Daily Archives: September 6, 2009

German Climate Adviser: “industrialized nations have already exceeded their [carbon] quotas” – Pay Up

Posted on September 6, 2009 by

Luboš Motl writes about the alarming opinion from the German Climate Adviser published in the Spiegel. If you’ve ever doubted that Climate Science has become politicized, this should end any doubt. – Anthony By Luboš Motl In his previous life, … Continue reading →

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More rubbish from 60 Minutes tonight. “The Age of Megafires”

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Right on cue, CBS news 60 minutes is expected link the recent California fires to “global warming”. Never mind that the fire was caused by arson, or that the area hadn’t burned in 40-60 years, leading up to a collection … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 87 Comments

Sea Ice Open Thread

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It looks like we’ll see the 2009 Arctic sea ice melt season bottom out in a few days and it won’t be a record setter. Even NSIDC admits this. Here is a magnified graph of the IARC-JAXA AMSRE sea ice … Continue reading →

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The Ap Solar Magnetic Index remains low, going on 4 years

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It has been awhile since I’ve looked at the Ap Index. The last time was April of 2009. From the data provided by NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) you can see just how little Ap magnetic activity there has … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 213 Comments