Monthly Archives: October 2009

Connecting ENSO, PDV, and the North and South Pacific

Posted on October 16, 2009 by

A new paper in Geophysical Research Letters was brought to my attention by Dr. Leif  Svalgaard. Tropical origins of North and South Pacific decadal variability by Jeremy D. Shakun and Jeffrey Shaman makes some very interesting findings suggesting that both … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, oceans, PDO | 67 Comments

Searching the PaleoClimate Record for Estimated Correlations: Temperature, CO2 and Sea Level

Posted on October 16, 2009 by

Guest Post by Bill Illis This post is the first of what will likely be a series on the PaleoClimate. In this part, we are just going to go through the various estimates for Temperature, CO2 and Sea Levels in … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | 148 Comments

UPDATE: Trampling – Not Climate Change or Poaching – Likely Cause of Icy Cape Walrus Deaths

Posted on October 16, 2009 by

WUWT readers may recall this story from last month: Climate Alarmists rush to judgment on dead walruses, ignore other possibilities The issue has been settled. No mention of climate change or global warming. From a joint press release  at http://alaska.fws.gov/index_walrus.pdf (h/t … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic | 77 Comments

Study: Television Has Less Effect on Education about Climate Change than Other Forms of Media

Posted on October 16, 2009 by

Television Has Less Effect on Education about Climate Change than Other Forms of Media From a press release at George Mason University FAIRFAX, Va.–Worried about climate change and want to learn more? You probably aren’t watching television then. A new … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 31 Comments

Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty in Copenhagen, Claims British Lord Monckton

Posted on October 16, 2009 by

Reposted from comments on the new Urban Future thread here Originally from the blog Fightin’ Words Above: Obama’s last visit to Copenhagen didn’t work out so well for the USA. The Minnesota Free Market Institute hosted an event at Bethel … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 347 Comments

AMSRE Global SST down – near zero – trend since 2002 also down

Posted on October 15, 2009 by

While we have one blog post that shows OHC disappearing due to an adjustment by KNMI, Ocean Heat Content: cooling gone today with new adjustment, global sea surface temperatures are telling another story. That story is that our trend is down … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans, Sea Surface Temperature | 62 Comments

Ocean Heat Content: cooling gone today with new adjustment

Posted on October 15, 2009 by

WUWT readers may recall last week that we had an excellent guest analysis by Bob Tisdale titled: Ocean Heat Content: Dropping again Easy come, easy go. The data has been changed. Read on – Anthony NODC’s CORRECTION TO OHC (0-700m) DATA … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans | 96 Comments

The Top Ten Reasons why I think Catlin Arctic Ice Survey data can’t be trusted

Posted on October 15, 2009 by

First, I loathe having to write another story about Pen Hadow and his Catlin Arctic Ice expedition, which I consider the scientific joke of 2009. But these opportunistic explorers are once again getting some press over the “science” data, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, ridiculae, sea ice | 202 Comments

Video: How some skeptics might view the “rush to save the planet now!” meme

Posted on October 14, 2009 by

My lovely wife pointed this out to me tonight while I was writing the post on the DMSP/SSMI sea ice sensor issue. It spoke to me, not only because it was hilarious, but because I immediately saw a comparison in … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff | 68 Comments

Another possible DMSP/SSMI sea ice sensor failure?

Posted on October 14, 2009 by

Readers may recall that I brought an issue with NSIDC’s sea ice data to their attention back in February 09. The official response from Walt Meier then was “its not worth blogging about”. Shortly afterwards that tune changed when it … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 49 Comments

Early start to winter ≈20% of USA is covered in snow already

Posted on October 14, 2009 by

While early autumn snowstorms aren’t uncommon in US weather history, they tend to be quick affairs that melt off quickly in a day or two. This however is a bit different in that we have a significant portion of the … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | 239 Comments

The new urban future: stilt houses to manage global warming’s rising sea levels

Posted on October 13, 2009 by

This is definitely climate progress. Next up:  urban rickshaws to reduce emissions? From a Newcastle University press release: Growth versus global warming Houses on stilts, small scale energy generation and recycling our dishwater are just some of the measures that … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, ridiculae | 178 Comments

NOAA: September Temperature Above-Average for the U.S.

Posted on October 13, 2009 by

The September 2009 average temperature for the contiguous United States was above the long-term average, according to NOAA’s monthly State of the Climate report issued today. Based on records going back to 1895, the monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Climate News, weather | 68 Comments

Daily Mail joins BBC in writng about climate skepticism

Posted on October 13, 2009 by

Whatever happened to global warming? How freezing temperatures are starting to shatter climate change theory. By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:21 PM on 13th October 2009 In the freezing foothills of Montana, a distinctly bitter blast of revolution … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 137 Comments

How bad is the global temperature data?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by

By Joseph D’Aleo, AMS Fellow, CCM In this recent post, we discussed the problems with recent data that showed the argument presented by the EDF’s millionaire lawyer playing clueless environmentalist on Lou Dobbs Tonight that this will be the warmest … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, weather_stations | 166 Comments

Signs of Internal Climatic Discord in Copenhagen – hic!

Posted on October 12, 2009 by

On one hand while they say “Failure is not an option in Copenhagen” it appears that some things aren’t going so well internally. Perhaps a bit too much wining and dining? As WUWT commenter “par5″ points out: “Becker has left … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 124 Comments

Fixing the nitrogen cycle in climate modeling

Posted on October 12, 2009 by

From a press release of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Key new ingredient in climate model refines global predictions OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 9, 2009 — For the first time, climate scientists from across the country have successfully incorporated the nitrogen … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, modeling | 118 Comments

Linking health, wealth, and well being with the use of energy

Posted on October 12, 2009 by

Has Industrialization Diminished the Well-Being of Developing Nations and are Industrialized Countries Responsible? Guest post by: Indur M. Goklany A basic contention of developing countries (DCs) and various UN bureaucracies and multilateral groups during the course of International negotiations on … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health | 58 Comments

Spotting the AGW fingerprint

Posted on October 11, 2009 by

Hotspots and Fingerprints By Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D., October 11th, 2009 It is claimed by the IPCC that there are ‘fingerprints’ associated with global warming which can be tied to humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions, as if the signatures were … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 215 Comments

Quote of the week #21 The beeb’s big bombshell

Posted on October 11, 2009 by

The BBC posted a surprising story this past weekend that has skeptics cheering and alarmists hopping mad. Here’s the opener: This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, media, Quote of the Week | 185 Comments

That worrisome “Methane Beast” apparently is still not awake.

Posted on October 10, 2009 by

OK Leland Palmer, I told you on several occasions where you tried to steer threads towards Methane that you should wait until WUWT had a thread that was relevant – here you go, have at it. – Anthony The Ups … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Methane | 161 Comments

Open Thread

Posted on October 10, 2009 by

I’m off this weekend – talk quietly and politely amongst yourselves. Don’t make me come back here. If you have something worth posting on the front page, flag a moderator.  In the meantime I have a couple of stories that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 392 Comments

Ocean Heat Content: Dropping again

Posted on October 9, 2009 by

I found Bob’s Arctic Ocean Heat Content graph quite interesting as it may explain why we are seeing a recovery in sea ice for the last two years. It also reminds me a lot of the graph seen of the … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans | 190 Comments

When atmospheres attack: Aussies don’t see the threat

Posted on October 9, 2009 by

We’ve all seen John Kerry’s claims that global warming is now a “national security issue”. Kerry’s new TV commercial says: “Scientists and military experts agree: The next global hot spot won’t be a spot at all,” the TV ad warns, … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, ridiculae | 53 Comments

UK television ad for “Action On CO2″ is beyond bad taste

Posted on October 9, 2009 by

Th UK Government has lost all sense of realism and decency. As a father of two young children myself, I’d like to smack the person(s) responsible for this upside the head and say “what were you thinking!”. Even normally pro … Continue reading →

Posted in GLOC, media | 223 Comments