while its ice tongue was thickened by 90 m. During 2015–2017, its flow velocity reduced from 1.2 to 0.25 m/d, and the summer velocities were much higher than winter velocities. We conclude that the recent Monomah Glacier surge is thermal-controlled”
Glacier advance in the Karakoram region occurs in natural cycles
4. The “Karakoram Anomaly” – where some glaciers in the Western Himalayas surge and advance as other regional glaciers retreat – has been cycling for at least 200 years. The last glacier advance/surge cycle occurred in the 1950s to 1960s.
Paul, 2020
“A major outcome of this analysis is that most of the glaciers that have surged recently, have also surged in the 1950 to 1960s as surge cycles are often in the 40 to 60 year range. Combined with further evidence of previous surges, it seems that the so-called ‘Karakoram Anomaly’ is around since at least 200 years. It is also shown that two glaciers that are listed as surging are only expanding, that flow blocking of tributaries plays an important role for several surges, that surging glaciers are mostly free of debris, and that surges show a great variability in regard to surge durations (from 2 to 50+ years) and surge cycles (from 20 to 80+ years).”
5. The “Karakoram anomaly” is a “natural phenomenon”.
Managave et al., 2020
“The contrasting hydroclimatic changes in the Karakoram region and the western Himalaya, as inferred from the glacier mass balance data, are based on the observations of the past few decades. However, our study shows the persistence of contrasting hydroclimatic variability over the past millennium (Figure 3d and 3e), which indicates that the ‘Karakoram anomaly’ is part of natural variability. … This study indicates that the ‘Karakoram anomaly’ is a natural phenomenon and is probably caused by spatially varying hydroclimatic trends in HMA [High Mountain Asia].”
Glacier advance and retreat cycling may occur without an “external climate trigger”
If glacier advances occur in cycles and are considered natural, this begs the question: Why are the cycles or trends of glacier retreat considered to be an unnatural result of human-induced climate change?
The answer may be that neither glacier retreat nor advance is a consistent consequence of an “external climatic trigger” after all (Brinkerhoff et al., 2017). Instead there may be a “cycle of advance and retreat in the absence of externally imposed climate change” because…
“…interactions between ice flow, glacial erosion, and sediment transport drive these cycles, which occur independent of climate variations. Water availability controls cycle period and amplitude, and enhanced melt from future warming could trigger advance even in glaciers that are steady or retreating”
The lack of a clear climate change signal could explain why researchers (McNabb and Hock, 2014) found in a study of 50 Alaskan glaciers from 1972-2012 there was…
“…no corresponding change in the number of glaciers retreating nor do we see corresponding acceleration of retreat rates. To the contrary, many glaciers in the region have advanced…”
South of Alaska are three of the United States’ largest glaciers in one single location: Mount Rainier, Washington.
One glacier is retreating, another is stable, and the third glacier has thickened and advanced.
Moore et al., 2019
“The north and east slopes of Mount Rainier, Washington, are host to three of the largest glaciers in the contiguous United States: Carbon Glacier, Winthrop Glacier, and Emmons Glacier. Each has an extensive blanket of supraglacial debris on its terminus, but recent work indicates that each has responded to late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century climate changes in a different way. While Carbon Glacier has thinned and retreated since 1970, Winthrop Glacier has remained steady and Emmons Glacier has thickened and advanced.”
It is not reasonable to conclude a retreating glacier is responding to human-induced warming, whereas nearby stable and advancing glaciers are responding to natural variability.
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notrickszone--2020-04-30--5 New Studies:  High Mountain Asia Glaciers Are Advancing, Surging…And This Is A ‘Natural Phenomenon

5 New Studies:  High Mountain Asia Glaciers Are Advancing, Surging…And This Is A ‘Natural Phenomenon’

Glacier surges of 100s of meters within mere months have been occurring throughout High Mountain Asia ( the Karakoram region , especially ) for decades , even centuries .
It ’ s the Karakoram “ anomaly ” , and it ’ s thought to be “ natural ” .
So why are the regions where glaciers are retreating thought to be responding to unnatural climate changes ?
“ The January 2018 to September 2019 surge of Shisper Glacier , Pakistan , detected from remote sensing observations … The glacier surface velocity profiles indicate that the ablation zone of the glacier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phase resulting in advance of the snout and expansion of the ice-dammed lake .
Surface glacier velocities are as high as 48 m d−1 .
Between 18 December 2018 and 8 May 2019 , the glacier snout advanced at ~6 m d−1 with a total overall advance of 860 m. The lake formed due to damming of an outflow stream from Mochowar Glacier expanded to its maximum area ( 29.69 ha ) in May 2019 before drainage started on 23 June 2019.
” “ In 2017–2019 a surge of Shispare Glacier , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Glacier ( Hunza region ) , dammed the proglacial river of Muchuhar Glacier , which formed an ice-dammed lake and generated a small Glacial Lake Outburst Flood ( GLOF ) .
Surge movement produced the highest recorded Karakoram glacier surface flow rate using feature tracking ( ~18 ± 0.5 m d−1 ) and resulted in a glacier frontal advance of 1495 ± 47 m. The surge speed was less than reports of earlier Hasanabad advances during 1892/93 ( 9.3 km ) and 1903 ( 9.7 km ) .
Surges also occurred in 1973 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the recent surge of the Monomah Glacier , the largest glacier in the Bukatage Massif , started in early 2009 and ceased in late 2016 .
From 2009 to 2016 , its area and length respectively increased by 6.27 km² and 1.45 km , and its ice tongue experienced three periods of changes : side broadening ( 2009–2010 ) , rapid advancing ( 2010–2013 ) , and slow expansion ( 2013–2016 ) .
During 2000–2012 , its accumulation zone was thinned by 50 m , while its ice tongue was thickened by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ velocity reduced from 1.2 to 0.25 m/d , and the summer velocities were much higher than winter velocities .
We conclude that the recent Monomah Glacier surge is thermal-controlled ” Glacier advance in the Karakoram region occurs in natural cycles 4 .
The “ Karakoram Anomaly ” – where some glaciers in the Western Himalayas surge and advance as other regional glaciers retreat – has been cycling for at least 200 years .
The last glacier advance/surge cycle occurred in the 1950s to 1960s .
“ A major outcome of this analysis is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surged recently , have also surged in the 1950 to 1960s as surge cycles are often in the 40 to 60 year range .
Combined with further evidence of previous surges , it seems that the so-called ‘ Karakoram Anomaly ’ is around since at least 200 years .
It is also shown that two glaciers that are listed as surging are only expanding , that flow blocking of tributaries plays an important role for several surges , that surging glaciers are mostly free of debris , and that surges show a great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from 2 to 50+ years ) and surge cycles ( from 20 to 80+ years ) .
” “ The contrasting hydroclimatic changes in the Karakoram region and the western Himalaya , as inferred from the glacier mass balance data , are based on the observations of the past few decades .
However , our study shows the persistence of contrasting hydroclimatic variability over the past millennium ( Figure 3d and 3e ) , which indicates that the ‘ Karakoram anomaly ’ is part of natural variability .
… This study indicates that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ natural phenomenon and is probably caused by spatially varying hydroclimatic trends in HMA [ High Mountain Asia ] .
” Glacier advance and retreat cycling may occur without an “ external climate trigger ” If glacier advances occur in cycles and are considered natural , this begs the question : Why are the cycles or trends of glacier retreat considered to be an unnatural result of human-induced climate change ?
The answer may be that neither glacier retreat nor advance is a consistent consequence of an “ external climatic trigger ” after all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Instead there may be a “ cycle of advance and retreat in the absence of externally imposed climate change ” because… “ …interactions between ice flow , glacial erosion , and sediment transport drive these cycles , which occur independent of climate variations .
Water availability controls cycle period and amplitude , and enhanced melt from future warming could trigger advance even in glaciers that are steady or retreating ” The lack of a clear climate change signal could explain why researchers ( McNabb and Hock , 2014 ) found in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there was… “ …no corresponding change in the number of glaciers retreating nor do we see corresponding acceleration of retreat rates .
To the contrary , many glaciers in the region have advanced… ” South of Alaska are three of the United States ’ largest glaciers in one single location : Mount Rainier , Washington .
One glacier is retreating , another is stable , and the third glacier has thickened and advanced .
“ The north and east slopes of Mount Rainier , Washington , are host to three of the largest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Carbon Glacier , Winthrop Glacier , and Emmons Glacier .
Each has an extensive blanket of supraglacial debris on its terminus , but recent work indicates that each has responded to late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century climate changes in a different way .
While Carbon Glacier has thinned and retreated since 1970 , Winthrop Glacier has remained steady and Emmons Glacier has thickened and advanced.
” It is not reasonable to conclude a retreating glacier is responding to human-induced warming , whereas nearby stable and advancing glaciers are responding to natural variability .


notrickszone--2020-05-01--German Handelsblatt Commentary: Climate Protection Plans “Will Not Last” In Wake Of COVID-19 Crisis

A commentary posted by Thomas Sigmund at the online German business daily “ Handelsblatt ” here warns of the consequences of introducing a CO2 tax in Germany .
The German greens and socialists have been calling for ramping up climate protection efforts as a way to reboot the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 economic meltdown and that the country should not return to its “ old structures.
” The latest figures suggest Germany ’ s economy is starting its worst recession in its postwar history .
10.1 million people in Germany registered for reduced work hours by April @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of economists .
Sigmund writes that going even more green and putting “ further burdens ” on the economy are not the answer .
He writes that the climate protection plans drawn up earlier , in a time of full employment , “ will not last ” and that Chancellor Merkel “ has even greater concerns at the moment.
” Would only exacerbate already deep recession “ It is difficult to imagine that in this historic economic downturn further burdens will be imposed on companies , ” Sigmund comments .
“ Those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ priced are exacerbating the recession and torpedoing the planned economic stimulus package.
” Sigmund adds : “ The shutdown gives us an idea of what industrialization means .
It ’ s now a matter of preventing mass unemployment and not making the social explosives even bigger.
” At the Petersberg Climate Dialogue , an informal preparation for the UN Climate Summit in autumn – this year done via video link – Chancellor Angela Merkel said climate protection would not be pushed off the political agenda in the EU , and would be “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health issues ” .

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A commentary posted by Thomas Sigmund at the online German business daily “Handelsblatt” here warns of the consequences of introducing a CO2 tax in Germany.
https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kommentare/kommentar-angela-merkel-ist-klimakanzlerin-fuer-einen-tag/25778402.html
The German greens and socialists have been calling for ramping up climate protection efforts as a way to reboot the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 economic meltdown and that the country should not return to its “old structures.”
The latest figures suggest Germany’s economy is starting its worst recession in its postwar history. 10.1 million people in Germany registered for reduced work hours by April 26, far beyond all the forecasts of economists.
Sigmund writes that going even more green and putting “further burdens” on the economy are not the answer. He writes that the climate protection plans drawn up earlier, in a time of full employment, “will not last” and that Chancellor Merkel “has even greater concerns at the moment.”
Would only exacerbate already deep recession
“It is difficult to imagine that in this historic economic downturn further burdens will be imposed on companies,” Sigmund comments. “Those who continue to demand that CO2 emissions be priced are exacerbating the recession and torpedoing the planned economic stimulus package.”
A matter of “preventing mass unemployment”
Sigmund adds: “The shutdown gives us an idea of what industrialization means. It’s now a matter of preventing mass unemployment and not making the social explosives even bigger.”
At the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, an informal preparation for the UN Climate Summit in autumn – done via video link – Chancellor Angela Merkel said climate protection would not be pushed off the political agenda in the EU, and would be “just as much on the agenda as health issues”.
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notrickszone--2020-05-02--In The Name Of Climate Protection: Deforesting The US To Make Europe Greener!

Burned – in the name of climate protection – How the US is destroying its forests and environment A documentary from 2015 “ Burned “ ( free of charge 30 min online version here ) goes very well with the often mentioned documentary “ Planet Of The Humans “ .
Is wood the USA ’ s new coal ?
You can almost get that impression after watching the two films .
The United States has decided to consider wood burning as green energy .
You simply assume that trees have converted CO2 into biomass during their growth , so it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them later .
This is a very interesting consideration because it ignores the slow growth of the trees .
A tree that is burned in a short period of time can only be replaced by a new tree in a much longer period of time .
So the calculation is unfortunately very much misleading , and not to mention other positive aspects of trees and forests , which also disappear with deforestation .
Burning wood is pretty much the dirtiest way to generate heat energy .
The table below shows the difference compared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shows that wood as a fuel produces far great amounts of pollution .
And it doesn ’ t matter how big the efforts are to minimize the pollutants when burning wood , even the best values are far away from gas or even oil .
Burned shows in a frightening way how more and more wood chip factories have have set up in the USA .
They are all located near coasts , mainly in the east of the country and therefore near ports .
These ports are important because there are massive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After all , the EU has also decided to give the energy blessing to wood-burning .
As a result , the forests in the eastern part of the United States have also been massively destroyed since 2000 .
At the same time , highly subsidized wood-fired power plants are being built in the USA , where they are operated under the label of “ biomass ” .
Even former coal-fired power plants can be heated with wood without any problems .
Burned shows examples from the UK , where it is done in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also reveals quite different , unpleasant truths .
For example , the operators are allowed to burn old car tires or poison-soaked disused railway ties as well .
Poisons that have been banned in the USA for some time .
Looking at houses , cars and plants near such power plants , which are covered with a sticky layer of soot every day , one wonders not only what the environmental standards are like in the USA but also how brazen the investors of such plants are .
After all , massive environmental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the label of climate protection .
Forests are excellent carbon sinks , but they are much more .
In old , mainly natural forests there is a wide diversity of plants and animals .
In newly planted plantations , as compensation for the deforested old forests , this diversity is not present .
It takes a long time for such systems to form and function .
All these thoughts do not seem to be taken into consideration in the USA .
The idea of burning wood instead of coal was also supported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counterpart to Fridays For Future ( FFF ) : 350.org .
Its founder and activist Bill McKibben also has his say in the film .
Evolution has given man a large brain for thinking .
Using it can never hurt , because then even an activist like McKibben would have to realize what a bad idea the US interpretation of “ biomass ” is .
Meanwhile , McKibben seems to have come to the realization that it ’ s not so good to follow the former philosophy “ From brown to green ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ version of “ Planet Of The Humans ” .
But of course , the hundreds of wood power plants built at his behest are still running .
The EU has given the green light to burning wood .
It gets even better .
Organizations like the German Environmental Aid ( DUH ) promote pellet stoves as clean heat The table above shows just how clean it really is .
Yet , one can also get completely different view if one looks at the development of pollutants in times of corona and strongly decreased @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own basis here to get communities in behind it because the values do not decrease even with strongly reduced traffic .
In any case , there seem to be very big differences between environmental activists in the US and those in Europe .
While here in Germany , every tree in the Hambach Forest gets defended tooth and nail so that it does not have to give way to coal mining , environmentalists in the USA celebrate the destruction of the environment while the USA gives millions in subsidies for its success .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these films so that all facets of the energy revolution are really shown .

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By Die kalte Sonne
(Text translated by P Gosselin)
A documentary from 2015 “Burned“ (free of charge 30 min online version here) goes very well with the often mentioned documentary “Planet Of The Humans“.
Is wood the USA’s new coal?
You can almost get that impression after watching the two films. The United States has decided to consider wood burning as green energy. You simply assume that trees have converted CO2 into biomass during their growth, so it is a zero-sum game when you burn them later.
This is a very interesting consideration because it ignores the slow growth of the trees. A tree that is burned in a short period of time can only be replaced by a new tree in a much longer period of time. So the calculation is unfortunately very much misleading, and not to mention other positive aspects of trees and forests, which also disappear with deforestation.
Burning wood is pretty much the dirtiest way to generate heat energy. The table below shows the difference compared to other fossil fuels.
Table above shows that wood as a fuel produces far great amounts of pollution.
And it doesn’t matter how big the efforts are to minimize the pollutants when burning wood, even the best values are far away from gas or even oil.
Burned shows in a frightening way how more and more wood chip factories have have set up in the USA. They are all located near coasts, mainly in the east of the country and therefore near ports. These ports are important because there are massive exports to Europe, among others.
After all, the EU has also decided to give the energy blessing to wood-burning. As a result, the forests in the eastern part of the United States have also been massively destroyed since 2000.
At the same time, highly subsidized wood-fired power plants are being built in the USA, where they are operated under the label of “biomass”.
Even former coal-fired power plants can be heated with wood without any problems. Burned shows examples from the UK, where it is done in exactly the same way.
Biomass and car tires
The film also reveals quite different, unpleasant truths. For example, the operators are allowed to burn old car tires or poison-soaked disused railway ties as well. Poisons that have been banned in the USA for some time.
Brazen investors
Looking at houses, cars and plants near such power plants, which are covered with a sticky layer of soot every day, one wonders not only what the environmental standards are like in the USA but also how brazen the investors of such plants are. After all, massive environmental destruction and pollution is being carried out under the label of climate protection.
Takes decades to regenerate a forest
Forests are excellent carbon sinks, but they are much more. In old, mainly natural forests there is a wide diversity of plants and animals. In newly planted plantations, as compensation for the deforested old forests, this diversity is not present. It takes a long time for such systems to form and function. All these thoughts do not seem to be taken into consideration in the USA.
The idea of burning wood instead of coal was also supported for a long time by the US counterpart to Fridays For Future (FFF): 350.org. Its founder and activist Bill McKibben also has his say in the film.
“It seems to me like climate change is a kind of final exam for our species. We’ll find out if the big brain was in fact a good idea or not. Maybe if it’s connected to a big enough heart to make a difference. We’ve been given ample warning by the world’s scientists. Now the question is whether we’ll heed it or not.”
Evolution has given man a large brain for thinking. Using it can never hurt, because then even an activist like McKibben would have to realize what a bad idea the US interpretation of “biomass” is.
Meanwhile, McKibben seems to have come to the realization that it’s not so good to follow the former philosophy “From brown to green” – after being confronted with a first version of “Planet Of The Humans”. But of course, the hundreds of wood power plants built at his behest are still running.
What role does Europe play?
The EU has given the green light to burning wood. It gets even better. Organizations like the German Environmental Aid (DUH) promote pellet stoves as clean heat The table above shows just how clean it really is. Yet, one can also get completely different view if one looks at the development of pollutants in times of corona and strongly decreased traffic.
Does the DUH create its own basis here to get communities in behind it because the values do not decrease even with strongly reduced traffic.
In any case, there seem to be very big differences between environmental activists in the US and those in Europe. While here in Germany, every tree in the Hambach Forest gets defended tooth and nail so that it does not have to give way to coal mining, environmentalists in the USA celebrate the destruction of the environment while the USA gives millions in subsidies for its success.
We’d like to see more of these films so that all facets of the energy revolution are really shown.
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notrickszone--2020-05-03--Rural Northern US Stations Showed No Warming – Before NASA Rewrote The Data

The northern hemisphere surface temperature was expected to drop substantially according to NCEP , but this of course will not keep global warming alarmists from sounding the warming alarms .
But a look at the unadjusted data from some rural US stations tells us that there has been no warming .
Today we look at temperature data from NASA of some stations along the northern US with a Brightness Index ( BI ) of 0 , meaning rural locations with no urban heat island effects .
We want to see the trend over the past 100 or so years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lincoln , Nebraska going back to 1901 : Note how a modest cooling trend was changed to a warming trend .
Very ealy temperatures were cooled by 2°C !
Next we move to the Livingston , Montana station , where here as well a modest cooling trend was transformed into warming by massively adjusting past temperatures downward also by more than 2°C : The story is similar for the New Salem , North Dakota station , where earlier temperatures were adjusted downward by more than 1°C in order to produce a meaningful warming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state of Minnesota , we plot the data for the Artichoke Lake station going back over 100 years .
Once again the past was cooled by NASA number-crunchers : Here an insignificant warming was suddenly amplified to about 1°C per century .
Finally we compare the GHCN unadjusted to the adjusted data at Harbour Beach , Michigan , where we see a slight cooling trend over the past 120 years was changed to a warming trend : In summary rural US areas without urban impacts have raw data showing cooling or almost no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But NASA revisions wiped out it out produced a history of warming .

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By Kirye
and Pierre Gosselin
The northern hemisphere surface temperature was expected to drop substantially according to NCEP, but this of course will not keep global warming alarmists from sounding the warming alarms.
But a look at the unadjusted data from some rural US stations tells us that there has been no warming.
Today we look at temperature data from NASA of some stations along the northern US with a Brightness Index (BI) of 0, meaning rural locations with no urban heat island effects. We want to see the trend over the past 100 or so years.
Plotted are the USHCN Version 4 versus Version 4 adjusted.
The first plots are the data from Lincoln, Nebraska going back to 1901:
Modest cooling changed to warming. Data: NASA.
Note how a modest cooling trend was changed to a warming trend. Very ealy temperatures were cooled by 2°C!
Next we move to the Livingston, Montana station, where here as well a modest cooling trend was transformed into warming by massively adjusting past temperatures downward also by more than 2°C:
Data: NASA
The story is similar for the New Salem, North Dakota station, where earlier temperatures were adjusted downward by more than 1°C in order to produce a meaningful warming trend:
Data: NASA
Moving to the northern US state of Minnesota, we plot the data for the Artichoke Lake station going back over 100 years. Once again the past was cooled by NASA number-crunchers:
Data: NASA
Here an insignificant warming was suddenly amplified to about 1°C per century.
Finally we compare the GHCN unadjusted to the adjusted data at Harbour Beach, Michigan, where we see a slight cooling trend over the past 120 years was changed to a warming trend:
Data: NASA
In summary rural US areas without urban impacts have raw data showing cooling or almost no warming for the past 100 years. But NASA revisions wiped out it out produced a history of warming.
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notrickszone--2020-05-04--Global Warming Solved! Scientists Find Reforestation Can Cool The Surface By 2-6°C Relative To Grass

Global Warming Solved! Scientists Find Reforestation Can Cool The Surface By 2-6°C Relative To Grassland Area

Reforestation removes CO2 from the atmosphere .
Reforestation substantially cools the Earth ’ s land surfaces .
Therefore , reforestation offers a “ meaningful opportunity for local climate mitigation and adaptation ” .
So why are we focused on CO2 mitigation via reduction in fossil fuel use ?
A few months ago NoTricksZone featured a new study that determined global warming can be reversed via land cover changes .
Forest losses can warm local temperatures by as much as 1°C within 10 years ( Alkama and Cescatti , 2016 ) .
Huang et al.
, 2020 found the opposite can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 land cover changes in recent decades .
Another new study finds reforestation may cool the local surface climate by up to 6°C Now , results from another new study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggest reforestation can mitigate “ deleterious effects of climate warming ” as it dramatically cools surface temperatures .
Cooling from reforestation can reach magnitudes of 2-3°C for the air above the surface and 4-6°C for surface climate .
Further , as has been reported here recently , forest expansion substantially expands the Earth carbon sink and removes CO2 from the atmosphere such that future forest expansion , or greening , could offset 17 years of equivalent human CO2 emissions by 2100 .
This easily supersedes the effect of Paris Agreement CO2 mitigation policies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emissions mitigation could far more easily and inexpensively be achieved by focusing on reforestation rather than fossil fuel reduction policies .

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Reforestation removes CO2 from the atmosphere. Reforestation substantially cools the Earth’s land surfaces. Therefore, reforestation offers a “meaningful opportunity for local climate mitigation and adaptation”. So why are we focused on CO2 mitigation via reduction in fossil fuel use?
Cooling the surface via reforestation
A few months ago NoTricksZone featured a new study that determined global warming can be reversed via land cover changes. Forest losses can warm local temperatures by as much as 1°C within 10 years (Alkama and Cescatti, 2016).
Huang et al., 2020 found the opposite can occur too. 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 land cover changes in recent decades.
Another new study finds reforestation may cool the local surface climate by up to 6°C
Now, results from another new study (Novick et al., 2020) suggest reforestation can mitigate “deleterious effects of climate warming” as it dramatically cools surface temperatures. Cooling from reforestation can reach magnitudes of 2-3°C for the air above the surface and 4-6°C for surface climate.
Further, as has been reported here recently, forest expansion substantially expands the Earth carbon sink and removes CO2 from the atmosphere such that future forest expansion, or greening, could offset 17 years of equivalent human CO2 emissions by 2100.
This easily supersedes the effect of Paris Agreement CO2 mitigation policies and suggests that global warming and CO2 emissions mitigation could far more easily and inexpensively be achieved by focusing on reforestation rather than fossil fuel reduction policies.


notrickszone--2020-05-05--97% Consensus Claim? German Historians Warn Against Shutting Down “Open Debate”, “Opinions”

In these times when legitimate , qualified and alternative voices and opinions on science are being snuffed out by the mainstream and social media , e.g .
: on issues related to the Corona lock down and the causes behind climate change , many worry that our fundamental rights are being infringed .
“ I ’ ve been called on to save you !
” Führers like claiming they represent overwhelming “ consensus ” , the Association of German Historians warns .
Image : Science Skeptical The Association of German Historians ( VHD , Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Current Threats to Democracy “ , warning against populism .
The scientists at the German Die kalte Sonne site here noted , however , the often claimed “ 97 % consensus ” in climate science “ sounds despicable and reminds us of the election results of autocratic regimes ” .
How does science actually work and how does democracy work ?
” To shed some light on this , here ’ s what the Association of German Historians writes on its website : For parliamentary democracy and a pluralistic culture of debate , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy is the result of open debates in which a variety of political opinions and social interests are expressed .
A unified will of the people that can be discerned by those regarding themselves as ‘ called ’ is , in contrast , a fiction , used by people in political debates primarily for the purpose of making themselves invulnerable .
In the Weimar Republic , the idea of ‘ the people ’ s will ’ smoothed the way to power for a movement whose ‘ Führer ’ saw himself as the incarnation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Also , in light of colonial violence committed by Europeans in other parts of the world , it is crucial to acknowledge our shared responsibility for the consequences of our policies in regions outside of Europe.
” Of course this message is aimed at the White House and to other capitals that aren ’ t popular with the European elitist establishment nowadays .
Unfortunately , these warnings need to be heeded by the elitist European policymakers and activists the VHD likes to laud and defend .
Lately European mainstream media , elitists and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who have come forward to express dissenting views .
In Germany climate and lock down dissenters – who are in fact experts – are routinely slandered as “ deniers ” , charlatans ” , “ right-wingers ” , crackpots – or worse .
Meanwhile , the fake-science-based “ climate crisis ” – resulting from am authoritarian shutdown of “ open debate ” and opposing opinion – is already having grave consequences on our youth .

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In these times when legitimate, qualified and alternative voices and opinions on science are being snuffed out by the mainstream and social media, e.g.: on issues related to the Corona lock down and the causes behind climate change, many worry that our fundamental rights are being infringed.
“I’ve been called on to save you!” Führers like claiming they represent overwhelming “consensus”, the Association of German Historians warns. Image: Science Skeptical
The Association of German Historians (VHD, Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands) has issued a statement on “Current Threats to Democracy“, warning against populism.
The scientists at the German Die kalte Sonne site here noted, however, the often claimed “97% consensus” in climate science “sounds despicable and reminds us of the election results of autocratic regimes”. How does science actually work and how does democracy work?”
To shed some light on this, here’s what the Association of German Historians writes on its website:
For parliamentary democracy and a pluralistic culture of debate, against populism In pluralistic democracies, public policy is the result of open debates in which a variety of political opinions and social interests are expressed. A unified will of the people that can be discerned by those regarding themselves as ‘called’ is, in contrast, a fiction, used by people in political debates primarily for the purpose of making themselves invulnerable. In the Weimar Republic, the idea of ‘the people’s will’ smoothed the way to power for a movement whose ‘Führer’ saw himself as the incarnation of that will. […] Also, in light of colonial violence committed by Europeans in other parts of the world, it is crucial to acknowledge our shared responsibility for the consequences of our policies in regions outside of Europe.”
Of course this message is aimed at the White House and to other capitals that aren’t popular with the European elitist establishment nowadays. Unfortunately, these warnings need to be heeded by the elitist European policymakers and activists the VHD likes to laud and defend. Lately European mainstream media, elitists and activists have been insulting and slandering experts who have come forward to express dissenting views.
In Germany climate and lock down dissenters – who are in fact experts – are routinely slandered as “deniers”, charlatans”, “right-wingers”, crackpots – or worse.
The grave consequences of baseless fear
Meanwhile, the fake-science-based “climate crisis” – resulting from am authoritarian shutdown of “open debate” and opposing opinion – is already having grave consequences on our youth.


notrickszone--2020-05-06--Antarctic Avery Ice Shelf “Prograding Considerably In Last 2 Decades”, Team Of Scientists Find

A newly released paper by Kumar et al looks at the changes and prediction of the Amery Ice Shelf ( AIS ) of East Antarctica using remote sensing data .
The scientists found that the ice shelf is prograding ( expanding ) , and not breaking apart like some alarmist scientists feared earlier .
Wikipedia tells that in December 2006 , “ enormous cracks ” had been forming for over a decade at a rate of three to five metres a day – possibly due to global warming – but researchers later said it was too early to attribute the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ possibility of a natural 50-60 year cycle being responsible ” .
Now the recent paper by Kumar et al reports findings that the Amery Ice Shelf ( AIS ) is not disintegrating , let alone shrinking , but rather is advancing !
Once readers get past the scientific gobbledygook of the paper ’ s abstract , ( possibly intended to obscure the paper ’ s inconvenient results ) it becomes clear the ice shelf there is growing .
“ Amery Ice Shelf extent is prograding considerably in the last two decades.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prediction of the future-ice shelf extent using linear regression techniques .
They found that changes in the ice shelf extent “ are linked with ocean-atmosphere interaction ” .
That means natural factors are dominantly at work , and not the anthropogenic ones .
The AIS changes were studied using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer ( MODIS ) satellite data of the austral summer months ( January–March ) from 2001–2016 .
Using statistical techniques , the rate changes of the AIS extent were estimated .
According to the paper ’ s abstract : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been prograded at the rate of 994 m/year with an average 14.5 km increase in the areal extents during 2001–2016 , as compared to the year 2001 , whereas , the maximum advancement in ice shelf extent was recorded during the 2006–2016 period.
” The study also found that the eastern part of Mackenzie Bay to Ingrid Christensen coast also “ recorded advancement in ice shelf extents and mass ” and that this was in part linked to “ a decrease in the temperatures ( air temperature and sea surface temperature ) @

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A newly released paper by Kumar et al looks at the changes and prediction of the Amery Ice Shelf (AIS) of East Antarctica using remote sensing data.
The scientists found that the ice shelf is prograding (expanding), and not breaking apart like some alarmist scientists feared earlier.
Image: cropped from Wikipedia.
Hat-tip: Mary Brown
Wikipedia tells that in December 2006, “enormous cracks” had been forming for over a decade at a rate of three to five metres a day – possibly due to global warming – but researchers later said it was too early to attribute the phenomenon to global warming because of the “possibility of a natural 50-60 year cycle being responsible”.
Now the recent paper by Kumar et al reports findings that the Amery Ice Shelf (AIS) is not disintegrating, let alone shrinking, but rather is advancing!
“Prograding considerably”
Once readers get past the scientific gobbledygook of the paper’s abstract, (possibly intended to obscure the paper’s inconvenient results) it becomes clear the ice shelf there is growing. “Amery Ice Shelf extent is prograding considerably in the last two decades.”
The scientists reconstructed the past and made a prediction of the future-ice shelf extent using linear regression techniques. They found that changes in the ice shelf extent “are linked with ocean-atmosphere interaction”. That means natural factors are dominantly at work, and not the anthropogenic ones.
The AIS changes were studied using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) satellite data of the austral summer months (January–March) from 2001–2016. Using statistical techniques, the rate changes of the AIS extent were estimated.
14.5 km increase
According to the paper’s abstract: “The study reveals that the AIS extent has been prograded at the rate of 994 m/year with an average 14.5 km increase in the areal extents during 2001–2016, as compared to the year 2001, whereas, the maximum advancement in ice shelf extent was recorded during the 2006–2016 period.”
The study also found that the eastern part of Mackenzie Bay to Ingrid Christensen coast also “recorded advancement in ice shelf extents and mass” and that this was in part linked to “a decrease in the temperatures (air temperature and sea surface temperature).


notrickszone--2020-05-07--New Study: 11,500 Years Ago, Spain Warmed And Cooled ~3°C Within Decades…Warmth Was ‘Higher Than Cur

New Study: 11,500 Years Ago, Spain Warmed And Cooled ~3°C Within Decades…Warmth Was ‘Higher Than Current’

At the end of the last glacial , when CO2 concentrations hovered around 250 ppm , there were abrupt warming and cooling events in the Spanish mountains ( Béjar range ) with magnitudes of 3°C within decades .
Peak temperatures were at times warmer than today .
It has often been claimed that abrupt warming and cooling events with amplitudes reaching multiple degrees within 20 to 50 years were confined to records obtained from polar climates .
Greenland , for example , warmed by 8 to 16°C “ within decades or less ” 20 or more times during the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 ) .
The warming and cooling events may have occurred in the absence of an external an forcing mechanism ; instead , they were an “ unforced oscillation ” .
The abrupt climate changes extended throughout the Northern Hemisphere and even into the Southern Hemisphere .
In the northeastern United States , temperatures plummeted by 5.6°C within 200 years about 13,000 years ago ( Hou et al.
, 2007 ) .
Then , around 11,600 years ago , temperatures abruptly rose ~5.4°C “ in less than 200 years ” .
One proxy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there was an 8°C warming event in the US about 11,500 years ago .
A new study ( Lopez-Saez et al.
, 2020 ) of the Late-Glacial-Early-Holocene period ( about 15,000 to 11,500 years ago ) analyzes evidence of tree cover transitions in the western Iberian region ( Spain ) .
Deciduous oak forests were assessed to have abruptly expanded and declined during this period .
The established temperature tolerances for this tree species suggest the warming-cooling transitions occurred within decades to centuries , and the climate change amplitudes could reach 2-4°C .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ concentrations during this Late-Glacial period ( ~250 ppm ) , the evidence suggests regional temperatures were warmer than today 13.9 , 12.3 , 11.5-11.3 , and 10.9 ka cal BP ( thousand calibrated years before present ) .
These pronounced natural climate change events in the paleoclimate record do not support the contention that modern temperture changes are unusual or unprecedented .

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At the end of the last glacial, when CO2 concentrations hovered around 250 ppm, there were abrupt warming and cooling events in the Spanish mountains ( Béjar range) with magnitudes of 3°C within decades. Peak temperatures were at times warmer than today.
It has often been claimed that abrupt warming and cooling events with amplitudes reaching multiple degrees within 20 to 50 years were confined to records obtained from polar climates.
Greenland
Greenland, for example, warmed by 8 to 16°C “within decades or less” 20 or more times during the last 80,000 years (Li et al., 2019). The warming and cooling events may have occurred in the absence of an external an forcing mechanism; instead, they were an “unforced oscillation”. The abrupt climate changes extended throughout the Northern Hemisphere and even into the Southern Hemisphere.
New England (US)
In the northeastern United States, temperatures plummeted by 5.6°C within 200 years about 13,000 years ago (Hou et al., 2007). Then, around 11,600 years ago, temperatures abruptly rose ~5.4°C “in less than 200 years”. One proxy location (Blood Pond) even suggests there was an 8°C warming event in the US about 11,500 years ago.
Western Spain (Béjar)
A new study (Lopez-Saez et al., 2020) of the Late-Glacial-Early-Holocene period (about 15,000 to 11,500 years ago) analyzes evidence of tree cover transitions in the western Iberian region (Spain).
Deciduous oak forests were assessed to have abruptly expanded and declined during this period. The established temperature tolerances for this tree species suggest the warming-cooling transitions occurred within decades to centuries, and the climate change amplitudes could reach 2-4°C.
Despite the low and modestly fluctuating CO2 concentrations during this Late-Glacial period (~250 ppm), the evidence suggests regional temperatures were warmer than today 13.9, 12.3, 11.5-11.3, and 10.9 ka cal BP (thousand calibrated years before present).
These pronounced natural climate change events in the paleoclimate record do not support the contention that modern temperture changes are unusual or unprecedented.


notrickszone--2020-05-08--“Rare” May Snow & Cold Forecast Silences Climate Alarmists: “Over A Foot Of Snow” In Maine

Unusual cold and snow are expected to sweep across North America and Europe over the coming days , thus threatening crops .
Not that mid May is approaching , global warming alarmists tell us we should already be expecting heat waves .
But right now the opposite is in the forecast : snow and extreme cold !
Who would have thought ?
Snow for Boston and new York ?
Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue tweeted that both New York City and Boston might see snow on Saturday as a “ rare & powerful May ‘ bomb cyclone ’ Nor ’ easter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ east coast .
Over a foot of snow might fall in Maine , Maue asserts : Maue earlier had tweeted that the snow and cold could act as a “ triple whammy ” because “ hard freezes limit agriculture , forces people to remain indoors w/central heating & provides outdoor environment favorable for coronavirus.
” Not only the Northeast has to worry about winter striking so late in the season , but also an intense cold front will be sweeping across a vast swath of northern Europe , reports German weather site daswetter.com @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an unusual cold snap for almost mid-May .
The air in the north will warm up to only 7 to 12 degrees .
[ … ] With the polar air , the temperatures will plunge , and so will the snowfall line .
When the cold air reaches the south in the night from Monday , it will snow slowly until the middle of the day .
Around 400 to 600 m , up to 10 cm of fresh snow is possible in the middle of May .
Even up to 300 m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 6 nights of frost warnings ” in UK At Twitter David Birch tweeted a GIF animation showing the projected movement of the cold front , writing that Britain might see 5 or 6 nights of frost warnings next week :

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Unusual cold and snow are expected to sweep across North America and Europe over the coming days, thus threatening crops.
Not that mid May is approaching, global warming alarmists tell us we should already be expecting heat waves. But right now the opposite is in the forecast: snow and extreme cold! Who would have thought?
Snow for Boston and new York?
Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue tweeted that both New York City and Boston might see snow on Saturday as a “rare & powerful May ‘bomb cyclone’ Nor’easter” is projected to develop off the east coast.
Over a foot of snow might fall in Maine, Maue asserts:
While snow won't stick on the ground for long, if at all, parts of Maine might see more significant accumulations over a foot. ❄ Flurries for NYC and Boston perhaps on Saturday as rare & powerful May "bomb cyclone" Nor'easter develops off New England coast. pic.twitter.com/aOHT4APBfp — Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) May 7, 2020
Maue earlier had tweeted that the snow and cold could act as a “triple whammy” because “hard freezes limit agriculture, forces people to remain indoors w/central heating & provides outdoor environment favorable for coronavirus.”
Snow to blanket parts of northern/central Germany
Not only the Northeast has to worry about winter striking so late in the season, but also an intense cold front will be sweeping across a vast swath of northern Europe, reports German weather site daswetter.com here.
One can also call it an unusual cold snap for almost mid-May. The air in the north will warm up to only 7 to 12 degrees. […] With the polar air, the temperatures will plunge, and so will the snowfall line. When the cold air reaches the south in the night from Monday, it will snow slowly until the middle of the day. Around 400 to 600 m, up to 10 cm of fresh snow is possible in the middle of May. Even up to 300 m wet snow can fall.”
“Five to 6 nights of frost warnings” in UK
At Twitter David Birch tweeted a GIF animation showing the projected movement of the cold front, writing that Britain might see 5 or 6 nights of frost warnings next week:
Likely the UK could see 5/6 consecutive frost warnings throughout next week. pic.twitter.com/paLeD4vvOK — DavidIBirch 🇬🇧 (@dbirch214) May 7, 2020
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