Monthly Archives: September 2008

What a difference a year makes: Another record month for WUWT

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

Today at 00 GMT (5PM PST) a new month started. Every time a new month of statistics starts being logged by WordPress for Watts Up With That, I say to myself, “there’s no way I’ll get this sort of traffic … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 63 Comments

Here’s the problem with the sun

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

Newly discovered evidence that polar bears, CO2, climate change, and the sun are intimately connected in ways never envisioned. No wonder the sun seems to be slowing down.

Posted in fun_stuff | 40 Comments

NASA: Sun is “blankety blankest” it’s been in the Space Age

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

From NASA Science News h/t to John-X Spotless Sun: 2008 is the Blankest Year of the Space Age Sept. 30, 2008: Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the “blankest year” of the Space Age. As of … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 160 Comments

BS Alert: Polar bear hearing affected to due global warming?

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

From the BBC, a video report so absurd, you wonder if it is an April fools joke. The premise? Noise from excessive ice calving  and cracking due to “climate change” would affect the bear’s hearing. I wonder what agency was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 55 Comments

Quote of the week

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

This sums the banking issue well. “Is anyone even paying attention to these Wing Nut AGW people? With 1/2 of America worried about having to eat cat food during their retirement, global warming is the last thing on their mind.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 61 Comments

NBC film crew stranded in Arctic on icebreaker 3 weeks

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

It never ceases to amaze me how people think when it comes to the Arctic. Somehow there is this pervasive belief that “if we just go there and document it, we’ll be able to demonstrate how climate change is affecting … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 52 Comments

Comments thread – AIRS Team satellite CO2 paper published

Posted on September 29, 2008 by

I’m going to make a formal post on this later, but I wanted to bring it up for discussion now since many people have been waiting for this paper to be published. For my previous perspectives and replies from authors, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 48 Comments

Small sunspecks emerging on both solar hemispheres

Posted on September 29, 2008 by

In comments, Jonn-X wondered: Dead pixels or new sunspecks (pore-ettes) ? At first I was pretty sure I was looking at nothing, then I saw the official NOAA bulletin http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/forecast.html and the usual phrase, “The visible disk was spotless,” was … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 112 Comments

Will September be the month the sun truly transitions to Cycle 24?

Posted on September 28, 2008 by

Below is a note forwarded to me by John Sumption from Jan Janssens. For those who do not know him, Jan runs a very comphrehensive solar tracking website here. Jan included the caveat: This topic’s sure to start another heated … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 114 Comments

Convenience stores under attack by global warming zealots

Posted on September 28, 2008 by

Now I’ve heard everything. Talk about your “Kyoto protocol”. The original source of this silliness comes from the city of Kyoto. In June, in a bid to reduce greenhouse gases and perhaps become a nationally designated “model environmental city,” the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ridiculae | 47 Comments

Former director of International Arctic Research Center says: “Global warming has paused”

Posted on September 27, 2008 by

We still need to study nature’s contribution to trend Syun-Ichi Akasofu, Community Perspective Published Saturday, September 27, 2008, Fairbanks AK News-Miner Photo by Anthony – not part of original article Recent studies by the Hadley Climate Research Center (UK), the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 204 Comments

NASA JPL on Heatwaves: “it’s the asphalt, not the atmosphere”

Posted on September 26, 2008 by

UPDATE: Former California State climatologist Jim Goodridge presents some data that suggests that ocean temperature may be an equal or greater driving force behind Los Angeles Temperature increases, see graph below. Source: NASA JPL UPDATE: Sea surface temperature anomaly versus … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather_stations | 91 Comments

Kum Ba Yah

Posted on September 26, 2008 by

by John Goetz I just ran across the following news article from Pitchfork Media: Jarvis, Feist Sail to Arctic to Investigate Global Warming Laurie Anderson, Robyn Hitchcock, Martha Wainwright, and Ryuichi Sakamoto too! Feist, Jarvis Cocker, and a bunch of … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics, ridiculae | 58 Comments

The Day The Earth Cooled

Posted on September 26, 2008 by

This is a familar set of issues in one article. – Anthony By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:20 PM PT Environment: The solar wind is slowing, but Al Gore is still spewing hot air. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 116 Comments

Wind power

Posted on September 25, 2008 by

I was in a conversation today at lunch with a fellow who told me that “wind power is better than anything we’ve ever done for generating electricity”. That made me wonder, how reliable (beyond the constancy of wind issues) is … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, Technology | 220 Comments

NAS reports: 50 million year cooling trend

Posted on September 25, 2008 by

Warming in a global cool period By Peter N. Spotts| Staff Writer for The Christian Science Monitor/ September 25, 2008 edition Graph above added by Anthony – not part of original article With all the focus on human-triggered global warming, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 118 Comments

Global Warming causing Cannibalism

Posted on September 24, 2008 by

by John Goetz OK, I know the catchy headline and picture of Hannibal Lecter got you worrying a little about that neighbor of yours who is stocking up on fava beans and chianti. But the headline is misleading, as is … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ridiculae | 74 Comments

Rubber Duckie

Posted on September 24, 2008 by

by John Goetz Rubber Duckie, you’re the one, You make bathtime lots of fun, Rubber Duckie, I’m awfully fond of you; Woo woo be doo From the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald: NASA uses rubber ducks to fight global warming September … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, fun_stuff, ridiculae | 54 Comments

Adjusting Pristine Data

Posted on September 23, 2008 by

by John Goetz On September 15, 2008, Anthony DePalma of the New York Times wrote an article about the Mohonk Lakes USHCN weather station titled Weather History Offers Insight Into Global Warming. This article claimed, in part, that the average … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, weather_stations | 104 Comments

Latest Cycle 24 Sunspot: here today, gone tomorrow

Posted on September 23, 2008 by

I decided to make an animated GIF of the latest cycle 24 sunspot, dubbed number 1002, which was literally a “flash in the pan”. Credit: SOHO/MDI One thing that has been common so far with all cycle 24 sunspots this … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 139 Comments

NASA’s press conference on the state of the sun

Posted on September 23, 2008 by

I just finished participating in the press teleconference call in for reporters with NASA and their panel of solar experts today. There was a lot of interesting discussions and questions. Unfortunately even though I put in for a question, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 204 Comments

ISO-8000 Data Quality – something climate science could benefit from

Posted on September 23, 2008 by

I received the following email in my inbox this morning, inviting me to attend the first ISO 8000 data quality conference. Looking at the membership directory for this group, I’m not at all surprised that NASA, NOAA, NCDC, NWS, GISS … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 29 Comments

New Cycle 24 Sunspot and SSN wavelet analysis

Posted on September 22, 2008 by

Maybe there is some hope for SC24 ramping up this year yet. This appears to be the largest SC24 spot to date. Previous SC24 spots have faded quickly, we’ll see how long this one lasts. UPDATE: 9/23 It is already … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 144 Comments

NSIDC’ s Dr. Walt Meier Answers 10 Questions

Posted on September 21, 2008 by

Regular readers may recall some of the posts here, here, here, and here, where the sea ice data presented by NSIDC and by Cryosphere today were brought into question. We finally have an end to this year’s arctic melt season, … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, sea ice | 402 Comments

My first “something” attack

Posted on September 21, 2008 by

NOTE: The first title to this post was “my first DOS attack” which is what it appeared to be to me…now WordPress support has weighed in, so we don’t know exactly what it is….see follow up below. UPDATE3: Looks like … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, ridiculae | 79 Comments