Monthly Archives: June 2009

Listening to the Antarctic Ice Shelves – they say “no climate change”

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

From the Australian Ice shelves stable over six years ANTARCTIC ice shelves are showing no sign of climate change, six years of unique research have shown. Previously on WUWT we discussed the media’s fascination with “melt” when it comes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, media, sea ice | 105 Comments

A few thoughts on the “climate change lowers wind speeds” study

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

By now you’ve probably read about Wind speed trends over the contiguous USA by Pryor et al. (2009, in press, JGR) There is also an Associated Press story which cites this as a “first-of-its-kind study, and  suggests that average and … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, measurement, Technology, weather_stations | 62 Comments

First Ever Ice Wine in Brazil

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

Via Joe D’Aleo at ICECAP Team Vinicola Perico, Vinicola Vineyards in Santa Catarina, Brazil Our friends at the METSUL reports that for the first time ever in Brazil icewine has been produced in this unusually cold June in Southern Brazil. … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, weather | 52 Comments

Canada and USA agricultural weather issues and changes in our solar cycles

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

There’s been some concern lately over climate and agriculture. In the last few days we’ve had headlines such as: Crops under stress as temperatures fall (UK Telegraph) Canadian Wheat Output May Fall on Dry, Cool Weather (Bloomberg) Southeastern Missouri farmers … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, climate_change, solar | 135 Comments

SurfaceStations now at 80% of the network surveyed: Illinois and Florida USHCN surveys complete

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

It has been a long time coming to get these two states completed. I’m happy to report that they have now been completely surveyed for all USHCN stations. I’d like to personally thank volunteer Ted Semons for his week long … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, weather_stations | 45 Comments

The Thermostat Hypothesis

Posted on June 14, 2009 by

Guest Essay by Willis Eschenbach Abstract The Thermostat Hypothesis is that tropical clouds and thunderstorms actively regulate the temperature of the earth. This keeps the earth at a equilibrium temperature. Several kinds of evidence are presented to establish and elucidate … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, energy, weather | 416 Comments

Quote of the Week #10 – the future of underwater flaming

Posted on June 14, 2009 by

Image from WUWT reader “Boudu” One thing you can say about AGW alarmists, they are passionate. But passion doesn’t usually equate to factual discourse, as demonstrated so well on Joe Romm’s Climate Progress blog this week by guest blogger Kyle … Continue reading →

Posted in Quote of the Week, ridiculae | 105 Comments

Sunspots Today: A Cheshire Cat – New Essay from Livingston and Penn

Posted on June 13, 2009 by

This arrived in my email tonight from Bill Livingston. It is hot off the press, date June 11th. I believe WUWT readers will be some of the first to see this. – Anthony Guest Essay by: W. Livingston, National Solar … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 190 Comments

Tom Nelson makes me laugh

Posted on June 13, 2009 by

I busted out laughing when I saw this on Tom Nelson’s blog. His title was “For climate hucksters, two inconvenient Google trends”. I never think about this sort of stuff, but it was darn funny.

Posted in fun_stuff | 51 Comments

Online Petition: The next significant solar minimum should be called “The Eddy Minimum”

Posted on June 13, 2009 by

Link to sign the petition (don’t use handles please) Jack Eddy was a solar scientist who discovered the sunspot period known as “Maunder Minimum” in the 1970′s, and despite intense academic pressure of the consensus then, argued that this demonstrated … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, solar | 88 Comments

Results: Lab experiment regarding CO2 “snow” in Antarctica at -113°F (-80.5°C) – not possible

Posted on June 13, 2009 by

A couple of days ago WUWT carried a story, talking about intense cold in Antarctica, carbon dioxide, and the icecap of Mars. This one passage stirred up a significant debate: According to Weather Underground, Vostok, Antarctica is forecast to reach … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Carbon dioxide, Science | 143 Comments

Common Sense and The Perils of Predictions

Posted on June 12, 2009 by

Guest essay by Michael R. Smith, C.C.M. Forbes, “Absolute Return” column, April 21, 2008, page 246: Here’s another name you should own, Freddie Mac ($29 per share)…Freddie is cheap at 1.1 times book [value]. Less than five months later, Freddie … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, modeling | 80 Comments

Suggestions of “strong negative cloud feedbacks” in a warmer climate

Posted on June 12, 2009 by

I thought this post on clouds and climate modeling below from Steve McIntyre’s Climate Audit was interesting, because it highlights the dreaded “negative feedbacks” that many climate modelers say don’t exist. Dr. Richard Lindzen highlighted the importance of negative feedback … Continue reading →

Posted in modeling, Science, weather | 151 Comments

Jack Eddy – discoverer of the Maunder Minimum and LIA, 1931-2009

Posted on June 11, 2009 by

…it is with great sadness that I report that Jack Eddy passed away yesterday. – Dr. Leif Svalgaard in comments today “My reasons for taking this less-traveled road were many. One is the inevitable thrill of discovery when you wander … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 80 Comments

Sea Ice Speed Bump: WUWT?

Posted on June 11, 2009 by

UPDATE: Dr. Walt Meier of NSIDC writes in with some information, seethe end of the article. I’m getting weary of answering this question in comments, so here it is front page. Note the little bump right about June 1st. Rick … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 176 Comments

Mars Today widget now on WUWT

Posted on June 10, 2009 by

In the discussion thread about CO2 and Antarctic cold, some references to CO2 ice in the ice caps of Mars were part of that discussion. WUWT reader Lou Mackenzie sends word that we can now watch Mars ice caps and … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, space | 43 Comments

Quote of the week #9 – “negative thermometers”

Posted on June 10, 2009 by

Image from WUWT reader “Boudu” Its has been awhile since I had a QOTW, but the last couple of weeks have been full of travel, and I’ve been out of the comment loop until recently. But this response from RyanO … Continue reading →

Posted in Quote of the Week, ridiculae, weather_stations | 64 Comments

An old friend put out to pasture: Marysville is no longer a USHCN climate station of record

Posted on June 10, 2009 by

WUWT readers who have followed this blog and the surfacestations.org project for a long time know that the USHCN climate station of record in Marysville, California,  is the station that gave me that moment “when the light bulb went on”. … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, weather_stations | 58 Comments

Another scientific consensus bites the dust

Posted on June 10, 2009 by

It has been said that “the science is settled” regarding what we know about Earth’s atmosphere and climate.  But recently scientists discovered that something we had accepted as a basic truth for a very long time is not true at … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, Science, solar, space | 190 Comments

CO2 condensation in Antarctica at -113F?

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

UPDATE2: The question has been resolved, please see this new WUWT story on the issue. – Anthony UPDATE: There is a debate raging in comments about the validity of the statement “That is four degrees below the freezing point of … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Carbon dioxide | 239 Comments

A look at: Solar Wind Flow Pressure – Another Indication of Solar Downtrend?

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

I initially wrote this article using data only from David Archibald, but within a couple of minutes I was given some broader data from Leif Svalgaard, so I have rewritten this to include both resources in the interest of  seeing … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 170 Comments

Revisiting Detroit Lakes

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

Some long time WUWT readers may remember this famous picture of the USHCN climate station of record in Detroit Lakes, MN. This is what I wrote on July 26th, 2007 about it in: How Not to Measure Temperature, Part 25 … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, weather_stations | 79 Comments

AccuWeather’s Joe Bastardi: “the ‘science is in’ crowd does not want them to see facts” and parts of US to have “year without a summer”

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

excerpts: From Joe’s European Weather Blog: The current unseasonable cold across northwest Europe is not the only place where the arctic hound is calling as yet another blast of reality gets lobbed into the base camp of agenda driven warmingistas, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather | 212 Comments

Short Circuiting The Scientific Process – A Serious Problem In The Climate Science Community

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

Guest post from Roger Pielke Sr., originally posted on Climate Science There has been a development over the last 10-15 years or so in the scientific peer reviewed literature that is short circuiting the scientific method. The scientific method involves developing … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | 305 Comments

Met Office Summer Forecast Drowning Again?

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

By Steven Goddard For the third straight summer, the UK Met Office has forecast hot weather using their state of the art computer models.  Summer 2007 and 2008 were complete washouts, ranking as two of the most miserable, rainy summers … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, weather | 81 Comments