Daily Archives: October 26, 2009

How not to measure temperature, part 91: find the official climate thermometer in this photo

Posted on October 26, 2009 by

It has been awhile since we’ve looked at stations in the United States Historical Climatology Network. Last night I was doing quality control and updates to the database and came across this photo by Surfacestations.org volunteer John W. Slayton. He’s … Continue reading →

Posted in weather_stations | 75 Comments

Not scary enough: more Americans believe in haunted houses than human caused global warming

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Oh this is funny. There’s not even any Gore involved. We’ve seen that man-made global warming has taken some hits in the opinion polls lately, and that its 10 minutes of fame may be over, but sharp eyed blogger Dave … Continue reading →

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“Maybe the sun really means business this time!”

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After months of malaise and anemic sunspecks, the sun finally creates a respectable spot.While lower towards the equator than expected, it has been identified as a cycle 24 spot. From SpaceWeather.com: The sun is showing signs of life. Over the … Continue reading →

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Newsweek: Green subsidies aren’t working

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This is a surprise from Newsweek. Some recent examples of green subsidy: Fisker Automotive will receive a $529 million subsidy from the US government to build hybrid cars for the US market in California. This follows a previous subsidy award … Continue reading →

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On the Vikings and Greenland

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Discussions on the Viking settlements on Greenland are seen from time to time on WUWT, and its is often in the context of the Medieval Warm Period. While this article from the University of Alberta is a few years old, … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | 71 Comments

Monday Funny

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From The Chilling Effect They encourage redistribution.

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Is Climate Change 10 minutes of fame over?

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From NetNewsledger.com Has Climate Change had its “Ten Minutes of Fame”? Written by James Murray THUNDER BAY – Yesterday was the International Day of Action on Climate Change. In Ottawa, cold weather kept the crowd from hitting the 5,000 people … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 97 Comments