Monthly Archives: December 2009

Pachauri’s Carbon Choo-Choo off the rails

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

There are some interesting developments in British press about the IPCC and Pachauri, both on the extraordinary financial conflicts of interest in the IPCC process. In the UK  Telegraph, Richard North of the EU Referendum and Christopher Booker strongly suggest … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits, Climategate, satire | 170 Comments

Video: McIntyre-McKitrick on Fox News Global Warming Special – Mann chickens out

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

All six parts of the hour-long special aired during prime time Sunday night on Fox News featuring Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick are now online below. Both Phil Jones and Michael Mann ducked requests for interviews. I can perhaps understand … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Climategate, media | 114 Comments

Darwin Zero Before and After

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Recapping the story begun at WUWT here and continued at WUWT here, data from the temperature station Darwin Zero in northern Australia was found to be radically adjusted and showing huge warming (red line, adjusted … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 303 Comments

A telling omission by Real Climate

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

We’ve all pretty much had it up to our keesters with the brusque and dismissive treatment that commenters who don’t agree with the RC world view get over there. This is why many of us have simply given up trying, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, Opinion | 231 Comments

Steve McIntyre on Fox news special tonight about Climategate

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

Steve McIntyre writes on Climate Audit: Fox News is running a one-hour special on climate tonight at 9 p.m. [6PM PST] (which is being re-aired on Wednesday, I think.) I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was interviewed … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 114 Comments

Record snowfalls in Valdez Alaska sinks boat and Washington DC gets a new snowfall record

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

Above: Photo taken at eye level of a sign already elevated because of seasonal snow issues. See below for photo of sunken boats in Valdez harbor due to snow loading. The Valdez Alaska Dispatch writes: All the experts say the … Continue reading →

Posted in records, snowfall, weather | 112 Comments

More on Wikipedia and Connolley – he’s been canned as a Wiki administrator

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

WUWT reader Dennis Kuzara wrote to Wikipedia in response to our earlier article on Wikibullies prompted by Lawrence Solomon of the National Post. He has received an eye-opening reply. Emphasis mine – Anthony ================= Wikipedia replies notable excerpt: > > … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 227 Comments

Wikibullies at work. The National Post exposes broad trust issues over Wikipedia climate information

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

UPDATED: see stats below the “read more” line. Lawrence Solomon at the National Post writes about a topic that WUWT readers have known about for a long time: How Wikipedia’s green doctor rewrote 5,428 climate articles. We’ve known for some … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Opinion, politics, Wiki Wars | 163 Comments

Bleach blanket brrr-go

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

From the “weather is not climate” department, we have this unusual event in the south of France, in the French Rivera, from Yahoo news: Sat Dec 19, 8:19 AM ET People are seen on the beach covered by snow in … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | 147 Comments

Obama returns from the Copenhagen global warming conference

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

The photo below originally appeared in the NYT showing Air Force One returning from Copenhagen. It of course, screams for a caption. I’m sure our readers can provide one. Here’s the original caption and story from the NYT.

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference, satire | 1,061 Comments

Guardian Headline – Low targets, goals dropped: Copenhagen ends in failure

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

When the Guardian, that champion of everything “green” says it, you know it was a failure. Excerpt: The UN climate summit reached a weak outline of a global agreement last night in Copenhagen, falling far short of what Britain and … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference | 365 Comments

Deja Vu from the Met Office?

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

While England basks in a winter wonderland, with more on the way, and bookmakers are now slashing odds on a white Christmas (The Times reports “The odds on a White Christmas fell to match the lowest price ever offered at … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, forecasting | 247 Comments

Analysis of Met Office data back to mid 1800′s

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

John Graham-Cumming has posted an interesting analysis, he could benefit from some reader input at his blog. See here and below: http://www.jgc.org/blog/ Adjusting for coverage bias and smoothing the Met Office data As I’ve worked through Uncertainty estimates in regional … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 132 Comments

Obama takes on skeptics in speech, tries to rally climate crusaders

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

President Barack Obama spoke on the last day of climate talks at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The President called on all major economies to put forward decisive national actions that will reduce their emissions and … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference | 224 Comments

Obama trying to save Copenhagen Summit – what comes afterwards?

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

And here’s the stagecraft coming. Here’s how the rest of it might go down. By William M. Briggs Source: courtesy of Pajamas Media First, some good news. A lefty organization sent me an indignant press release stating that the Danish … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference | 162 Comments

BREAKING NEWS: Sydney Morning Herald reports 11th hour Copenhagen deal forged

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

Just in time for Obama to announce it, and it only cost the USA 100 billion dollars. Thanks Hillary. UPDATE: Statistician William Briggs points out in an email to me that he mentioned in an essay here that Lord Monckton … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference | 269 Comments

Lord Monckton barred from Copenhagen conference – pushed to the ground by security

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

This was the scene yesterday in Copenhagen. As you can see the scene is rather agitated with lots of police action, including use of billy clubs. As of this writing, no pictures or video is available of Lord Monckton’s account … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference | 268 Comments

Climate Craziness of the Week – Hollyweird meets Copenhagen

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

There’s been so many to choose from this week, it has been hard to pick one. Until now.  (h/t to Kate at SDA) Stephen Taylor of Canada writes on his blog: I received this from a friend yesterday. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week, Copenhagen Climate Conference | 44 Comments

Anti-climactic irony – Copenhagen Climate Conference finale hit with snow and cold

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

From the “weather is not climate” department, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Hey, where is everybody? In related news, global warming protesters are gathering in large numbers…

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference, fun_stuff | 190 Comments

Spencer on his AGU presentation yesterday

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

Little Feedback on Climate Feedbacks in the City by the Bay by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) here in San Francisco this week is amazing for it’s sheer size: many thousands … Continue reading →

Posted in clouds, modeling | 163 Comments

Lord Monckton reports on Pachauri’s eye opening Copenhagen presentation

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

From The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley in Copenhagen In the Grand Ceremonial Hall of the University of Copenhagen, a splendid Nordic classical space overlooking the Church of our Lady in the heart of the old city, rows of repellent, blue … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference | 300 Comments

China declares Copenhagen Climate Conference hopeless

Posted on December 16, 2009 by

From ABC/Reuters China has told participants in the UN climate change talks that it sees no possibility of reaching an operational accord this week, an official involved in the Copenhagen talks says. The official, who asked not to be identified … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference | 128 Comments

Turnabout is fair play – Greenpeace gets a dose of their own medicine

Posted on December 16, 2009 by

Greenpeace, who prides themselves on civil disobedience and bannering smokestacks and U.S. national monument Mt. Rushmore gets a banner or two on the Rainbow Warrior. It is dubbed now the “Propaganda Warrior” and the “Ship of Lies”. Surely Greenpeace would … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference | 68 Comments

Russian IEA claims CRU tampered with climate data – cherrypicked warmest stations

Posted on December 16, 2009 by

I wonder if they used this station, which is famous in Russia? See details here Steve McIntyre reports on Climate Audit that there’s an email from Michael Mann that is relevant: Recently rejected two papers (one for JGR and for … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Climategate | 272 Comments

NASA says AIRS satellite data shows positive water vapor feedback

Posted on December 16, 2009 by

From this NASA press release I’ll have more on this later. The timing of this release is interesting. › Play animation (Quicktime) | › Play animation (Windows Media Player) › Related images and animations WASHINGTON – Researchers studying carbon dioxide, … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | 311 Comments