NH Snow Remains High Despite Revisions Down; Heat Hysteria Hits Pregnancies; India Rejects Carbon Tariffs; + The 97% Consensus Myth

When actual scientists are polled directly, the picture changes.

NH Snow Remains High Despite Revisions Down

Northern Hemisphere total snow mass is tracking well-above the 1982–2012 average.

According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute’s GlobSnow dataset, the past seven data points have delivered snow anomalies far exceeding the 1982-2012 norm:

I almost shelved this chart for good earlier in the year, after FMI made a sweeping and unexplained downward revision. That update erased months of above-average readings and replaced them with values below the norm—a convenient outcome.

But since mid-May, the tracker has quietly returned to its pre-revision path.

I won't pretend to know what's going on here, or if any of the data points can be trusted — the FMI aren't answering my calls. Ha. I’ll keep trying.

Heat Hysteria Hits Pregnancies

According to Bloomberg’s latest entry in the apocalypse sweepstakes, “extreme heat” is now a direct threat to pregnancies.