Monthly Archives: November 2009

Nov 23 Statement from UEA on the CRU files

Posted on November 24, 2009 by

The University of East Anglia released this statement yesterday: Climatic Research Unit update – 17.45 November 23 It is a matter of concern that data, including personal information about individuals, appears to have been illegally taken from the university and … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Climategate | 49 Comments

Monbiot issues an unprecedented apology – calls for Jones resignation

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

From Andrew Bolt, my “mate” down under at the Herald Sun, comes this surprise. I’ll have to say, it is to George Monbiot’s credit to do this. I embrace his first statement, because it succinctly sums up the situation: It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 366 Comments

CRU’s Phil Jones: “Maybe because I’m in my 50s, but the language used in the forecasts seems a bit over the top re the cold.”

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

The Powerline blog has done an excellent job of summarizing the issues surrounding the Climatgate/CRUtape Letters in the past couple of days. Since they reference WUWT in the most recent article, it seems relevant to also post here. It seems … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, forecasting, weather | 148 Comments

Fox News Glenn Beck on Climategate

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

UPDATED: Better video quality in this copy on YouTube. Previous copy was low-res. Beck’s summary of the CRU email exchanges is very strong. Transcript follows, thanks to Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters for it.

Posted in media | 176 Comments

Intensive land-management leaves Europe without carbon sinks

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

Away from Climategate and back to science, here’s something interesting fingering land use as an issue. This is from the Max Planck Society. A new calculation of Europe’s greenhouse gas balance shows that emissions of methane and nitrous oxide tip … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Land use land cover change | 36 Comments

The CRUtape Letters™, an Alternative Explanation.

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

By charles the moderator Rodin’s The Thinker at the Musée Rodin. Author CJ. Licensed under Creative Commons. I have a theory. With the blogosphere all atwitter about the emails and data “stolen” from the Climatic Research Institute at the University … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Climategate | 474 Comments

CRU Emails “may” be open to interpretation, but commented code by the programmer tells the real story

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

When the CRU emails first made it into news stories, there was immediate reaction from the head of CRU, Dr. Phil Jones over this passage in an email: From a yahoo.com news story: In one leaked e-mail, the research center’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 482 Comments

Video: Dr. Tim Ball on the CRU emails

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

From the Corbett Report: Retired climatologist Dr. Tim Ball was interviewed to discuss the significance of the recently leaked emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University. These emails reveal stunning behind-the-scenes details, and Dr. Ball … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 102 Comments

Al Gore on SNL skit: What Up With That?

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

Irony abounds. I wonder what Gore was thinking during all this? Video Recaps | Full Episodes | Webisodes

Posted in Al Gore, Uncategorized | 91 Comments

Pielke Senior: Comment On The Post “Enemies Caught In Action!” On The Blackboard

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

Comment On The Post “Enemies Caught In Action!” On The Blackboard By Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. Lucia Liljegren at the Blackboard has a post Enemies caught in action! with an image depicting several individuals including me [thanks to Lucia for her … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 99 Comments

Bishop Hill’s compendium of CRU email issues

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

For those of you who don’t know of the blog Bishop Hill, let me say that he is a succinct and careful writer who has earned praise from many (including myself and Steve McIntyre) in taking a difficult niche subject … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 272 Comments

“planestupid” kills polar bears via CGI to make a point

Posted on November 21, 2009 by

h/t to Kate at SDA. Gotta hand it to her. Being a fan of WKRP in Cincinnati, her headline made me laugh out loud. As God Is My Witness, I Thought Polar Bears Could Fly This video however, isn’t so … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae | 82 Comments

Spencer on elitism in the IPCC climate machine

Posted on November 21, 2009 by

ClimateGate and the Elitist Roots of Global Warming Alarmism by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The hundreds of e-mails being made public after someone hacked into Phil Jones’ Climatic Research Unit (CRU) computer system offer a revealing peek inside the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, IPCC | 138 Comments

Mirror Site for Climate Audit Setup

Posted on November 21, 2009 by

The CA server has been overwhelmed. The kinds of load it is getting is difficult for a single server unit to deal with. So “cloud servers” like we have at wordpress.com that are scalable and multihomed work much better for … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 21 Comments

CRU Emails – search engine now online

Posted on November 21, 2009 by

Quite a lot of interest continues in the files from CRU that were leaked/hacked and placed on a Russian FTP server. Quite a number of other websites have been things with them ranging from commentary to evaluation of validity. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, FOI | 389 Comments

Release of CRU files forges a new hockey stick reconstruction

Posted on November 20, 2009 by

It seems no matter where you look, “hockey stick” shapes pop out of data related to climate. Today, the most extraordinary day in climate science seen in quite some time, was no exception. And, the day is not over. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 230 Comments

Mike’s Nature Trick

Posted on November 20, 2009 by

This is a mirrored post from ClimateAudit.org which is terribly overloaded. Mike’s Nature trick by Jean S on November 20th, 2009 So far one of the most circulated e-mails from the CRU hack is the following from Phil Jones to … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Climategate | 312 Comments

Der Spiegel Online: stagnating temperatures a puzzle

Posted on November 20, 2009 by

Stagnating Temperatures Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out By Gerald Traufetter   ddp Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 152 Comments

Breaking News Story: CRU has apparently been hacked – hundreds of files released

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

UPDATE: Response from CRU in interview with another website, see end of this post. The details on this are still sketchy, we’ll probably never know what went on. But it appears that University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit has … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, FOI | 1,616 Comments

NOAA: new ocean database spans to 1800

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

Bill Illis and Bob Tisdale will likely make use of this. h/t to WUWT reader Chris D. NOAA Releases Expanded World Ocean Database Large wave breaking over bow of NOAA ship. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA today released the World … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 21 Comments

The Climate Skeptics Party launch 4 television ads in Australia

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

This is likely to cause a bit of a stir. Michael  from the Climate Skeptics Party in Australia writes in Tips and Notes: The TCS ad campaign hit the airwaves last night in Australia. I thought you might be interested … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 100 Comments

Not finding any, Gore airbrushes in hurricanes for his new book

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

Al Gore’s new book had a problem – no big hurricanes since Katrina to put in the book to look “threatening” to the USA. Any imagined link between hurricanes and global warming has evaporated. Solution: the artists airbrush. Ryan Maue, … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, hurricanes, politics, ridiculae | 231 Comments

CO2 and ocean uptake – maybe slowing

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

While this article makes a strong case, looking at SST and CO2 can also be revealing: A review of this WUWT post might also be instructive: A look at human CO2 emissions -vs- ocean absorption From Columbia University: Oceans’ Uptake of … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, oceans | 136 Comments

Wall Street Journal on McIntyre: Global warming’s most dangerous apostate

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

Revenge of the Climate Laymen   Global warming’s most dangerous apostate speaks out about the state of climate change science. By ANNE JOLIS Barack Obama conceded over the weekend that no successor to the Kyoto Protocol would be signed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 106 Comments

Greening your mileage with better tires

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

Here’s technology doing something useful. Who wouldn’t like tires with better mileage? It comes from a new chemical additive, shown below. I chuckled when I saw the chemical structure, which itself looks like a tire tread: Of course, before rushing … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | 44 Comments