Daily Archives: May 1, 2009

Australia’s BOM backs down on warming at Antarctic bases

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From the Australian. (h/t to Andrew Bolt) Bureau blows hot and cold over Antarctica warm-up as Bureau of Metereology backs down from a claim that temperatures at Australia’s three bases in Antarctica have been warming over the past three decades … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, climate data | 77 Comments

Name 3 clear signs of the coming Thermageddon

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OK, so my art is a bit tongue in cheek. But it does fit the disaster theme of the topic. This op-ed piece in the Herald Sun is interesting, because it touches on many of the points covered here on … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 344 Comments

Mayday – May Day!

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Guest post by Steven Goddard NSIDC Arctic Ice Extent Just a few pixels from “average”. May 1st is May Day . “Mayday” is a universally understood distress call signifying that an aircraft or other vessel is headed on a collision … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 158 Comments

Australian Antarctic Division: Can solar variability influence climate?

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An interesting tidbit from the Australian Antarctic Division (h/t to Trevor Gunter) Scientists have long searched for linkages between solar variability and weather. The sun varies on a wide-range of time scales, most dramatically on an ~11 year cycle which … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Science, solar, space | 111 Comments