NASA GISS has released their global temperature anomaly data for June 2009 and it is quite the surprise. In both the UAH and RSS satellite data sets, global temperature anomaly…
Month: July 2009
"There appears to be something fundamentally wrong with the way temperature and carbon are linked in climate models."
From e! sciencenews Global warming: Our best guess is likely wrong Published: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 – 11:45 in Earth & Climate Rice University/Photos.com No one knows exactly how much Earth’s…
Real Climate gives reason to cheer…
Though, a couple of the cheerleaders don’t look all that happy. Left to Right: Dr. Gavin Schmidt (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Dr. Paul Knappenberger (President of the Adler Planetarium…
The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation – not quite cool yet.
From ICECAP AMO, The Key Global Climate Indicator By Matt Vooro The AMO is an ongoing series of long-duration changes in the sea surface temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean,…
Palin takes a stand in WaPo – blasts cap and trade
from The Washington Post The ‘Cap And Tax’ Dead End By Sarah Palin Tuesday, July 14, 2009 There is no shortage of threats to our economy. America’s unemployment rate recently…
Sea Surface Temperatures since 1996 – the movie
Animations of Weekly SST Anomaly Maps from January 3, 1996 to July 1, 2009 Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The following four animations of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies were…
NYC fails to reach 85°F in June – first time since 1916
Click image for ABC News video report. Here are the details from the NYC National Weather Service Office:
50 Grand tab for AB32 Global Warming Solutions Act – Nevada looking better and better.
For those that don’t operate a business in California like I do, I was surprised today to learn that Sacramento State College of Business Administration and Center for Small Business…
Record cold in Portland Maine in July
More from the “weather is not climate department”. Emphasis below mine. And it is having an effect not only on crops but tourism in the Northeast US. – Anthony Statement…
NOAA: June near average in the USA
Meanwhile the world temperature anomaly as measured by satellite is near zero – Anthony NOAA: U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Near-Average for June July 10, 2009 The June 2009 temperature and…
Bill Gates to Control Hurricanes: DOH!
From the “would you, could you, with a boat department”. Bill goes macro. The Simpsons are cited by patent watcher. Patent watcher “theodp,” who tipped us off to the filings,…
Ken Tapping: Still no sign of the next cycle
More on the NRC 10.7 observatory here JohnA writes in: Just in case you wondered whether the recent large sunspot indicated an upswing in radio flux from the Sun: I…
Quote of the week #14
“Sometimes, we hear that global warming causes cooling. In this case, global warming causes global averageness. In all three cases, it is bad news.” – Luboš Motl in UAH global…
Key West, FL sets new subzero "record low" temperature – Update: now snowing!
That windchill is vicious, be sure to dress warmly going outside at Key West. Cold kills. Actually the new record low was colder than that shown above. It hit -27F…
How not to measure temperature, part 90
People send me stuff. My Inbox bursts daily with ideas, suggestions, papers, and photos. Here is a climate monitoring station in Tremonton Utah. Notice anything peculiar about the placement of…
Cooler weather bringing the "luck of the Irish" to the USA
While we don’t have to worry about starvation like the Irish due to lack of crop diversity, it is interesting that we are seeing the same mold that caused the…
RSS Global Temperature for June 09, also down
Both Lucia and Steve McIntyre beat me on this story, so I’ll defer to them. That’s what I get for going to dinner with relatives last night and sleeping in.…
Study: Media and environmental doomsday – like peas and carrots
In TV there’s been this saying forever: “if it bleeds it leads” referring to what story would be the lead story in the TV newscast. It stands to reason then…
Chicago – coolest July 8th in 118 years
Another entry from the weather is not climate department, this time courtesy of Tom Skilling, WGN-TV meteorologist. Chicago has its coolest July 8 in 118 years By Tom Skilling July…
Hansen unhinged on G-8 failure – "Waxman-Markey bill, a monstrous absurdity"
From the Huffington Post, Dr. Hansen is more than a little upset over the failure of G-8 to produce any meaningful CO2 cuts. Once again he tries to take the…
NOAA announces the arrival of El Niño
Contact: Christopher Vaccaro FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 202-536-8911 (cellular) July 9, 2009 El Niño Arrives; Expected to Persist through Winter 2009-10 NOAA scientists today announced the arrival of El…
NSF "blurring the lines between journalism and PR"
The Observatory — July 01, 2009 10:23 AM NSF “Underwriting” Coverage… And other controversies from the World Conference of Science Journalists By Curtis Brainard LONDON — The sixth World Conference…
"…frost has never been reported before in July"
Frost in July hits P.E.I. from CBC News Temperatures dropped to a record low in Prince Edward Island overnight Tuesday, with reports of frost throughout the province. An official record…
G-8 Summit drops CO2 targets, keeps 2 degree temperature goal
Legislating temperature limits to 2°C will surely be more effective than legislating alcohol. Right? Developing Nations Rebuff G-8 on Curbing Pollutants By PETER BAKER New York Times L’AQUILA, Italy —…
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