Monthly Archives: July 2009

IPCC lead author on Global Warming conclusions: “we’re not scientifically there yet.”

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

The Salt Lake Tribune – July 16, 2009 Article Excerpt: Tom Tripp, a member of the UN IPCC since 2004, is listed as one of 450 IPCC “lead authors” who reviewed reports from 800 contributing writers whose work in turn, … Continue reading →

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Pielke Sr. – Hypothesis on daily UAH LT records

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

Comments On The Current Record Global Average Lower TroposphereTemperatures From Climatesci.org  Roger Pielke Sr. In the last couple of weeks, the onset of the El Niño, that was discussed on in my weblog on July 11 2009 would appear to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, ENSO | 142 Comments

Surfacestations.org hits the 1000 mark

Posted on July 16, 2009 by

I’m pleased to announce that the surfacestations.org project has now surveyed over 1000 of the 1221 USHCN stations in the USA, putting the percentage of the survey at over 82% now.My sincere thanks to the many volunteers who stepped up … Continue reading →

Posted in Weather_stations | 93 Comments

NOAA/NCDC: June 2009 – second warmest on record globally

Posted on July 16, 2009 by

There’s some really interesting things going on with global temperature. On one hand we have UAH and RSS which show Global Temperature anomalies near zero, while NCDC/NOAA and GISS (which derives from NCDC data with their own adjustments added) show … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data | 135 Comments

NCAR: Solar cycle linked to global climate

Posted on July 16, 2009 by

Basil Copeland and I also found linkages between surface temperature and solar cycles in two articles we published in the last year. We were roundly criticized and ridiculed by warmists mainly due to a statistical error in the first essay, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Earth, ENSO, Science, Solar | 202 Comments

CO2, Soot, Modeling and Climate Sensitivity

Posted on July 15, 2009 by

Warming Caused by Soot, Not CO2 From the Resilient Earth Submitted by Doug L. Hoffman on Wed, 07/15/2009 – 13:19 A new paper in Science reports that a careful study of satellite data show the assumed cooling effect of aerosols … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Modeling | 209 Comments

Spy Sat Images of Arctic ice declassified

Posted on July 15, 2009 by

From the “pictures actually do matter” department…NSIDC’s Mark Serreze is thrilled to get them from Science News Hundreds of high-resolution satellite photos of the Arctic sea ice taken during the past 10 years should be immediately declassified and released to … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Sea ice | 36 Comments

GISS: World’s airports continue to run warmer than ROW

Posted on July 15, 2009 by

Guest post by John Goetz As noted in the previous post, GISS has released their monthly global temperature summary for June, 2009. This month’s whopping anomaly of 0.63C is once again much higher than that of RSS, UAH, and even … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, UHI, Uncategorized, Weather_stations | 137 Comments

GISS for June – way out there

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

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 went down in June. GISS went up, and is now … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data | 254 Comments

“There appears to be something fundamentally wrong with the way temperature and carbon are linked in climate models.”

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

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 climate will warm due to carbon emissions, but a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Climate_change, Modeling | 241 Comments

Real Climate gives reason to cheer…

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

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 and Astronomy Museum), Dr. Wally Broecker (Columbia University), and Dr. … Continue reading →

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The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation – not quite cool yet.

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

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, with cool and warm phases that may last for 20-40 … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Oceans | 58 Comments

Palin takes a stand in WaPo – blasts cap and trade

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

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 hit its highest mark in more than 25 years and … Continue reading →

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Sea Surface Temperatures since 1996 – the movie

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

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 created using the mapping feature (Full Version) of the NOAA … Continue reading →

Posted in Oceans | 48 Comments

NYC fails to reach 85°F in June – first time since 1916

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

Click image for ABC News video report. Here are the details from the NYC National Weather Service Office:

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50 Grand tab for AB32 Global Warming Solutions Act – Nevada looking better and better.

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

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 have complete a study of the AB32 Greenhouse gas law, … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Politics | 120 Comments

Record cold in Portland Maine in July

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

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 as of 4:00 PM EDT on July 9, 2009 record … Continue reading →

Posted in Weather | 131 Comments

NOAA: June near average in the USA

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

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 precipitation for the contiguous United States were near the long-term … Continue reading →

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Bill Gates to Control Hurricanes: DOH!

Posted on July 12, 2009 by

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, says he was reminded of “The Simpsons” as he read … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, Ridiculae | 218 Comments

Ken Tapping: Still no sign of the next cycle

Posted on July 12, 2009 by

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 went and asked Ken Tapping. The answer: http://solarscience.auditblogs.com/2009/07/10/ken-tapping-still-no-sign-of-the-next-cycle/ This could … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Solar | 134 Comments