With respect to “Climate Change”, this website and my contribution to the discussion focuses on the data. I have a standing request/challenge to anyone (scientist or not) to provide an empirical Temperature/CO2 data set that shows CO2 driving the climate on any statistically significant historical time scale. Scientific proof requires empirical data. The Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) theory does not have that empirical data (because that data does not exist).

One Page Summaries (OPS) – Climate

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  • CO2 and Sea Level – 1807 to 2010
    OPS-74 This slide totally contradicts the alarmist narrative. CO2 is obviously not driving sea level (a very important climate indicator). The ≈140 ppm CO2 increase since the pre-industrial era is … Read more
  • Can the IPCC Computers Model the Holocene?
    OPS-73 The answer is obviously NO! The models are currently programmed to reflect the Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) alarmist “narrative” (i.e.: the warming since the pre-industrial era is due … Read more
  • Where Are Greenland’s Temperatures Headed?
    OPS-72 Well, the answer is lower, despite all the hype to the contrary. Greenland is in the North Atlantic. So, not surprisingly, Greenland’s temperatures are affected more profoundly by the … Read more
  • Catastrophic Global Warming Proofs?
    OPS-71 Climate Change is Complicated! Unless you believe the Catastrophic Anthropogenic “Global Warming” (CAGW) alarmist narrative (i.e.: “Climate Change” is controlled by trace gases in our atmosphere (primarily CO2)). Full … Read more
  • How Bad Are the Canadian Climate Models?
    OPS-70 Real bad, close to the worst of a whole lot of bad models. All those models were reviewed in my CSS-30 – CMIP6 Climate Models post. The Canadian models … Read more
  • Polar Temperatures/CO2 Extrapolations
    OPS-69 – Polar Temperature/CO2 Extrapolations When can we expect the ice in Greenland, the Arctic and/or Antarctica to disappear? The alarmist community would have you believe that the polar ice is … Read more
  • Climate Change – Quick Hits
    OPS-68 One of the biggest problems climate realists face is the complexity of the Climate Change issue. You simply cannot present all the relevant data and economic/scientific analysis in formats … Read more
  • US-Canada – 2022 Forest Fires
    OPS-67 Here is the yearly fire statistics update. As usual, there is little change in the North American trends. The number of fires in both the US and Canada are … Read more
  • Alberta’s Average Annual Temperature
    OPS-66 Just a short one pager today. After watching one of Tony Heller’s videos, I noticed that he had built in an annual average temperature function option into his Real … Read more
  • CO2-Temperature Extrapolations
    OPS-65 The never-ending diatribe coming from the Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) alarmist crowd says our planet is burning up and we (through our emissions (primarily CO2)) are the evil … Read more
  • The Oceans Are Boiling – Ocean Heat Content (OHC)
    OPS-64 – Ocean Heat Content (OHC) is often used as an indication that our planet is warming us into oblivion. Yes, the OHC is rising but what do those numbers … Read more
  • Hurricane Update – 2022 Season
    OPS-63 Wishing You All a Happy New Year!! Another year has gone by, and the latest hurricane season has once again confirmed that any who are professing that hurricane activity … Read more
  • Weakening Electromagnetic Field/Solar Winds
    OPS-62 The Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) alarmist crowd has been known to occasionally ignore some data or take liberties with interpretation. I am not going to litigate those indiscretions … Read more
  • Were the Hottest Temperatures in Calgary pre-1950 or post-1950?
    OPS-61 Spoiler Alert for the Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) alarmist crowd (that includes the majority of our Calgary City Council). There were substantially more and more sustained hot days … Read more
  • Cenozoic Temperature – Where’s the Emergency?
    OPS-60 This post puts the current 1.07 °C temperature rise since the pre-Industrial period (as per the IPCC AR6 report) in perspective. The original 2015 Paris Accord target was 2.0 … Read more
  • Cenozoic – CO2-Temperatures
    OPS-59 This post is a little add-on to my CSS-10 – A Ride Through the Cenozoic post. When I put the CSS-10 post together, I had not converted the carbon … Read more
  • US Temperatures – Tony Heller
    OPS-58 Something simple but interesting. This post is highlighting a recent video by Tony Heller that points out the absurd situation currently playing out in the US Historical Climatology Network … Read more
  • Hurricane Update – 2021 Season
    OPS-57 Another hurricane season has passed us by (in the North Atlantic). The 2021 season itself was quiet and so was, predictably, the media. Gratefully, we were not constantly bombarded … Read more
  • The PAUSE
    OPS-56 This post has a quick look at the UAH satellite temperature data and the relationships between average global temperature and the atmospheric CO2 concentrations. The correlation is shaky at … Read more
  • The State of Climate Science
    OPS-55 2021 has been a very interesting year in climate science (from both the IPCC’s simplistic, unscientific CO2 approach and from the perspective of the real-world science community that recognizes … Read more
  • CO2-Temperature – Properly Scaled
    OPS-54 The Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) alarmist crowd likes to maximize the visual impact of the rising atmospheric CO2 levels (as shown in the upper two plots on the … Read more
  • Cherry Picking Data – CAGW Style
    OPS-53 I always get a kick out of our favorite CAGW alarmist trolls claiming that I am “cherry picking” data. If you go back and review the last IPCC report … Read more
  • Solar Activity – NOAA Forecast
    OPS-52 The last Climate Short Story (CSS-12 – Cosmic Ray Discussion) included a simple plot that deserves to be highlighted on its own merit. NOAA (definitely not a climate skeptic … Read more
  • Late Holocene – CAGW CO2/Temperature
    OPS-51 – Holocene – CAGW CO2/Temperature This post is an extension of my Holocene Logic Series. The large plot focuses on the last 4,000 years of the Holocene. The planet’s … Read more
  • CO2-Temperature – Cenozoic
    OPS-50 Hope everyone had a Great Canada Day or just a Great Thursday. I just recently posted a detailed Climate Short Story (CSS-10 – A Ride Through The Cenozoic). That … Read more
  • What Does 80+ Trillion Dollars Get You?
    OPS-48 This is a simple question to ask, but finding the answer is exceedingly difficult. The cost estimates are all over the board, with the only common ground being they … Read more
  • Temperature Manipulation
    OPS-49 The subject of temperature manipulation (on its own) is a very complex subject (a bit difficult to confine to one page but I am giving it a try). To … Read more
  • Fact Checks – Scientific Method
    OPS-47 The fact checking phenomena currently employed by social and mainstream media is a joke. To start with, the fact checkers routinely interject their biases into their responses. If you … Read more
  • Hurricane Update – 2020 Season
    OPS-46 The 2020 North Atlantic Hurricane season was busier than normal but was not statistically significant. Especially since the North Atlantic does not represent the global situation. Funny how the … Read more
  • CO2 Emissions and the IPCC
    OPS-45 How effective are CO2 emission reduction schemes? A look at the data shows that despite the trillions of dollars spent to date, the efforts to date have been almost … Read more
  • Temperature Averaging Effects
    OPS-44 This post does not present any new data. The primary purpose is to show the general effect of averaging the data and the potential issues on simply plotting data … Read more
  • Glaciers and Sea Level
    OPS-43 I have seen these plots or similar ones go by lately and thought it would be worthwhile to show them together (i.e.: synced). A quick hat tip to Gregory … Read more
  • CO2 Climate Sensitivity
    OPS-42 This post takes another look at CO2’s Climate Sensitivity (CCS), condensing the discussion down to one page. A more detailed look was previously posted in CSS-3 – CO2 Sensitivity. … Read more
  • CO2, Life and Temperature Fluctuations Over 600 Million Years
    OPS-41 This post combines a recently circulating life representation over the last 600 million years with their corresponding atmospheric CO2 and Global temperatures. The post is somewhat self-explanatory, but essentially … Read more
  • University of Alabama – Huntsville – January 2021 Update
    OPS-40 I had updated the UAH Temperature Anomaly (TA) as of November 2020. The UAH update is now using a new Baseline (1991 – 2020). The change from (1981 – … Read more
  • Consolidated Ocean Cycle Indexes
    OPS-39 This post is an extension of OPS-38 (Central England Temperature (CET)) post. In that post I focussed on solar activity and the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation’s (AMO) influence on the … Read more
  • Central England Temperature
    OPS-38 Most measured temperature records only go back to the mid-1800’s. The Central England measured Temperature (CET) extends back to 1669 in the middle of the Maunder Minimum. And before … Read more
  • UAH – Temperature Anomaly – November 2020 Update
    OPS-37 To start, I hope everyone has a Happy New Year (2021 has to be better than 2020, right?). As the 2021 year begins, I want to get back to … Read more
  • Holocene Logic – Simplified – 2
    OPS-36 This post is an important rehash of earlier posts (just laid out in a different format).  The Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) alarmist crowd is fixated on CO2 (to … Read more
  • CO2 Will Kill The Planet
    OPS-35 Merriam-Webster Definition: Gaia – “the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system in such a way that the living component regulates and … Read more
  • The Climate Change Puzzle
    OPS-34 This OPS is more philosophical, and opinion related than most of the posts I put out. I have left it in the OPS section because there are plenty of … Read more
  • California Fires – September 2020
    OPS-33 California Fires – September 2020 To start with, I would like to wish everyone a Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! So, was California’s 2020 Fire Season a bad one? Absolutely, but … Read more
  • Hurricane Update – August 2020
    OPS-32 The 2019 Hurricane season did little to change the long-term downward trend of both the Number of Tropical Storms and the Hurricanes. We will have to wait and see … Read more
  • US Drought Situation
    OPS-31 Drought is one of those extreme weather events that the Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) alarmists consistently warn us about. But, as with hurricanes, forest fires, tornados, etc. the … Read more
  • Green Apocalypse
    OPS-30 There are several avenues of discussion that can be applied to “Climate Change”. Primarily Science and Economics (with the environment and politics intertwined within the two). #showusthedata #globalwarming #climatechange … Read more
  • Forest Fire Discussion II
    OPS-29 This OPS focuses in on California specifically and touches on the Australian Bush Fire Season. The Australian data was not readily available, so I have not included my own … Read more
  • Forest Fire Discussion
    OPS-28 We are getting close to the northern hemisphere fire season again and you can be almost certain that the Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) alarmist crowd will be back … Read more
  • Holocene – Temperature Logic (Simplified)
    OPS-27 Condensing this small subject within the Climate Change Discussion down to one page has been challenging. My Climate Short Stories (CSS-1 and CSS-2) and my original One Page Summaries … Read more
  • Holocene – Temperature-CO2 Logic
    OPS-26 The AGW alarmist viewpoint is very simple. Continued CO2 concentration increases will lead to catastrophic temperature increases and mankind is responsible for those CO2 increases. The problem with their … Read more
  • Greenland Surface Mass Balance
    OPS-25 I hope everyone is enjoying the New Year/Decade. A cold start here in Calgary, but currently enjoying the warm weather break (and before Leo D. (and the AGW alarmists) … Read more
  • Northern Hemisphere Snow – December 2019
    OPS-24 The impending doom forecasted for snow on this planet appears to be premature. Above average, early and late snowfalls are becoming commonplace. Maybe, just maybe Al Gore and many … Read more
  • Sea Levels
    OPS-23 The topic of sea levels is being totally blown out of proportion by the media and their alarmist cabal. The tide gauges from around the world can be easily … Read more
  • Computer Models – Real Simple
    OPS-22 This post focuses in on the basic premise of the IPCC computer models. The models are programmed to literally respond to only “Greenhouse Gases” (primarily CO2). Yet, historical data … Read more
  • Solar Cycles – Coming GSM
    OPS-21 This is a very important post. The “Global Warming” alarmist crowd has deliberately downplayed the radiative forcings associated with solar activity (direct and indirect (ocean cycles, cosmic ray intensification, … Read more
  • Computer Models – Simplified
    OPS-20 A continuation of the discussion laid out in OPS-19. Bottomline, there is no atmospheric CO2/Global Temperature data set that shows CO2 driving the climate on any statistically significant time … Read more
  • Computer Models
    OPS-19 The whole “Global Warming” Alarmist story is based strictly on computer model projections. That is not science. Computer modelling is a tool but not a proof. The computer models … Read more
  • CO2 and Scientific Proof
    OPS-18 In reviewing “Climate Change” over these many years, there is one outstanding “BASIC” principle of science that is completely ignored by the “Global Warming” alarmist crowd and the “climate … Read more
  • Paris Accord 2015
    OPS-17 I (being an engineer) have focused on the science first. But the economic analysis (which you won’t get from our ideological political and media sources) is just as important. … Read more
  • CO2 Sensitivity
    OPS-16 The following OPS summary appears dramatic at first glance. However, the atmospheric CO2 concentration extrapolations shown here (based solely on mathematics not technical science) are neither technically or economically … Read more
  • Northern Hemisphere Snow
    OPS-15 Just a quick summary to show the Northern Hemisphere snow trends and add to the discussion in OPS-13. Despite the doomsday predictions of no snow for our grandchildren, they … Read more
  • Consensus
    OPS-14 Consensus is unfortunately a very dangerous word in the field of science. As Einstein has famously said (paraphrased), it only takes one person to prove him wrong. There have … Read more
  • IPCC – Settled Science
    OPS-13a A discussion I had recently steered me back to the IPCC website. After reviewing some of the reports (link included on the OPS), I realized again why I went … Read more
  • CO2 – Temperature Correlations
    OPS-12 The deepest problem that the “Global Warming” alarmist crowd has with defending their position is the lack of empirical (real life, historical) data. This OPS puts forward a variety … Read more
  • Annual Revenues – Canadian Based
    OPS-11 This is a focused version of OPS-10. The smaller scale is included to get a better picture of FOS annual budget fluctuations. FOS operates as David in this David … Read more
  • Annual Revenues
    OPS-10 I apologize for taking some time off between posts. I’ve been busy with family life (children’s weddings, grandchildren birthday parties, etc.). You know those people in my life I … Read more
  • Skeptical Scientists
    OPS-9 A common response by the “Global Warming” crowd is that 97% of scientists have endorsed the consensus that the “Global Warming” over the last century and a half is … Read more
  • Basic Climate Model
    OPS-8 The attached simple model (but by no means a definitive model) shows how easy it is to model modern temperatures without incorporating any CO2 forcing. This model uses only … Read more
  • Climate Change in 2 Questions
    OPS-7 The “Global Warming” alarmists tell us that Climate Change is simple. More CO2 will increase the global temperature (and without proof (computer models aren’t proof) they say it will … Read more
  • Temperature Data Sets – Settled Science?
    OPS-6 Another way to look at the surface temperature data over the last century and a half. Refer back to OPS-5. And “YES” the surface temperature data is manipulated. And … Read more
  • Temperature Data Sets
    OPS-5 Here’s a quick look at a few of the available Temperature data sets that cover the last century and a half. Obviously the science is not settled. There isn’t … Read more
  • GISS-GISP Superimposed
    OPS-4 A quick look at the temperature rises over the last 150 years in comparison to the temperature changes that have occurred over the Holocene Interglacial warm period that we’re … Read more
  • Top Lies
    OPS-3 These are some of the top lies, misrepresentations or ignorance of the facts that commonly appearin the “Climate Change” Discussion. The data is readily available (links below). 1. https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/ … Read more
  • North American Export
    OPS-2 Another Repost. One small correction since the last time the image was posted. Differentials have narrowed but they’re still significant and the problems (access to tidewater and over-regulation) have … Read more
  • H2O – CO2
    OPS-1 Original Post – Food for thought.I’ve already posted this image before. I’m reposting to begin the OPS sequence in order.
  • Climate Change – Prologue
    OPS-0 Climate Change is an extremely important issue. But CO2 and Global Warming are not actually the problem. The following image (a general discussion) is the first of many that … Read more