Monthly Archives: April 2009

Is Climate Change the “Defining Challenge of Our Age”? Part 3 of 3

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

Part III: Where does global warming rank among future risks to environmental health? Guest essay by Indur M. Goklany NOTE: Entire 3 part series is now available as a PDF here In Part 1 of this series we saw that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Climate_change, Economy-health | 65 Comments

April – another record month at WUWT

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

The hits just keep on coming. 1,672,437 page views this month, up from 1,478,801 page views in March. After posting last months stats, there was some discontent by some angry and somewhat incredulous bloggers that it might be an April … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 142 Comments

See speck run

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

Another anemic solar cycle 23 sunspeck, could 19th century astronomers have seen it? From Spaceweather.com SUNSPOT 1016: A ring-shaped sunspot numbered 1016 has emerged near the sun’s equator. Its magnetic polarity identifies it as a member of old Solar Cycle … Continue reading →

Posted in Solar | 233 Comments

The Met Office UK summer forecast – Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

Guest Post by Steven Goddard The Third Little Show Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun The Japanese don’t care to, the Chinese wouldn’t dare to Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly from twelve till one But Englishmen … Continue reading →

Posted in Forecasting, Weather | 186 Comments

Watch the Wilkins ice shelf collapse in time lapse animation – looks like ‘current’ events to me

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

Previously on WUWT we discussed the media’s fascination with “melt” when it comes to ice shelves cracking off. Then there’s also this picture that keeps getting recycled. http://www.ogleearth.com/wissm.jpg It is clear from the photo above that we see a stress … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Sea ice | 96 Comments

Zogby poll: only 30% of Americans support cap and trade

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

The Zogby poll results mirrors the recent Gallup poll It’s the economy, stupid. Even so, with opinion on Cap and trade in the minority it seems plans are in place to move forward. On Earth Day, Secretary Chu warmly embraced … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 79 Comments

Is Climate Change the “Defining Challenge of Our Age”? Part 2 of 3

Posted on April 29, 2009 by

Part II: Where does global warming rank among future risks to public health? Guest essay by Indur M. Goklany In Part 1, we saw that at present climate change is responsible for less than 0.3% of the global death toll. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Economy-health | 64 Comments

What Is Normal Arctic Ice Extent?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard I have been noticing in recent weeks that NSIDC extent is much closer to their 1979-2000 mean than NANSEN is to their 1979-2007 mean.  This is counter-intuitive, because the NANSEN mean should be relatively lower … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, measurement, Sea ice | 126 Comments

New Australian continent wide low temperature record set for April

Posted on April 29, 2009 by

Minus 13 degrees – the coldest it’s been in April From Weatherzone – Brett Dutschke, Wednesday April 29, 2009 – 14:58 EST A new Australian record was set early this morning, a temperature of minus 13 degrees, at Charlotte Pass … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, Weather | 195 Comments

Is Climate Change the “Defining Challenge of Our Age”? Part 1 of 3

Posted on April 28, 2009 by

Part I: Ranking global warming among present-day risks to public health. Guest essay by Indur M. Goklany There seems to be no limit to the hyperbole surrounding climate change – and that’s no hyperbole. Numerous politicians have informed us over … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Economy-health | 127 Comments

Inconvenient Eisdicken – “surprising results” from the Arctic

Posted on April 28, 2009 by

This is a news story from Germany outlining another Arctic ice measurement expedition. This one was conducted by flying the scientists across the north polar ice cap using the WWII era workhorse Douglas DC-3 airplane equipped with skis, and towing … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Sea ice | 163 Comments

Britain’s only wind turbine plant to close

Posted on April 28, 2009 by

Who would have thunk? Maybe it had something to do with this video of a Vestas wind turbine: I wonder if it used “Lucas” electronic parts? I owned an Austin Healy Sprite and a Triumph TR6 at one time, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Technology | 222 Comments

Catlin Crew Out Of Time

Posted on April 28, 2009 by

Guest post by Steve Goddard An Arctic Blizzard As reported here two weeks ago, April 30 is the last safe date to recover explorers from the Arctic.  The people who rescued Pen Hadow from the Arctic in May, 2003 said … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Uncategorized | 138 Comments

Misunderstandings about the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Posted on April 28, 2009 by

Misunderstandings about the Pacific Decadal Oscillation Guest post by Bob Tisdale INITIAL NOTE The first version of this post (The Common Misunderstanding About The PDO dated June 26, 2008) incorrectly described the method for calculating the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. I … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, Oceans, PDO | 115 Comments

Another inconvenient TV meteorologist

Posted on April 27, 2009 by

From WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, MI Chief Meteorologist Bill Steffen has been a familiar face in West Michigan since 1975. MSNBC needs to read Bill’s Blog April 26th, 2009 at 4:55 pm by Bill Steffen under Bill’s Blog, Weather MSNBC is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 98 Comments

Are Record Temperatures Abnormal?

Posted on April 27, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution Consider a hypothetical country with 1,000 top notch weather stations and the perfect unchanging climate (which our AGW friends imagine used to exist before they were born.)   During the first year of operations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, measurement | 204 Comments

Ice at the North Pole in 1958 and 1959 – not so thick

Posted on April 26, 2009 by

What would NSIDC and our media make of a photo like this if released by the NAVY today? Would we see headlines like “NORTH POLE NOW OPEN WATER”? Or maybe “Global warming melts North Pole”? Perhaps we would. sensationalism is … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Sea ice | 289 Comments

Bad news from NSIDC

Posted on April 26, 2009 by

Last year we had the forecast from NSIDC’s Dr. Mark Serreze of an “ice free north pole”. As we know, that didn’t even come close to being true. Summer 2008 had more arctic ice than summer 2007, and summer 2007 … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Ridiculae | 144 Comments

Quote of the week #5 – Waxman’s stunningly stupid statement

Posted on April 26, 2009 by

Image from WUWT reader “Boudu” This QOTW is from Congressman Henry Waxman, who is pushing (or maybe bribing) the carbon cap and trade bill through congress. The statement made by Waxman can be corrected by a third grader; it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Quote of the Week, Ridiculae | 191 Comments

Media addicted to “melt”, when it it should be “crack”?

Posted on April 26, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard What is Wrong with this Picture? http://www.ogleearth.com/wissm.jpg The picture of the Wilkins Ice Shelf cracks is itself fine, and the news media loves it so much that they recycle it every year.  The problem is with … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, media, Sea ice | 56 Comments