Monthly Archives: May 2010

Drill spill kills bill?

Posted on May 7, 2010 by

In the greatest of ironies, it appears the BP oil drilling spill may kill the chances for the Kerry-Lieberman sans Graham (pick one:climate, energy, jobs, flavor of the minute) bill they say they will unveil on May 12th. Excerpt from … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, politics | 45 Comments

“The decrease in upper ocean heat content from March to April was 1C – largest since 1979″

Posted on May 7, 2010 by

Recent Variations In Upper Ocean Heat Content – Information From Phil Klotzbach By Dr. Roger Pielke Senior Phil Klotzbach has graciously permitted me to post an update on upper ocean heat content in the equatorial upper ocean. He writes “The Climate Prediction … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans, Sea Surface Temperature | 189 Comments

Marketing Advice For Mad Scientists

Posted on May 7, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard and Anthony Watts They are mad, maybe not the crazy kind of mad scientist, but mad nonetheless. When people are mad, sometimes good judgment goes out the window. The Guardian published a fascinating “open letter” from AAAS, signed … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, satire | 279 Comments

Hotness is in the eye of the beholder

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

I’ve mentioned before how chosen color schemes greatly influence how people see surface temperature data. Frank points out that sea surface temperature presentations suffer from the same problem. – Anthony Guest post by Frank Lansner This is no news – … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Surface Temperature | 94 Comments

Hyperventilating on Venus

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard The classic cure for hyperventilation is to put a paper bag over your head, which increases your CO2 levels and reduces the amount of Oxygen in your bloodstream. Global warmers have been hyperventilating over CO2 on Venus, ever since … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, space | 455 Comments

Sensenbrenner Report Challenges EPA Greenhouse Finding

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

This morning, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), ranking member of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, will release a staff report on the scientific issues that tend to discredit the EPA’s endangerment finding for carbon dioxide as a … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, politics | 98 Comments

Pielke Sr. on Revkin’s question

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

Update To Andy Revkin’s Question In 2005: “Is Most Of The Observed Warming Over The Last 50 Years Likely To Have Been Due To The Increase In Greenhouse Gas Concentrations”? By Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. In 2005, I posted an answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Opinion | 59 Comments

Gavin’s sensitive side

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

Sensitive side (from the NASA Global Climate Change Website) By Rosemary Sullivant, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory A little extra carbon dioxide in the air may, unfortunately, go further towards warming Earth than previously thought. A team of British and U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, modeling | 204 Comments

UAH global temperature anomaly, a bit cooler in April

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

APRIL 2010 UAH Global Temperature Update: +0.50 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer The global-average lower tropospheric temperature continues warm: +0.50 deg. C for April, 2010, although it is 0.15 deg. C cooler than last month. The linear trend since … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 125 Comments

New paper: Tropical cyclone response to solar UV

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

Daily tropical cyclone intensity response to solar ultraviolet radiation J. B. Elsner, T. H. Jagger, and R. E. Hodges GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 37, L09701, doi:10.1029/2010GL043091, 2010 Abstract: An inverse relationship between hurricane activity over the Caribbean and the number … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, solar, weather | 48 Comments

Sun’s magnetics coming alive again

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

When I last looked at the Ap geomagnetic index back in January, it looked pretty grim. Solar geomagnetic index reaches unprecedented low – only “zero” could be lower – in a month when sunspots became more active Now with the release … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 215 Comments

AGW to reach…”The Edge of Wetness”…

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

Johnny Carson of the Tonight Show used to do a schtick called “The Edge of Wetness” which was a parody of a soap opera called “The Edge of Night“ It was he first thing that went through my mind after … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, modeling, ridiculae, Science | 225 Comments

Fox News uses WUWT

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

I got an email over the weekend from a Fox News reporter whose executive producer had seen the photos of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster and wanted to use them. After checking on copyright issues with Jimmy Haigh, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 63 Comments

500,000 km2 Discrepancy Between NSIDC and NORSEX

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

NOTE: there are some animated GIF’s in this post that may take time to fully load. Patience please. By Steve Goddard Monday’s NSIDC Arctic ice extent graph took a turn downwards, and is now showing 2010 a little more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 102 Comments

Seeing red: jobs initiative to limit California’s AB32 greenhouse gas law will be on the November ballot

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

With a map like this, is it any wonder that AB32 doesn’t make any sense right now? From the Grass Valley Union A plan to block a law cutting state greenhouse gas emissions until the economy rebounds looks likely to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, politics | 84 Comments

Scripps plans for saving the planet

Posted on May 3, 2010 by

From press release: Scripps researchers outline strategy to limit global warming Fulfilling Copenhagen Accord will require variety of efforts ranging from ‘Herculean’ to the readily actionable, scientists say Image: Fast-action climate change strategies advocated by Ramanathan and Xu that curb … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 137 Comments

WUWT Arctic Sea Ice News #3

Posted on May 3, 2010 by

Wikipedia : Traditional Santa Claus Arctic ice extent continues downwards on the trend line started at the end of March, having lost a little over 1,000,000 km2 during April.  If that linear rate continues, the Arctic will be ice free … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Ice News | 157 Comments

A multi question poll on Real Climate

Posted on May 3, 2010 by

Jeff over at the Air Vent has made up a multi question reader poll that I think pretty well probes the effectiveness of Real Climate and the people who run it. Once the leader in the Climate Blogosphere, they have … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 63 Comments

“Catastrophic” retreat of glaciers in Spitsbergen

Posted on May 2, 2010 by

I’ve been given a report on glaciers and sea ice in the Arctic that I want to share with readers. There’s some compelling evidence of glacier melting and open water in the Arctic sea in this report that I haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 153 Comments

WUWT Radio

Posted on May 2, 2010 by

NOTE: I’ve added some additional polls based on early input. I’ve been toying with this idea for a few months. As many of you know, I currently work in radio, having done TV for 25 years. Logically with that background, … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, media | 186 Comments

History suggests: don’t bet on La Nina this year

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

Typical (Average) El Nino, Traditional El Nino, and El Nino Modoki Events Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Recently, there have been a number of posts around the blogosphere about the current El Nino or about Sea Surface Temperatures (SST). Accompanying … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, Sea Surface Temperature | 110 Comments

Climate idiocy at the Monterey Bay Aquarium – cow with a gas mask

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

First let me say I’ve been there many times with my wife and children. When we go, we marvel at the sea otters, jellyfish, and the Mola they had for awhile. When we go to an aquarium, I don’t expect … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Methane, ridiculae | 109 Comments

If Sea Level Was Rising, Wouldn’t Someone Have Noticed?

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

Images spanning 130 years show non-effects of sea level rise By Steve Goddard Above, imaginary alarmist imagery: London Drowning from the BBC One of my favorite CAGW climochondrias is worry about sea level.  From Wikipedia:

Posted in Alarmism, sea level | 289 Comments

The Gulf oil rig explosion – on the scene photos

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

Regular WUWT commenter Jimmy Haigh, a geologist by trade, sends along a PDF that is a compilation of on the scene photos taken right after the explosion and in the following two days. I’ve converted it to web format. These … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News, Disaster, energy, Environment, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | 216 Comments