Monthly Archives: June 2009

Updates from West Virginia on Jim Hansen’s protest and debate

Posted on June 23, 2009 by

Our WUWT correspondent (and surfacestations.org volunteer surveyor) Michael Caplinger reports in. Marsh Fork Elementary and the coal operation nearby. More here at WV Public Broadcasting. Media coverage so far has been light. – Anthony Mike updates us from WV: As … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 42 Comments

Pushback on Waxman-Markey – now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of their country

Posted on June 23, 2009 by

House to Vote on Climate Bill By Friday http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090622-716255.html If you have not contacted your legislator yet, consider doing so after reading this. – Anthony Left Pushback on Waxman-Markey: Is It Time to Start Over? by Robert Bradley, Master Resource … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, politics | 44 Comments

WUWT Tips & Notes page installed

Posted on June 23, 2009 by

Finally, a way to communicate without cluttering threads. Just click on TIPS & NOTES TO WUWT on the menu under the masthead and leave a comment. See the instructions there. – Anthony

Posted in Announcements | 15 Comments

Archibald – The Ap Index says: “There will be no sunspots”

Posted on June 23, 2009 by

Guest post by David Archibald Frank Hill’s summoning up of sunspots from the vasty deep of the Sun’s convection zone reminds me of some Shakespeare (Henry the Fourth): Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 159 Comments

LAST DAY: The June 23rd EPA CO2 endangerment public comment deadline is TODAY

Posted on June 23, 2009 by

I just sent my comments in, and have included excerpts from them below for structure and ideas. If you have not done it yet, get your comments in. I did mine via email. Some excerpts from my commentary are listed … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Carbon dioxide | 90 Comments

Eco group calls for volunteers to “Get Arrested with James Hansen to stop MTR!”

Posted on June 22, 2009 by

That headline is NOT a typo, that’s what they say: If there was even any doubt about Hansen changing from scientist to advocate, that doubt is now shattered. Meanwhile, amazingly, James Hansen has agreed to a debate. Hansen is going … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 186 Comments

Surfacestations update – help needed for the final stretch

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

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 →

Posted in Announcements, weather_stations | 124 Comments

Quote of the Week #11

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

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 →

Posted in fun_stuff, Quote of the Week, solar | 32 Comments

Global cooling – hail to the chief!

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

“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

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

(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 →

Posted in Science, solar | 120 Comments

Getting crabby – another missing NASA GISS station found, thanks to a TV show

Posted on June 20, 2009 by

A couple of days ago, I located the “long lost” Honolulu Observatory GISS weather station on the Island of Oahu with just a couple of hours of digging. That one apparently got “lost” because the station name changed, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, weather_stations | 145 Comments

Interesting times at the “North Pole”

Posted on June 20, 2009 by

There is a webcam at the “North Pole” (at least it starts out very near there) that reports via satellite data uplink at regular intervals. They also have a weather station with a once weekly data plot.  Note it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 67 Comments

Historic parallels in our time: the killing of cattle -vs- carbon

Posted on June 20, 2009 by

From our perspective as a modern society, the actions of the Xhosa would seem foolhardy, even insane. First let me say, I’m not at all against alternate energy, or improved or even different technology. Heck, I drive an electric car … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health | 126 Comments

Hansen’s at it again

Posted on June 20, 2009 by

No longer content to be a scientist, and apparently now a full time protesting advocate, Dr. James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies joins forces with deep thinker Darryl Hannah. From commondreams.org Following this protest, on June … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, ridiculae | 84 Comments

Historic Variation in Arctic Ice

Posted on June 20, 2009 by

Historic Variation in Arctic Ice Guest post from the Air Vent by Tony B The following is a guest post by Tony B on the history of Arctic ice. I nominated him Arctic ice historian on WUWT when I noticed … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 40 Comments

The Met Office brings doom to a place near you

Posted on June 20, 2009 by

The Met Office brings doom to a place near you Guest post By Tony Newbery, Harmless Sky On Thursday, the Met Office launched its new report on global warming, UK Climate Predictions 2009 otherwise known as UKCP09. This is based … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting | 56 Comments

This is your Honolulu Temperature. This is your Honolulu Temperature on ASOS. Any questions?

Posted on June 19, 2009 by

This graph got rather buried at the end of a long explanatory post showing the twists and turns I had to take to get the data. I think it needs front and center exposure, so I’m putting it here. It … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, ridiculae, weather_stations | 60 Comments

More on NOAA’s FUBAR Honolulu “record highs” ASOS debacle, PLUS finding a long lost GISS station

Posted on June 19, 2009 by

In my previous post I pointed out how when Warren Meyer asked a simple question; “is this chart representative?” of himself, he needed only one phone call to disprove that a chart in the newly released Global Climate Change Impacts … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, ridiculae, Science, weather_stations | 120 Comments

Note to NCDC climate report authors: try using the telephone next time

Posted on June 18, 2009 by

Yesterday I reposted one of Warren Meyers essays on the hilariously flawed GCCI report from NCDC suggesting that the electrical grid is at risk due to increased weather related events affecting electrical systems. The chart looked hinky, turns out it … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, ridiculae, weather | 60 Comments

NOAA: FUBAR high temp/climate records from faulty sensor to remain in place at Honolulu

Posted on June 17, 2009 by

WUWT readers will probably remember yesterdays’ story about the malfunctioning temperature sensor at the ASOS station at Honolulu airport next to an asphalt access road. Well guess what? Even though NOAA admits the sensor is in error by as much … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, ridiculae, weather | 127 Comments

Solar Cycle 24 lack of sunspots caused by “sluggish solar jet stream” – returning soon?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by

I got a tip by email from JohnA who runs solarscience.auditblogs.com about this NASA press release. John’s skeptical about it. He makes some good points in this post here. What I most agree with JohnA’s post is about sunspots. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 312 Comments

Just where are those grid killing tornadoes anyway?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by

John Kerry and Tornadoes – not a good mix Warren Meyer over at climate-skeptic.com is a bit fired up over the NCDC sponsored, Los Angeles PR firm processed, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States. He’s running a series. … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, weather | 64 Comments

The climate science elephant footprint in the room

Posted on June 17, 2009 by

Even though written from a biased perspective, with comments such as “raving from a fringe minority”, this article speaks clearly to things like the absurdity of the Catlin Artic Ice Survey. It used tremendous amounts of fuel (and left fuel … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, climate_change, energy | 100 Comments

Bob Tisdale on NCDC’s USCGRP report

Posted on June 17, 2009 by

The USGCRP Report “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States” Fails To Acknowledge the Multiyear Effects of ENSO on Global Temperature Guest post by Bob Tisdale The USGCRP report “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States” was released … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, ENSO | 186 Comments

How not to measure temperature, part 88 – Honolulu’s Official Temperature ±2

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

People send me stuff, some days my email explodes. Today I got all sorts of things about Obama and John Holdren and the new NCDC climate spincycle which Steve McIntyre has dubbed Chucky Returns Part IV. That one made me … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, measurement, media, weather_stations | 81 Comments