Daily Archives: February 12, 2010

Are Scientists Always Smart?

Guest post by Steven Goddard There is no question that some of the greatest minds have been scientists.  Da Vinci, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Edison, Einstein, Fermi, Feynman are a few names that come to mind. But how about the consensus? … Continue reading

Posted in Science | 254 Comments

CRU’s Jones: Climate data ‘not well organised’ and MWP debate ‘not settled’

From the BBC By Roger Harrabin, Environment analyst, BBC News Phil Jones, the professor behind the “Climategate” affair, has admitted some of his decades-old weather data was not well enough organised. He said this contributed to his refusal to share … Continue reading

Posted in Climategate | 249 Comments

Breaking News: Shooting at UAH

UPDATE: I just got word from Dr. Christy, see below This just happened late today and details are still sketchy and I know many are concerned about Dr. John Christy and Dr. Roy Spencer at the University of Alabama in … Continue reading

Posted in Announcements | 60 Comments

NOAA langoliers eat another 1/3 of stations from GHCN database

Dallas Fort Worth airport is one of hundreds of GHCN reporting stations gone missing. GHCN stations are becoming an endangered species.   2010 Thermometer Langoliers Hit List Guest post by E.M.Smith Well, They Are At It Again UPDATE 12 Feb 2010: … Continue reading

Posted in Extinction, weather_stations | 200 Comments

Scientist quits: ‘I don’t want to remain a member of an organization that …screws up science that badly.’

From the Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. blog: Henk Tennekes Resigns from Dutch Academy Henk Tennekes is well known to the visitors of our website. A few days ago, he told me that he submitted a letter of resignation to the Royal … Continue reading

Posted in Climate News, post-normal science | 130 Comments