Monthly Archives: November 2008

GISS’s Gavin Schmidt credits WUWT community with spotting the error

Posted on November 13, 2008 by

I was driving in the middle of Nevada when all this happened, and was offline the entire time. So I can’t claim any credit here.  But, it sure is nice to see that the collection of people who visit and … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 170 Comments

Corrected NASA GISTEMP data has been posted

Posted on November 12, 2008 by

After GISS’s embarrasing error with replicating September temperatures in the October analysis, the NASA GISTEMP website was down for awhile today (at least for me). This evening, the new gridded data was posted, and I generated a world temperature anomaly … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 252 Comments

Another dumb climate stunt from NBC – climbing Kilimanjaro

Posted on November 11, 2008 by

You may recall NBC’s Today show sending out their correspondents to all ends of the earth to highlight “climate change”. ‘Today’ host Matt Lauer reported from Jakobshavn Glacier in the Arctic last year. Ann Curry headed to Antarctica for ‘Today … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, media, ridiculae | 122 Comments

More flubs at the top of the climate food chain – this time NCDC’s Karl

Posted on November 10, 2008 by

It has been one of those days…first the GISS data train wreck in apparently reusing last months temperatures to make this months “hottest October ever” announcement, now we find that the director of The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) may … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 120 Comments

GISS Releases (Suspect) October 2008 Data

Posted on November 10, 2008 by

by John Goetz Update: Thanks to an email from John S. – a patron of climateaudit.org – we have learned that the Russian data in NOAA’s GHCN v2.mean dataset is corrupted. For most (if not all) stations in Russia, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 371 Comments

UAH for October sneak peek

Posted on November 9, 2008 by

I sent a query to Dr. John Christy, curator of the UAH global temperature anomaly dataset, inquiring about some of the changes in the RSS dataset. In addition to commenting on that, he was also kind enough to send along … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 50 Comments

Sunlight has more powerful influence on ocean circulation and climate than North American ice sheets

Posted on November 9, 2008 by

From Physorg.com: A study reported in today’s issue of Nature disputes a longstanding picture of how ice sheets influence ocean circulation during glacial periods. The distribution of sunlight, rather than the size of North American ice sheets, is the key … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 34 Comments

This year’s Antarctic ozone hole is 5th biggest

Posted on November 9, 2008 by

September 12th, 2008 Ozone hole over the Antarctic From NASA News This is considered a “moderately large” ozone hole, according to NASA atmospheric scientist, Paul Newman. And while this year’s ozone hole is the fifth largest on record, the amount … Continue reading →

Posted in ozone, Science | Tagged , , | 173 Comments

RSS Global Temperature for October: RSS revises data to improve quality

Posted on November 8, 2008 by

There is some interesting news in the October RSS global temperature anomaly numbers. We are still cooler than one year ago, and the 12 month trend continues to drop. But, the big news is that RSS has revised their dataset … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 51 Comments

Truly inconvenient truths about climate change being ignored: IPCC’s Pachauri says “warming is taking place at a much faster rate”

Posted on November 7, 2008 by

UPDATE: 11/10 From the Sydney Morning Herald Michael Duffy November 8, 2008 Last month I witnessed something shocking. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was giving a talk at the University of NSW. The talk was accompanied … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ridiculae | 342 Comments

A Test of Climate, Sun, and Culture Relationships from an 1810-Year Chinese Cave Record

Posted on November 7, 2008 by

The graphic above is not from this paper/abstract, nor even the same time frame, but is from this one: A High-Resolution Absolute-Dated Late Pleistocene Monsoon Record from Hulu Cave, China I posted it because it seems relevant to the discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 37 Comments

Surfacestations USHCN ratings in Google Earth

Posted on November 6, 2008 by

Surfacestations.org volunteer Gary Boden writes in with this contribution: I’ve attached a Google Earth KML file for all of the USHCN stations with the CRN ratings you assigned as color-coded symbols.  Colors match the Excel spreadsheet scheme (CRN-1 = blue, … Continue reading →

Posted in weather_stations | 80 Comments

Red State Blue State – Dot’s Up With That?

Posted on November 5, 2008 by

Last night anybody who watched TV or surfed the web was assaulted with all manner of red/blue maps. There were states, counties, cities, dots, and graphs. Your green channel of the RGB system on your TV or LCD could have … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 55 Comments

I’m featured in this book

Posted on November 5, 2008 by

The title screams “Red Hot Lies” and will indeed make some “see red”.  While it initially made me a bit uncomfortable, it is fairly straightforward and compelling. Having been written about in this book with such an “inflammatory” title and … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, climate_change, fun_stuff | 71 Comments

Mount Shasta’s glaciers- proxy for what?

Posted on November 4, 2008 by

The photo below I took this weekend on my way back from a station survey in the remote northestern corner of California. It shows Mount Shasta getting it’s first significant snow of this precipitation season here in California. Our local … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 90 Comments

A look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Sunspots

Posted on November 4, 2008 by

This paper appeared in the journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change: Sunspots, GDP and the stock market (View paper PDF) by: Theodore Modis Abstract A correlation has been observed between the US GDP and the number of sunspots as well … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, solar | 110 Comments

Obama’s energy plan: bankrupt coal power plants, skyrocketing electricity rates

Posted on November 3, 2008 by

I’ve held off as long as I can with commenting on the presedential election, as it tends to suck all the oxygen right out of the room, but this issue needs to be aired. There’s more to Obama’s energy plan … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 297 Comments

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Mock Global Warming

Posted on November 2, 2008 by

I saw this tonight on TV during commercial break for an episode of The Simpson’s and looked it up, just to make sure it wasn’t a joke. It isn’t. Here’s the ad specs. Brand: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Agency: Arnold … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, fun_stuff | 48 Comments

“Sustainability” runs amok in my town of Chico

Posted on November 1, 2008 by

About two years ago I was asked by my local city councilman Larry Wahl to serve on the city of Chico “sustainability task force”. I was initially enthusiastic, but the talk soon turned away from alternative energy solutions that I … Continue reading →

Posted in local_issues, politics | 203 Comments

Atlantic Hurricane Season 2008 Withers on the Vine

Posted on November 1, 2008 by

Atlantic Hurricane Season 2008 Withers on the Vine Graphic above added by Anthony by Ryan Maue Florida State University, COAPS, on October 31st, 2008, reposted from Climate Audit The North Atlantic hurricane season has nearly come to an end. As … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, weather | 45 Comments