Category Archives: State of the Climate

Wishful thinking can’t prevent global warming

Posted on 11 March 2014 by Peter Boyer

Maintaining that global warming has stalled since 1997 is pure delusion. [11 March 2014 | Peter Boyer] “Seventeen and a half years. Not a flicker of global warming.” That was Christopher Monckton’s take on satellite temperature data released last week … Continue reading →

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The state of our climate

Posted on 20 March 2012 by Peter Boyer

Australia’s national climate research agencies have issued their direst warning yet about the state of the climate, but who’s listening? [20 March 2012 | Peter Boyer] The most remarkable thing about last week’s deceptively-brief “State of the Climate” report is not … Continue reading →

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US report: Global warming is real and happening quickly

Posted on 3 August 2010 by Peter Boyer

A leading climate agency presents more powerful evidence that the world is rapidly warming. [3 August 2010 | Peter Boyer] Earth has just experienced its hottest decade since we began measuring such things, and 2010 is on track to be the … Continue reading →

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