Independent researcher Dr Eric Huxter has taken a year to examine the unnatural sudden rises that supply many daily ‘records’, and compared the overall spike averages with a pristine first class control station. He concludes that it “could well explain the step change in rate of temperature change, and the marked increase in the step of new daily maximum records since 1990”.
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This site is a reference point for those with a cool head for climate science, arguably the most political science ever. When the government and most of the media concentrate on alarmism, this site is the antidote for those who don't believe the scare stories - YOU ARE NOT ALONE! (blog started on 7/11/07) We have over 2.7 million hits and blog is updated regularly most days.
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
CO2 CAN CAUSE COOLING!
A new paper makes the rounds, and at first glance it seems to offer yet another twist in the climate narrative: carbon dioxide, the molecule typically cast as the principal agent of warming, can apparently induce cooling—at least over India, at least in summer, and at least within the confines of a particular modeling framework.
Monday, 30 March 2026
THE DECOMMISSIONING TIME BOMB
Although most offshore windfarms are creating paper provisions neither they nor their parent companies are accumulating ring-fenced cash to fund decommissioning at the end of life. That analysis was based on wind farm companies’ own estimates of decommissioning liabilities. Now new data published by Scroby Sands windfarms indicates that estimates of the decommissioning costs are likely way too low, the bomb is much bigger than we thought and has the fuse has just been lit.
Scroby Sands Lights the Fuse of the Decommissioning Timebomb
Sunday, 29 March 2026
IS THE UK GOVERNMENT GUILTY OF TREASON?
The question is discussed in the very interesting article below which comes from his substack Eigen Values, MPs Put Net Zero Above Energy Security - by David Turver
MPs Put Net Zero
Above Energy Security
Parliamentary
vote against more North Sea drilling is tantamount to treason.
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Saturday, 28 March 2026
NOW THE MET OFFICE RAINFALL DATA IS SHOWN UP AS DODGY
Whenever the data is put under the spotlight it is found to be questionable. Every time a pronouncement is examined our faith in the Met Office is reduced. Read the latest dodgy data here:
Record Rainfall In Worcestershire? | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Friday, 27 March 2026
TV CLIMATE SCEPTIC COMMENTS BEING INVESTIGATED BY AUTHORITIES
Orwellian activity by the TV watch-dog OFCOM as they go after climate sceptic comments on Talk TV.
Thursday, 26 March 2026
CLIMATE ACTIVIST UNIT PUSHES PROPAGANDA TO THE MEDIA
Those of us who understand the difference between climate and weather know that a short spell of extreme weather has no relationship to climate, which is an average of at least thirty years of weather data. It is not credible to claim that "climate change" has affected the weather in terms of a particular event. This is pseudo-science which is developed for political purposes.
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
CHINA BUILDING A LARGE NUMBER OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
For the last fifty years, the leaders of the world in nuclear power have been the US first and then France second, and by a long way, but China is about to change that global tally board.
China aims to be the new global king of nuclear power, and no one is paying attention « JoNova
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
WIND TURBINES ACTUALLY USE ELECTRICITY ON WINDLESS DAYS
I recently travelled from Southampton to Catterick and saw several wind turbines alongside the motorways. Some were stationary, which seemed as expected as the winds were very light, but some were turning slowly. I wondered where they got the power from. It seemed like they had an electric motor inside them. Apparently this actually is the case, because if they are allowed to remain stationary the heavy weight of the blades can cause the bearings to be deformed which is a very costly job to replace them.
So next time you see wind turbines going round on a day with little or no wind you will know that they are not generating electricity, but in fact using it!
Monday, 23 March 2026
UK LARGEST OIL FIELD WAITS FOR GOVERNMENT GO AHEAD
Britain's largest oil field could be producing millions of barrels a day by the autumn if Ed Miliband gives a green light to its plans, according to its owner.
The Energy Secretary must grant his approval for production to begin at the Rosebank site, which is off the coast of the Shetland Islands and is the North Sea's largest undeveloped site.
The project's owner, Ithaca Energy, said on Wednesday it is 'entering the final stages of development towards first production' - with the site forecast to generate up to 500million barrels of oil and gas.
Sunday, 22 March 2026
ENERGY SECURITY ESSENTIAL TO SURVIVE IN AN UNSTABLE WORLD
The article linked below illustrates perfectly why renewables do not protect against an energy crisis, because they are unreliable. A nations economy cannot function on unreliable energy, such as wind and solar.
Saturday, 21 March 2026
INVESTMENT COMPANIES FORCED TO ABANDON ACTIVIST INTERVENTION
Many of you will be aware that large investment companies such as Vanguard have been using their power to force companies to introduce policies which align with the views of their bosses in areas such as climate change. This has now resulted in these companies being taken to court by Republican lead authorities and stopped this oppressive practice. The settlement draws a bright red line between passive investing and activist corporate governance, effectively removing proxy power from a small group of asset manager stewardship offices and returning it to actual investors.
Friday, 20 March 2026
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Wednesday, 18 March 2026
US RESTORES OIL OPERATIONS OFF CALIFORNIA
The Trump Administration remains committed to putting all Americans and their energy security first,” Wright said in a statement. “Unfortunately, some state leaders have not adhered to those same principles, with potentially disastrous consequences not just for their residents, but also our national security. Today’s order will strengthen America’s oil supply and restore a pipeline system vital to our national security and defense.
U.S. Energy secretary directs Texas oil company to restore operations off California – Climate Depot
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
UK DEFENCE WEAKENED BY WIND FARMS
Britain is a 'sitting duck' in the face of drone attacks because Ed Miliband's wind farms interfere with radar-based defensive domes, senior defence sources have claimed.
Ministers have been warned the UK lacks any equivalent to Israel's famous 'Iron Dome', which gives it the capability to intercept ballistic missiles at high altitude from 40 miles away.
Monday, 16 March 2026
BATTERY STORAGE - THE FACTS SHOW IT IS A PIPE-DREAM
To achieve just 10 hours of buffer, a capacity of 600 GWh would be required – 24 times the current inventory and representing a material weight of approx. 3 million tonnes.
Storing Green Energy To Last Germany 10 Days Would Require A 60-Million Tonne Battery
Sunday, 15 March 2026
THE ENERGY CRISIS EXPLAINED
Kathryn Porter explains how the electricity system relies on keeping the grid stable and how this is achieved in practice. It is much more difficult with renewables and the chance of having a blackout is greatly increased compared with traditional power stations using coal or gas. It is a long explanation, but worth reading as Kathryn is very clear with her explanation.
Saturday, 14 March 2026
OCEAN HEAT CONTENT ESTIMATES MEANINGLESS, SAYS NEW RESEARCH
The paper, published in Science of Climate Change, demonstrates that ocean heat content (OHC) estimates, which underpin the IPCC climate assessments, are based on physically meaningless calculations that violate basic 150-year-old principles of thermodynamics and fail to meet the standards of the scientific method.
Their findings reveal that the widely cited figure in IPCC AR6 showing Earth accumulating energy at a rate of 0.7 ± 0.2 watts per square meter has an actual uncertainty roughly ten times larger than what the IPCC claims, making the central value “statistically indistinguishable from zero.”
IPCC Primary Global Warming Metric Is “Scientifically Invalid”
Friday, 13 March 2026
UK GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE SAYS "NET ZERO WILL SAVE MONEY"
The UK climate Change Committee, a government quango set up to advise the government on how to reach net zero has issued a new report.
Net Zero Will Save Money, Says CCC | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
This is pure 1984 Double Speak propaganda which Paul Homewood easily shows is nonsense in the article above on his website. How long can they get away with this fantasy, when bills go on rising?
Thursday, 12 March 2026
EU CARBON CREDITS NOW FLOWING TO NUCLEAR POWER
It is a sign that the end is near for the renewables fantasy — it never made any sense that nuclear power couldn’t earn credits for low emission electricity, unless of course, it accidentally ‘solved’ the climate crisis.
She said the money would come from the EU’s carbon market.
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
USING CAUSTIC SODA TO TRY TO COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING
The geoengineering method known as Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) aims to speed up this natural process by resetting the ocean's pH.
Over four days, scientists added vast quantities of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) – an alkaline chemical tagged with a red dye – to the waters off the coast of Boston.
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
AFRICA HELD BACK BY HYPOCRITICAL WESTERN NET ZERO ZEALOTS
The political leadership in Africa knows what is required. Leaders across the continent have shown a willingness to tap domestic gas reserves, develop coal resources, and attract investment in refining and petrochemicals. Western‑based organizations and public development banks have spent years rewriting their lending rules to restrict support for coal projects and, increasingly, for oil and gas infrastructure. Large European and American financial institutions have adopted policies that discourage financing of fossil fuel projects in Africa.
Poverty in Africa: without fossil fuels growth is impossible
Monday, 9 March 2026
MODERN WARMING "UNREMARKABLE" SAYS NEW ICE CORE STUDY
A new statistical probability analysis (Hatton, 2026) using Vostok temperature data indicates the reported 1.1°C global warming over the last century (since the 1920s) is “not even unusual” within the context of the last 20,000 years, as “16% of the centuries since the end of the last Ice Age show a rise at least as big [1.1°C] as the current century.”
Sunday, 8 March 2026
TEN COMMON ARGUMENTS AGAINST CLIMATE SCEPTIC VIEWS DEBATED
A Swiss TV programme was aired to refute 10 common arguments put forward by climate sceptics. The link below goes through them and gives a commentary on the arguments put forward.
SRF Meteo and Climate Sceptics: A Fact-Check That Falls Apart
Saturday, 7 March 2026
WOMEN WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE CLIMATE AGENDA
The article linked below lists a number of women including some well known, such as Judith Curry and Jo Nova, but also some that are less well known like Linnea Lueken, a young woman in her late twenties, who gradually became skeptical during her studies, has been working at The Heartland Institute for several years, and Lucy Biggers who was deeply involved in the climate movement. She even hung out with Greta Thunberg and worked with the pro climate Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (better known as AOC). Also Danielle Carl, a woman who until recently worked in Netflix’s sustainability department, recently spoke at an online event organized by Heartland in Zurich. Finall British banker Desiree Fixler. She worked for years on Environmental Social Governance (ESG).
Women against climate agenda: from Judith Curry to Lucy Biggers
Friday, 6 March 2026
WHY WE PRETEND CHINA ARE CLIMATE GOOD GUYS
China’s new five year plans are out, and no matter what they are, the media has to pretend China is a good little carbon player like everyone else. No one can admit the truth, that China’s emissions are so big everyone else is irrelevant. That China breaks all the rules while cornering the market selling junk wind-and-solar-generators to an audience that doesn’t need them.
Thursday, 5 March 2026
UK WINTER NOWHERE NEAR A RECORD BREAKER, SAYS BBC
Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that is not the case, with rainfall so far this season just 9% above average for the UK as a whole - wet, but far from the wettest.
However those national figures mask huge regional variations. Some counties in southern England are on course for their second-wettest winter on record, while much of north-west Scotland has been significantly drier than normal.
UK winter nowhere near a record breaker despite relentless rain and storms - BBC Weather
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
NATURE IS DRIVING THE CLIMATE SAYS NEW RESEARCH
Warming across Germany in the last 3 decades can be explained by declining cloud and aerosol albedo and consequent rising solar radiation. Not CO2.
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
FREEDOM OF CHOICE SPELLS DISASTER FOR GERMAN GREENS
Germany still relies on oil and gas for 80% of its heating needs. The mandate to force people to switch to at least 65% renewables for heating came into place in 2023.
People disliked heat pumps so much they just stopped building new homes.
“It’s a disaster”: Germans allowed to use oil and gas to heat their homes again « JoNova
Monday, 2 March 2026
TRUMP RE-OPENS RICH FISHING GROUNDS
One of the nation’s richest fishing grounds — put off-limits to commercial use by the Obama and Biden administrations — is once again open for business, courtesy of a proclamation issued by the Trump White House.
Trump reopens vast swath of waters off northeastern coast to commercial fishing – CFACT
Sunday, 1 March 2026
"STOP SUPPORTING NET ZERO GOALS, OR WE QUIT FUNDING YOU"
PARIS: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave the International Energy Agency on Thursday a one-year deadline to scrap its support of goals to reduce energy emissions to net zero or risk losing the United States as a member.
US to West’s energy watchdog: scrap net zero focus or we’ll quit - Markets - Business Recorder
Friday, 27 February 2026
INTERESTING SEA LEVEL DISCUSSION
Clearing up some misconceptions about the DoE report - Climate Etc.
I do recommend reading the comments to this article. Here is a bit of it:
Hi David,
You wrote, “Mentioning the fact that US tidal gauges showed no acceleration of sea level rise, when the committee knew full well that European satellite data did was at best a half truth.”
I disagree. Relying on tide gauge data instead of satellite altimetry is justified by the fact that sea-level measurements from the best tide gauges are vastly superior in quality to the satellite altimetry data.
(Also, satellite altimeters measure sea-level in the wrong places. It only matters near the coasts, which is where tide gauges measure it. But satellite altimeters can only measure it in the open ocean, far from the coasts.)
Honolulu has one of the very best sea-level measurement records in the world. Unlike many other locations, is not much affected by vertical land motion, sedimentation, or erosion. It has 121 years of continuous measurements, with a very typical trend, and without even a single missing month. It’s at a nearly ideal measurement site, near the middle of the world’s largest ocean, on a tectonically stable island with near-zero vertical land motion, small tides, and little ENSO distortion. Data just doesn’t get much better than this:
Annotated:
https://sealevel.info/1612340_Honolulu_thru_2025-11_vs_CO2_annot1.png
Interactive:
https://sealevel.info/MSL_graph.php?id=honolulu
As you can see, rising CO2 levels have had no detectable effect on the sea-level trend there.
In fact, most of the best long coastal sea-level measurement records show little or no acceleration in sea-level trend over the last 80 years, despite CO2 levels rising from about 310 ppmv to 427 ppmv.
Careful analyses using data from many measurement sites show a barely detectable average acceleration of only about 0.01 mm/yr². That is negligible. An acceleration of 0.01 mm/yr², were it to continue for 150 years, would increase sea-level by just 4.4 inches:
https://www.google.com/search?q=(0.01+%2F+2)+*+(150%5E2)+%2F+25.4+%3D
Thursday, 26 February 2026
SAHARA IS GREENING WITH BILLIONS OF TREES
Thanks to advanced satellite technology and Artificial Intelligence, researchers have discovered something remarkable: The edges of the Sahara and the Sahel zone are becoming significantly greener.
Surprising Discovery: Sahara Is Greening…Billions Of Trees Where Once Thought To Be Barren
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
PREDICTION OF UK BLACKOUTS BY 2030
This interview with Kathryn Porter is very interesting and covers her views on becoming a politician along with her ideas of why the water industry is failing. It's quite lengthy but very revealing.
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
MANIPULATED BY CHERRY-PICKED DATA OVER THE CLIMATE
Michael Shellenburger is an excellent speaker who has a good grasp of the climate issue. I this interview he explains how we are being misled.
7 Lies We’re Told About Climate Change | Michael Shellenberger
Monday, 23 February 2026
CHINA'S RECORD ON BUILDING COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS
We are being fed the story that China has reached its peak emissions of CO2 and that soon it will start to reduce them as they build more and more wind and solar power.
The linked article should make us all sit up and realise that we are being misled. Take a look:
China goes gangbusters building 52 big coal plants in 2025 « JoNova
Sunday, 22 February 2026
ED MILIBAND IS THE LAST FOOL STANDING
Matt Ridley has written this excellent article summing up the UK situation on Net Zero.
Saturday, 21 February 2026
PLEDGE TO SCRAP NET ZERO TARGET
Here is a clip of Robert Jenrick's unequivocal pledge to scrap the Net Zero target. The tide is turning, as Kemi Badenock has made a similar pledge. Let us hope that the two parties can work together to ensure that Labour does not get back to inflict even more damage on our country.
Friday, 20 February 2026
Thursday, 19 February 2026
WHY THE COMPUTER MODELS ARE DECEPTIVE
Read why the climate computer models are giving a false view in this easy to follow article.
Climate change computer projections are erroneous and misleading
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
CLIMATE CHANGE IS CAUSING FOREST TO GROW CLOSER TO THE ARCTIC
Surely this is something to cheer about. Time for the mainstream media to headline this good news story. Locking up all this carbon must lower the CO2 in the atmosphere and balance the CO2 we are releasing by burning fossil fuels - a virtuous circle.
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT GROWTH OF AI OR NET ZERO?
Governments often have to make difficult choices. The big choice for this Labour government is how far can they push their ideological net zero, knowing that it will prevent the growth in the economy that is so important.
MPs fear data centre boom could derail Miliband's net zero plans - BBC News
Monday, 16 February 2026
GUARDIAN SCARE-MONGERING REFUTED
Just for clarity CO2 levels during the PETM (Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum) may have been as high as 2520ppm – 6x higher than today. There is no evidence life suffered during the PETM, quite the opposite, the PETM, 5-8C hotter than today, was the age of monkeys.
Sunday, 15 February 2026
TIME TO DITCH NET ZERO - SHORT FILM
A few simple truths from Net Zero Watch in the short video linked below reminds us how the UK became Great and why the present net zero policies are disastrous, particularly in the light of the change going on in the USA
Saturday, 14 February 2026
ENDANGERMENT FINDING FOR CO2 WIPED AWAY
This is Freedom Day for the USA and once the tremendous savings have been felt by the American people it will not be too long before other Western nations follow suite.
Thursday, 12 February 2026
MURRY SALBY VIDEO ON CO2
As a continuation of recent posts, this talk by Murry Salby explains why even the cause of CO2 levels in the atmosphere is not settled.
Climate Scientist Murry Salby Returns! - Presents NEW SCIENCE
Jo Nova explains the importance of Murry's work and the difficulty he endured by speaking out
It’s an Unsettling Climate for skeptical scientists like Murry Salby « JoNova
Sadly Murry passed away since the video was made. Here is a tribute from his fellow scientists:
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
CO2 RESIDENCE TIME - A FOLLOW UP
Here is a follow-up to my previous post on the life-time of CO2 in the atmosphere, otherwise known as residence time. The link below is to a paper on the subject which demonstrates that this time is not decades, or hundreds of years, which is required for the man-made CO2 to be considered a major cause of warming. This finding accords with common sense, as CO2 is quite soluble in water and so it makes sense that much of it would be likely to get washed out in rain.
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
DOES MAN MADE CO2 HAVE SPECIAL PROPERTIES?
I have not read that some scientists believe that "man made" CO2 has a longer atmospheric life-time than other CO2 until this report referenced it.
New Study Rebuts The Assumption That Anthropogenic CO2 Molecules Have ‘Special’ Properties
As a scientist myself I do not believe there is any evidence that any CO2 molecules have different physical properties from any others. I have read that some believe that the life-time of CO2 from any source in the atmosphere is much longer than the 4 years that was previously accepted. The arguments for the longer time is not convincing to me.
Monday, 9 February 2026
THE MAN WHO EXPOSED THE DECEIT OF THE UK MET OFFICE
Here is a great interview with Ray Sanders, the intrepid amateur researcher who single-handedly has exposed the rotten practices of the UK Met Office. I have just discovered that Ray is taking a well-earned rest from his almost daily reports on the shortcomings of the UK temperature stations. As he held back the curtain on the deceitful behaviour, he has come up against a determined cover-up by the establishment, denying him any information on the grounds that he was "vexatious", simply for asking them to produce the evidence for their data.