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About Russ

Freelance writer and climate change blogger. Russ spent twenty years in the Air Force as a navigator specializing in electronics warfare and digital systems. After his service he was employed for sixteen years as concept developer for TRW, an aerospace and automotive company, and then was CEO of a non-profit Internet provider for 18 months. Russ's articles have appeared in Comstock's Business, Capitol Journal, Trailer Life, Monitoring Times, and Idaho Magazine.

CERN’s Jasper Kirkby On The Newest Unpublished Results Of CLOUD: “The Results Are Very Interesting”

Posted on May 19, 2013

P Gosselin at the No Tricks Zone writes: The Latest On The CLOUD Experiment at CERN By Sebastian Lüning and Fritz Vahrenholt On May 10, 2013, at the online Austrian ORF, there was a rare interview with the CLOUD Experiment director of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Cosmic Rays, Solar, Volcanism | 4 Comments

12,793 US Snow and Cold Records Broken in Less Than 2 Months

Posted on May 17, 2013

“From March 12 to April 22 (6 weeks) there were 9,664 snow and cold records broken.” “From April 22 to May 5th there were 3,129 snow and cold records broken.” “That’s 12,793 Snow and Cold records broken in less than … Continue reading →

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Sun produces four X-class flares in two days

Posted on May 15, 2013

Reblogged from Watts Up With That?: Above: note the four separate events in the last two days – from the WUWT Solar Page (From NASA’s Spaceweather.com) When the week began, the sun hadn’t unleashed an X-flare all year long. In … Continue reading →

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Two Review Papers Conclude — It is the SUN! Not CO2.

Posted on May 9, 2013

Review paper on cosmoclimatology finds the Sun controls climate change, not CO2 A new SPPI & CO2 Science review paper entitled Solar Influence on Climate: Cosmic Rays reviews the literature on Svensmark’s theory of cosmoclimatologyand concludes, “Clearly, in light of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cosmic Rays, Dalton, History, Maunder, Solar | 2 Comments

Bread Basket Planting Slowest Since 1995

Posted on May 8, 2013

The Machine Finder has the details: According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly report released on Monday, U.S. farmers have planted just 12% of their intended corn acreages as a result of the weather. The Iowa field office of … Continue reading →

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Solar cycle update - sun's magnetic activity still in a slump

Posted on May 7, 2013

Reblogged from Watts Up With That?: Despite some small upticks on sunspot and 10.7cm radio activity, the magentic activity of the sun is still bumping along the bottom. A slight uptick was seen in sunspot count.  A similar slight uptick … Continue reading →

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Chilly Temperatures Cause Wheat Prices to Rise

Posted on May 7, 2013

Ottumwa Courier has the story: Unseasonably cold weather struck across the Great Plains this week, bringing snow and freezing temperatures to major wheat-producing regions. Although the extent of the damage is uncertain, some analysts expect significant yield loss in the … Continue reading →

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Record Cold in Interior Alaska - heading into the USA, agriculture at risk

Posted on May 1, 2013

Reblogged from Watts Up With That?: reader “agimarc” writes: As with the Lower 48 states, spring is late and cold here in central Alaska. Fairbanks reported a record low of 2 degrees F above zero Sunday, breaking the previous record … Continue reading →

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Is Alaska the Canary in the Coming Ice Age?

Posted on April 30, 2013

From the Alaska Dispatch: “That may not be news to Alaskans coping with the coldest winter in two decades or to the mariners locked out of the Bering Sea this spring by record ice growth, says author Alex DeMarban. In the … Continue reading →

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Russian Scientists say period of global cooling ahead due to changes in the sun

Posted on April 29, 2013

Reblogged from Watts Up With That?: From Radio Voice of Russia: Russia’s Pulkovo Observatory: “we could be in for a cooling period that lasts 200-250 years” Scientists at Russia’s famous Pulkovo Observatory are convinced that the world is in for … Continue reading →

Posted in Solar | 3 Comments