Monthly Archives: December 2008

The Deadliest U.S. Natural Hazard: Extreme Cold

Posted on December 18, 2008 by

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 for the United States. However, this result is based on questionable data.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather | 124 Comments

The CO2 – Temperature link

Posted on December 17, 2008 by

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 approx 6-9 months. The interesting part is off course that … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, sea ice | 253 Comments

Hot Propaganda – coming soon to a TV near you

Posted on December 17, 2008 by

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 world. (h/t to Paul Biggs of Celestial Junk)

Posted in climate_change, ridiculae | 277 Comments

Earth’s Magnetic Field Has Massive Breach – scientists baffled

Posted on December 16, 2008 by

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 it used to be and changes in the magnetic interactions … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar, space | 271 Comments

Earth’s Ionosphere drops to a new low

Posted on December 16, 2008 by

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 because C/NOFS was launched during a minimum in the 11-year … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 165 Comments

Northeast Siberia braces for extreme cold of -60C

Posted on December 15, 2008 by

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 we don’t have to deal with these kinds of temperatures, … Continue reading →

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Maybe not so much, now that gas is $1.64 a gallon

Posted on December 14, 2008 by

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 cake. Click for a larger image Now before anyone gets … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff | 177 Comments

Global Sea Ice Trend Since 1979 – surprising

Posted on December 14, 2008 by

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 important information that needs to be presented related to the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science, sea ice | 138 Comments

Gore: “Entire north polar ice cap will be gone in 5 years”

Posted on December 14, 2008 by

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 Lewis Pugh is making plans already. Meanwhile at the Poznan … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, climate_change, ridiculae, sea ice | 82 Comments

Even quieter on the solar front – another “all quiet alert” issued

Posted on December 14, 2008 by

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 (Solar Influences Data analysis Center) in Belgium: http://sidc.oma.be/products/quieta/

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Something is rotten in Norway – 500,000 sq-km of sea ice disappears overnight

Posted on December 13, 2008 by

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 off the graphs from the NANSEN arctic sea ice site. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Science, sea ice | 184 Comments

Today in climate history – Dec 12th, 1938 – getting warmer

Posted on December 12, 2008 by
Posted in climate_change, media, sea ice | 77 Comments

Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. on UK’s Met Office Press Releases on Climate

Posted on December 12, 2008 by

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 titled Explainer: Coolest year since 2000 The article reads “This … Continue reading →

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Houston ties earliest snowfall record

Posted on December 11, 2008 by

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 & Trucks on I-45, where his dad, Mario Hernandez, Sr. works. … Continue reading →

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Quality Control of pre-1948 Cooperative Observer Network Data

Posted on December 10, 2008 by

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 →

Posted in weather_stations | 12 Comments

Prospects grimmer for reducing greenhouse gases, study shows

Posted on December 10, 2008 by

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 →

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

Posted on December 10, 2008 by

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

21 spotless days and solar magnetic field still in a funk

Posted on December 9, 2008 by

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 December. From the data provided by NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, sea level, solar | 199 Comments

Rare 50 year Arctic Blast Sets Sights On Southern California.

Posted on December 9, 2008 by

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 sign of things to come, OWSweather.com is making preparations on … Continue reading →

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How not to measure temperature, part 79 – could you, would you, with a boat?

Posted on December 8, 2008 by

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) I happen upon a NOAA USHCN weather station that leaves … Continue reading →

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UAH satellite derived global anomaly out – up a bit

Posted on December 8, 2008 by

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…

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Early snowfalls in Europe hit Historic Levels

Posted on December 7, 2008 by

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 by Dunx 20 year record snowfall in Dolomites enough to … Continue reading →

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New US military report on global warming raises worry

Posted on December 6, 2008 by

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 scientific data on what is causing global warming is “contradictory” … Continue reading →

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Satellite derived sea level updated- short term trend has been shrinking since 2005

Posted on December 5, 2008 by

We’ve been waiting for the UC web page to be updated with the most recent sea level data. It finally has been updated for 2008. It looks like the steady upward trend of sea level as measured by satellite has … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science, sea level | 116 Comments

RSS for November is out, up slightly

Posted on December 5, 2008 by

Click for a larger image RSS Data Source is here The RSS (Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) lower troposphere global temperature anomaly data for November 2008 was published today and has risen slightly. This … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 52 Comments