Daily Archives: October 8, 2009

New paper: Barents Sea Temperature correlated to the AMO as much as 4C – potential for sea ice effect

A new paper just published in the Geophysical Review Letters finds a significant correlation between the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and the water temperature of the Barents Sea. This was made possible by a significant network of hydrographical stations in … Continue reading

Posted in Arctic, oceans, Science, sea ice | 102 Comments

A bad climate for development – rebuttal to the Economist

Guest post by Indur Goklany The Economist’s print edition has published my letter taking it to task for a pretty uninformed piece it published on the impacts of climate change last month. Although the editors changed the title, dropped the … Continue reading

Posted in climate_change, economy-health | 64 Comments

What climate news you aren’t seeing in the American press but can in Iran

It’s really rather sad that you can read about Svensmark’s climate research in an Iranian news outlet (FARS) but you won’t see any mention of it in American press, such as in the NYT. A search for Svensmark (and also … Continue reading

Posted in climate_change, clouds, Science, space | 106 Comments

Operation ice bridge in Antarctica

While we have no mention in press of the record amounts of ice for the entire Antarctic continent as shown here, scientists are focusing on the one part of the continent that seems to get all the press. No word … Continue reading

Posted in Antarctic, sea ice | 67 Comments

Antarctica’s ice story has been put on ice

From World Climate Report: Antarctic Ice Melt at Lowest Levels in Satellite Era Where are the headlines? Where are the press releases? Where is all the attention? The ice melt across during the Antarctic summer (October-January) of 2008-2009 was the … Continue reading

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