Daily Archives: August 4, 2009

A link between the Sun, cosmic rays, aerosols, and liquid-water clouds appears to exist on a global scale…

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Svensmark has a new paper and it is a doozy:  Cosmic ray decreases affect atmospheric aerosols and clouds (full text PDF). The major conclusion: “A link between the Sun, cosmic rays, aerosols, and liquid-water clouds appears to exist on a … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, climate_change, solar | 163 Comments

McCain realization: “[The Waxman-Markey] 1,400-page bill is a farce.

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McCain Echoes Hansen: Waxman-Markey is a ‘Farce’ (The Civil War widens among climate alarmists) by Robert Bradley MasterResource August 3, 2009 “[The Waxman-Markey] 1,400-page bill is a farce. They bought every industry off—steel mills, agriculture, utilities…. I would not only … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 98 Comments

Scafetta: Benestad and Schmidt’s calculations are “robustly” flawed.

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Nicola Scafetta Comments on “Solar Trends And Global Warming” by Benestad and Schmidt From Climate Science — Roger Pielke Sr. On July 22 2009 I posted on the new paper on solar forcing by Lean and Rind 2009 (see). In that … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 218 Comments

A simple analogy on climate modeling – looking for the red spot

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This simple visual analogy that Ron House has designed can help readers not familiar with a contentious atmospheric modeling issue get a primer on the it. While not a perfect analogy (and by definition analogies often aren’t) it does help … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, modeling | 198 Comments