Daily Archives: February 1, 2010

Climategate intensifies: Jones and Wang apparently hid Chinese station data issues

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

UPDATE: UEA/CRU has responded! http://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/CRUstatements/guardianstatement Looks like a homogenized data comparison. h/t to WUWT reader “splice” ============================== It looks like Doug Keenan has been right all along. He must feel vindicated tonight. See more about Doug’s long road here in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, UHI | 211 Comments

Gate Du Jour: IPCC gets the boot (cleaned)

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WUWT reader “ClimateQuoter” brings this latest IPCC AR 4 reference to our attention. It seems the issue is about preventing footwear borne biological contamination. It appears this has nothing to do with Antarctic climate at all and seems more than … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC | 73 Comments

Looks like Penn State’s Mann inquiry will be without the tough questions

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You’d think, being academics and all, that Penn State’s internal investigation of Dr. Michael Mann would contact the people who raised questions about the MBH98 paper and the “hockey stick”. Yes you’d think that. I’d think that, reasonable people everywhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 142 Comments

Chiefio asks: why does GISS make us see red?

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Is the NULL default infinite hot? January 31, 2010 by E.M.Smith see his website “Musings from the Chiefio“ The empty ocean goes infinite hot on a null anomaly What to make of THIS bizarre anomaly map? What Have I Done? I … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 161 Comments

Spencer: Natural variability unexplained in IPCC models

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Evidence for Natural Climate Cycles in the IPCC Climate Models’ 20th Century Temperature Reconstructions by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. What can we learn from the IPCC climate models based upon their ability to reconstruct the global average surface temperature … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, modeling | 138 Comments

Record cold in Florida kills reef coral

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Never mind predictions of catastrophic bleaching from global warming, cold is the culprit of this story. With ocean heat content now shown to be dropping slightly since 2005, there is even greater concern. Excerpts from Physorg.com: Coral in Florida Keys … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans | 94 Comments

Micro satellite to study atmospheric gamma ray flashes

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From NASA Science News: Firefly Mission to Study Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes High-energy bursts of gamma rays typically occur far out in space, perhaps near black holes or other high-energy cosmic phenomena. So imagine scientists’ surprise in the mid-1990s when they … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | 71 Comments