Monthly Archives: December 2009

UAH global temperature anomaly for November, up again

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

From the “WUWT never reports warm events” department: After a drop last month, this is not unexpected, given the time of year. With an El Nino present the tropics and southern hemisphere warmed the most. November 2009 UAH Global Temperature … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 118 Comments

Michael Mann Responds to Climategate Allegations

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

This video from the AccuWeather website. Since Dr. Mann is in the same city, it is easy for them to get an interview, which they did.

Posted in Climategate, Uncategorized | 123 Comments

The Sun: falling into an even deeper funk

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

With Climategate sucking all the oxygen out of the blogosphere, we’ve neglected some of our regular reporting duties here at WUWT. Thanks to Paul Stanko, who has been tracking sunspots for WUWT for awhile now who writes in with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 153 Comments

NASA’s James Hansen: Copenhagen should fail

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

From the Guardian: Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientist Excerpts: ‘We don’t have a leader who is able to grasp [the issue] and say what is really needed. Instead we are trying to continue business as usual,’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference | 84 Comments

Goklany on Copenhagen and climate change health risks

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

This essay was sent to me just about the time “climategate” broke. I regret the delay in publishing it but it is still relevant to the upcoming Copenhagen conference. – Anthony Mr. Ban Ki-moon, get your priorities straight, and quit … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference, economy-health | 46 Comments

Google trends on “climategate” show public interest increasing – but troubling questions loom

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

Yet, news stories covering it are dropping at the same time. I got an email from Ahrvid Engholm, an IT journalist in Stockholm, Sweden who was concerned about the “autosuggest” for the word “climategate” in Google disappearing. He was concerned … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 188 Comments

Data adjustments in the UK Science Museum “Prove It!” poll on climate

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

Seems everywhere you look these days, data adjustments are being made. Shortly after WUWT first made the UK Science Museum Prove It! poll on climate change known here, Ric Werme and others have setup tracking systems to log the online … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, politics | 105 Comments

Now it’s serious, Daily Show’s Jon Stewart mocks Gore and Global Warming

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

Jon Stewart Mocks: ‘Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very Internet you invented!’ I recall seeing a recent poll or news story where many of the under 25 crowd don’t pay much attention to TV news, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 118 Comments

Science Museum Prove It! poll now closed – surprising results

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

Today (1 December 2009) Professor Chris Rapley CBE, Director of the Science Museum and Professor of Climate Science at UCL said: “More work needs to be done to convince people of the reality of human-induced climate change and of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 169 Comments

News from Copenhagen: Denmark rife with CO2 fraud

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

Gosh, who could have predicting this? Oh, wait, haven’t we we heard this same thing months before in Britain? See this WUWT story. From Tuesday, 01 December 2009 10:08 DN News Denmark rife with CO2 fraud Scams in many countries … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits | 78 Comments

Oh snap! CO2 causes some ocean critters to build more shells

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

And some thought ocean acidification would destroy everything. “We were surprised that some organisms didn’t behave in the way we expected under elevated CO2″…“They were somehow able to manipulate CO2…to build their skeletons.” From the Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute press … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, oceans | 225 Comments

Australia’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) fails 41 to 33 – Climategate a contributor

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

Add this to the United State’s Senate failure to even address the cap and trade issue, and it appears that carbon trading is losing the financial and political luster it once had. Now Australia’s ETS scheme is delayed in their … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits, Climategate | 139 Comments

Lord Monckton’s summary of Climategate and its issues

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

Both Steve McIntyre and I are mentioned in this comprehensive summary. I’ve posted some excerpts below, with a link to the full report in PDF form. It is well worth a read. – Anthony Cold facts about the hot topic … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 199 Comments

Taking the private jet to Copenhagen

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

Image of John Travolta Licensed under GNU General Public License From The Sunday Times November 29th Any celebrity flying the green flag needs glittering eco-credentials. But how do they justify the fleet of customised planes, the luxury homes and the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Opinion | 60 Comments

Phil Jones steps down – pending independent review

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

From a University of East Anglia Press Release CRU Update 1 December Professor Phil Jones has today announced that he will stand aside as Director of the Climatic Research Unit until the completion of an independent Review resulting from allegations … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 318 Comments

Climategate grows to include other research institutions

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

UPDATED: By Douglas J. Keenan – special for WUWT Phil Jones tried to hush my paper. SUNY Albany won’t discuss the investigation my paper initiated. And QUB ignored my three FOI requests for their data. I used to do mathematical … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, paleoclimatology, UHI | 112 Comments

Climategate begs the question: “is peer review in need of change”?

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

The following is from the blog Master Resource. Run by Robert Bradley. There are many interesting and well written essays there, and WUWT readers might benefit from a visit. Be sure to support them by checking out their books and … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 100 Comments

Holy Hockey Sticks !

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

Last month I was surprised to find WUWT broke the 2 million hits barrier. This month, it’s worse than we thought: Just another effect of Climategate. In other news, some other websites didn’t appear to benefit from the Climategate “bump”.

Posted in Announcements, Climategate | 193 Comments