Monthly Archives: July 2008

I need some volunteers for a special climate related project.

Posted on July 6, 2008 by

I have a need to test something. Unfortunately testing that something requires a lot of careful manual labor at the PC keyboard. When the work is done, it will give a basis for a comparison that as far as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 136 Comments

NBC and Partners to buy Weather Channel

Posted on July 6, 2008 by

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies. Financial terms … Continue reading →

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Also Going Down: Carbon dioxide burial reaches a milestone

Posted on July 6, 2008 by

Climate project: Dr Peter Cook holds sandstone from the Otway Basin, where 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide has been stored underground. Photo: Glen McCurtayne From Australia’s The Age. Orietta Guerrera July 7, 2008 IT IS technology vital to the Government’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 188 Comments

Going Down: Death Rates Due to Extreme Weather Events

Posted on July 5, 2008 by

During our discussion of the preposterous news story from Pravda, claiming this headline: “Earth begins to kill people for changing its climate” a scientist dropped in to provide us some insight into his latest paper. It was highly relevant at … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science, weather | 91 Comments

Penn Jillette on skepticism

Posted on July 5, 2008 by

From half of the same team that brought you this classic video of di-hydrogen monoxide: Climate change? Once more, ‘I don’t know’ Being honest about not knowing enough of the science to make a judgment isn’t the same as an … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, fun_stuff | 82 Comments

Earth begins to kill people for changing its climate

Posted on July 5, 2008 by

Note: Yes, you read that right. The headline is not mine, but from  the original masters of newspaper propaganda, Pravda. See the URL. Gotta love the classic photo they chose. But then, look at some of the other news stories they have. See … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ridiculae, Science | 55 Comments

Alleviate world hunger: produce more clean carbon dioxide

Posted on July 4, 2008 by

From:Canada Free Press By Dirck T. Hartmann Thursday, July 3, 2008 (Editor’s Note: To many in the know, Dirck T. Hartmann, who worked on the Apollo Space Program and many other significant NASA projects, was a fighter pilot in WWII, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 130 Comments

USGS + NOAA = Monster Earth Sciences Bureaucracy

Posted on July 4, 2008 by

In an article published in the journal Science, a group of former senior federal officials call for the establishment of an independent Earth Systems Science Agency (ESSA) to meet the unprecedented environmental and economic challenges facing the nation. They propose … Continue reading →

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All the curves that are fit to print

Posted on July 3, 2008 by

Regarding the latest UAH and RSS global temperature data plots Dave B writes: “…could you post a best-fit, to be fair? I don’t have the technology.” Sometimes I’m tempted to tell people to do the work themselves, after all, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 77 Comments

Charlotte smashes 123 year record low temperature

Posted on July 3, 2008 by

GREG LACOUR, The Charolotte Observer This morning was downright cool in the Charlotte region — cool enough to break a record that had stood for more than a century.The temperature at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport was 56 at about 5:30 a.m., … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 63 Comments

What a difference 20 years makes

Posted on July 2, 2008 by

Recently, Dr. James Hansen of NASA GISS gave his 20 year anniversary speech before congress, in which he was restating the urgency of the global warming crisis we now face. Warnings of tipping points,  and a call for putting “energy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 118 Comments

Northwest Passage: still impassable

Posted on July 2, 2008 by

impassable im·pass·a·ble  [im-pas-uh-buhl] –adjective 1.  not passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.: Heavy snow made the roads impassable. 2.  unable to be surmounted: an impassable obstacle to further negotiations. There has been a lot of hype this year … Continue reading →

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UAH Global Temperatures, June 2008 still low “unofficially”

Posted on July 2, 2008 by

While the official number for June 2008 global temperature anomaly from UAH is not out yet, Steve McIntyre at Climate Audit reports it to be -0.114 for the global number. Click for a larger image A number of commenters there … Continue reading →

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Winter in the high Rockies finally gets plowed

Posted on July 2, 2008 by

From the International Herald Tribune, a reminder of just what a significant winter we’ve had. “So much snow still remains that the Park Service had to move the 75th-anniversary celebration of the highway, held last Friday, off the pass to … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 26 Comments

Hansen Poll Results and the Backup Poll

Posted on July 2, 2008 by

As many readers know, I started a poll last week regarding Dr. Jim Hansen’s statement that energy company executives “be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature”. The one week poll results are shown below: What is … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 31 Comments

Sydney’s historic weather station: 150 meters makes all the difference

Posted on July 2, 2008 by

Here is an interesting story about the weather station in Sydney at the Astronomical Observatory (well sort of, it got bumped off). It seems the astronomers and meteorologists at the observatory got into a tug of war in 1912 over … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science, weather_stations | 28 Comments

And The Winner Is: Climate Catastrophe by a Landslide

Posted on July 1, 2008 by

Remember the gawd-awful movie The Day After Tomorrow from 2004? Gore used footage from the movie in his now bullet hole riddled An Inconvenient Truth for “dramatic effect”. In an odd twist, an event that inspired that movie turns out to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 62 Comments

Thanks again to all my readers – another record month

Posted on July 1, 2008 by

Above is the raw, unadjusted numbers from WordPress for Watts Up With That? for the month of June 2008 reflecting the total page views. I routinely find WUWT in the Top 4 WP blogs now according to WP’s ranking system. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 45 Comments