The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has an idea about how the Earth cools itself: when the planet’s surface warms up, it sends more heat into space as infrared radiation. They estimate that for every 1-degree Celsius increase in temperature, the Earth releases an extra 3.3 watts of energy per square meter—a natural cooling […]
Stand on a seaside shore, watch the tide roll in and out, and I can see, and feel, the Moon’s force, cyclical, ever present and yet not easy to unravel. There are now tide times, that accurately forecast the height of sea level for any location on Earth. Not the same, ever changing, yet able […]
We all know the story about the king who paraded with no clothes, as though everyone watching on was oblivious to the mistake. Parallels can be drawn with sources of CO2, I mean CO2 from factories versus CO2 from natural sources. There is no definitive distinguishing feature, yet in this case we are expected to […]
I was chatting with a friend on Friday, about the various dynamical state variables, as opposed to external drivers, that might need to be incorporated into my new Theory of Climate Resilience. Ultimately, I want a quantitative model, that can test various hypotheses including that the tropical Pacific Ocean never gets particularly hot — never […]
I’m sometimes asked how ocean circulation can naturally cause global warming, with many assuming solar variability or under sea volcanoes to be the indirect immediate cause. My New Theory of Climate Resilience will focus instead on ocean upwelling dynamics, particularly in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific (EEP), and their modulation by lunar cycles. And I'm thinking […]
Conventional thinking treats ice primarily as a consequence of climate change: when the planet cools, ice grows; when the planet warms, ice melts. Alex Pope has convinced me that this view is mostly wrong. Furthermore, Alex’s somewhat radical hypothesis fits neatly into my New Theory of Climate Resilience, including through our shared focus on the […]
Carbon dioxide is indeed the 'stuff of life', underpinning photosynthesis, boosting plant growth, enhancing agricultural yields, and enabling practical applications in industry. While discussions so often focus on its role in climate change, CO₂’s contributions to life in ecosystems is profound and undeniable, making it a cornerstone of biological and other planetary processes. CO₂ is […]
Tesla had a 71% drop in first quarter profits compared to last year, but those losses were minimised because they picked up $595,000,000 US in regulatory credits for the quarter. Indeed, according to Tesla’s Q1 2025 earnings, net income fell 71% to $409 million from $1.39 billion the previous year, driven by a 13% drop […]
Before climate science became ‘settled science’, there were various theories suggesting that because the amount of carbon dissolved in the Earth’s oceans exceeds that in the atmosphere by about a factor of 60, the atmospheric CO₂ content must be dictated by the chemical state of the oceans. We don’t hear so much any more about […]
