Daily Archives: September 17, 2009

NCAR: “number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the Sun’s impact on Earth”

Solar Cycle Driven by More than Sunspots; Sun Also Bombards Earth with High-Speed Streams of Wind From an NCAR press release September 17, 2009 BOULDER—Challenging conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of … Continue reading

Posted in earth, Science, solar | 344 Comments

NSIDC still pushing “ice-free Arctic summers”

This is the press release sent out by NSIDC today (sans image below). Instead of celebrating a two year recovery, they push the “ice free” theme started last year by Marc Serreze. There’s no joy in mudville apparently. My prediction … Continue reading

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 247 Comments

NOAA’s August global SST record is the result of one data set

Yesterday NOAA announced with much fanfare that: The world’s ocean surface temperature was the warmest for any August on record, and the warmest on record averaged for any June-August (Northern Hemisphere summer/Southern Hemisphere winter) season according to NOAA’s National Climatic … Continue reading

Posted in oceans, Sea Surface Temperature | 111 Comments