Daily Archives: June 21, 2009

Surfacestations update – help needed for the final stretch

I’m pleased to announce that after a quality control review of all stations surveyed so far we are now at the 80.4% mark. 982 stations out of 1221 of the USHCN network have been surveyed. 239 stations remain to be … Continue reading

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Quote of the Week #11

Our QOTW comes from the newly minted Wikipedia page of the late, great Dr. Jack Eddy. Jack had a way with words, he liked them immensely and wielded them in ways that were not only profound but entertaining. As a … Continue reading

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Global cooling – hail to the chief!

“He’ll stop the globe from getting warm; fuel your car with nuts and corn” (h/t to Tom Nelson) The link for the YouTube video is below. It is very well done.

Posted in fun_stuff, politics | 59 Comments

Modeling sunspots during times when few are seen

(h/t to Michael Ronayne) Sunspots Revealed in Striking Detail by Supercomputers BOULDER—In a breakthrough that will help scientists unlock mysteries of the Sun and its impacts on Earth, an international team of scientists led by the National Center for Atmospheric … Continue reading

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