Monthly Archives: October 2008

UK Telegraph falls prey to photo cherry picking

Posted on October 20, 2008 by

They say a picture is worth a thousand words right? Depending on what you are trying to present, that picture can make or break any presentation. So it was with great interest that I noticed this picture in the article … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae, Science, sea ice | 110 Comments

National Post: Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof

Posted on October 20, 2008 by

Click for larger image Posted: October 20, 2008 Lorne Gunter, National Post – source article here In early September, I began noticing a string of news stories about scientists rejecting the orthodoxy on global warming. Actually, it was more like … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 122 Comments

New Paper from Roy Spencer: PDO and Clouds

Posted on October 19, 2008 by

Global Warming as a Natural Response to Cloud Changes Associated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) Reposted here from weatherquestions.com UPDATED – 10/20/08 See discussion section 4 by Roy W. Spencer (what follows is a simplified version of a paper … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 137 Comments

Ice Reality Check: Arctic Ice Now 31.3% Over Last Year, plus Scientists Counter Latest Arctic ‘Record’ Warmth Claims as ‘Pseudoscience’

Posted on October 18, 2008 by

10/17/2007 5,663,125 square kilometers 10/17/2008 7,436,406 square kilometers Δice = 1,773,281 sqkm or 31.3% more than last year Source data here: http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/plot.csv (Excel file) UPDATE 10/22: The trend has entered the point where last year’s recovery started to get closer … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, sea ice | 188 Comments

Can Oyster Art Curb Global Warming?

Posted on October 17, 2008 by

by John Goetz Here is an fun press release I ran across on prweb.com. If Ms. Haseltine is successful in her project, we might see more local produce on the Grand Central Station Oyster Bar menu. But will it actually … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, fun_stuff | 45 Comments

NSIDC’s Dr. Walt Meier answers reader questions on sea ice

Posted on October 16, 2008 by

From Steve Goddard: Thanks again to Dr. Meier from NSIDC for answering questions, and for offering to do a follow-up. From Anthony: Responses from Dr. Meier are in italics. I’ve added a poll that you can answer after reading this. … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, sea ice | 252 Comments

Obama to Declare Carbon Dioxide Dangerous Pollutant

Posted on October 16, 2008 by

In my opinion, this is lunacy – Obama’s thinking is completely off the rails now. He cites a new energy plan in August, then cripples it from the start with this sort of thinking. – Anthony From Bloomberg News: Obama … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 218 Comments

Arctic sea ice now 28.7% higher than this date last year – still rallying

Posted on October 15, 2008 by

10/14/2008 7,064,219 square kilometers 10/14/2007 5,487,656 square kilometers A difference of: 1,576,563 square kilometers, now in fairness, 2008 was a leap year, so to avoid that criticism, the value of 6,857,188 square kilometers can be used which is the 10/13/08 value, … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, sea ice | 132 Comments

Alaska glaciers on the rebound

Posted on October 14, 2008 by

Bad weather was good for Alaska glaciers MASS BALANCE: For decades, summer snow loss has exceeded winter snowfall. By CRAIG MEDRED cmedred@adn.com (10/13/08 23:08:04) Two hundred years of glacial shrinkage in Alaska, and then came the winter and summer of … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather | 54 Comments

St. Andrews Golf Course Doomed by Global Warming

Posted on October 13, 2008 by

Posted by John Goetz Speculation abounds that the St Andrews golf course in Scotland will disappear by mid-century – a scant 42 years from now – due to global warming. From theherald.co.uk. Water hazard: how global warming could sink St … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ridiculae | 93 Comments

Arctic sea ice continues to rebound, quick link graphic added

Posted on October 13, 2008 by

I’ve been so impressed with the recovery thus far for Arctic sea ice, I’ve added a live icon for it in the lower right under the global satellite image. Just click on it to get a full sized graph like … Continue reading →

Posted in sea ice | 117 Comments

Boise gets earliest snow on record, record cold in Oregon, Washington

Posted on October 12, 2008 by

From the Idaho Statesman: Valley shivers as winter weather makes a premature appearance Big snow flakes fell early Friday evening, turning Downtown Boise into a giant snow globe for people on their way home from work. The snow caught many … Continue reading →

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Sun’s magnetic field still in a funk during September

Posted on October 11, 2008 by

While the sun puts out a new and significant cycle 24 spot,  the real news is just how quiet the suns magnetic field has been in the past couple of years, and remained during September 2008. From the data provided … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 127 Comments

Significant Cycle 24 sunspot group emerges

Posted on October 11, 2008 by

Click for large image This is the biggest Cycle 24 spot since the first one was seen on January 4th, 2008. This spot looks to have some staying power other than the “specks” we’ve seen winking on and off lately. … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 173 Comments

Is Global Warming Starving Science?

Posted on October 11, 2008 by

Posted by Dee Norris This article concerning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry caught my attention this morning: Twenty years ago, Douglas Prasher was one of the driving forces behind research that earned a Nobel Prize in chemistry this week. But … Continue reading →

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Michael Mann’s Lecture at URI and the “blogger who must not be named”

Posted on October 10, 2008 by

Dr. Michael Mann gives a lecture on his work at the University of Rhode Island. People send me stuff, and for that I’m always grateful, and happy to oblige posting relevant comments and content for the wide distribution WUWT now … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 73 Comments

Kids Against Anthropongenic Global Warming

Posted on October 10, 2008 by

There’s been some discussion about the “indoctrination” of AGW theory in school systems worldwide, mostly by teachers showing Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth, in schools. As a former school trustee in my town of Chico, CA, I can vouch … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 32 Comments

Meteorologists Predict Worst Autumn on Record

Posted on October 10, 2008 by

h/t to Jeff Lyslo

Posted in fun_stuff, weather | 31 Comments

Speck spotted – looks to be cycle 23

Posted on October 9, 2008 by

Not much time for a full report, as it is very late for me, but I’ll pass this along from comments. Looks to be cycle 23 due to low latitude. - Anthony Looks like a sunspot has appeared recently, as of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 80 Comments

Sea ice extent recovering quickly

Posted on October 9, 2008 by

As many readers know, the predictions for record low sea ice minimums in 2008 were not met, and 2008 ended up about 9% higher than in 2007 at the end of the season. See the report here. Now in looking … Continue reading →

Posted in sea ice | 117 Comments

Haggis at risk from global warming

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

From the Now I’ve Heard Everything department. First it was polar bears, now it is sheep guts. The Telegraph.co.uk By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Haggis is at risk of dying out due to of global warming. The meat pudding is … Continue reading →

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Aussie astronomers call for more funding in wake of asteroid explosion

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

From ABC News, Australia Astronomers are calling for more funding to watch southern skies, after an asteroid took sky-gazers by surprise and entered the earth’s atmosphere over Africa yesterday. Yesterday morning astronomers in Arizona reported seeing a tiny asteroid, which … Continue reading →

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GISS Releases September 2008 Data

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

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

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UAH Global Temperature Anomaly Jumps in September

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

UAH (University of Alabama, Huntsville) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) lower troposphere global temperature anomaly data for September 2008 was published this week and unlike August, which moved a bit below the zero anomaly line, with a value of -0.010°C, (down from 0.048°C … Continue reading →

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Dr. Roy Spencer evaporates Tamino’s critique

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

Dr. Roy W. Spencer replies to “Tamino”‘s latest angry missive. As one commenter in my email list put it: It is absolutely hilarious that Tamino’s lengthy, time-consuming, chest-puffing critique can be so comprehensively dismissed in a mere two sentences. Here … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 135 Comments