355th Month in a Row of Higher Than Average Temperatures

Yup, the frog (our civilization) is in a pot of gradually boiling water, and no one's gonna do a bloody thing until it's too late.

Uh, maybe.

Great video. One of the best appeals to people to care, despite their unreliable instincts and inert viscera suggesting there's no cause for concern, that I've seen in a long time. And it mentions George Marshall's book (no, not THAT George Marshall). Have a watch.

The Wall Street Journal Finally Coming Around to Reality?

It's nice that, after years, if not decades, of this, this, this, this, this, this, and on and on and on, the video below suggests the WSJ is coming to its senses, but given the publication's track record of intense climate change denial, is anyone else more than a little suspicious of the way it ends?



Contrast making a potential (not guaranteed, mind) failure to meet a fairly ambitious 2°C goal the takeaway message with what Holdren said on the Late Show recently (emphasis mine).

"There is a huge difference between how much climate change we can expect if we do nothing, and how much climate change we can expect if we do a lot in the way of reducing our emissions...It gets more and more difficult to cope with the impacts of climate change the higher we go. And there is a huge difference between being at, let us say, 3.6°F above pre-industrial — we're around 1.5°F now above pre-industrial — huge difference between that and 10°F above pre-industrial. We're much better off at the lower number, and we can get there."

- Dr. John Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

At this point, if Bellini and the WSJ wish to be taken seriously on this issue, like, uh, ever, they need to concentrate on and not stray away from the dangerous consequences of our unchecked emissions for as many years and articles as they have been attempting to whitewash the problem. Giving the threat to our civilization posed by a warming world only passing mention, and then quickly transitioning into extensive naysaying of our ability to curb greenhouse gases ain't cuttin' it. When you've demonstrated such a strong affinity for denial for as long as this news agency has, it smacks of schadenfreude.

"Assessing over 30,000 Scientific Papers"

It's worth reminding the ignorant denier tosspots about the sheer magnitude of scientific literature behind the IPCC's recent Synthesis Report.

Over 30,000 Scientific Papers.

G'head, my little confused denier wingnut friends, have a watch and a tantrum; it's another video from your favorite org in the whole world. Did I mention yer all ignorant tosspots?

Dr. John Holdren on Late Show with David Letterman

"There is a huge difference between how much climate change we can expect if we do nothing, and how much climate change we can expect if we do a lot in the way of reducing our emissions...It gets more and more difficult to cope with the impacts of climate change the higher we go. And there is a huge difference between being at, let us say, 3.6°F above pre-industrial — we're around 1.5°F now above pre-industrial — huge difference between that and 10°F above pre-industrial. We're much better off at the lower number, and we can get there."

- Dr. John Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Way to Go, Qatar

This post is not about climate change, but it does pertain to the ongoing effort of this blog to demonstrate the deleterious effects of religion, one of which is without a doubt the denial of global warming. Qatar, a monarchy and Islamic state, continues to detain and terrorize an Asian-American couple who are guilty of nothing more than being compassionate enough to adopt sickly African children.