Monthly Archives: May 2010

Past the tipping point

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard In 2007, Dr. Hansen boldly declared “…defying government gag orders. Hansen told Reuters, quote, “The reason so much (of the Arctic ice) went suddenly is that it is hitting a tipping point that we have been warning … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 203 Comments

Romm’s Mosquito Bomb

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

Most of us just ignore Joe Romm. Because, well, even the fresh prince of Wikipedia, William Connolley, described him once as “foaming”. When members of his shared climate viewpoint say this, you know some days Joe’s writing could put out … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism | 40 Comments

Modeling the Polar Bear Tipping Point

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

After reading this BBC article on modeling the “tipping point” of polar bear populations, it seemed this photo summed it up well, especially since modeling was substituted in lieu of “nearly non-existent data”. I wonder how the bears survived the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, GLOC, modeling, satire | 144 Comments

Climate alarmism in Britain: “…the poll figures are going through the floor.”

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

Excerpts from the New York Times article. Climate Fears Turn to Doubts Among Britons By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL LONDON — Last month hundreds of environmental activists crammed into an auditorium here to ponder an anguished question: If the scientific consensus on … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Opinion, politics | 221 Comments

Lord Monckton wins global warming debate at Oxford Union

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

I’m waiting for actual photos of the event from the official photographer, but for now I’ll make do with what can be found on the Internet. For those who don’t know, the Oxford Union is the top of the food … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 291 Comments

New radar sees tornadic details like never before

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

From a University of Oklahoma press release, a view of a hook echo like never before. Norman, Okla.—At the University of Oklahoma, researchers captured unprecedented high-resolution radar data during the May 10, 2010, tornadoes using one of the most advanced … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, tornadoes, weather | 35 Comments

Climate Craziness of the Week: Denmark evicting citizens to clear cut forests for wind turbines

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t read this message of a Danish group opposed to the plan. Greens clear-cutting trees in a national park and evicting people, whoda thunk?. Seems like a case of “we had to destroy … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | 139 Comments

The Sea Ice Monster: it’s a scaly thing

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard and Anthony Watts If you zoom in far enough, most anything looks scary, like this picture of a human head louse. But when you look at it in the scale of our normal experience, not so much. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 219 Comments

Cause for alarm?

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

Why do scientists and news stories blame everything on global warming? Fortune and glory. Guest post By Paul Driessen, Willie Soon, and David R. Legates We’re often asked, What really causes all these alarms about global warming disasters? As scientists … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Opinion | 99 Comments

WUWT Arctic Sea Ice News #6

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard The Arctic is still running well below freezing, and as a result there just isn’t much happening, except for an odd discrepancy that has developed between NSIDC and NORSEX related to the 2007 extent. Read on. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Ice News | 152 Comments

On Being the Wrong Size

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach This topic is a particular peeve of mine, so I hope I will be forgiven if I wax wroth. There is a most marvelous piece of technology called the GRACE satellites, which stands for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 265 Comments

Mann’s 1.8 million Malaria grant – “where do we ask for a refund’?

Posted on May 22, 2010 by

Thomas Fuller of the San Francisco Examiner has a great piece which summarizes the issue of climate and malaria and Mann. Like with the imagined increase in hurricane frequency due to global warming, so it goes with malaria. There’s no … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, economy-health | 175 Comments

Editorializing about the Editorial

Posted on May 22, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I just got my printed copy of the May 7th issue of Science Magazine, and I read their Editorial. This is the issue that contained the now-infamous Letter to the Editor with the Photoshopped image … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 265 Comments

Visualizing Arctic Coverage

Posted on May 21, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard In recent articles, I have have been discussing GISS’ claim that their divergence from Had-Crut over the last decade is due to better Arctic coverage. They use the two images below to justify their claims.

Posted in Arctic, climate data | 88 Comments

Pew poll: 2 of 3 Americans think Congressional action on climate change is not a priority

Posted on May 21, 2010 by

From the Pew Research Center. I wonder if Senator Kerry has seen this. Once again, climate change is dead last. Since energy comes in second, watch now as “climate change” gets morphed into “energy needs” as the new target of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Opinion, politics | 79 Comments

NOAA goes for National Press Club with hurricane outlook

Posted on May 21, 2010 by

It looks like they aren’t monkeying around. After delaying the release this week, NOAA plans to showcase the news in a more “robust” setting. Contact:          Susan Buchanan, NOAA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 301-713-0622                                                  May 21, 2010 NOAA to … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, politics, weather | 41 Comments

A “warmist” scientist embraces the Heartland Conference

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

As many know, I recently returned from ICCC4. It has taken me a couple of days to get back on track and I want to share over the next couple of days, some of the things I saw there. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 150 Comments

Spencer: Global Average Sea Surface Temperatures Poised for a Plunge

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

Global Average Sea Surface Temperatures Poised for a Plunge by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Just an update…as the following graph shows, sea surface temperatures (SSTs) along the equatorial Pacific (“Nino3.4″ region, red lines) have been plunging, and global average … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Surface Temperature | 186 Comments

Tom Karl – Hiding the Decline (at both ends)

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard As Bob Tisdale pointed out, Tom Karl’s NCDC trend claims don’t match his graph. The trend line is less than either of the claimed V2 or V3 trends in the graph below. But beyond this blatant error, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, politics | 119 Comments

The Gulf oil slick from space – NOT

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

UPDATE: The press release from Goddard Space Flight Center showing sunglints suggesting they are all from the oil slick is wrong. Satellite specialist Dr. Roy Spencer writes in to show me a different MODIS/AQUA image from three days ago that … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News | 108 Comments

GISS Arctic Trends Disagree with Satellite Data

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

By Steven Goddard GISS has explained their steeper temperature slope since 1998 vs. Had-Crut, as being due to the fact that they are willing to extrapolate 1200 km across the Arctic into regions where they may have no data – … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 166 Comments

Tanganyika Revisited

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The new Nature Magazine article on Lake Tanganyika, “Late-twentieth-century warming in Lake Tanganyika unprecedented since AD 500″, discussed a couple days ago by Anthony Watts here, was quite interesting to me. In 2003 I had contributed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 104 Comments

Founder of Oregon Petition wins house primary race

Posted on May 19, 2010 by

First stage win for science in US House of Representatives Guest post by Russ Steele There has been a lot of discussion of the election results in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas by the talking head on TV and talk … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 60 Comments

So much for robust x2: Tom Karl’s GHCN3 Trends Are Wrong – At Least in Slide 21

Posted on May 19, 2010 by

Tom Karl’s Trends Are Wrong – At Least in Slide 21 Guest post by Bob Tisdale A number of bloggers on the WattsUpWithThat thread “Tom Karl’s Senate Dog & Pony Show – it’s worse than we thought, again” noted the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Government idiocy | 79 Comments

America’s Climate Choices: missing an option

Posted on May 19, 2010 by

I’m providing these links for publications “America’s Climate Choices” issued today by the National Resource Council of the National Academy of Sciences without any comments other than this one: The option to “do nothing” is missing. We’ll give everyone a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, politics, Science | 66 Comments