Monthly Archives: March 2009

Edmonton Canada bests March 10th record low by -12 degrees, columnist questions climate situation

Posted on March 15, 2009 by

UPDATE: The author’s (Lorne Gunter) claim of breaking the all time March record by -12 degrees is only partially correct. The phrase “smashing the previous March low” should have read “smashing the previous March 10th low”. Mr. Gunter erred in … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 205 Comments

10 million page views

Posted on March 15, 2009 by

Overnight, WUWT hit a new milestone with 10 million page views. As of this writing, according to the WordPress internal counter shown in the ride sidebar, I’m at 10,016,144 page views. This is since September of 2007. I’m on track … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 103 Comments

If You Can’t Explain It, You Can’t Model It

Posted on March 15, 2009 by

Guest Post by Steven Goddard Global Climate Models (GCM’s)  are very complex computer models containing millions of lines of code, which attempt to model cosmic, atmospheric and oceanic processes that affect the earth’s climate.  This have been built over the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, forecasting, modeling | 216 Comments

Cosmic Ray Flux and Neutron monitors suggest we may not have hit solar minimum yet

Posted on March 15, 2009 by

There’s some interesting information of the six month trend of neutrons being detected globally that I want to bring to discussion, but first I thought that a primer on cosmic rays, neutrons, and their interaction with the atmosphere might be … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, Science, solar, space | 194 Comments

Guardian: Al Gore says “business leaders see the writing on every wall they look at”

Posted on March 14, 2009 by

Above: Al’s high five on ice caps (gone in five years) Guest post by Steven Goddard In today’s Guardian, Al Gore is quoted as saying: Gore says he has also detected a shift in the view of many business leaders. … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, sea ice | 235 Comments

Scafetta-Wilson Paper: Increasing TSI between 1980 and 2000 could have contributed significantly to global warming during the last three decades

Posted on March 13, 2009 by

Via Roger Pielke Sr. climatescience blog: A New Paper On Solar Climate Forcing “ACRIM-Gap And TSI Trend Issue Resolved Using A Surface Magnetic Flux TSI Proxy Model By Scafetta Et Al 2009 At the December 2008 NRC meeting “Detection and … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 178 Comments

Here’s what happens when a TV meteorologist speaks his mind

Posted on March 13, 2009 by

Gosh, according to many, I’m a far worse person for speaking my mind on the subject. But here is what happened to one TV meteorologist when he put a few notes about “global warming”  in his weather forecast. – Anthony … Continue reading →

Posted in media, ridiculae | 114 Comments

Who makes up the IPCC?

Posted on March 13, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard Suzanne Goldenberg recently complained in the UK Guardian about the ICCC (International Conference on Climate Change) global warming “deniers” : The 600 attendees (by the organisers’ count) are almost entirely white males, and many, if not most, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 300 Comments

Global hurricane activity has decreased to the lowest level in 30 years.

Posted on March 12, 2009 by

Cross Posted from Climate Audit by Ryan N. Maue, Florida State University COAPS Figure: Global 24-month running sum time-series of Accumulated Cyclone Energy updated through March 12, 2009. Very important: global hurricane activity includes the 80-90 tropical cyclones that develop … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, hurricanes, weather | 97 Comments

Blue sky research reveals trends in air pollution, clears way for new climate change studies

Posted on March 12, 2009 by

These two satellite images show how aerosols can obscure the land and sea beneath, blocking incoming sunlight. On the top, aerosols over northeastern India and Bangladesh partially obscure the Ganges River and then are swept out over the Bay of … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, Science | 54 Comments

NASA solicits new studies on the current solar minimum

Posted on March 12, 2009 by

This is interesting. It seems that NASA has taken an interest in the current solar minimum and is getting ready to launch one or more studies about it. They are soliciting proposals. Leif, here is your chance. – Anthony From … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 124 Comments

Wind shifts may stir CO2 from Antarctic depths

Posted on March 12, 2009 by

Releases may have speeded end of last ice age — and could act again IMAGE: This pictures shows the locations of cores showing Antarctic upwelling. Click here for more information. Natural releases of carbon dioxide from the Southern Ocean due … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, earth | 120 Comments

Gallup Poll: New high – 41% of Americans ‘now say global warming is exaggerated’

Posted on March 11, 2009 by

EXCERPTS FROM GALLUP – complete poll story here PRINCETON, NJ — Although a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news or underestimated, a record-high 41% now say it is exaggerated. This … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 284 Comments

NOAA: U.S. December-February Temperature Near Average, Above Average for February

Posted on March 11, 2009 by

Press Release March 10, 2009 Temperatures for winter, December 2008 – February 2009, across the contiguous United States were near average, based on records dating back to 1895, according to a preliminary analysis by scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 115 Comments

Solar Cycle 24 has ended according to NASA

Posted on March 11, 2009 by

Solar Cycle 24 has ended according to NASA. Yes you read that right. Somebody at NASA can’t even figure out which solar cycle they are talking about. Or, as commenters to the thread have pointed out, perhaps they see that … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, ridiculae, Science, solar | 184 Comments

Carbon Cap and Trade in Trouble?

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard The Senate Budget Committee chairman said today : Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said he has spoken to enough colleagues about several different provisions in the budget to make him think Congress won’t pass it. Conrad … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, politics | 175 Comments

Heavy: Global warming linked to gravity

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

[insert your own caption here] Vancouver Sun/Reuters January 13, 2009 ANTARCTICA — Sea levels will rise at varying rates around the world because of a quirk of the earth’s gravity linked to global warming, a leading glaciologist said. “Everyone thinks … Continue reading →

Posted in sea level | 97 Comments

ICCC conference Day 3

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

I missed a good portion of the Wednesday session, so I’ll let Bob Carter describe it. -Anthony Heartland-2: session three by Bob Carter March 11, 2009 John Sunumu: Nature will respond to climate change in the future in a self-stabilising … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 21 Comments

Here it comes

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

From Yahoo News h/t to Adolfo Giurfa EPA for the first time looks to mandate reporting of the gases linked to global warming WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government wants to require companies for the first time to disclose how … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 153 Comments

River ice in Alaska: “pretty good proxy for climate change in the 20th century”

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

From Physics Today News Picks: Wall Street Journal: Every winter since 1917, people in Nenana, a village 55 miles southwest of Fairbanks, have wagered on the exact moment that the ice breaks up on the nearby Tanana River. For the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 72 Comments

The Great Lakes and Global Warming

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

Our recent story about the freeze over on Lake Superior prompted a lot of discussion. Steven Goddard has submitted this article on the Great Lakes for consideration. – Anthony Guest post by Steven Goddard A favorite AGW talking point has … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 75 Comments

Both RSS and UAH global temperature anomalies are out for Feb 09

Posted on March 9, 2009 by

I’m unable to setup a graph for these while I’m on the road, so a short table will have to do: RSS (Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa) RSS data here (RSS Data Version 3.2) RSS Jan09   .322 RSS Feb09 … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 112 Comments

ICCC conference 2009 – Day 2

Posted on March 9, 2009 by

Above: At left – Myself, James O’Brien from FSU, and Steve McIntyre at podium. Photo by Evan Jones This morning’s breakfast program featured congressman Tom McClintock of California. He quipped: “I was the first to discover global warming during a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 92 Comments

La Niña conditions: still there

Posted on March 9, 2009 by

Click for larger image. I don’t have tome to do a pixel analysis (anyone is welcome to do so and post in comments) but it appears by eyeball analysis that we may have about a 50-50 cool to warm anomaly … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, ENSO | 91 Comments

Day 1 of the ICCC conference

Posted on March 8, 2009 by

UPDATE: see an additional report from Prof. Bob Carter below the “read more” line. ALSO: See this announcement at Climate Audit Photo by Evan Jones I don’t have  a lot of time to blog about today’s conference. You can see … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, climate_change | 182 Comments