Monthly Archives: May 2008

TV Network Tells Kids How Long Their Carbon Footprint Should Allow Them to Live

Posted on May 31, 2008 by

This is environmentalism jumping the shark: Click image above to play the game I don’t know where to begin, except to say that when we see things like this, we should complain loudly and incessantly. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics, ridiculae | 139 Comments

I Think, therefore I drive

Posted on May 31, 2008 by

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a bunch of venture capitalists are now backing Norway’s Think electric-car company. Their plan is to bring the company’s Think City car to the U.S. in 2009 and build it here as well. … Continue reading →

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Lieberman-Warner Cap and Trade Bill Headed for Defeat

Posted on May 31, 2008 by

Looks like its support is splintering: Without widespread corporate support, passage of the bill – already a long shot at best – becomes even more unlikely this year. President Bush remains opposed. House Democrats have been slow to act. From CNN … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 17 Comments

UAH Satellite data: Globally, 2008 significantly cooler than last year

Posted on May 31, 2008 by

One of the great things about our current state of technology is the nearly instant reporting we can get from remote sensing platforms. Thanks to  Dr. Roy Spencer & Dr. Danny Braswell, GHCC at the University of Alabama, Hunsville, we can … Continue reading →

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Buckets, Inlets, SST’s and all that – part 2

Posted on May 30, 2008 by

Since this blog has main focused on air temperature measurement, and has not done any discussion of manual measurement techniques of Sea Surface Temperature measurements, I thought it would be good to first review some of the instrumentation used. Sea … Continue reading →

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Buckets, Inlets, SST’s and all that – part 1

Posted on May 30, 2008 by

There has been a lot of discussion lately about the accuracy of measuring Sea Surface Temperatures prompted by a new study from Phil Jones from the University of East Anglia and Director of UEA’s Climatic Research Unit. The measurement issue … Continue reading →

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NASA Funds Toy Snowmobile Project at Georgia Tech to Monitor Climate Change Affecting Ice Shelves

Posted on May 29, 2008 by

The “SnoMote Remote Controlled Weather Station” At first, I though this must be a joke. But, it is not. They call it “an autonomous robot designed by Georgia Tech to gather scientific data in ice environments.” It started life as … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, fun_stuff, weather_stations | 35 Comments

An Inconvenient Truth – The Opera

Posted on May 29, 2008 by

La Scala to stage Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ MILAN, Italy (AP) — First it was the film and the book. Now the next stop for Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” is opera. La Scala officials say the Italian composer Giorgio Battistelli … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Uncategorized | 32 Comments

Surprise – UN Carbon Credits Being Abused

Posted on May 29, 2008 by

See related articles from the Guardian: Billions Wasted On UN Climate Programme and Discredited Strategy “It looks like between one and two thirds of all the total CDM offsets do not represent actual emission cuts.” — David Victor, Stanford University and … Continue reading →

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How not to measure temperature, part 63

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

One of the strangest things I’ve learned in the past year about the US Historical Climatological Network is the propensity for placement of weather stations at sewage treatment plants. The reason of course has to do with putting a thermometer … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather_stations | 14 Comments

Trouble in the UK – A Green Tax Rebellion is Afoot

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

The new tipping point: UK motorists rebel against additional taxes by shutting down highways.   After hundreds of angry drivers shut down highways in England Tuesday in protest against green automobile taxes, and drivers and fishermen in France and Spain … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 63 Comments

What Political Cartoonists Think About Global Warming

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

NOTE: I originally had a Google video posted here, which was a collage of political cartoons published in major US Newspapers about climate change. I made the mistake of not watching it all the way to the end, but watched … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements

Cold Irony: Arctic Sea Ice Traps Climate Tour Icebreaker

Posted on May 27, 2008 by

Stuck in the arctic ice that doesn’t exist. (file photo: EcoPhotoExplorers) Last year as arctic sea ice melted to record levels, panic set in for many. But then, as the sea ice rebounded and froze again quickly in the 2007/2008 … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 133 Comments

NASA sends “The Weather Rock” to Mars

Posted on May 27, 2008 by

When I made a post discussing the weather station on NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander titled “First Weather Station on the Surface of Mars“, I expressed some concern that there might be something wrong with the meteorological package due to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Technology, weather | 44 Comments

First Weather Station on the Surface of Mars

Posted on May 26, 2008 by

Of course we’ve all heard and seen the fantastic news of NASA’s Phoenix lander making a successful three point landing on the red planet. The primary goal of the Mars Phoenix Mission is to detect life or the traces of … Continue reading →

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The parking lot effect: temperature measurement bias of locations

Posted on May 26, 2008 by

NOTE: David Smith is doing experiments with the portable USB digital thermometers that are available here. This sort of experimentation is easy and inexpensive to do, and makes a great topic for a student science fair project. The results are … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, weather_stations | 45 Comments

Biofuels, BBQ’s, and Texas

Posted on May 25, 2008 by

Corn: it’s-not-what’s-for-dinner. Signs of the times I guess. I saw an odd story yesterday from Armarillo TV station KDFA titled: Barbeque Costs Heating Up Memorial Day cookouts could cost you more this weekend as food prices continue to rise.  According … Continue reading →

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Weather Picture Of The Day – relaunched as a blog

Posted on May 24, 2008 by

Weather Picture Of The Day is a Website that I started back in the year 2000 as a way to provide interesting weather content for the public. Digital Photography was becoming of age and many people had cameras and could … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Science, weather | 9 Comments

San Francisco approves greenhouse emissions tax on business

Posted on May 22, 2008 by

From the “pay and your sins shall be forgiven” department… FROM KTVU-TV in Oakland: Officials Approve Controversial Greenhouse Gas Tax SAN FRANCISCO — Air pollution regulators in the San Francisco Bay area voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve new rules that … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 96 Comments

NOAA Predicts a Below-Normal Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season

Posted on May 22, 2008 by

While the forecast for the Atlantic Hurricane season is active and for 12-16 named storms, the Pacific forecast is just in time to coincide with recent pronouncements of no link between global warming and hurricane frequency, this just in: FOR IMMEDIATE … Continue reading →

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A little perspective

Posted on May 22, 2008 by

I found this image to be compelling because it shows our earth in perspective to some of the more mild activity occuring on the surface of the sun. www.Spaceweather.com writes: There’s a rainstorm underway on the sun’s eastern limb. You’d better … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 25 Comments

A review of the major global temperature metrics for April 2008: Still globally cooler than 1 year ago

Posted on May 21, 2008 by

Here is a review of the major global temperature metrics in tabular and graph form. There is a bit of disagreement this month. GISS still comes out the warmest, as it did last month, and the month before, and there is … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 45 Comments

The Accidental Tourist (aka The GISS World Tour)

Posted on May 21, 2008 by

A guest post by: John Goetz, originally posted on Climate Audit. Occasionally I will take a trip after much careful planning and preparation, only to find myself going off into uncharted territory soon after embarking on my adventure. That is … Continue reading →

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Sunspot cycle more dud than radiation flood

Posted on May 21, 2008 by

Interesting article at the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, home to Kitt Peak and other observatories). (h/t to Ric Werme) Picture for illustration only – not from article Sunspot cycle more dud than radiation flood By Dan Sorenson arizona daily star … Continue reading →

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The Church of Green

Posted on May 20, 2008 by

NOTE: This article appeared in the Los Angeles Times today, and given it is generally left leaning, I’m surprised to see it printed there. I have posted an except and a link to the original below. The Church of Green … Continue reading →

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