SCC Volume 2.1. The organization Climate Realists of Norway was started in 2009 and part of our activity is topresent facts about climate and climate change in public meetings. It soon became evident that many of our members wanted to…
SCC Volume 2.1. The past 150 years show that affordable and reliable energy is key to financing basic needs, such as food, health, sanitation, housing, electricity, and education. The past 150 years also show that more CO2 is beneficial for…
SCC Volume 2.1. The book’s main message is this: It has never been shown that human emission of the gas of life drives global warming. Large bodies of science that don’t fit the narrative have been ignored by IPCC, COP…
SCC Volume 2.1. 1. IntroductionThe replication crisis is a phenomenon widely accepted in major institutions of science (Ioannidis, 2005, 2014, Baker 2016). Roughly half of peer reviewed scientific literature is probably flawed or totally wrong. There are almost certainly problems…
SCC Volume 2.1. Due to a resource-efficient food production – famine will be a thing of the past in our affluent society. Famine due to climate change is simply not true. We can easily feed everyone – even if we…
SCC Volume 2.1. Since the start of this century, polar bears have been an icon for all that’s worrisome about human-caused global warming. Polar bears are the most-used example to try and convince the public that burning fossil fuels already…
SCC Volume 2.1. We are told about a 6th mass extinction of species and disappearance of the biological diversity. Facts contradict these claims. We know only a few species going extinct since 1500. The extinction rate is going down. All…
SCC Volume 2.1. The popular news media have in recent years been deluged with stories claiming that the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is severely damaged and has a very poor outlook for the future. Major threats to the reef supposedly…
SCC Volume 2.1. 1. IntroductionHerring periods and cod periods along the Norwegian coast have been known for more than 1000 years. Periods of growth in the fisheries, have formed the basis for settlement, industrialization, economic growth, and wealth. Periods, when…
SCC Volume 2.1. To figure out what is driving the climate change it is vital to observe long climate series. In this contribution I will report about data collection and analysis of a climate series covering the position of the…
SCC Volume 2.1. We can divide the land climate in two categories: the continental climate with warm summers and cold winters, and the maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. This is a report of a project where we…
SCC Volume 2.1. Outlining a few past geological events is useful to clarify the overall importance of climatic variations, and to place our perception of modern changes in a broader context. During an interglacial-glacial cycle, lasting for about 100 ka…
SCC Volume 2.1. The term “cryosphere” refers to the frozen water regions on the Earth: e.g., glaciers, snowcovered regions, sea ice and permafrost regions. Glaciologists define an “ice age” for the Earth as periods where permanent ice sheets are present…
SCC Volume 2.1. This talk is devoted to the science of the Oceans with special reference to the Gulf Stream Beat. Forcing of the ocean circulation system is controlled by the planetary beat on the Sun, Moon, and the Earth.…
SCC Volume 2.1. Question: If I add heat to something, how much does the temperature rise? Answer: It depends. If you add heat to ice water, you melt ice, but the temperature remains constant until allthe ice is gone. The…
SCC Volume 2.1. The existence or non-existence of the so-called atmospheric greenhouse effect continuously dominates the extremely emotional discussion about a human impact on global warming. Most scientists agree with the fundamental greenhouse theory, but like their opponents they are…