Monthly Archives: September 2008

Sounds familiar: “A friend of mine found one station where the temperature gauge was just outside the air conditioner…”

Posted on September 19, 2008 by

UAF professor emeritus continues to question sources of global warming By Chris Freiberg Published Friday, September 19, 2008 FAIRBANKS — A University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus known for his belief that carbon dioxide is not the sole cause of … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science, weather_stations | 106 Comments

NEWS: NASA to hold press conference on the state of the sun

Posted on September 19, 2008 by

This is unusual. A live media teleconference on the sun. Even more unusual is this statement: The sun’s current state could result in changing conditions in the solar system. As you may recall, I posted an entry about the Ulysses … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 421 Comments

How the IPCC Portrayed a Net Positive Impact of Climate Change as a Negative

Posted on September 18, 2008 by

By Indur Goklany. Originally published at the Cato Institute, but published here also by invitation from the author. Arguably the most influential graphic from the latest IPCC report is Figure SPM.2 from the IPCC WG 2’s Summary for Policy Makers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 25 Comments

Global Warming to Shake Up Big Ten

Posted on September 18, 2008 by

Posted by John Goetz Jim Nichols of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote an article this past Tuesday (September 16) that has gotten the attention of Ohio State and Michigan fans around the country: Global warming could send buckeye trees to … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, fun_stuff, local_issues | 31 Comments

New paper from Christy suggests atmosphere hit max CO2 forcing in 1998, feedback missing

Posted on September 17, 2008 by

This is an interesting paper from our good friend Dr. John Christy of UAH and D. H. Douglas. In it, a bold claim is made about the likelihood that the atmosphere no longer shows the characteristic of CO2 radiative forcing, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 244 Comments

A Canadian’s View: “the global warming brigade lost much of its sizzle in the past year”

Posted on September 17, 2008 by

Under-achieving B-team players fumbling on climate change too Wednesday, September 17, 2008 By john Martin, The Province  As evidence to the contrary started rolling in and one prominent scientist after another abandoned ship, the global warming brigade lost much of … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 15 Comments

Spencer on AGW: “If you’re paid to find something, you’re going to find it,”

Posted on September 17, 2008 by

From the Raleigh News and Observer – Scientist: Warming is natural http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1221488.html Published: Sep 17, 2008 12:30 AM Modified: Sep 17, 2008 02:03 AM  RALEIGH – Scientist Roy Spencer thinks global warming is a natural occurrence and not man-made.Over the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics, Science | 40 Comments

Updated – Calling All Climate Sleuths

Posted on September 17, 2008 by

Posted by Dee Norris Can you figure out what happened at Mohonk Lake, NY? Get out your slip-sticks and put on your thinking caps, gentle readers. We need to solve the mystery of the temperature record at at Mohonk Lake … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science, weather, weather_stations | Tagged , , , | 89 Comments

Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season Officially Over; ice up over 9% from last year

Posted on September 16, 2008 by

We have news from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). They say: The melt is over. And we’ve added 9.4% ice coverage from this time last year. Though it appears NSIDC is attempting to downplay this in their … Continue reading →

Posted in sea ice | 195 Comments

NOAA Claims: Global Summer Temperature Was Ninth Warmest – Questionable

Posted on September 16, 2008 by

This just doesn’t seem to add up given what we’ve seen from anecdotal weather information and satellite data. For example the UAH global temperature for the lower troposphere shows that the temperature in 2008 doesn’t get anywhere close to this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 124 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 71: NOAA neglect of volunteer observers

Posted on September 15, 2008 by

As we get more of the private observers in USHCN surveyed, we start hearing about stories like this one from Dufur Oregon, where the observers seem to have been pretty much “left on their own” for about many, many, years. … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, weather_stations | 52 Comments

UPDATED: Guess what this is?

Posted on September 14, 2008 by

I’m back from my road trip today. It was a day of surprises, I visited 5 weather stations today, and each had a story to tell. The one that was the most surprising is represented by the photo below, which … Continue reading →

Posted in weather_stations | 87 Comments

Road Trip Today

Posted on September 14, 2008 by

I’m on a road trip today, to the wilderness area of NE California to do a follow up on something I started last year. I’ll be offline for at leat 18 hours since I’ll have no net access. I’m chasing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 17 Comments

I am a Skeptic

Posted on September 14, 2008 by

Posted by Dee Norris skep·tic One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions. from Greek Skeptikos, from skeptesthai, to examine. I have been reading a lot of the debates that inevitably follow any … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics, Science | Tagged , , , , , , | 346 Comments

More on the Santa Ana Rooftop Weather Station: comparison stations also problematic

Posted on September 14, 2008 by

You may recall a couple of weeks ago I did an investigation of a COOP weather station in Santa Ana, CA prompted by front page article in the Orange County Register titled Urbanization Raises The Heat in Orange County. It … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather_stations | 28 Comments

Kasatochi Volcano SO2 update: aerosols may have cooling effect on the NH this year

Posted on September 13, 2008 by

In August, I reported that the Kasitochi volcano in the Aleutian Island erupted over a million tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, here is a satellite sounder derived image of the cloud that was … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science, weather | 36 Comments

This is what passes for a sunspot these days

Posted on September 13, 2008 by

After the August 21st sunspot debacle where SIDC reported a spot and initially NOAA didn’t, mostly due to the report from the Catania Observatory in Italy, we have another similar situation. On September 11th, a plage area developed. Here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 265 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 70

Posted on September 12, 2008 by

What’s wrong with this picture?   Stevenson Screen at USHCN station, Hood River Oregon Click for a larger image Photo: surfacestations.org volunteers Don and Liz Healy

Posted in weather_stations | 22 Comments

Rethinking Carbon of the Past: Scientist Uncovers Miscalculation In Geological Undersea Record

Posted on September 11, 2008 by

Carbon isotope ratios are central to many reconstructions of past climate. For example the IPCC Working Group 1 cited C12/C13 ratios as the basis for determining some of their findings about climate in the last 1000 years. However, longer term reconstructions … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 41 Comments

NOAA: August 2008 is 39th warmest on record

Posted on September 11, 2008 by

NOAA: Above Average Temperatures in U.S. for August, Summer; Midwest Much Drier than Average in August, South Much Wetter This June-August 2008 summer season was the 22nd warmest on record for the contiguous United States, according to an analysis by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 94 Comments

Piling On the Guilt

Posted on September 11, 2008 by

by John Goetz Kate Raworth of Oxfam International recently authored a 34-page report that began: “In failing to tackle climate change with urgency, rich countries are effectively violating the human rights of millions of the world’s poorest people.“ Kate goes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 109 Comments

Note to NASA: Fire Dr. James Hansen, now.

Posted on September 10, 2008 by

I’ve been wrestling with this topic for hours now as to how to best present it in this forum.  I finally decided to simply just write it as I see it. It has been an ugly day for law and … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, Science | 160 Comments

Response from SIDC on the August sunspeck debacle

Posted on September 10, 2008 by

August 21st sketch from Catainia Observatory, Italy. Click for a larger image I had thought I was getting “blown off” by SIDC (Solar Influences Data Center) since I had not heard a response to two emails I sent…that is until today, over … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 120 Comments

GISS Global Temperature Dips in August

Posted on September 10, 2008 by

GISS (Goddard Institute of Space Studies) Surface Temperature Analysis (GISSTemp) released their monthly global temperature anomaly data for August 2008. Following is the monthly global ∆T from January to August 2008 Year J  F  M  A  M  J  J  A 2007 85 61 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 51 Comments

Polar Defense Project Deletes The Tough Questions

Posted on September 9, 2008 by

You may be familiar with the much ballyhooed “Polar Defense Project” which aimed to get two kayakers into the arctic sea as far north as possible. While it’s difficult to find a succinct mission statement on their web page, this … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ridiculae, sea ice | 103 Comments