Monthly Archives: May 2008

Of course the alarmists folks will denounce this as they did the last one, and there are bound to be a few unscrupulous types, such M.J. Murphy of Toronto who blogs as Big City Lib, who by his own admission, … Continue reading →

From the “we told you so” department: Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose … Continue reading →

I’m finding myself constantly looking for some of the same links over and over again, often due to working form different locations where I don’t always have the same bookmarks. Thus as an assistance not only for me, but for … Continue reading →

Pass the water please From the “You’ve got to be freakin kidding me department” comes this proof positive that EVERYTHING is caused by global warming. Yessirree folks, my cat coughed up a hairball last night, must be global warming causing him … Continue reading →

REPOSTED FROM THE UK TELEGRAPH BLOG I am ashamed to admit that I had never heard of Irena Sendler, whose obituary appeared in this morning’s paper. Hers is an awesomely humbling story, even by the standards of her heroic generation. … Continue reading →

The sun is active with cycle 23 (near equator) cycle 23 sunspecks. I have decided againts calling them “Tiny Tims” as I think “sunspecks” is more true to the phenonmenon. Click HERE for the full sized original image The magnetogram … Continue reading →

Graphic: Lawrence Berkeley Labs The Department of Energy awarded $126.6 million in grants today to projects that will pump 1 million tons of CO2 into underground caverns at sites in California and Ohio. The grants are subject to approval from … Continue reading →

The Chaitén volcano in Chile has produced quite a bit of ash and aersols. Two new satellite images of Chaitén in eruption have been made available at the NASA Earth Observatory Natural Hazards web site. The images were takenon May … Continue reading →

My radio station www.kpay.com  has an opinion commentator named Bruce Sessions. He does a daily radio vignette called “Tidbits from the BS Notebook” which is a fun twist on his initials. He wrote a commentary on CO2 and IPCC policy today … Continue reading →

Note: this is a NASA illustration for the purpose of this story, it is not from the peer reviewed paper. There is a a peer-reviewed study in the April 5th issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters. It is by Andrew … Continue reading →

According to The Smoking Gun: the cable network seeks cloak on anchor harassment details: Weather Channel In Sexual Harrasment Storm As The Weather Channel’s owner negotiates a multibillion-dollar sale of the cable outlet, the network’s lawyers are angling to keep … Continue reading →

This article from NASA’s Science portal is a sobering reminder of the power of our nearest star. Given that we are in a deep solar minimum now, I thought I’d remind everyone of the kinds of things that can happen … Continue reading →

I’ve plotted the results of the RSS Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) global temperature anomaly data by RSS (Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA). For April 2008 it has moved a tiny bit higher, with a value of .080°C for … Continue reading →

  A guest post by John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel, and Chief Meteorologist of KUSI-TV in San Diego. ( Note from Anthony: I know John from way back. He’s a true pioneer in meteorology. I shared a table … Continue reading →

Alert reader Andrew writes: “I was just looking at the SOHO images and is it just me or does it look like there’s a sunspot developing in the lower left quadrant? If so, would this still be a cycle 23 … Continue reading →