Category Archives: Science

Decadal Temperature Update

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Clive Best

Long term temperature trends are best visualised on decadal timescales. This is because it smooths out short term local effects caused for example by ENSO and other ocean oscillations. My method to achieve this in a consistent way uses an … Continue reading →

Posted in AGW, Climate Change, climate science | 49 Comments

Natural Carbon Balance

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Clive Best

The total Biomass on Earth is 560 billion tonnes of carbon [see ref] most of which is in the form of plant life. If we now calculate the mass of carbon atoms held in the atmosphere in the form of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | 28 Comments

June global temperature is 0.91C after a fall in May to 0.80C

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Clive Best

La Nina continues to dominate global temperatures up to June 2022 bringing cold temperatures to Eastern Australia. The global May temperature (anomaly) was 0.80C and June was 0.91 C. The data used are GHCNV4 and HADSST4 and the method is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, climate science | 17 Comments