Monthly Archives: September 2009

U.S. Treasury: The Costs of Cap and Trade, $1761 per year per household.

Posted on September 16, 2009 by

Big differences seen compared to EIA estimate. Documents (link to PDF) obtained from the U.S. Treasury under the Freedom of Information Act by the free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute were released on Tuesday. The U.S. Treasury Department admits that a “cap … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, politics | 238 Comments

Creating a timeline for Britain’s ice sheet advance and retreat

Posted on September 16, 2009 by

From EurekAlert.com a look at the starting and ending factors of the last ice age in Britain from Dr. David Evans. Egg-shaped legacy of Britain’s mobile ice-sheet The ice sheets that sculpted the landscape of northern Britain moved in unexpected … Continue reading →

Posted in glaciers, paleoclimatology | 42 Comments

2nd day – Arctic sea ice is again on the rise

Posted on September 15, 2009 by

Yesterday I looked at JAXA data and ventured that: “Arctic sea ice melt appears to have turned the corner for 2009″ The Sept 15th JAXA Arctic Sea Ice extent graph was published this evening about 8PM PST (and updated overnight which … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 120 Comments

El Niño Events Are Not Getting Stronger

Posted on September 15, 2009 by

I knew the moment I pressed the publish button yesterday, that Bob Tisdale would have something useful to add to this discussion on El Niño and influenza. He didn’t disappoint us. – Anthony Guest post by Bob Tisdale The Texas … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO | 69 Comments

A significant SC24 spot may be in the making

Posted on September 15, 2009 by

Leif Svalgaard (via Frank Hill) writes to advise me that National Solar Observatory GONG is showing a significant spot on the far side of the sun that appear to have the right latitude for SC24 in addition to being fairly … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 151 Comments

Arctic sea ice melt appears to have turned the corner for 2009

Posted on September 15, 2009 by

It appears Arctic sea ice has bottomed out and is now on the growth rebound. The NANSEN Arctic ROOS website shows that in terms of area, sea ice appears to have turned the corner as of Sept 13th data. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 159 Comments

Possible Linkage between the 1918 El Niño and the 1918 flu pandemic ?

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

Of course with H1N1 influenza concerns now reaching another peak in the media, this is bound to add fuel to the fire now that NOAA has announced we’ll likely see our present weak El Niño strengthen and continue into this … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health, ENSO, Sea Surface Temperature | 81 Comments

Research claim: dropping CO2 caused formation of Antarctic ice cap

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

Meanwhile today while CO2 is increasing, the Antarctic ice cap is also increasing. Bill Illis writes about it: Ice sheets formed in Antarctica about 35 million years ago when CO2 was about 1,200 ppm. Ice sheets also formed in Antarctica … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Carbon dioxide | 349 Comments

Cryosphere Today: Arctic is now ice-free*, Antarctica unaffected

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

NSIDC’s Mark Serreze must be thrilled, as he’ll now be able to justify some of his press releases. Gore must be ecstatic that his 2013  “Entire north polar ice cap will be gone in 5 years” prediction has come in way … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, fun_stuff, sea ice | 68 Comments

Some preliminary results from GOSAT – CO2 hot spots in interesting places

Posted on September 13, 2009 by

WUWT reader Anna V. alerts us to the preliminary report from the JAXA GOSAT Project. According to the project website: The Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) Project is a joint effort promoted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, earth, measurement | 157 Comments

Agricultural pioneer and climate skeptic – Dr. Norman Borlaug

Posted on September 13, 2009 by

Renowned agricultural scientist Dr. Norman Borlaug has died at the age of 95. Borlaug, known as the father of the “Green Revolution” for saving over a billion people from starvation by utilizing pioneering high yield farming techniques, is one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Announcements | 51 Comments

Oh no, not this rubbish again: “Recent projections suggest polar bears could be extinct within 70 years”

Posted on September 12, 2009 by

Count the number of ifs, mays, and coulds in this story, then look the rebuttal and other supporting information. The Telegraph is repeating alarmism. From the Telegraph By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent Polar bears face extinction in less than 70 … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Arctic | 173 Comments

Large eruption at Russian volcano Shiveluch

Posted on September 12, 2009 by

It appears that a major eruption is underway at the Shiveluch volcano in the Kamchatka peninsula. Here is the location from Google Earth: Here is a recent photo (August 27th)  showing it building a lava dome in the crater. There … Continue reading →

Posted in vulcanism | 72 Comments

El Niño is expected to strengthen and last through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009-2010

Posted on September 12, 2009 by

Here is the current SST map: From NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center: EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION issued by CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER/NCEP/NWS 10 September 2009 ENSO Alert System Status: El Niño Advisory Synopsis: El Niño is expected to strengthen and … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO | 180 Comments

Tornado Threat Increases as Gulf Hurricanes Get Larger

Posted on September 11, 2009 by

There have been lots of claims about hurricanes since Katrina, many of them linking “global warming” to hurricane frequency, which is of course flat wrong. This study however is in my opinion, probable in its method and results. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, hurricanes, modeling, weather | 41 Comments

Skeptic reporter John Stossel leaves ABC for Fox

Posted on September 11, 2009 by

I can understand how frustrating it must have been for Stossel at ABC, given that he’s on the other side of the global warming issue from the news department there, but moving to Fox will minimize the broader impact of … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 108 Comments

NOAA: Summer Temperature Below Average for U.S.

Posted on September 11, 2009 by

NOAA: Summer Temperature Below Average for U.S. Source here September 10, 2009 The average June-August 2009 summer temperature for the contiguous United States was below average – the 34th coolest on record, according to a preliminary analysis by NOAA’s National … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, weather | 72 Comments

Svensmark: “global warming stopped and a cooling is beginning” – “enjoy global warming while it lasts”

Posted on September 10, 2009 by

UPDATED: This opinion piece from Professor Henrik Svensmark was published September 9th in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Originally the translation was from Google translation with some post translation cleanup of jumbled words or phrases by myself. Now as of Sept … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, solar | 638 Comments

More oxygen – colder climate

Posted on September 10, 2009 by

If this is true,with the biomass photosynthesis of CO2 and converting it to oxygen, it would seem to point to a self regulating effect of the biosphere on climate.The new study goes with this item reported on WUWT in June … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, earth, Science | 69 Comments

Solar wind surprise: “This discovery is like finding it got hotter when the sun went down,”

Posted on September 10, 2009 by

This gives a whole new meaning to “Total Solar Irradiance”. Instead of TSI, perhaps we should call the energy transfer that comes from the sun to the earth TSE for “Total Solar Energy” so that it includes the solar wind, … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 239 Comments

AccuWeather’s Joe Bastardi makes mincemeat of Greenpeace claim that California Wildfires are caused by Global Warming

Posted on September 10, 2009 by

For those of you who don’t know him, Joe Bastardi is one of the lead forecasters for AccuWeather. He’s also a global warming skeptic. Fox news invited Greenpeace to come on and support their press reports here and here that: … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, politics | 145 Comments

Market Confidence Low: Carbon Credits now worth 25 cents, were at $7 in 2008

Posted on September 9, 2009 by

From Tom Nelson: Plunging prices at the Chicago Climate Exchange ABOVE: CCX CFI End of Day Summary: Offsets now selling for 25 cents each Back on September 2nd, 2006/2007 instruments were selling as low as 20 cents and held that … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits | 116 Comments

Forecasting the Earth’s Temperature

Posted on September 9, 2009 by

Forecasting the Earth’s Temperature by David Whitehouse via Benny Peiser’s CCnet The recent spate of scientific papers that are attempting to predict what the earth’s temperature might be in the coming decades, and also explain the current global temperature standstill, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, forecasting | 190 Comments

Arctic Temperatures – What Hockey Stick?

Posted on September 9, 2009 by

Circling the Arctic What sudden recent warming? What Hockey Stick? I don’t see any. By Lucy Skywalker Green World Trust Click for a full sized image to click on graphs with thanks to the late John Daly and his timeless, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, climate data, measurement | 240 Comments

Oh, the tree huggers won’t like this…exploiting trees for electricity

Posted on September 9, 2009 by

Electrical circuit runs entirely off power in trees From the University of Washington by Hannah Hickey hickeyh@u.washington.edu University of Washington Electrical engineers Babak Parviz and Brian Otis and undergraduate student Carlton Himes (right to left) demonstrate a circuit that runs … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, Technology | 76 Comments