Expert credibility in climate change?
I recently stumbled upon one of the most meaningless papers I have ever seen, it is called "Expert credibility in climate change" by Anderegg, Prall, Harold and Schneider. The paper "proves" that the...
View Article"There is nothing new under the Sun" an article about 20th century global...
After a long lull in activity, I decided it's about time I write an update about my thoughts on global warming. Here it is. 20th century global warming - "There is nothing new under the Sun" - Part...
View ArticleWhy don't I believe the that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light?
Three weeks ago I visited the underground laboratory of Gran Sasso near l'Aquila. Little did I know that it would make headline news so soon, for "discovering" particles moving faster than the speed of...
View ArticleClimategate 2.0
A few weeks ago, a new release of a large amount of e-mails from the same source (University of East Anglia) has surfaced in Russia again. It is most likely from the same original batch because the...
View ArticleOn IPCCs exaggerated climate sensitivity and the emperor’s new clothes
A few days ago I had a very pleasant meeting with Andrew Bolt. He was visiting Israel and we met for an hour in my office. During the discussion, I mentioned that the writers of the recent IPCC reports...
View ArticleCauses of Climate Change - Poll Results
Out of curiosity, I opened a few weeks ago a poll asking the visitors of this site, what do they think is the primary cause of global warming. 429 people answered the poll (thanks to all of you!). The...
View ArticleDoes the global temperature lag CO2? More flaws in the Shakun et al. paper in...
Over the past two weeks, perhaps a dozen people asked me about the recently published paper of Shakun et al. in Nature. It allegedly demonstrates that the global temperature followed CO2 around the...
View ArticleThe worst of the BEST
I was asked by quite a few people about my opinion on the BEST analysis of Richard Muller and his group in Berkeley. Since I didn’t want to keep my friends without an answer, I took a more careful look...
View ArticleDust Dendrites
My wife and I had our kitchen renovated. Since this involved breaking a few walls (and cutting out a new window), we knew it would raise a lot of dust. Mind you, here in the middle east houses are...
View ArticleGravity waves in rain clouds over the Arava valley
Spring weather here in Israel was rather strange. Although winter with most of its precipitation should have been over, we had a few very rainy days. Now we're in the midst of a heat wave with...
View ArticleSights from a Field Trip in the Milky Way: From Paleoclimatology to Dark Matter
Blog topic: astronomy, cosmic rays, personal research, weather & climateI was recently asked to write an article to “The Institute Letter” of Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, where I am...
View ArticleBits of Science / Roundup #1
Blog topic: astronomySince I look for interesting science bits (mostly astro bits) for the Monday coffee of our astrophysics group, I realized that I could share it with the readers including some...
View ArticleThe Sunspots 2.0? Irrelevant. The Sun, still is.
Blog topic: cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, weather & climateAfter being asked by 5 independent people about the new sunspot number reconstruction and that it doesn’t show that the...
View ArticleFinally! The missing link between exploding stars, clouds and climate on Earth
Blog topic: astronomy, cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, weather & climateBy Henrik Svensmark and Nir shavivOur new results published today innature communications provide the last...
View ArticleClimate debate at the Cambridge Union - The Video
Blog topic: general science, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateTwo months ago I wrote about the Cambridge Union Debate I participated in. The Cambridge Union has...
View Article22 minute talk summarizing my views on global warming
Blog topic: cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateJust over a week ago I gave a 20 minute talk (which lasted almost 22 min) about the role that the sun plays in...
View ArticleForbes censored an interview with me
Blog topic: cosmic rays, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateA few days ago I was interviewed by Doron Levin, for an article to appear online on forbes.com. After having...
View ArticleSolar Debunking Arguments are Defunct
Blog topic: global warming, personal research, weather & climateAn article interviewing me was removed yesterday from forbes. Instead, they published an article by Meteorologist Prof. Marshall...
View ArticleCritique of “Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of...
Blog topic: general science, global warming, politics, weather & climateA paper that recently received some media attention is the “Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of...
View ArticleHow Climate Change Pseudoscience Became Publicly Accepted
Blog topic: economics, general science, global warming, personal research, politics, weather & climateThe I recently wrote an OpEd for the Epoch Times which tries to succinctly capture my main...
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