Daily Archives: February 17, 2010

After two years of stonewalling, NASA GISS FOIA files are now online

You can thank Chris Horner of CEI for making this happen. In August 2007, I submitted two Freedom of Information Act requests to NASA and its Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), headed by long-time Gore advisor James Hansen and … Continue reading

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Gore on the Arctic (again)

ANOTHER BOLD PREDICTION OF AN ICE-FREE ARCTIC Guest post by Mark Johnson Al Gore trumpets the latest conclusions of Climate Change Advocate David Barber. “Sea ice in Canada’s fragile Arctic is melting more quickly than anyone expected,” says University of … Continue reading

Posted in Al Gore, Alarmism, Arctic, sea ice | 190 Comments

Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Second Highest on Record

Guest post by Steven Goddard According to Rutgers University Global Snow Lab, last week’s Northern Hemisphere winter snow extent was the second highest on record, at 52,166,840 km2.  This was only topped by the second week in February, 1978 at 53,647,305 … Continue reading

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IPCC gate Du Jour – Antarctic Sea Ice Increase Underestimated by 50%

From World Climate Report: Another IPCC Error: Antarctic Sea Ice Increase Underestimated by 50% Figure 1. Trend in Antarctic ice extent, November 1978 through December 2006 (source: Comiso and Nishio, 2008). Several errors have been recently uncovered in the 4th … Continue reading

Posted in Antarctic, sea ice | 188 Comments

Want to see Solar Cycle 24 develop in realtime? There’s an app for that…

Thanks to John A for this noteworthy news item. Ok, this is for iPhone fanboys (and girls) in the main but NASA has just announced a new app for the iPhone called “3D Sun” which allows you to see the … Continue reading

Posted in fun_stuff, solar, space | 8 Comments