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Two recent editorials in Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) are examples of why you don’t want to get your science from the editorial page.   The paper touts its views as conservative, but these examples are either meant to mislead or are out of ignorance.   They deserve to be put to rest once and for all.   You can read them here and here . The first editorial attacks the notion that there is no consensus on climate change.   It uses a study published in November and can be read here .   The first red flag in the editorial is that they never mention where the study is published.   However, it did not take long for me to track down the paper. It seems that the editorial originated with James Taylor, managing editor of The Heartland Institute’s Environment and Climate News, with a post he wrote on the Forbes website .   The original post on Forbes and thus the editorial in IBD have been thoroughly debunked here , here , and here . Brian Angliss of Schol...

UPDATE: 1 p.m. Saturday The precipitation that moved through the Midlands this morning was mixed with snow with more snow in the northern sections.   Daniel Bonds reported from Winnsboro that the snow fell of over an hour with only trace accumulations thanks to a warm ground.   The RPM verified reasonably well on this event. Radar is showing a break in the precipitation for the early afternoon.   However, another band of precipitation is expected between 4 and 9 p.m. for the northern half of the Midlands. This will likely be in the form of wet snow and there could be some accumulation.   The pictures below are from the 12z run of the Regional Precision Model (RPM).   The 15z run is similar, but backs off on coverage.   It still has the same idea. From the 12Z RPM.  Image Credit: WLTX. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer models began suggesting that a fast-moving weather system in the middle par...

February 9-10, 2013 marked the 40 th anniversary of the greatest snowstorm to hit South Carolina in modern times.   Snow in the South is rare enough, but this set many records across the states of Georgia and South Carolina.   Here are some of the notable snowfalls from the storm:                         Rimini, SC                               24 inches    Macon, GA                             19 inches                         Branchville, SC     ...