Monthly Archives: January 2010

Carbon trading fraud in Belgium – “up to 90% of the whole market volume was caused by fraudulent activities”

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

From the Guardian: Belgian prosecutors highlighted the massive losses faced by EU governments from VAT fraud today after they charged three Britons and a Dutchman with money-laundering following an investigation into a multimillion-pound scam involving carbon emissions permits. The three … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits | 106 Comments

Cap and Trade revolt beginning on California’s AB32 Global Warming Solutions Act

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

Dan Logue is my assemblyman, so I’m pleased to pass this bit of news on to WUWT readers. SACRAMENTO-Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Marysville, today announced that his bill, Assembly Bill 118, to suspend the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 75 Comments

Not as bad as they thought: Coral can recover from climate change damage

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

From a University of Exeter press release, another inconvenient truth about our planet sure to be denounced by some who claim that global warming is irreparably damaging reef systems. A study by the University of Exeter provides the first evidence … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, oceans | 135 Comments

Antarctic sea water shows ‘no sign’ of warming

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

From the Australian: SEA water under an East Antarctic ice shelf showed no sign of higher temperatures despite fears of a thaw linked to global warming that could bring higher world ocean levels, first tests showed yesterday. Sensors lowered through … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Science, sea ice | 75 Comments

Modeling to the 2nd degree: back to the future

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

More gloomy outlook worries from this NCAR press release: Climate conditions in 2050 crucial to avoid harmful impacts in 2100 BOULDER–While governments around the world continue to explore strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a new study suggests policymakers should … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, modeling | 99 Comments

IPCC scientist: Global cooling headed our way for the next 30 years?

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

UPDATE: The subject of this article, Mojib Latif, has challenged the Daily Mail article and it’s interpretation. In another story at the Guardian, Latif says the interpretation by the Daily Mail and a similar story in the Telegraph is wrongly … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Climate News, IPCC, sea ice | 321 Comments

December 2009: Second Snowiest on Record in the Northern Hemisphere

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

England Buried In Snow – image from The Times According to the Rutgers University Global Snow Lab, last month had the second greatest December Northern Hemisphere snow cover since records were started in 1966.  Snow extent was measured at 45.86 million … Continue reading →

Posted in records, snowfall, weather | 261 Comments

UN IPCC chief Pachauri under fire in India for conflicts of interest

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

From the “follow the money” department, this story has been building momentum ever since the story was made public by Christopher Booker and Dr. Richard North of the EU Referendum who three weeks ago co-wrote a major piece in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Climategate, IPCC, media, Opinion | 108 Comments

More carbon is sequestered by echinoderms than previously thought.

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

Much more carbon is sequestered by echinoderms than previously thought. From Nature News Published online 7 January 2010 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.1041 Matt Kaplan Echinoderms are responsible for storing a significant amount of carbon each year.Lebrato, M. et al. Animals … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon sequestration, oceans | 65 Comments

Mann-erisms: Where did we get that idea?

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

Guest post by John A It’s always a difficult place for me to deal with interviews with Michael Mann, because on previous occasions Mann gets to say ridiculous things and get praised for them by fawning interviewers. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in media, satire | 128 Comments

Wacky Geo-ingineering Ideas to Save Our Planet

Posted on January 9, 2010 by

Reprinted from totallytopten.com Top 10: Wacky Geo-ingineering Ideas to Save Our Planet On 12.29.09,  by wmmattler The solution to climate change lies not in the hands of politicians, but some seriously nutty scientists. For the uninitiated, Geo-engineering is easiest explained … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, Science | 265 Comments

LED Stoplights Failing in Winter

Posted on January 9, 2010 by

LED Lights Don’t Melt Snow on Traffic Lights, Hiding Signals From Drivers By ELISABETH LEAMY and VANESSA WEBER Jan. 8, 2010 From ABC News A huge swath of the country is getting snow and it’s raised an unusual and potentially … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, snowfall, Technology | 180 Comments

Global Lower Tropospheric Temperature Report: December 2009 And For The Year 2009

Posted on January 9, 2010 by

Reposted from Roger Pielke Sr.’s Blog January 8, 2010 The December 2009 and year 2009 University of Alabama at Huntsville lower tropospheric MSU temperature data is available. Thanks to Phillip Gentry and John Christy for alerting us to these figures]. … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 242 Comments

Peer-to-Peer Review: How ‘Climategate’ Marks the Maturing of a New Science Movement, Part I

Posted on January 9, 2010 by

Posted by Patrick Courrielche Jan 8th 2010 at bigjournalism.com How a tiny blog and a collective of climate enthusiasts broke the biggest story in the history of global warming science – but not without a gatekeeper of the climate establishment … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, Science | 135 Comments

Climategate: Statement from Norfolk Police

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

Jan 8, 2010 From Bishop Hill This morning I contacted Norfolk Constabulary with a view to finding out if they had yet ascertained whether the breach at the Climatic Research Unit was a leak or a hack. I have just … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 270 Comments

Black Hole is Eating Our Galaxy Slower Than Previously Thought

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

From Daily Tech Jason Mick (Blog) – January 6, 2010 4:50 PM The Milky Way’s black hole is causing a mess, but isn’t gobbling matter as fast as was thought One of the most complex and intriguing astrophysical phenomenon is … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | 317 Comments

High fire danger in South Australia as temperatures soar

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

From news.com/au/adelaidenow JOANNA VAUGHAN, ADELAIDENOW REPORTER January 08, 2010 09:40am THE temperatures has hit 40.8C in Adelaide today – and it will be even hotter than expected on the weekend with the forecast now for 43C on Sunday and Monday. … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 140 Comments

All of Britain covered by snow

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

No it’s not a time warp photo of Dicken’s time, it’s from the NASA MODIS satellite imager this week. This is like one of those “spot the cow in this photo” images, looking for the UK in a sea of … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | 299 Comments

Climategate: Here Comes Courage!

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

(Is climate catastrophism losing its ‘politically correct’ grip?) by Robert Bradley Jr. from masterresource.org January 4, 2010 The times are changing in the wake of Climategate. And more is to come as the polluted science embedded in the email exchanges … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 72 Comments

Colliding Auroras Produce an Explosion of Light

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

From NASA Colliding Auroras Produce an Explosion of Light 12.17.09 This three frame animation of THEMIS/ASI images shows auroras colliding on Feb. 29, 2008. Credit: Toshi Nishimura/UCLA › Larger Image › View Animation A network of cameras deployed around the … Continue reading →

Posted in optical phenonmena, Science, space | 83 Comments

Carbon Dioxide Storage in East Coast U.S. Rocks

Posted on January 7, 2010 by

From Science Daily Scientists Target East Coast U.S. Rocks for Carbon Dioxide Storage ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2010) — Scientists say buried volcanic rocks along the heavily populated coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England, as well as further … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon sequestration, energy | 165 Comments

Tax Support of Approved Climate News

Posted on January 7, 2010 by

Steve Janke: Empowering tax-supported local media to peddle ‘approved’ climate news Posted: January 06, 2010, 1:15 PM by NP Editor From The National Post Internews is an organization devoted to helping out people in areas not served by an independent … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, media | 134 Comments

Solar geomagnetic index reaches unprecedented low – only “zero” could be lower – in a month when sunspots became more active

Posted on January 7, 2010 by

Back on December 12th 2009 I posted an article titled: Solar geomagnetic activity is at an all time low – what does this mean for climate? We then had a string of sunspots in December that marked what many saw as … Continue reading →

Posted in cosmic rays, earth, Science, solar | 383 Comments

CRU 3b – Urban Warm Bias in GHCN

Posted on January 7, 2010 by

Reposted from The Air Vent Posted by Jeff Id on January 5, 2010 So I’ve learned a great deal playing around with the GHCN data, I think this is a reasonably significant post. Ya know, it’s hard to know anything … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, measurement | 139 Comments

Galactic GPS from Nature’s Clocks

Posted on January 7, 2010 by

From NASA Nature’s Most Precise Clocks May Make “Galactic GPS” Possible 01.05.10 Pulsars slow down their rotation as they age and eventually cease their characteristic emissions. That can change if an aging pulsar is a member of a binary system … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space, Technology, Uncategorized | 70 Comments