Daily Archives: August 21, 2009

Record July 2009 Sea Surface Temperatures? The View from Space

Posted on August 21, 2009 by

From Roy Spencer’s blog (h/t to Ron de Haan) August 21st, 2009 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Since NOAA has announced that their data show July 2009 global-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) reaching a record high for the month … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Sea Surface Temperature | 62 Comments

Soot And The Arctic Ice – A Win-Win Policy Based On Chinese Coal Fired Power Plants

Posted on August 21, 2009 by

Via Roger Pielke Senior’s new and improved Climate Science Blog: Kiminori Itoh of Yokohama National University has prepared a guest weblog for us. It is titled: “Soot And The Arctic Ice – A Win-Win Policy Based On Chinese Coal Fired … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, economy-health, energy | 61 Comments

SOHO back up and running – didn’t miss anything, sun still blank

Posted on August 21, 2009 by

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite is back in operation after some required downtime to keep it operating. Alas, it didn’t miss anything, the sun remains spotless. From Spaceweather.com According to NOAA sunspot counts, the longest stretch of spotless … Continue reading →

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Borenstein’s AP Sea Surface Temperature Article Is Misleading

Posted on August 21, 2009 by

Guest Post By Bob Tisdale The Seth Borenstein AP article about the recent high sea surface temperature… http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jLv3LpI0fw21ULmgkJtinBFrwm7AD9A6OUF06 …is misleading. There is a significant difference between what Seth Borenstein reported and what NOAA stated in the July “State of the … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Sea Surface Temperature | 98 Comments