Climate researcher Bart Strengers wins wager with climate sceptic Hans Labohm, a guest post article by Bart Strengers drew the highnest number of comments of the articles posted on SkS during the past week.
ENSO Alert System Status: El Niño Watch ENSO-neutral conditions continue.*
Positive equatorial sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies continue across most of the Pacific Ocean.
There is an approximately 50-60% chance of El Niño conditions during the next two months, with ENSO-neutral favored thereafter.*
* Note: These statements are updated once a month in association with the ENSO Diagnostics Discussion, which can be found by clicking here.
ENSO: Recent Evolution, Current Status and Predictions, Update prepared by: Climate Prediction Center / NCEP 26 January 2015
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday she hoped Pope Francis' upcoming message to his flock on the environment would help galvanize concern about climate change and convince sceptics that "the science is real".
EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, visiting the Vatican to discuss climate change, said U.S. President Barack Obama shared the pope's belief that it was a moral issue because its effects would be felt most by the poorest and weakest nations.
"The pope knows his own beliefs and I want him to know that the president is aligned with him on these issues," she told reporters."He (Pope Francis) is really a pastoral influence and ... there are issues that we can and should face together."
U.S. EPA chief hopes pope will spur concern on climate change by Philip Pullella, Reuters, Jan 30, 2015
The SkS Escalator grahpic is prominently displayed in Tom Chivers's Buzzfeed article, Why 2014 Was The Hottest Year Ever, But The Met Office Can’t Say So.
In his DeSmog Blog post, MedievalDeception 2015: Inhofe Drags Senate Back To Dark Ages, John Mashey directs readers to three SkS rebuttal articles:
H/t to Bernie Sanders photo
Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 1 February, 2015
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