Monthly Archives: April 2009

Busted: Catlin Arctic Ice Survey “Didn’t Expect” To Find First Year Ice

Posted on April 16, 2009 by

The farcical account of the Catlin Crew continues. You don’t even have to dig deep anymore to find as many holes in their stories as they say they are drilling. In addition to what Steve points out, our own “Charles … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, ridiculae, sea ice | 203 Comments

Climate Models -vs- Climate Reality: diverging or just a dip?

Posted on April 15, 2009 by

Here’s something really interesting:  two comparisons between model ensembles and  3 well known global climate metrics plotted together. The interesting part is what happens in the near present. While the climate models and climate measurements start out in sync in … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, climate_change, modeling | 180 Comments

Why Third Year Arctic Ice Will Increase Next Year

Posted on April 15, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard In spite of the excess global sea ice area and the freezing Catlin crew, AGW proponents have recently ramped up the rhetoric about “melting ice caps.”  This has been based on a couple of points. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 115 Comments

Update: Sun and Ice

Posted on April 15, 2009 by

By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM The sun remains in a deep slumber. Today we are 15 days into April without a sunspot and with 603 sunspotless day this cycle minimum, 92 already this year.  2009 at this rate, is likely to … Continue reading →

Posted in sea ice, solar | 310 Comments

Sir John Maddox (1925-2009)

Posted on April 15, 2009 by

Story here John Maddox, a former editor of the journal Nature, who attended yesterday’s meeting, said the sceptics might have a point. He did not dispute that carbon dioxide emissions could drive global warming, but said: “The IPCC is monolithic … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 30 Comments

The oceans as a calorimeter and solar amplification

Posted on April 15, 2009 by

For those who don’t know, a calorimeter is a device to measure heat capacity. There is an entire science called calorimetry devoted to this measurement. Scottish physician and scientist Joseph Black, who was the first to recognize the distinction between … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans, Science, solar | 147 Comments

Rommulan Sudden Acceleration

Posted on April 15, 2009 by

I found this article well researched and clearly written, so I thought I’d repost it here for all to enjoy. Warren Meyers was one of the first volunteers for the surfacestations.org project and we share blog content semi-regularly. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 88 Comments

Catlin Artic Ice Survey bio telemetry status: “demonstrational”

Posted on April 14, 2009 by

After being called out by WUWT on the fake biotelemtery readings presented as “live” but were actually from March 8th looping repeatedly, Team Catlin had changed the website to say: “Biometrics – Data for March 8th 2009 Status: Operational” This … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae, sea ice | 98 Comments

Gore’s “WE” campaign cap n’ trade call to action

Posted on April 14, 2009 by

I was recently forwarded this email from Al Gore’s WE Repower America website. They have a call to action based on their belief that a majority of Americans support carbon “cap and trade”, even though recent Gallup polls suggest Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, carbon credits, local_issues | 68 Comments

GISS Global temperature anomaly – coldest March since 2000

Posted on April 14, 2009 by

While I have reservations about the GISS dataset due to the many adjustments it endures, the GISS global temperature anomaly data for March 2009 has been published. The March 2009 global anomaly is 0.47 °C,  making it the coldest March … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 115 Comments

Catlin Arctic Survey gives up on ice radar – “much less likely to reach pole”

Posted on April 14, 2009 by

From the “we told you so” department.  Gotta love this quote from Pen Hadow: “It’s never wise to imagine that either man or technology has the upper hand in the natural world.” – Anthony Arctic team gives up on ice … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic | 206 Comments

Watching the 2007 historic low sea ice flow out of the Arctic Sea

Posted on April 13, 2009 by

One of the common misconceptions pushed in the media is that Arctic sea ice simply “melts in place”. Much of this is due to the constant hammering of the AGW meme that the “warming in the Arctic” is the primary … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 92 Comments

Will April be the 100th Warmest On Record?

Posted on April 13, 2009 by

NOAA monthly weather summaries normally describe the month in terms of their warmness ranking.  April is looking like an interesting month, with remarkably consistent cold across the entire US.  Much of the center of the country has been 2 to … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, weather | 136 Comments

A brick through Australia’s AGW window

Posted on April 13, 2009 by

This article from the Sydney Morning herald came with the message from Bruce saying:  “a brick through the AGW window in Australia”. After reading it, and seeing that it is based on a book Heaven and Earth soon to be … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, earth | 182 Comments

Is this an example of Jim Hansen’s endorsed “civil disobedience”?

Posted on April 13, 2009 by

Dr. Jim Hansen gets ready to deliver his message at the Washington DC power plant protest on March 2nd 2009. On February 22nd, WUWT covered Hansen’s announcement that he was endorsing civil disobedience. Now one has to wonder; what hath … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, ridiculae | 116 Comments

Arrhenius’ little known claim about the benefits of CO2

Posted on April 13, 2009 by

This article from NASA’s Earth Observatory came up in a reply prompted by one of Gore’s “presenters” who comment bombed a previous thread. I thought it interesting to present here because while Arrhenius is in fact credited with the CO2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | 140 Comments

A challenge to Steig et al, on Antarctic warming

Posted on April 12, 2009 by

Jeff Id of the Air Vent has offered me this study he just completed for the consideration of WUWT readers. Given the wide audience we have here, I’m sure it will get a rigorous review and inspection.  Let’s see how … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, climate data, climate_change | 153 Comments

Quote of the Week #3

Posted on April 12, 2009 by

This QOTW is from MIT’s  Dr. Richard Lindzen, from his response to critics on the WUWT post: Lindzen on negative climate feedbacks …it has become standard in climate science that data in contradiction to alarmism is inevitably ‘corrected’ to bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Quote of the Week | 108 Comments

What if the Catlin Arctic Ice Survey is for naught?

Posted on April 11, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard Hell Hath No Fury…. Catlin team member Ann Daniels had another very difficult day. Today has been a difficult day of highs and lows, particularly for Ann, whose morning got off to a particularly bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 192 Comments

Making Holocene Spaghetti Sauce by Proxy

Posted on April 11, 2009 by

Holocene, historic and recent global temperatures from temperature proxies. Guest post by: Frank Lansner, civil engineer, biotechnology NOTE: Link to PDF of this article is HERE In the climate debate, the temperatures of the past are used to determine if … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, measurement, Science | 234 Comments

Revisiting Bratcher and Giese (2002)

Posted on April 10, 2009 by

Revisiting Bratcher and Giese (2002) Guest Post by Bob Tisdale INTRODUCTION In a comment in the March 2009 SST Anomaly Update thread, Blogger DB reminded me of the Bratcher and Giese (2002) paper “Tropical Pacific Decadal Variability and Global Warming” … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO | 64 Comments

Can the Catlin Arctic Survey Team Cover 683 km in the Next 21 Days?

Posted on April 10, 2009 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard Click for a larger map – ice extent overlay provided by Catlin KML file, annotated map by Anthony Watts from data provided by the Catlin Arctic Survey According to the people who rescued Pen Hadow … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic | 140 Comments

A farmer’s view on carbon credits

Posted on April 10, 2009 by

This short personal essay from “farmer Steve” in North Dakota appeared as a comment on WUWT here. I thought it was a succinct and clear message based on personal experience and values, and thus worth sharing. I’ve made some formatting … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits | 167 Comments

NASA GISS suggests aerosols play a large role in Arctic warming

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

The Discovery Channel has “shark week”. With all the Arctic news items on WUWT, this is beginning to feel like “polar week”. Here’s an article about aerosols having an impact on the arctic from a surprising source.- Anthony From Universe … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, Arctic | 173 Comments

Was 2007 Arctic ice really a historic minimum?

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

Since we have been on the subject of Arctic expeditions this week, I thought I’d share this short essay sent to me by WUWT reader “thoughtful”. It has some interesting perspectives from a NAVY expedition called “Operation Nanook” which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 88 Comments