Monthly Archives: August 2009

What is angry, hot, and green?

Posted on August 25, 2009 by

First, apologies in advance. No, not Lou Ferrigno. Not Shrek either. Green Hornet? Monbiot? Romm? nuh uh. In marketing, they say “sex sells”. Global warming now “climate change” is all about marketing and being “green”. Our carbonic hero Al Gore … Continue reading →

Posted in media, ridiculae | 68 Comments

National Wildlife Federation predicts more Cleveland heat waves

Posted on August 25, 2009 by

People send me stuff. I’m thinking they must be worried about the urban animals. Why else would a wildlife federation be jumping into city public policy? Hmmm. I’m not against making cities cooler with more greenery and white/green roofs,. In … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health, politics, weather | 73 Comments

US Chamber of commerce wants trial on global warming issue. Reader poll inside

Posted on August 24, 2009 by

Excerpts from  The LA Times story: U.S. Chamber of Commerce seeks trial on global warming By Jim Tankersley August 25, 2009 Reporting from Washington The nation’s largest business lobby wants to put the science of global warming on trial. The … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 169 Comments

Arctic temperature headed below freezing

Posted on August 24, 2009 by

There’s a couple of indicators that at least for Arctic temperature, the numbers are headed south. First the weather plot from the drifting buoy that is connected with NOAA’s North Pole Cam: After some very brief excursions above freezing, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 79 Comments

Atmospheric Temperature and Carbon Dioxide: Feedback or Equilibrium?

Posted on August 24, 2009 by

R. Taylor writes in to Tips and Notes to WUWT with this. Anthony: If you shift Vostok temperatures by reasonable time lags, and use reasonable parameters for an equilibrium between temperature and CO2, you get predicted values for CO2 that … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Carbon dioxide, climate_change, forecasting, paleoclimatology | 62 Comments

NASA powers up for the next UN IPCC

Posted on August 24, 2009 by

From NASA,  new fossil fuel powered toys for the boys. Related:  “Giant sucking sound” heard in Greenbelt, MD when the switch was thrown. Remember the day you got a brand-new computer? Applications snapped open, processes that once took minutes finished … Continue reading →

Posted in modeling, Technology | 126 Comments

Warming could cause tilt in Earth’s axis

Posted on August 24, 2009 by

As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about…. Earth’s axial tilt (or obliquity) and its relation to the rotation axis and plane of orbit. Image from Wikipedia. Excerpts from the New Scientist Warming oceans could cause Earth’s axis … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, earth | 224 Comments

An update on Jeff Id’s excellent sea ice video

Posted on August 23, 2009 by

Arctic Sea Ice Video Update by Jeff Id As we approach the Arctic Sea Ice minimum, a lot of eyes are looking and projecting what the minimum will be. In a previous post I calculated the centroid of the sea ice … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 87 Comments

Diane Feinstein: turbidity denier?

Posted on August 22, 2009 by

There was an interesting story in the Las Vegas Journal Review on August 20th. which had a passage and quote from California Senator Diane Feinstein (emphasis mine): Both U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Ensign announced that they and other … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, climate_change, local_issues, measurement, politics, Science | 103 Comments

Spencer: Something’s Fishy With Global Ocean Temperature Measurements

Posted on August 22, 2009 by

Dr. Roy Spencer sent me a notice of his most recent post in email. He offers an invitation for anyone to help “figure this one out”. The result could be “worse than we thought”. – Anthony (edited 8/23/09 0710 CDT: … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, measurement, Sea Surface Temperature | 188 Comments

UK: Schooling green costs a lot of green

Posted on August 22, 2009 by

From The Daily Telegraph, 17 August 2009 By Richard Savill A state school in Waterlooville, Hampshire, has been accused of potentially creating a “back-door selection” system by introducing a compulsory ‘eco-friendly’ uniform costing about £100 ($165 USD) Oaklands Roman Catholic … Continue reading →

Posted in education, ridiculae | 69 Comments

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 →

Posted in Science, solar | 142 Comments

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

Sea Surface Temperatures “warmest on record”…but

Posted on August 20, 2009 by

There is a lot of wailing an gnashing of teeth today over this Associated Press story title: In hot water: World’s ocean temps warmest recorded Please take a moment to read that story above as I can’t post it here.  … Continue reading →

Posted in measurement, media, Sea Surface Temperature | 148 Comments

Ring-a-Round 2: Queens University Belfast v Doug Keenan

Posted on August 20, 2009 by

WUWT readers may recall that Queens University Belfast is being asked to provide tree ring data and so far has been refusing all but a small portion. Here is an update on that story first carried in WUWT. Guest Post … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , , | 63 Comments

UK Arrests in Carbon Credit Trading Scam – organized crime said to be involved

Posted on August 19, 2009 by

From the UK Telegraph: Seven arrests in suspected £38m carbon credit fraud Seven people have been arrested and 27 residence and office locations were raided by police over a suspected £38 million pounds (62.8 million dollars) fraud involving the trade … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits | 113 Comments

Impacts Of Land Use – Land Cover Change On Climate

Posted on August 19, 2009 by

From Roger Pielke Sr. New Paper “Impacts Of Land Use Land Cover Change On Climate And Future Research Priorities” By Mahmood Et Al 2009 We have a new multi-authored paper that has been accepted.  This paper illustrates the breadth and diversity of … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, earth, Land use land cover change | 88 Comments

Ice Capades: Greenpeace recants polar ice claim, but “emotionalizing” is OK

Posted on August 19, 2009 by

Well it is that time of year again, the Arctic ice begins to melt, as it does every year, and all sorts of crazy talk starts coming out. This time from Greenpeace. I am encouraged though, as they have come … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, politics | 115 Comments

Rescue Me! Another polar expedition trapped in ice

Posted on August 19, 2009 by

Gosh, this is becoming a theme. Intrepid sailors/hikers/tourists/scientists/ecologists head for the Arctic with intent to show the world how the Arctic is melting, get stuck in/on the ice, or hopelessly battered, and end up needing rescue by those evil fossil … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, ridiculae | 121 Comments

Finding an answer to the faint sun paradox: Carbonyl Sulphide?

Posted on August 19, 2009 by

From a University of Copenhagen News Release First, read  a primer on the Faint Sun Paradox here Normally, I wouldn’t use Wiki, but the article does include a reference to Nir Shaviv. Lot’s of  “mays and ifs” in this one. … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, earth, paleoclimatology, Science | 64 Comments

Hovmollering the SST: T-shirt tie-dye design or climate science?

Posted on August 19, 2009 by

Note: Bob wrote to me with this caveat: Caution: Those Hovmollers will bring you back to the 60s if you stare at them too long. Hence the title. – Anthony Hovmollers Of Pacific Low Latitude SST Anomalies Confirm Step Changes … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, oceans | 60 Comments

Atlantic Tropical Update – Hurricane Bill affecting Bermuda

Posted on August 18, 2009 by

Updated 9AM PST Friday 8/21 Bill continues to weaken and is looking less organized.  It now has 115 mph sustained winds. Bill is visible in the center of the image below. This satellite image will update every 30 minutes. Animate … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, weather | 123 Comments

NSIDC on arctic ice: It is now unlikely that 2009 will see a record low extent

Posted on August 18, 2009 by

From NSIDC sea ice news During the first half of August, Arctic ice extent declined more slowly than during the same period in 2007 and 2008. The slower decline is primarily due to a recent atmospheric circulation pattern, which transported … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 256 Comments