The post The Deadliest U.S. Natural Hazard: Extreme Cold has generated a number of questions. Mr.. Goklany has graciously supplied a followup which I have posted below. – Anthony by Indur …
Month: December 2008
The Deadliest U.S. Natural Hazard: Extreme Cold
There’s a new essay from Indur Goklany in response to a recent Reuters news article. Yesterday Reuters reported on a study which claimed that heat is the deadliest form of natural hazard…
The CO2 – Temperature link
Guest Post By Frank Lansner, civil engineer, biotechnology. More words on the topic first presented here: http://icecap.us/images/uploads/FlaticecoreCO2.pdf I wrote: It appears from this graph that CO2 concentrations follows temperature with…
Hot Propaganda – coming soon to a TV near you
Two comments: 1. You have to see this to understand some mind sets regarding “global warming”. 2. I didn’t know trains still ran on time at the end of the…
Earth's Magnetic Field Has Massive Breach – scientists baffled
I know. This sounds like a plot of a 1950’s scifi movie. But it is real. From my view, our localized corner of the solar system is now different than…
Earth's Ionosphere drops to a new low
The height of the ionosphere/space transition is controlled in part by the amount of extreme ultraviolet energy emitted by the Sun and a somewhat contracted ionosphere could have been expected…
Northeast Siberia braces for extreme cold of -60C
Can you imagine going out to this Stevenson Screen in Verkhojansk and taking a reading in – 60C cold? Let’s count our blessing here in the USA and Canada that…
Maybe not so much, now that gas is $1.64 a gallon
I snapped this photo while driving southbound on California’s Interstate 5 recently. We all know that Prius owners tend to be a bit smug, but this vanity plate takes the…
Global Sea Ice Trend Since 1979 – surprising
Much importance has been ascribed to tracking the change in Arctic sea ice, but what about the global trend? That doesn’t seem to get much press. However there is some…
Gore: "Entire north polar ice cap will be gone in 5 years"
This is from his address in Germany, recorded from German TV: Write this date down so you can contact Mr. Gore in 5 years, then place your bets. I’m sure…
Even quieter on the solar front – another "all quiet alert" issued
The Sun today Solar cycle 24 still getting a slow and very delayed start. This is the third one of these (that I know of) this past year. From SIDC…
Something is rotten in Norway – 500,000 sq-km of sea ice disappears overnight
I had planned to do a post yesterday evening about how sea ice area and extent had returned to very near normal levels. But I was tired, so I saved…
Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. on UK's Met Office Press Releases on Climate
Reposted in its entirety from Climate Science By Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. University of Colorado There was an interesting news article in the Guardian on December 6 2008 by James Randerson…
Houston ties earliest snowfall record
From the Houston Chronicle Melissa Phillip Chronicle Excerpts: Jose Umana builds a snow ball as he plays with his brother and father in the snow fall at Affordable Cars &…
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…
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…
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…
21 spotless days and solar magnetic field still in a funk
We are now at 21 days with no sunspots, it will be interesting to see if we reach a spotless 30 day period and then perhaps a spotless month of…
Rare 50 year Arctic Blast Sets Sights On Southern California.
Joshua Young Monday, December 8, 2008 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – December 8, 2008 (OWSweather.com) Rare 50 year Arctic Blast Sets Sights On Southern California. With a week away, and a sure…
How not to measure temperature, part 79 – could you, would you, with a boat?
Santa Rosa USHCN – click for a much larger image Or maybe with the lack of grass, “goat” might be more appropriate. Every once in awhile (like once a week)…
UAH satellite derived global anomaly out – up a bit
Like RSS, UAH lower troposphere global temperature anomaly also went up in November, which was to be expected: 2008 10 0.166 2008 11 0.254 More later…
Early snowfalls in Europe hit Historic Levels
Anecdotal for certain, but these keep piling up. This from the UK Snowboard Club. – Anthony Early snowfalls in Europe hit Historic Levels Posted Wednesday 3rd December 2008, 2:15 pm…
New US military report on global warming raises worry
Calls theories on the cause ‘contradictory’ By Bryan Bender Boston Globe / December 6, 2008 WASHINGTON – A new US military report has come under scrutiny for asserting that the…
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