Monthly Archives: March 2009

El Nino study challenges global warming intensity link

Posted on March 24, 2009 by

From Scientific American via Reuters By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Research showing an El Nino event in 1918 was far stronger than previously thought is challenging the notion climate change is making El Nino episodes … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ENSO, oceans | 127 Comments

Guardian Headline – “Leading climate scientist: ‘democratic process isn’t working’”

Posted on March 24, 2009 by

Even the very liberal UK Guardian picked up on this. What next Jim, the Constitution? NASA, please fire this man. (h/t to Barbara) Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA From the UK Guardian: Protest and direct action could be the only way to … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 395 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 85: what Katrina did for temperature measurement

Posted on March 23, 2009 by

Below is a photo of the USHCN climate station of record in Pascagoula Mississippi. Note the location of the MMTS temperature sensor. The phrase “industrial nightmare” comes to mind. But the MMTS didn’t always have this sweet location at the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, weather_stations | 60 Comments

Mt. Redoubt in Alaska erupts

Posted on March 23, 2009 by

Video of the sixth eruption, from the Alaska Volcano observatory webcam system. (h/t to Ron De Haan) There is sound in this video. As first noticed by WUWT commenter Crosspatch last night, from seismic data, it appears Mt. Redoubt has … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, vulcanism | 146 Comments

Weather Station Data: raw or adjusted?

Posted on March 22, 2009 by

In my post on the Mohonk Weather Station, the question came up about “raw” temperature data. Tom in Texas complained that he’d looked at data from the observer B91 forms and that it didn’t match what was posted in published … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, weather_stations | 141 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 84: “Pristine” Mohonk Lake USHCN station revisited

Posted on March 22, 2009 by

As WUWT readers may recall back in September of 2008, the New York Times ran an extensive first hand account of the Mohonk Lake, NY USHCN climate station of record. The Mohonk article was covered by WUWT guest contributors Dee … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, weather_stations | 82 Comments

Natural Drivers of Weather and Climate

Posted on March 22, 2009 by

Note: The full PDF of this author manuscript was sent to me via an email contact of the author, Bob Foster. He says it has been published in E&E.  Energy & Environment · Vol. 20, No. 1&2, 2009. Online now … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 91 Comments

Oddball solar plage area

Posted on March 22, 2009 by

Yesterday I lamented that the sun was blank, not only on the SOHO MDI, but also the magnetogram.  Within a couple of hours, one sunspeck appeared. I cited Murphy’s Law. As one commenter put it: ” I think if you … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 112 Comments

The Sun: double blankety blank quiet

Posted on March 21, 2009 by

Usually, and that means in the past year, when you look at the false color MDI image from SOHO, you can look at the corresponding magnetogram and see some sort of disturbance going on, even it it is not visible … Continue reading →

Posted in solar | 806 Comments

Recent Ocean Heat and MLO CO2 Trends

Posted on March 21, 2009 by

One of the great things about running this blog is that people send me things to look at. Sometimes I see connections between two things that were initially unrelated by the original messages. This is one of those cases. Dr. … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, oceans, Science, sea level | 193 Comments

Dr. Syun Akasofu on IPCC’s forecast accuracy

Posted on March 20, 2009 by

UPDATE#2 I finally found a graph from Professor Akasofu that goes with the text of his essay below. I’ve added it above.  You can read more about Akasofu’s views on climate in this PDF document here. (Warning: LARGE 50 megabyte … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, forecasting | 427 Comments

Gallup poll: For the first time among U.S. voters in 25 years, economy takes precedence over environment

Posted on March 20, 2009 by

Gallup, 19 March  2009 http://www.gallup.com/poll/116962/Americans-Economy-Takes-Precedence-Environment.aspx Americans: Economy Takes Precedence Over Environment First time majority has supported economy in 25 years of asking question by Frank Newport PRINCETON, NJ — For the first time in Gallup’s 25-year history of asking Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 60 Comments

Despite popular opinion and calls to action, the Maldives are not being overrun by sea level rise

Posted on March 19, 2009 by

When somebody mentions “Maldives”, the image above of a tropical paradise often springs to mind. Andy Revkin wrote a story recently about the Maldives  on his NYT Dot Earth blog that provoked quite an email exchange that I was privy … Continue reading →

Posted in sea level | 172 Comments

Undersea Volcanic Eruption In Tonga

Posted on March 19, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard The Washington Post reports today: An undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga, tossing clouds of smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ocean, Tuesday, March … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, oceans, vulcanism | 202 Comments

Arctic Ice Thickness Measured From Buoys

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

Guest Post by Steven Goddard The Catlin Arctic Survey has generated quite a bit of discussion, more because of the difficulties they have faced than because of the scientific merit of their expedition.  Their home page is covered with testimonials … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, sea ice | 130 Comments

Steve McIntyre’s ICCC09 presentation with notes

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

I sat next to Steve on the Climatology Panel at ICCC09 and thought he did a fine job of summarizing the Mannian methodology and the Bristlecone Pine issues for the general public. Jeff Id invited me to repost this from … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, presentations | 29 Comments

Brokaw’s Global Warming Special – count the errors

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

Let’s see how many errors we can count. I’m guessing (based on past performance) we’ll see between 5 and 10 major errors. Maybe even a rehash of polar bears. from Time.com Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2009 Tom Brokaw’s New Global Warming … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 60 Comments

Finally – an honest quantification of urban warming by a major climate scientist

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

This is a small bombshell. I’ve been telling readers about UHI since this blog started. One notable example that I demonstrated by actual measurement is Reno, NV: Click for larger image The IPCC reports have minimized the effects of UHI … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Science, UHI | 196 Comments

Beryllium 10 and climate

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

Quick primer: Beryllium-10 is an isotope that is a proxy for the sun’s activity. Be10 is produced in the atmosphere by cosmic ray collisions with atoms of oxygen and nitrogen. Beryllium 10 concentrations are linked to cosmic ray intensity which … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 327 Comments

Wrong: World Health Organization claims that health goes down as carbon goes up

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

Does health go down as carbon goes up, and vice versa, per the World Health Organization’s claim? Guest post by: Indur M. Goklany A World Health Organization (WHO) communiqué to an International congress on climate change in Copenhagen designed to … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health, Science | 87 Comments

A Canadian’s view on CO2 and the economy

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

Photo: (not part of original article) bread lines of the great depression – coming again? Climate change: Less CO2, less jobs. It’s that simple. 03-16-2009 NIGEL HANNAFORD If you want to know what an economy that pumps out less carbon … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | 110 Comments

Another shocked polar explorer

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

You may recall Lewis Pugh and his laughable “expedition” in Kayaks last summer to plant flags of nations on the ice. I came a little more respect for this group, since at least they are attempting some science. But given … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 258 Comments

New PNAS paper: Experts surveyed on the probability of climate “tipping points”

Posted on March 16, 2009 by

A survey of climate scientists reveals uncertainty in their predictions of changes to the global climate, yet finds that they believe there is a real chance of passing a “tipping point” that could result in large socio-economic impacts in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 139 Comments

Synchronized chaos and climate change

Posted on March 16, 2009 by

From this Georgia Tech article: In 1657, Christiaan Huygens revolutionized the measurement of time by creating the first working pendulum clock. In early 1665, Huygens discovered “..an odd kind of sympathy perceived by him in these watches [two pendulum clocks] … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 103 Comments

Global warming has killed the finest violin music

Posted on March 16, 2009 by

From Wikipedia: A Stradivarius is a stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari. According to their reputation, the quality of their sound has defied attempts to explain or reproduce, though this belief is controversial. So … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ridiculae | 86 Comments