Today’s rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past 50,000 years. Previous research showed that during the last ice…Continue readingChemical analysis of natural CO₂ rise over the last 50,000 years shows that today’s rate is 10 times faster
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A massive new review of ancient atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels and corresponding temperatures lays out a daunting picture of where the Earth’s climate may be headed. The study covers geologic…Continue readingA New 66 Million-Year History of Carbon Dioxide Offers Little Comfort for Today
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has assumed Nordhaus is to be trusted. The integrated assessment models used at the IPCC are based on Nordhausian visions of adaptation to…Continue readingWhen Idiot Savants Do Climate Economics
If we look even farther back, to the previous interglacial period, which peaked around 125,000 years ago, we do find evidence of warmer temperatures. The evidence suggests the long-term…Continue readingIs it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?