I wrote about the dark art of rapid extreme weather attribution nearly three years ago. My, how time flies by. But that’s old hat now. Peter Stott, the Met Office pioneer of extreme weather attribution re. his study of the 2003 European heatwave has got very excited about the forecast brief spell of … Continue reading
Author Archives: Jaime Jessop
The Climate Jamboree Comes To The UK
The Graun reports that the next ‘critical’ summit on the ‘climate crisis’ is to be held in the UK. Apparently, we beat the Italians to it. We are indeed truly blessed. The world will be watching. The UK is to host a critical global summit on the climate crisis at the end of 2020, at … Continue reading
Rice and Mosher In Defence of Happy-Slappy Severe Weather Attribution at ATTP
I promised myself I wouldn’t do it, that it wasn’t worth the grief and the nasty taste left in the mouth afterwards, but I did it – I commented over at ATTP on the post on severe weather attribution. I regret it of course, but regret is a two way thing. It turned personal … Continue reading
UK Climate Crisis Flip – June Now Expected To Be Wettest On Record
A couple of weeks is a long time in the British climate. In late May we were being told to expect a 3 month heatwave, possibly even the ‘hottest summer ever’. The Sun, on May 22nd said: The Weather Outlook today released its forecast for the next three months, predicting “above average” temperatures and … Continue reading
One Last Poisonous Swipe at the UK from a Departing Disloyal and Discredited PM
Having failed miserably to render the United Kingdom as a colony of the EU via her white flag surrender treaty, aka the Withdrawal Agreement, Theresa May is now seemingly intent on securing her poisonous, destructive legacy by alternative means. According to the Financial Times, she intends to introduce legislation via a statutory instrument obliging … Continue reading
I Found This Interesting Article On The Demise of Scepticism
In the Telegraph today: I was put in a bad mood recently after hearing the Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid on Desert Island Discs. She said she was glad that artists often no longer worked alone, preferring to be members of groups. The word “group” makes grumps like me shudder, being one of those … Continue reading
Trump’s “Attack on Climate Science” is a War on Climate Alarmism Combined With Legitimate Scepticism
Let it not be said that Trump is a canny politician. He is not. What he is, is a ruthless and committed opponent of unilateral ‘climate action’ which he passionately believes is economically disadvantaging the US to the benefit of its global competitors like China, Russia, India and other Far Eastern and Middle … Continue reading
