Monthly Archives: March 2010

Tropical England

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard National Trust image by Rob Collins The UK National Trust is warning of a 2-4C rise in summer temperatures by the end of the century.  They envision English gardens full of palm trees, Bougainvillea and … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 187 Comments

Catlin Team Averaging 1.7 Miles Per Day – Only 295 Miles Left to Go!

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

The Catlin team has been on the ice for 10 days, and has traveled a total of 17 miles so far as the crow flies.  At that rate, they will reach the North Pole in September, except that the ice … Continue reading →

Posted in post-normal science | 195 Comments

WUWT Status report – 40 million

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

Overnight, another milestone occurred. As of 6:20 AM PST, the WUWT hit counter shows: Thank you readers, thank you moderators, thank you guest contributors. Traffic has slowed from about half of what it was during the heady days of Climategate … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 109 Comments

Earth follows the warming: soils add 100 million tons of CO2 per year

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

From the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Soils release more carbon dioxide as globe warms The researchers overlaid the soil respiration database — which is openly available for the scientific community to add to — on Google Earth. COLLEGE PARK, Md. … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, earth | 142 Comments

GISScapades

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

Guest post by Willis Eschenbach Inspired by this thread on the lack of data in the Arctic Ocean, I looked into how GISS creates data when there is no data. GISS is the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 218 Comments

Ice Station Ztupid

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

Well I’ve ignored the “new” Catlin Arctic survey as long as I can. Like last year, they’ve gone off the deep ends of the earth with wacky claims. Apparently the team isn’t watching the sea ice extent data closely. Me … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, satire, sea ice | 81 Comments

Arctic sea ice continues to rise past the normal peak date

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

I’ve been watching this NSIDC graph for a few days, figuring it was just noise. Now, it looks like “something worth blogging about“. The Arctic sea ice extent is continuing to grow past the normal historical peak which occurs typically … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, sea ice | 267 Comments

Spoofing the climate of news

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

Heh. Everybody gets equal treatment in this parody of the state of climate change. When you step back and look at it all, it is pretty funny. -A New Study Suggests News Climate Is Warming A new study suggests that … Continue reading →

Posted in satire | 62 Comments

Skeptic-Warmer networking update with no update?

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

Richard North, of the EU Referendum, the only player in the map below to have three balls, points out that Profero has made an “update” on their website. But there’s no update to the hilariously flawed networking map they produced, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 124 Comments

Bengal Island succumbs to global warming nonsense – AP gets nutty over the loss of a sandbar

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

By Steven Goddard and Anthony Watts From the New York Daily News via  Associated Press reports : Global warming resolves 30-year land dispute between India, Bangladesh: Coveted island sinks By NIRMALA GEORGE, Associated Press Writer Nirmala George, Associated Press Writer … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, GLOC, sea level | 131 Comments

WUWT makes a difference – London Science Museum changes their climate change exhibit

Posted on March 24, 2010 by

Remember this post before the heady days of Climategate? And then what happens? Another online poll that might go horribly wrong And this one? Data adjustments in the UK Science Museum “Prove It!” poll on climate

Posted in climate_change, Opinion, Science | 74 Comments

The UK Met Office appears to have ‘disappeared’ their winter forecast

Posted on March 24, 2010 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard On July 23, 2009 the UK Met Office issued their infamous winter forecast, ahead of the coldest winter in 50 years. It read: “…Early indications are that winter temperatures are likely to be near or … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting | 120 Comments

Complaint issued on Amazongate reporting

Posted on March 24, 2010 by

Excerpts from the Guardian: Forests expert officially complains about ‘distorted’ Sunday Times article Press Complaints Commission told that newspaper story gives impression that IPCC made false Amazon rainfall claim A leading scientist has made an official complaint to the Press … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, media | 104 Comments

Why Joe Bastardi sees red: A look at Sea Ice and GISTEMP and starting choices

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

AcuuWeather meteorologist Joe Bastardi has a question about two datasets and asks: If it is darn warm, how come there is so much sea ice? Bastardi asks a simple question: how can we have above normal temperatures in the Arctic … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, climate data, sea ice | 185 Comments

Loehle on Hoffman et al and CO2 trajectories

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

Craig Loehle sends word of a new publication that looks at CO2 trajectories in the context of Hoffman et al. Excerpt posted below. A link to the full paper follows. THE ESTIMATION OF HISTORICAL CO2 TRAJECTORIES IS INDETERMINATE: COMMENT ON … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, IPCC | 141 Comments

French give up on carbon tax plan – for now

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

In a move sure to set off a tirade from Joe Romm, we have this story from the BBC: French government backs down on carbon tax plan The French government has signalled that it is dropping a plan for a … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits, politics | 104 Comments

Brains… BRAINS!!!

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

From CNSNews.com – Proponents of human-caused global warming claim that “cognitive” brain function prevents conservatives from accepting the science that says “climate change” is an imminent threat to planet Earth and its inhabitants. George Lakoff, a professor of cognitive science … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae | 432 Comments

ACS: going veggie won’t impact global warming

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

IPCC’s Dr. Pachauri must be having a conniption fit about now, since he’s been an advocate of meat free global warming salvation. From the American Chemical Society: Eating less meat and dairy products won’t have major impact on global warming … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, economy-health | 140 Comments

The well funded, well organized, global skeptic network laid bare /sarc

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

Gosh, according to Leftfootforward, we skeptics are just a step away from global media domination. I suppose it didn’t occur to the people that researched this and drew up the network diagram that both sides are about equal in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, ridiculae, satire | 250 Comments

The Guardian sees the light on wind driven Arctic ice loss

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

First, we pointed this out quite some time ago. See: Winds are Dominant Cause of Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheet Losses and also NASA Sees Arctic Ocean Circulation Do an About-Face Second I’m pleased to see the Guardian finally catching on.You … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 159 Comments

Flowers Losing Scent Due to Climate Change

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

This is a bonus Climate Craziness of the Week. It seemed that while Climategate was raging, we saw an end to bizarre claims such as this.  Now they seem to have resumed again as we saw in yesterday’s story claiming … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | 138 Comments

Quote of the week #31: Bubba disses the Goreacle

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

I never thought I’d find myself agreeing with and laughing along with form President Bill Clinton. But when his former boss disses the Goreacle, perhaps it is time to rethink some views. From the Wall Street Journal, this gem of … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Quote of the Week | 73 Comments

Find the weather station in this photo

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

Above: The Cunderdin Australian Climate Reference Network station, a BoM official photo. Source: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/map/stations/010035.shtml There’s an effort to the surfacestations.org project underway in Australia to have a look at the quality of siting of stations, see here. They write:

Posted in weather_stations | 168 Comments

Climate craziness of the week: global warming “leads to more violence”

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

UPDATE: WUWT commenter P Wilson points out one single map that refutes this entire theory, see below the “read more” at the end of the post. – Anthony To add to the Numberwatch big list of things supposedly caused by … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | 150 Comments

Icelandic fissure eruption triggers worries

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

A unique Iceland volcanic eruption covered  by BBC. Video clips follow. The eruption split a 1km chasm in the ice Volcano erupts near Eyjafjallajoekull in south Iceland An Icelandic volcano, dormant for 200 years, has erupted, ripping a 1km-long fissure … Continue reading →

Posted in vulcanism | 232 Comments