Monthly Archives: February 2010

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

Posted on February 12, 2010 by

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

The Olympic Global Warming Onslaught is Starting

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

While the squabbling continues on MSNBC (see Bill Nye here and Morano with the American Progress guy here, and by all means don’t miss this Olberman rant ) over whether the big Washington DC snow means anything, the venue of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, snow | 230 Comments

New Paper in Science: Sea level 81,000 years ago was 1 meter higher while CO2 was lower

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

This Week in SCIENCE, Volume 327, Issue 5967, Food Security dated February 12 2010, is now available at: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol327/issue5967/twis.dtl Standing High (requires free registration to view) Excerpts: Abstract: Sea-Level Highstand 81,000 Years Ago in Mallorca Jeffrey A. Dorale,1,* Bogdan P. … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology, sea level | 141 Comments

Editor of Nature forced to resign from climate review panel

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

From Channel 4 news in the UK: ‘Climate-gate’ review member resigns By Tom Clarke Within hours of the launch of an independent panel to investigate claims that climate scientists covered up flawed data on temperature rises, one member has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 157 Comments

WUWT named to top 30 science blogs by The Times

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

I was rather surprised when this item of note was pointed out to me a few days ago. See the list at The Times Online. They write: Whether you are new to blogs or a practised poster, Eureka’s Top 30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 221 Comments

UEA/CRU and the Royal Society make a really bad PR move

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

CRU to have old papers peer reviewed again When you’ve worked in radio and television news for 30 years as I have, you get an eye for spotting rubbish. My rubbish detector went full tilt when I read this press … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 111 Comments

GISS adjustments in Australia

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

Ken Stewart shows how GISS adjusts temperature records in two adjacent sites in Australia This issue was also recently covered on the Climategate blog here Introduction Despite its assurances, GISS has adjusted the temperature records of two sites at Mackay … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 99 Comments

Use your PC to help map the Milky Way

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

From a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute press release PCs around the world unite to map the Milky Way Combined computing power of the MilkyWay@Home project recently surpassed the world’s second fastest supercomputer Troy, N.Y. – At this very moment, tens of … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | 44 Comments

All time seasonal snowfall records broken in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

It’s almost as if the planet is trying to send a message to Washington. I find the choice of words from NOAA/NWS (see below the read more line) interesting when they say” AS WITH ANY MAJOR CLIMATE RECORD ACHIEVEMENT… Perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in records, snowfall, weather | 136 Comments

Nature suggests IPCC get an overhaul

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

Meanwhile NASA GISS scientist Lacis, who was highly critical of the chapter 9 executive summary draft says that: I am actually encouraged by the all criticisms that the IPCC AR4 report is receiving. He makes some valid points and provides … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC | 138 Comments

Climate “Twilight of the Gods”

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

From National Review online, the story a modern opera, though not by Wagner. Climate Götterdämmerung Image from Wikimedia Exaggeration and alarmism have been a chronic weakness of environmentalism since it became an organized movement in the 1960s. Every ecological problem … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Climate News, politics | 87 Comments

Pielke responds to Romm and Time

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

From the “weather is not climate unless it supports global warming department”, Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. responds to the claim elevated by Joe Romm (and now picked up by Time Magazine) that the east coast snowstorms are indicators of global … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, snowfall, weather | 104 Comments

Brace for the tipping point

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

Climate ‘Tipping Points’ May Arrive Without Warning, Says Top Forecaster From a UC Davis press release A new University of California, Davis, study by a top ecological forecaster says it is harder than experts thought to predict when sudden shifts … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, forecasting, modeling, satire | 290 Comments

Climategate: Plausibility and the blogosphere in the post-normal age.

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

I’m honored to offer this guest post by Jerome Ravetz, of Oxford University in the UK. Mr. Ravetz is an environmental consultant and professor of philosophy of science best known for his books challenging the assumptions of scientific objectivity, discussing … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 596 Comments

Hansen colleague rejected IPCC AR4 ES as having “no scientific merit”, but what does IPCC do?

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

The ever sharp Bishop Hill blog writes: While perusing some of the review comments to the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report, I came across the contributions of Andrew Lacis, a colleague of James Hansen’s at GISS. Lacis’s is not a name … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC | 237 Comments

Prediction: Arctic Ice Will Continue to Recover This Summer

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

Steven Goddard writes below that he agrees with the prediction I made in late 2009 that we’d see another 500,000 km2 of Arctic sea ice recovery in 2010. The Arctic Oscillation seems to be negative again, and according to NSIDC, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 172 Comments

The Green Police: window swat team edition

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

Sunday we all got a chuckle (or a scare depending on your world view) from the Superbowl Green Police commercial. Some thought it was fine satire, others thought it hit a little too close to reality. After watching this report … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, politics | 117 Comments

What NOAA Isn’t Saying About Snow and Ice

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

By Steven Goddard As reported on WUWT, NOAA is warning of “earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons.”  But what NOAA isn’t saying is that snow is falling earlier and heavier in the Northern Hemisphere.  Rutgers University Global Snow Lab has … Continue reading →

Posted in records, snowfall, weather | 118 Comments

Another east coast snowstorm brewing

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

Forecasts call for another 20 inches of snow in Washington DC with snow spreading to NYC this time. Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Storm systems barreling across the country may bring as much as 20 inches (50 centimeters) of new snow … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | 101 Comments

Sir David King: Half Right on the IPCC and Global Warming Policies, Despite Bad Logic

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Sir David King, erstwhile Chief Scientific Adviser to Her Majesty’s Government, famous for his claim that “climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today—more serious even than the threat of … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, Opinion | 98 Comments

NOAA’s new website climate.gov – a first day sin of omission

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

Today NOAA officially announced www.climate.gov It didn’t take skeptics long to find a sin of omission. WUWT reader Dave N. pointed this one out to me. Let’s start with the lecture to skeptics in the Dec 31st 2009 story “What … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, sea ice | 171 Comments

NOAA’s new ‘climate service’ – not a sure thing yet

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

Here’s a chance to tell your congressperson not to waste more taxpayer money on repetitive services already handled by NCDC. This looks to be nothing more than a fast track press release service. Given how badly Tom Karl has handled … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 75 Comments

UCAR: Roof white out helps UHI

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

I find it humorous thatUCAR had to resort to modeling to prove something that can be measured empirically. But then again this is UCAR, and they have a big computer at their NCAR office. Painting roofs white would probably help … Continue reading →

Posted in Land use land cover change, modeling, UHI | 130 Comments

IPCC Gate Du Jour: Aussie Droughtgate

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

Andrew Bolt of the Herald Sun digs up another issue with non peer reviewed World Wildlife Fund reports in the IPCC AR4. It turns out a new paper in GRL handily disputes the cause of the drought. He writes: Melbourne … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC | 167 Comments

The Superbowl “Green Police” commercial

Posted on February 7, 2010 by

My story today on changing out my incandescent recessed lighting for high efficiency LED units couldn’t have come too soon. I don’t have to worry now. This video below is one of the most talked about Superbowl commercials today. You … Continue reading →

Posted in satire | 187 Comments