Monthly Archives: January 2010

Recently discovered space ribbon: a solar wind reflection

Posted on January 16, 2010 by

From NASA Science News January 15, 2010: Last year, when NASA’s IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) spacecraft discovered a giant ribbon at the edge of the solar system, researchers were mystified. They called it a “shocking result” and puzzled over its … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar, space | 291 Comments

History in a hurry: the first book about Climategate is published

Posted on January 16, 2010 by

UPDATE: This book is now available for purchase online at Amazon.com click here UPDATE 2: Kindle version now available for purchase online at Amazon.com click here Electronic publishing has revolutionized the art of writing, now less than two months since … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Climategate | 129 Comments

Forecasting The Arctic Oscillation

Posted on January 15, 2010 by

Recently the Chief of the met office went on UK TV to say: “OUR SHORT TERM FORECASTS ARE AMONG THE BEST IN THE WORLD.” (see video here) Yesterday, the UK Met Office had to make a rare mea culpa, saying … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, modeling, snowfall, weather | 177 Comments

Met Office admits they botched snow warning

Posted on January 15, 2010 by

“Gordon Brown yesterday promised a full review of how the country had coped with the coldest winter for 30 years” Heckuva a job there Brownie. From the Telegraph: Met Office to review forecasts after failing to warn public of fresh … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 169 Comments

Hansen responds to John Coleman’s KUSI Special report

Posted on January 15, 2010 by

According to the KUSI special report page, Dr. Hansen has issued the following statement. NASA has issued the following statement in response to the KUSI Special Report. This statement is from Dr. James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 162 Comments

UAH global satellite data has record warmest day for January

Posted on January 15, 2010 by

We’ve talked a lot about record cold and snow, now more from the “weather is not climate department”, and this time there’s a warm side to the story. I’d planned to write something about this, since several people left the … Continue reading →

Posted in records, weather | 148 Comments

NWS Met on Florida Cold: “This is the longest stretch ever in 100 years of record keeping.”

Posted on January 15, 2010 by

From the “weather is not climate department” and  the High Springs Florida Herald, a story of record length of subfreezing cold in Florida. Excerpts: Assessing the full damage to many crops will not be known for several weeks. Branford/Fort White … Continue reading →

Posted in records, weather | 74 Comments

John Coleman’s hourlong news special “Global Warming – The Other Side” now online, all five parts here

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

I’ve watched part 4, which had an early release. The video is cheering, and supported with a multitude of graphics and interviews. “Chiefio” aka E.M. Smith and Joe D’Aleo make strong appearances. Here is the KUSI introduction: A computer programmer … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Climate News, Climategate, media, presentations | 291 Comments

More on John Coleman’s Special tonight – KUSI press release says NASA improperly manipulated data

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

UPDATE: See John Coleman’s hourlong news special “Global Warming – The Other Side” now online, all five parts here via SpaceRef.com PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, January 14, 2010 Source: KUSI-TV Climate researchers have discovered that NASA researchers improperly manipulated data … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, climate data, Climate News | 122 Comments

Newly released FOIA’d emails from Hansen and GISS staffers show disagreement over 1998-1934 U.S. temperature ranking

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

From a Judicial watch press release NASA Scientists Go on Attack After Climate Data Error Exposed Contact Information: Press Office 202-646-5172, ext 305 Washington, DC — January 14, 2010 Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, FOI | 137 Comments

John Coleman’s TV Special Tonight – Global Warming: The Other Side

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

UPDATE: See John Coleman’s hourlong news special “Global Warming – The Other Side” now online, all five parts here Is civilization doomed because of man-made global warming? You’ve been told your carbon footprint could lead to skyrocketing temperatures, melting ice caps, … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 67 Comments

Pielke Senior: Correspondence with Phil Jones on Klotzbach et al

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

From Roger Pielke Sr.’s website: Klotzbach Et Al 2009 Corrigendum Published – Contribution To The Correction By Phil Jones The Corrigendum to our paper Klotzbach, P.J., R.A. Pielke Sr., R.A. Pielke Jr., J.R. Christy, and R.T. McNider, 2009: An alternative explanation for … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 66 Comments

‘Atomic Doomsday Clock’ to move today due to climate forcing

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

Big day today folks. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists will move the hands on their famous “doomsday clock”. Here’s my guess. Climate scientist Steven Schneider will be speaking. We know what he is all about. The Copenhagen Climate Conference failed … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism | 220 Comments

Spencer: A Demonstration that Global Warming Predictions are Based More On Faith than On Science

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

By Roy Spencer, PhD. I’m always searching for better and simpler ways to explain the reason why I believe climate researchers have overestimated the sensitivity of our climate system to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. What follows is … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, IPCC | 101 Comments

TV News report on Penn State’s Mann

Posted on January 13, 2010 by

Paul Chesser at the American Spectator tips me via email to a TV news report from WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, PA. WHTM is the TV station whose DMA covers State College. Chesser writes: Following up from yesterday, the ABC news station … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, media | 142 Comments

Climategate—The CTM story

Posted on January 13, 2010 by

by charles the moderator Many of you know me by my sometimes flippant moderation comments here.  Sometimes concern is expressed over my anonymity since Anthony occasionally berates some who comment here for hiding behind anonymous Internet handles.  Anthony long ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 226 Comments

ACS: Amazonian Indians and “biochar” – sequestering carbon the old fashioned way

Posted on January 13, 2010 by

This is from the American Chemical Society journal via a press release. After making a bunch of this, I’d be tempted to have a “BBQ summer”. “Life cycle assessment of biochar systems: Estimating the energetic, economic, and climate change potential” … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon sequestration | 130 Comments

Spencer: Clouds Dominate CO2 as a Climate Driver Since 2000

Posted on January 13, 2010 by

By Dr. Roy Spencer, PhD. Last year I posted an analysis of satellite observations of the 2007-08 global cooling event, showing evidence that it was due to a natural increase in low cloud cover. Here I will look at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, clouds, IPCC, weather | 132 Comments

Climategate: The Mosher Timeline

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

Now that we all have time to take a breath from the whirlwind of Climategate, Copenhagen, and the Christmas/New Year holiday, Steve McIntyre has written up a timeline on how the Climategate emails came to be public knowledge on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 105 Comments

How the UAH Global Temperatures Are Produced

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

by Dr. Roy Spencer, PhD. I am still receiving questions about the method by which the satellite microwave measurements are calibrated to get atmospheric temperatures. The confusion seems to have arisen because Christopher Monckton has claimed that our satellite data … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Science, space, Technology | 78 Comments

AIP and AAU call for free public access to the results of the publicly funded research

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

This is a breath of fresh air for me, because as we’ve seen time and again, often we get the press release on a paper, but not the paper itself, as it is often hidden behind journal membership rules or … Continue reading →

Posted in education, Science | 52 Comments

CNN’s Jack Cafferty asks for climate feedback

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

Happy to help Jack. WUWT readers you have less than 30 minutes h/t to John Goetz FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty: As the debate continues about global warming, the month of December was the 14th coldest in 115 years in the … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 154 Comments

New study argues climate change was not responsible for the Agricultural Revolution

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

From Springerlink: Stable climate and plant domestication linked New study argues climate change was not responsible for the Agricultural Revolution Sustainable farming and the introduction of new crops relies on a relatively stable climate, not dramatic conditions attributable to climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, climate_change | 45 Comments

Climategate: PA group demands independent investigation in Mann’s research

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

From the Commonwealth Foundation press release The release of embarrassingly candid emails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia has intensified, if not vindicated, suspicions that scientific misconduct has played a significant role in fueling … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, politics | 86 Comments

Australia’s restrictive Rudd government about to claim its first carbon bureaucracy victim

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

Wholesale theft in the name of carbon By Jo Nova Imagine a third world nation was mired in corruption so deeply that the ruling class were able to stealthily steal the rights to vast acreage of private property from landowners … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits, politics, ridiculae | 214 Comments