Daily Archives: December 10, 2008

Quality Control of pre-1948 Cooperative Observer Network Data

I stumbled across this paper “Quality Control of pre-1948 Cooperative Observer Network Data” on the AMS website while looking for something else. I know the work of many of the people who authored this paper, and thus I have reason … Continue reading

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Prospects grimmer for reducing greenhouse gases, study shows

By Bill Scanlon, The Rocky Mountain News Scientists have vastly underestimated the challenge of reducing greenhouse gases in a world where billions are boosting their carbon footprint, an important new report says. The report throws ice water on projections that … Continue reading

Posted in climate_change | 55 Comments

JPL says: FORGET LA NINA: OSCILLATION RULES AS THE PACIFIC COOLS

While I said a couple of days a go that “La Nina is back” it appears I mistook a strong PDO cool signature for the La Nina signature. As JPL’s Patzert says in the article below “This multi-year Pacific Decadal … Continue reading

Posted in climate_change, PDO, Science, sea level | 94 Comments