Daily Archives: March 1, 2010

A tornado free February – first time ever!

February has been an interesting month for weather. It was mostly cold and snow. While Al Gore in his recent NYT op ed and his followers keep warning us of increased severe weather threats, the truth is indeed stranger than … Continue reading

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Royal Statistical Society backs “models and data in the public domain”

And the hits just keep on coming for UEA/CRU and Dr. Jones. Now I wonder, where the heck is the American Meteorological Society? Earlier we reported on The Royal Society of Chemistry making a statement to the Parliamentary inquiry saying … Continue reading

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Royal Society of Chemistry backs sharing of data in contrast to Jones “standard practice” statement

While Dr. Phil Jones prattles on about withholding code and data being “standard practice” The Royal Society of Chemistry has made a statement to the Parliamentary inquiry saying they as an organization support open data sharing. They now join the … Continue reading

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Phil Jones on the hot seat – not sharing data is “standard practice”

Excerpts from the Daily Mail article here: Head of ‘Climategate’ research unit admits he hid data – because it was ‘standard practice’ The scientist at the heart of the ‘Climategate’ row over global warming hid data ‘because it was standard … Continue reading

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Spring, sprang, sprung

Over on the EU Referendum, Richard North points out the absurdity of media coverage on the arrival of  spring. We’ve seen this before, for example at the Union of Concerned Scientists, they have this essay: Early Warning Signs of Global … Continue reading

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Flashback: U.S. Data Since 1895 Fail To Show Warming Trend

Here’s a blast from the past. Dr. James Hansen’s view in 1989 seemed a lot more temperate than it does today. Back then, he’s ready to accede to a study that says something counter to what his theory predicts, saying … Continue reading

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