Monthly Archives: January 2010

Spencer: Earth sans greenhouse effect – what would it be like?

Posted on January 2, 2010 by

What If There Was No Greenhouse Effect? by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The climate of the Earth is profoundly affected by two competing processes: the greenhouse effect, which acts to warm the lower atmosphere and cool the upper atmosphere, … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, weather | 306 Comments

The Met Office getting a clue? – “one of the coldest winters in 100 years”

Posted on January 2, 2010 by

It’s not like there haven’t been clues. Like for example as I pointed out the Arctic Oscillation has gone strongly negative. The article says: “The cold weather comes despite the Met Office’s long range forecast, published, in October, of a … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, weather | 254 Comments

Record cold weather roundup – hundreds of new cold and snow records set in the last week

Posted on January 2, 2010 by

From the “weather is not climate department. Oh the weather outside is frightful…. Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capitol Here’s the roundup of cold and snow records for the past 7 days. While there is a handful of new … Continue reading →

Posted in records, snowfall, weather | 160 Comments

G.P. Bear goes to Washington – part 8

Posted on January 1, 2010 by

By Bill Steigerwald “Al Gore, star witness” U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING At the entrance of the U.S. Capitol Building Grandpa showed a security guard the invitation from Senator Al Franken inviting him to attend the Endangered Species hearings. “Sorry about the … Continue reading →

Posted in satire | 21 Comments

A good meteorological omen, and a great way to start the new year

Posted on January 1, 2010 by

Today I stepped outside and was greeted with this image just after the clouds parted. Fortunately I had my camera ready to go. This view is at the Sierra Nevada foothills looking Northeast over Bidwell Ranch, CA. A light mist … Continue reading →

Posted in optical phenonmena, weather | 76 Comments

No Increase of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction in Past 160 Years

Posted on January 1, 2010 by

I’ve been getting a lot of requests to cover this story, probably 20 or so now with wonderings about “why haven’t you covered this yet?“ How quickly you all forget. WUWT was the very first to cover this story back … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | 499 Comments

A new month, new year, new decade, and a new record

Posted on January 1, 2010 by

Not much to say, except “thanks”. The graph tells the story. Happy New Year to all!

Posted in Announcements | 210 Comments