Monthly Archives: October 2009

CO2 report – estimated to be “highest in 15 million years”

Posted on October 9, 2009 by

Another paper for the Copenhagen train. This is an estimate according to the abstract. Here’s the abstract and the supplemental information, of course the publicly funded paper is behind the AAAS paywall. From UCLA News: Last time carbon dioxide levels … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Carbon dioxide | 346 Comments

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

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

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

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

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

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

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

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

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

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 83 Comments

More goofery: UN Climate Report Confuses Arctic and Antarctic

Posted on October 7, 2009 by

Yesterday I pointed out how the hockey stick graph had been removed from the United Nations Climate  Report. Now Harold Ambler shows us the document has even more errors. Guest post by Harold Ambler from Talking About the Weather A … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, ridiculae | 69 Comments

Live in Ontario Canada? – help find this meteorite

Posted on October 7, 2009 by

Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter than a full moon. The meteor lit up the skies of southern Ontario two weeks ago and Western astronomers are now … Continue reading →

Posted in space | 45 Comments

September 2009 Global Temperature Update for UAH and RSS

Posted on October 7, 2009 by

September 2009 UAH Global Temperature Update +0.42 deg. C October 7th, 2009 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. YR MON GLOBE NH SH TROPICS 2009 1 +0.304 +0.443 +0.165 -0.036 2009 2 +0.347 +0.678 +0.016 +0.051 2009 3 +0.206 +0.310 … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 202 Comments

The surprising real story about this year’s Northeast passage transit: The media botched it

Posted on October 7, 2009 by

First, let’s get our bearings. Unlike the Northwest passage, which traverses the icy north above Canada, the Northeast passage is an entirely different route, shown on the map in red. From The Register: Also called the Northeast Passage or North … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, media | 120 Comments

New Svalgaard paper – reconstructing the heliospheric magnetic field since 1835 – with insight into the peer review process

Posted on October 6, 2009 by

Leif Svalgaard writes in comments: We plan to submit tomorrow to JGR the following… http://www.leif.org/research/IDV09.pdf (preprint) …showing the run of the heliospheric magnetic field since 1835 [not a typo]. I plan to discuss the whole peer-review process here on WUWT, … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 248 Comments

Aerosols and “cloud lifetime effect” cited as “enormous uncertainty” in global radiation balance

Posted on October 6, 2009 by

From a Press Release from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Do dust particles curb climate change? A knowledge gap exists in the area of climate research: for decades, scientists have been asking themselves whether, and to what extent man-made … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, climate_change | 77 Comments

NSIDC still pushing ice free Arctic summers

Posted on October 6, 2009 by

NSIDC seems to be saying: It’s slightly less worse than we thought. For another view, see Dr. Tony Berry’s sea ice analysis on WUWT yesterday. From a University of Colorado Press Release Arctic sea ice recovers slightly in 2009, remains … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 151 Comments

United Nations Pulls Hockey Stick from Climate Report

Posted on October 5, 2009 by

WUWT readers may recall that Steve McIntyre’s Climate Audit blog discovery of  UNEP’s use of a Wikipedia “hockey Stick” graphic by “Hanno”, was the subject of last week’s blog postings. The Yamal data hockey stick  controversy overshadowed it, and much … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, politics | 152 Comments

Interesting analysis of IARC-JAXA Arctic sea ice data

Posted on October 5, 2009 by

Analysis of the AMSR-E data on Arctic Ice Guest post by Dr Tony Berry, 4th October 2009 The Arctic Ice extent prepared IARC-JAXA demonstrates the cyclical annual trend of freezing and thawing in the Arctic. It is clear that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 57 Comments

Music of the rings: the Yamal tree ring controversy continues

Posted on October 5, 2009 by

From Roger Pielke Jr.’s blog, some strong advice. Better Come Prepared UPDATE: Dot Earth on the debate. If you want to know why Steve McIntyre has a large following and the respect (often begrudging) from many professionals, you need look … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 79 Comments

Man made air pollution helps iron deficient ocean

Posted on October 5, 2009 by

From a University of Leeds Press Release Acidic clouds nourish world’s oceans Published Friday 2nd October 09 Acidic clouds are feeding bioavailable iron to the oceans – a discovery which sheds light on the natural processes that remove carbon dioxide … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, oceans | 62 Comments

Spencer on finding a new climate sensitivity marker

Posted on October 4, 2009 by

The Search for a Short Term Marker of Long Term Climate Sensitivity By Dr. Roy Spencer. October 4th, 2009 [This is an update on research progress we have made into determining just how sensitive the climate system is to increasing … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, modeling | 333 Comments

Trees named “Tyranny and Freedom” – which tree in the photo below is the older one?

Posted on October 4, 2009 by

While researching for one of WUWT’s  previous posts by Caleb Shaw, which is a must read essay on the simple things that can explain tree ring records to scientists that have never actually touched the tree or understood its local … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | 101 Comments

A borehole in Antarctica produces evidence of sudden warming

Posted on October 4, 2009 by

From a Louisiana State University Press Release Oct 1, 2009 Algae and Pollen Grains Provide Evidence of Remarkably Warm Period in Antarctica’s History Palynomorphs from sediment core give proof to sudden warming in mid-Miocene era The ANDRILL drilling rig in … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, paleoclimatology, Science | 317 Comments

The Copenhagen Climate Change Treaty Draft – wealth transfer defined, now with new and improved “dignity” penalty

Posted on October 3, 2009 by

This is the draft of the Copenhagen Climate Change Treaty currently out of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change working group dated September 15th. Thanks to Alan MacRae for providing it to me. To get an idea of … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, GLOC, politics | 272 Comments

WUWT Opinion Poll – tree derived temperature data

Posted on October 3, 2009 by

This is for entertainment only. Given the week we’ve had, I thought it might be interesting to gauge some opinion about dendroclimatology. While we can certainly argue the merits of “who said what” etc. the question on my mind is … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, paleoclimatology | 129 Comments

Cycle 24 spotless days keeps moving up the hill – now “competitive with the Baby Grand minimum”

Posted on October 3, 2009 by

After an exciting encounter last week with some genuine sunspots that weren’t arguable as specks, pores, or pixels, the sun resumes its quiet state this week. People send me things. Here’s the latest email from Paul Stanko, who has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 374 Comments

Wheel! – - Of! – - Silly!

Posted on October 2, 2009 by

I thought I’d seen the end of this after we first saw it back on May 26th of this year. I wrote then: How not to make a climate photo op You have to wonder- what were these guys thinking? The … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae, Science | 312 Comments

A hands on view of tree growth and tree rings – one explanation for Briffa’s YAD061 lone tree core

Posted on October 2, 2009 by

One of the great things about WUWT is that people from all walks of life frequent here. We have PhD’s right down to Average Joe  that read and post comments here. Everyone has something to contribute. A general truism that … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | 199 Comments