Greens are the Enemies of Energy
“What would you call a radical organization that threatens to shut down 25% of our electric grid? Greens are the Enemies of Energy By Alan Caruba Here in America and elsewhere around the world, Greens...
View ArticleIceland – Near continuous earthquake activity at Bárðarbunga volcano
Might indicate a sub-glacial eruption, but this needs confirmation. A seismic swarm has been ongoing at Bárðarbunga volcano since yesterday with near continuous earthquakes. The depths of earthquakes...
View ArticleRisk level for Iceland eruption raised to orange
Iceland’s Met Office has raised its risk level for an eruption at Bardarbunga volcano to orange, the second-highest level. This is a harsh reminder of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which...
View ArticleHeaded for lowest solar activity in four centuries – Video
“The primary concern is famine.” We appear to be headed for conditions similar to the Maunder Minimum, says this video from Suspicious0bservers. This low in solar activity comes after what was likely...
View ArticleBlast of wintry weather to hit Britain…In August
Forecasters warn of ‘coldest August spell in a century’ Parts of Britain are getting an unexpected dose of winter weather as gale force winds send temperatures plunging. The Met Office has issued...
View ArticleSummer in Toronto – On the verge of setting a new record
“If Toronto’s Pearson International Airport weather station doesn’t hit 30.0ºC before the end of August — and it’s not looking like it will — this will be the first consecutive July and August that...
View ArticleVideo – Their horse kept disappearing so they set up a camera to find out why
Nothing to do with ice ages, but I thought you’d enjoy this. If only our politicians were as smart as this horse… No one at the Misty Meadows Farm could figure out how all the horses were getting out...
View ArticleTrampling on Coal Country families
“Obama and EPA are determined to destroy US coal, people’s lives and welfare be damned,” says Paul Driessen. As President Obama and his Environmental Protection Agency continue waging war on coal, oil...
View ArticleLife will be nasty, brutish and short
“We’re ill-prepared if the iceman cometh,” writes Maurice Newman in The Australian. “What if David Archibald’s book The Twilight of Abundance: Why Life in the 21st Century Will Be Nasty, Brutish, and...
View ArticleIceland – Tourists and workers evacuated north of rumbling volcano
More than 3,000 small earthquakes in Iceland since Saturday have raised concerns that the country’s largest volcano system, Bardarbunga, located under Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajokull, could...
View ArticleWoodstock, Ontario – Coldest July max in 142 years
Coldest since 1872 Using Environment Canada monthly summaries, Woodstock Ontario had the coldest average Tmax for July since 1872 (which is when the data starts)....
View ArticleWhat if all the ice at Vatnajökull should suddenly melt?
The Bardarbunga volcano caldera lies under a 700-meter-thick ice cover, says reader Markus Free. A flow of magma there can happen since it looks like crust is breaking and moving to that area. 700...
View ArticleUp to 13 inches of snow for Montana
“:This hardly ever happens in mid August – even for that location,” says reader Kenneth Lund. “Normally in August they get temps about 60/40.” Tonight - Rain and snow showers likely, mainly before...
View ArticleThermometers have been plummeting all week in Alberta – Snow a possibility
Below-seasonal temperatures are making it feel more like fall than summer across the province,says theweathernetwork. On Wednesday, the high in Calgary reached only 14.5 °C (58F). Winter sport...
View ArticleFar more snow and rain than normal in the Alps
“In the Swiss/French/Italian Alps, my desktop radar tells me it’s been snowing.. a lot!” says reader Caroline Snyder. “This report was from a few days ago.” Mountain sports fans, take care: 7 bodies...
View ArticleSaskatchewan wheat production forecast to decline dramatically this year
According to Statistics Canada, wheat production is expected to fall 27 per cent while canola is expected to be off 23 per cent from 2013 levels. The reason? Because fewer acres were seeded, and...
View ArticleEvidence of new, present-day glaciation in Scotland
A team of experts investigating the North Face of Scotland’s Ben Nevis mountain have found snowfields remaining in many gullies and upper scree slopes. On these snowfields, the team – which included...
View ArticleMontana – A taste of winter in August
Hikers should prepare for raw, winter-like conditions … in August! Up to 5″snow possible at 6,500 feet. Temperatures 20 degrees below normal. National Weather Service – Missoula, Montana – 22 August...
View ArticleIf it quacks like a duck … it must be a turtle
“Why We’re Definitely Not Headed for Another Ice Age.” When I saw that headline in Newsweek, I thought, do they know something that I don’t? But once I read the article, it left me wondering how in the...
View ArticleVolcanic eruption begins under Iceland’s (and Europe’s) largest glacier
Dyngjujokull eruption begins – It’s all subglacial for now Iceland’s Dyngjujokull volcano began erupting today, prompting the country to raise its aviation alert level to red, the country’s...
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