Monthly Archives: March 2010

McKitrick: Toronto smog models exaggerate health issues – where are the bodies?

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

Laws on pollution in Toronto – failing? Pollution levels haven’t changed despite efforts as indicated by this University of Toronto study. Looking over the last decade, there has been no overall reduction in smog in the GTA, despite best efforts … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health | 107 Comments

North and Booker on Amazongate: A billion dollar cash cow

Posted on March 20, 2010 by

Dr. Richard North of the EU Referendum sends word of this new revelation. North and Christopher Booker were the first to point out the money trail with Pachauri. Now the have followed the money on IPCC’s “Amazongate” all the way … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, politics | 140 Comments

The current El Niño: still hanging on

Posted on March 20, 2010 by

From NASA JPL, signs that “the boy” isn’t leaving. Perhaps he’s receiving too warm a welcome. El Niño’s Last Hurrah? El Niño 2009-2010 just keeps hanging in there. Recent sea-level height data from the NASA/European Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 oceanography … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO | 113 Comments

‘science’s dirtiest secret: The “scientific method” of testing hypotheses by statistical analysis stands on a flimsy foundation.’

Posted on March 20, 2010 by

The quote in the headline is direct from this article in Science News for which I’ve posted an excerpt below. I found this article interesting for two reasons. 1- It challenges use of statistical methods that have come into question … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | 238 Comments

Gore: Making it personal

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

I was sent this email (below) from Al Gore’s Repower America Campaign, with a request to “make it personal” by writing to every representative. Apparently they are worried about that dastardly oil lobby again. This paragraph caught my eye: “Writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, politics | 93 Comments

New GOES-15 weather sat reaches orbit

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

From NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: NASA and NOAA’s Environmental Satellite Now GOES-15 CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO (Windows Media Player) Image above: A Delta IV launch vehicle lifts off carrying GOES-P into orbit. Image credit: NASA/Kenny Allen GREENBELT, Md. — … Continue reading →

Posted in space, Technology, weather | 29 Comments

It’s the blob (anomaly)!

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

With apologies to Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. and Steve McQueen, I offer this advice: run ! A giant temperature anomaly is attacking Canada and Greenland. An Example Of Why A Global Average Temperature Anomaly Is Not An Effective Metric Of Climate … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, satire | 194 Comments

Devastating non-trends in US Climate

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

From Warren Meyer, who was discussing the recent announcement from the White House Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. If one wonders why the climate alarmist movement is suffering from a credibility problem, one only needs to read some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism | 155 Comments

Popular Science archive made public – your chance to help me find something important

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

Since we recently had some assistance from an old 1976 copy of National Geographic which showed us some differences between temperature data then and now, it seems an opportune time to announce that Popular Science magazine archives are now online … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Science | 163 Comments

More on the National Geographic Decline

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony has covered the National Geographic Northern Hemisphere temperature graph here. This is the graph under discussion. Figure 1. Graph from November 1976 National Geographic article Since I’m a suspicious guy who never takes anything … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 73 Comments

Scandal brewing in the Euro carbon credits market

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

This report is from Europe via The Times Online. Meanwhile back here in the USA, the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is going through a record period of low price (ten cents a metric ton) and extended lull in trading: Magnified … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits | 111 Comments

Weather balloon data backs up missing decline found in old magazine

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

Jo Nova has more from Frank Lansner on what older records, this time from weather balloons, tell us about recent adjustments to the temperature record. WUWT readers may recall Rewriting the decline where the graph from National Geographic below raises some … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 189 Comments

New planet discovered

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

From A University of California Santa Barbara press release: International Team of Scientists Reports Discovery of a New Planet (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– An international team of scientists, including several who are affiliated with UC Santa Barbara, has discovered a … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | 163 Comments

Mister Mean Green

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

On this green St. Paddy’s day, finally, something that explains some of the operators of, and commenters on, some other blogs. Now, if I can just find some fair trade carbon credits to offset my corned beef and cabbage… From … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff | 154 Comments

Medieval Warm Period seen in western USA tree ring fire scars

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

Here is just one more indication that despite what some would like you to believe, the MWP was not a regional “non event”. From a University of Arizona press release, Giant Sequoias Yield Longest Fire History from Tree Rings California’s … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | 195 Comments

Another UHI effect – thunderstorms & lightning

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

The March-April edition of WeatherWise magazine has an interesting article in it regarding UHI (Urban Heat Island) effects of enhancing thunderstorm formation in the downwind heat plume. It Stems from this paper (PDF) published in the Bulletin of the American … Continue reading →

Posted in lightning, UHI | 68 Comments

IPCC’s Pachauri swarmed by reporters – refuses to step down

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

This video is from Reuters India: Click image for video: Here’s the details of the story:

Posted in IPCC | 94 Comments

Sat tracking of ultraviolet light shows increase since 1979

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

UV exposure has increased over the last 30 years, but stabilized since the mid-1990s From NASA Goddard press release here NASA scientists analyzing 30 years of satellite data have found that the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching Earth’s surface … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, solar | 117 Comments

Party! ~ ctm

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

charles the moderator is throwing himself a birthday party this Friday in SF. I’ve decided to invite a selected few WUWT regulars to attend. Acceptance will be based on examining your comment history.  No newbies, sorry. Steve Mosher will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 214 Comments

Another Look at Climate Sensitivity

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach OK, a quick pop quiz. The average temperature of the planet is about 14°C (57°F). If the earth had no atmosphere, and if it were a blackbody at the same distance from the sun, how … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 579 Comments

Rewriting the decline

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

The great thing about old magazines is that once published, they can’t be adjusted. Jo Nova has a great summary of some recent work from occasional WUWT contributor Frank Lansner who runs the blog “Hide the Decline” and what he … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, climate_change | 147 Comments

Stanford: Urban CO2 domes mean more death

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

I find it funny though, that this study (full PDF here) mentions urban warming related to CO2 only. The terms “Urban Heat Island” (and variants including UHI) are not found in this study at all. The image from the study … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, UHI | 247 Comments

Spencer: Direct Evidence that Most U.S. Warming Since 1973 Could Be Spurious

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. INTRODUCTION My last few posts have described a new method for quantifying the average Urban Heat Island (UHI) warming effect as a function of population density, using thousands of pairs of temperature measuring stations … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, GHCN, weather_stations | 162 Comments

Indianapolis wind power contract canceled

Posted on March 15, 2010 by

In a statement made last Friday by EDF Energies Nouvelles (French Green Power Company), a power purchase agreement was terminated without explanation by Indianapolis Power and Light Company regarding the supply of wind energy by enXco,  a local EDF company. … Continue reading →

Posted in energy | 262 Comments

Response to Ravetz and post-normal science

Posted on March 15, 2010 by

People send me things. Here’s one from today’s mail. It is a response by Dr. Jaap Hanekamp to the essays by Oxford Professor Jerome Ravetz carried here on WUWT recently. Dr. Ravetz’s first posting on WUWT created quite a controversey. … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, post-normal science | 119 Comments