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- Energy-generating 'artificial plants' turn greenhouse gases into clean air Fri, 28 Apr 17, 1:18amGroundbreaking research from scientists at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Florida State University could help in the fight against climate change...
- How Scientists Generate Electricity from a Silk Moth Cocoon Thu, 28 Aug 14, 1:33amDid you know that the cocoon membranes of a silk moth contain trace amounts of several elements such as sodium, chlorine, potassium, magnesium, sulphur, calcium and copper, as well as carbon, nitrogen and oxygen? Well, that's...
- For discussion – the tornado “hockey stick” Thu, 12 Dec 13, 9:40amI’m caught between sessions but wanted to post this. From a presentation at AGU that I couldn’t attend. This from SciAm: James Elsner at Florida State University has a killer curve, and lots of caveats. The curve...
- Are Tornadoes Getting Stronger? Rebuttal to Elsner et al. Sun, 15 Sep 13, 4:00amBy Paul Homewood http://news.fsu.edu/More-FSU-News/Researchers-develop-model-to-correct-tornado-records Quantification of long term tornado trends has been hampered by the fact that many more tornadoes are reported today...
- Waste heat – a bigger climate effect than once thought Mon, 28 Jan 13, 10:07amDr. Roy Spencer recently opined about his issue (which is different from UHI) in: Waste Heat as a Contributor to Observed Warming If we divide that by the surface area of the U.S. in meters, we get 0.33 watts per sq. …...
- Finally, one of Gore’s trained presenters debates a climate skeptic Sat, 12 Jan 13, 8:02pmPeople send me stuff. Finally … finally! … a person trained by Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project agreed to face off in a public debate on global warming. As WUWT readers may know, trying to get one of these folks...
- NASA Provides $100,000 Funding For Super-Sonic, Fuel-Efficient Ninja-Star Jet! Tue, 4 Sep 12, 12:36amAn engineer from the University of Miami has received $100,000 from NASA for his fuel-efficient supersonic aircraft. Working with a team from Florida State University, Ge-Chen Zha has designed a bi-directional flying wing...
- How ocean currents affect global climate is a question oceanographer may be close to answering Tue, 28 Aug 12, 10:35amFrom Florida State University: Kevin Speer has a “new paradigm” for describing how the world’s oceans circulate — and with it he may help reshape science’s understanding of the processes by which wind, water,...
- WUWT gets results Sun, 3 Jun 12, 12:13amReaders may recall yesterday that I posted this story : As hurricane season starts, the FSU hurricane season forecast is the odd man out citing “active”...
- As hurricane season starts, the FSU hurricane season forecast is the odd man out citing “active” Sat, 2 Jun 12, 2:54amThe was released today from Florida State University sans Dr. Ryan Maue. Their forecast is at odds with NOAA’s near normal forecast and Klotzbach’s and Gray’s slightly below-average activity forecast(also...
- As hurricane season starts, the FSU hurricane season forecast is the odd man out Sat, 2 Jun 12, 2:54amThe was released today from Florida State University sans Dr. Ryan Maue. Their forecast is at odds with NOAA’s near normal forecast and Klotzbach’s and Gray’s slightly below-average activity forecast(also...
- Hurricanes and global warming – still no connection Wed, 5 Jan 11, 7:05pmDr. Roger Pielke Jr. sends word via email of a review of his new paper on ClimateWire, plus notes that Joe Romm “blows a gasket” about it. That’s clear evidence that this paper is effective in refuting one...