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GOES-17 satellite captured image of Hunga Tonga eruption.

MACDONALD: The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Warming Has Ended

January 20, 2026January 18, 2026 Steve MacDonald

In January of 2022, the Earth witnessed the highest volcanic plume ever recorded by humans (at least with an internet connection). The underwater eruption released incalculable amounts of water vapor into the atmosphere, reaching as high as the mesosphere. Water vapor is the single most significant driver of warming on this planet, and without undue … Read more

Have The Hunga Tonga Eruption’s Climate Impacts Worn Off?

February 24, 2025 Steve MacDonald

One of the largest recorded underwater volcanic eruptions (Jan 15, 2022) sent record amounts of water vapor into the Earth’s atmosphere. As the single biggest driver of warming (water vapor), the Earth’s surface was expected to heat up a bit in and for a while in the following months. The problem was that most of … Read more

Hunga Tonga Erupation Pushes Earth Past “1.5C”…But Nothing ‘Happens’

February 18, 2025February 12, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Back in 2022 the Hunga Tonga underwater eruption – whose plume of water vapor was visible from space – set the earth on a course or temporary warming that the Handmaidem media and greenwashers have done their best to ignore or dismiss. The problem with looking the other way is that water vapor is ta … Read more

June Wasn’t So Hot After All

July 15, 2024July 14, 2024 Steve MacDonald

I’m sure we can all sit back and relax, knowing they will announce how July 2024 was the hottest on record. I won’t be, but it is good to be prepared, and as a primer, June 2024 was not the hottest June ‘on record’ either.

The Histrionic Follies of Volcano Deniers

September 10, 2023 John Klar

Many Americans who are receptive to the possibility that human activities are warming the globe may invoke the motto of the Show Me State when asking alarmists to share what is never shown – evidence.

Is NASA Just Another Biden/Harris Social Justice Agency?

August 30, 2023 John Klar

At an Aug. 14 news conference, NASA and other experts proclaimed that, according to “clear science,” current record-high temperatures are attributable to human activity. Yet NASA did not present any scientific evidence to demonstrate a connection between current warm temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions and ignored the massive non-anthropomorphic impact of last year’s record-breaking under-ocean volcano.