20th century global warming - "There is nothing new under the Sun" - Part II
Back to Part ISolar Activity and Climate It is already more than 200 years since Sir William Herschel claimed that variations in solar activity affect climate on Earth. Since he did not have any...
View Article20th century global warming - "There is nothing new under the Sun" - Part III
Back to Part IICosmic Rays and Climate The second type of mechanisms is indirect, through the solar modulation of the cosmic ray flux and the effect that the latter may have on the climate. Cosmic rays...
View ArticleThe CLOUD is clearing
The CLOUD collaboration from CERN finally had their results published in nature, showing that ionization increases the nucleation rate of condensation nuclei. The results are very beautiful and they...
View ArticleWhat is your expertise, and what is the cause of 20th century climate change?
Laymen, mostly anthropogenic 2% (8 votes) Laymen, mostly natural 45% (193 votes) Laymen, nobody knows 7% (31 votes) General scientist, mostly anthropogenic 1% (6 votes) General scientist, mostly...
View ArticleOn IPCCs exaggerated climate sensitivity and the emperor’s new clothes
A few days ago I had a very pleasant meeting with Andrew Bolt. He was visiting Israel and we met for an hour in my office. During the discussion, I mentioned that the writers of the recent IPCC reports...
View ArticleCauses of Climate Change - Poll Results
Out of curiosity, I opened a few weeks ago a poll asking the visitors of this site, what do they think is the primary cause of global warming. 429 people answered the poll (thanks to all of you!). The...
View ArticleDoes the global temperature lag CO2? More flaws in the Shakun et al. paper in...
Over the past two weeks, perhaps a dozen people asked me about the recently published paper of Shakun et al. in Nature. It allegedly demonstrates that the global temperature followed CO2 around the...
View ArticleA friend has passed away
Blog topic: general science, global warming, weather & climate In 1977 he made the movie "the weather machine" about how Earth is doomed to enter a new ice-age. Since those apocalyptic predictions...
View ArticleEuthanizing Overholt et al.: How bad can a bad paper be?
Blog topic: astronomy, global warming, personal research, weather & climate An artists conception of the Milky Way with its spiral arms Last month I visited the U of Washington to give a talk in...
View ArticleBill Nye, the not-so-good-science guy
Blog topic: general science, global warming, politics, weather & climate Bill "the science guy" Nye says that I am a denier. I recently stumbled on a transcript of Bill “the science guy” Nye’s...
View ArticleThe Sunspots 2.0? Irrelevant. The Sun, still is.
Blog topic: cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, weather & climateAfter being asked by 5 independent people about the new sunspot number reconstruction and that it doesn’t show that the...
View ArticleClimate debate at the Cambridge Union - a 10 minute summary of the main...
Blog topic: general science, global warming, politics, weather & climateLast week I participated in an interesting debate that was held at the Cambridge Union, the oldest debating club in the world...
View ArticleFinally! The missing link between exploding stars, clouds and climate on Earth
Blog topic: astronomy, cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, weather & climateBy Henrik Svensmark and Nir shavivOur new results published today innature communications provide the last...
View ArticleClimate debate at the Cambridge Union - The Video
Blog topic: general science, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateTwo months ago I wrote about the Cambridge Union Debate I participated in. The Cambridge Union has...
View ArticleMy experience at the German Bundestag's Environment Committee in a pre-COP24...
Blog topic: general science, global warming, politics, weather & climateLast week I had the opportunity to talk in front of the Environment committee of the German Bundestag. It was quite an...
View Article22 minute talk summarizing my views on global warming
Blog topic: cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateJust over a week ago I gave a 20 minute talk (which lasted almost 22 min) about the role that the sun plays in...
View ArticleForbes censored an interview with me
Blog topic: cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateA few days ago I was interviewed by Doron Levin, for an article to appear online on forbes.com. After having...
View ArticleSolar Debunking Arguments are Defunct
Blog topic: global warming, personal research, weather & climateAn article interviewing me was removed yesterday from forbes. Instead, they published an article by Meteorologist Prof. Marshall...
View ArticleCritique of “Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of...
Blog topic: general science, global warming, politics, weather & climateA paper that recently received some media attention is the “Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of...
View ArticleHow Climate Change Pseudoscience Became Publicly Accepted
Blog topic: economics, general science, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateThe I recently wrote an OpEd for the Epoch Times which tries to succinctly capture my main...
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