Monthly Archives: March 2008

Evidence of a Significant Solar Imprint in Annual Globally Averaged Temperature Trends – Part 2

Posted on March 30, 2008 by

NEW An update to this has been made here: evidence of a lunisolar influence on decadal and bidecadal oscillations in globally averaged temperature trends Part II By Basil Copeland and Anthony Watts In Part I, we presented evidence of a … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 176 Comments

Joe Bastardi on 60 Minutes and Gore

Posted on March 29, 2008 by

Veteran Meteorologist Joe Bastardi of AccuWeather on Al Gore’s 60 minutes interview: I am absolutely astounded that someone who refuses to publicly debate anyone on this matter and has no training in the field narrated a movie where frames of … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, climate_change | 37 Comments

Solar Cycle 23 Forecasts – The Movie

Posted on March 29, 2008 by

Click image for movie – note download is large 2.4MB A guest post by Michael Ronayne Note: Mike has created a movie (solar_cycle_23-24_sunspots.gif large (2.4MB) animated GIF) that shows how the cycle 23 forecast has progressed through time. Given that NASA’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | 34 Comments

Silent Protest of Light

Posted on March 29, 2008 by

A couple of comments have mentioned the global “turn off your lights” night. Lubos Motl at the Reference Frame has a suggestion Earth Hour: turn your lights on at 8 p.m. Tonight, at 8 p.m. local time, you should turn on … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 45 Comments

Gore to throw insults on 60 minutes

Posted on March 27, 2008 by

There will be a story featuring Al Gore and his climate views on CBS 60 minutes this weekend. Normally I don’t pay much heed to this program, but Gore is publicly calling those who question the science “…almost like the … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Announcements, climate_change | 241 Comments

UPDATED: New sunspots, but still solar cycle 23 spots

Posted on March 27, 2008 by

  Click for magnified view of the sun showing the most recent spot. Sunspot 987, 988, and now newly emerging 989 are shown above. With all being near the equator, they are still a cycle 23 spots. A cycle 24 spot would be … Continue reading →

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Evidence of a Significant Solar Imprint in Annual Globally Averaged Temperature Trends – Part 1

Posted on March 26, 2008 by

NEW An update to this has been made here: evidence of a lunisolar influence on decadal and bidecadal oscillations in globally averaged temperature trends NOTE: This essay represents a collaboration over a period of a week via email between myself and Basil … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 123 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 54: Los Angeles, the city

Posted on March 24, 2008 by

Please click the picture then continue reading. This is the city. Los Angeles, California. I study weather stations here. I carry a thermometer. My name’s Anthony. The story you are about to see is true; the names have been changed to … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, Science, weather_stations | 76 Comments

The Solar to Global Warming Connection – A short essay

Posted on March 22, 2008 by

My good friend Jim Goodridge, former state climatologist for California, came to visit yesterday to offer some help on my upcoming trip, as well as to talk shop a bit about the state of affairs on climate change. He had previously authored … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 77 Comments

Snow and Storms at Easter in Europe, Canada, and USA

Posted on March 21, 2008 by

More indicators of a colder than normal winter continuing in the northern hemisphere. From the London Telegraph: Britain is enduring its most miserable Easter for 25 years as Arctic winds sweep in, bringing snow, hail and sleet. Easter Sunday temperatures … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 47 Comments

Deja Vu all over again: climate worries of today also happened in the 20′s and 30′s

Posted on March 20, 2008 by

Two days ago I highlighted a news story from the Washington Post Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt dated from November 2nd 1922. That brought a flood of interest and some other interesting finds along with it … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 59 Comments

The Sloppy Science of Global Warming

Posted on March 20, 2008 by

A guest post by Roy. W. Spencer While a politician might be faulted for pushing a particular agenda that serves his own purposes, who can fault the impartial scientist who warns us of an imminent global-warming Armageddon? After all, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 151 Comments

New solar cycle 24 goalpost established

Posted on March 20, 2008 by

As I mentioned a few days ago, there was a panel that NASA convened to look at solar cycle 23/24 predictions. From this story on space.com where they talk about the opposing views solar scientists have for cycle 24 they … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 63 Comments

Bristlecone Pines: Treemometers or rain gauges ?

Posted on March 19, 2008 by

Over on Climate Audit, Steve McIntyre has been making a series of posts that have been putting the final nails in the coffin for Michael Mann’s MBH98 paper. This paper was responsible for the famous hockey stick graph which is based on … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 41 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 53: Find the NOAA thermometer in this picture

Posted on March 17, 2008 by

Click picture to find the thermometer One of the things learned from the www.surfacestations.org project is how the conversion of standard mercury thermometers in Stevenson Screens to the newer MMTS type electronic thermometers has resulted in many USHCN stations being … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather_stations | 23 Comments

You ask, I provide. November 2nd, 1922. Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt.

Posted on March 16, 2008 by

Roger Carr recently wrote in comments: HELP WANTED: I am trying to purchase (or plunder) a full copy of this story, mentioned here on this forum: A Washington, D.C. resident John Lockwood was conducting research at the Library of Congress … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather | 78 Comments

I need a little help

Posted on March 16, 2008 by

I’m often amazed at the reach this blog has been getting worldwide. Last month, I found it hitting almost a quarter million visits. This month it is on track to exceed 300,000. And you never know who will drop by. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, weather | 74 Comments

Poll: majority of British say they are being snookered

Posted on March 16, 2008 by

The London Times conducted a broad poll. In it was an interesting question: The government is imposing ‘green taxes’ as an excuse to raise money rather than to help save the environment The answer was quite telling:

Posted in politics | 27 Comments

To Tell The Truth: Will the Real Global Average Temperature Trend Please Rise? Part 3

Posted on March 15, 2008 by

To Tell The Truth: Will the Real Global Average Temperature Trend Please Rise? Part III A guest post by Basil Copeland Again, I want to thank Anthony for the kind invitation to guest blog these musings about what is going … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 47 Comments

Sun still blank, no sign of cycle 24

Posted on March 15, 2008 by

This is a quick post since I’m caught up in a lot of work this weekend. Moderation will be slow so don’t be worried if your posts don’t show for several hours. Last month I wrote: ——————— From this story … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 38 Comments

NOAA Newsflash – It was cold this winter!

Posted on March 13, 2008 by

Verifying what we’ve already known from news reports and global metrics (it was a cooler than expected winter nationwide and worldwide) NOAA just issued a press release saying that we had the 54th coolest Winter since records began in 1895. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, weather | 39 Comments

To Tell the Truth: Will the Real Global Average Temperature Trend Please Rise? Part 2

Posted on March 13, 2008 by

To Tell the Truth:  Will the Real Global Average Temperature Trend Please Rise? Part II A guest post by Basil Copeland Before proceeding, I want to thank Anthony for allowing me to guest blog at Watt’s Up With That?  Anthony … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 69 Comments

All we need are a few good trees, er, sticks…

Posted on March 12, 2008 by

I have to hand it to Steve McIntyre over at Climate Audit, he’s relentless in the pursuit of pointing out the problems with the famous Michael Mann paper that created the infamous  “hockey stick” graph that became an icon for climate change. McIntyre … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, fun_stuff | 15 Comments

New AMS draft policy statement links Hurricane Katrina and climate

Posted on March 12, 2008 by

The American Meteorological Society is offering up an opportunity to submit comments on a draft policy titled: AMS Policy Statement on National Weather and Climate Priorities which you can view as PDF at the AMS draft statements web page. In … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics, weather | 19 Comments

To Tell the Truth: Will the Real Global Average Temperature Trend Please Rise? Part1

Posted on March 11, 2008 by

To Tell the Truth:  Will the Real Global Average Temperature Trend Please Rise? Part I A guest post by Basil Copeland [NOTE: After seeing some other analyses posted in comments by Basil, I’ve invited him to post his work here. … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science, weather | 69 Comments