Daily Archives: July 7, 2009

EPA’s Jackson and Energy Sec. Chu on the Senate hot seat

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In case you missed the debate on the Senate floor today over the Waxman-Markey bill, here is a video segment of interest. Jackson agrees that the USA effect on global CO2 would be minimal, Chu does not. Washington, D.C.-During a … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, politics | 117 Comments

Climate projections: Past performance no guarantee of future skill?

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Forecasting accuracy of Global Climate Models is something that has been at the very heart of the global warming debate for some time. Leif Svalgaard turned me on to this paper in GRL today: Reifen, C., and R. Toumi (2009), … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, modeling | 78 Comments

Gore and Nazis

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Gore / Nazis – two words I thought I’d never see together, and never wanted to. Yet here it is in a story in the Times Online. Surprisingly, Hollywood has been exploiting this linkage for years. I suppose the appearance … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, climate_change, ridiculae | 331 Comments

UAH global temperature anomaly – hitting the slopes

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Mathematician Luboš Motl takes on the new UAH data (source here) and some current thinking about slopes in global climate by adding his own perspective and analysis. Be sure to visit his blog and leave some comments for him – … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, climate_change, Science, weather | 129 Comments

El Nino – same but different

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There Is Nothing New About The El Nino Modoki Guest post by Bob Tisdale The press release… http://media-newswire.com/release_1094000.html …for the Hye-Mi Kim, et al (2009) paper “Impact of Shifting Patterns of Pacific Ocean Warming on North AtlanticTropical Cyclones”… http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/325/5936/77 …includes … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, oceans, Science | 42 Comments