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…
Month: October 2009
Not scary enough: more Americans believe in haunted houses than human caused global warming
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…
"Maybe the sun really means business this time!"
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…
Newsweek: Green subsidies aren't working
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…
On the Vikings and Greenland
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…
Is Climate Change 10 minutes of fame over?
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,…
Bob Carter with a down under view of climate science
The science of deceit Guest post by Dr. Bob Carter, originally posted at Quadrant online Science is about simplicity A well-accepted aphorism about science, in the context of difference of…
What does a reduction to 350 PPM of CO2 get you?
With some hubub recently over the 350.org day (designed to highlight the opinion that we must return the Earth to a 350 parts per million atmospheric CO2 level) I thought…
The "cold war" hits home – October in like a lion, out like a fridge
It’s not looking good for the coming Halloween. Button up those trick or treaters. Fall, we hardly knew ya. Here’s a roundup of interesting cold weather events in the last…
Spencer: AGW has most of the characteristics of an "urban legend"
An Expensive Urban Legend by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. About.com describes an “urban legend” as an apocryphal (of questionable authenticity), secondhand story, told as true and just plausible enough…
350 day fails to impress
Or as my friend down under, Andrew Bolt, calls it: “Day of apathy” Sydney yesterday demonstrated the depth of international passion about global warming through several highly pictorial stunts: It…
Why does Ocean Heat Content diverge from GISS projections?
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale: Why Are OHC Observations (0-700m) Diverging From GISS Projections? INTRODUCTION My post “NODC Corrections to Ocean Heat Content (0-700m) Part 2” illustrated the divergence between…
Climate Craziness of the Week #1
I think single-handedly, artist, photographer, and intrepid dirt pile explorer Alex Hartley has launched a new WUWT feature. A fine addition to his list of accomplishments I think. His project:…
Cold start to fall continues, 252 more low temperature records set in the USA this week
More new record lows, lowest max temperature, and snowfall this week. The new low records outnumber the high records. There were an impressive number of Lowest Max Temperature records set…
Where are the Hurricanes Mr. Gore?
By Alan Caruba, Warning Signs That god among men and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore, told us in “An Inconvenient Truth”, his Oscar-winning documentary, that we had to brace…
Pielke Senior: Erroneous Claim in an AP News Article
From Roger Pielke Senior’s Climate Science Blog. There is an Associated Press [AP] news article today by Dina Cappiello, Seth Borenstein and Kevin Freking titled “Poll: US belief in global warming…
And then what happens? Another online poll that might go horribly wrong
UPDATE: At first I was concerned about this poll and the language involved. Now from comments I’m seeing a number of people whom aren’t worried and see an opportunity to…
Now playing at a museum near you, the "Day After Tomorrow Map"
Here’s the view of the future in a new science museum according to the Telegraph. No mention if NYC’s West Side Highway will be underwater or not. They call it…
A little known 20 40 year old climate change prediction by Dr. James Hansen – that failed will likely fail badly
UPDATE: Thanks to a tip from Willis Eschenbach, there’s some developing news in that story from Dr. James Hansen. The Salon interviewee and book author, Rob Reiss that I quoted,…
Survey Says: Americans Not Worried About Global Warming
From the Wall Street Journal. Related: European views on global warming higher than USA. A new poll out today on Americans’ attitudes about climate change presents sobering findings for those…
Ethiopia had higher rainfall, warmer soil, millions of years ago
From a Southern Methodist University press release Ethiopia 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil Thirty million years ago, before Ethiopia’s mountainous highlands split and the Great Rift…
Scientists Develop New Method to Quantify Climate Modeling Uncertainty
(From PhysOrg.com h/t to Leif Svalgaard )– Climate scientists recognize that climate modeling projections include a significant level of uncertainty. A team of researchers using computing facilities at Oak Ridge…
Harris Poll: Europeans Tend to Care More Strongly about Climate Change than Americans
UPDATE: Related, a Pew Poll says fewer respondents also see global warming as a very serious problem; 35% say that today, down from 44% in April 2008. From a press…
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