Daily Archives: June 10, 2010

Concentration vs. Extent

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By Steve Goddard The sea ice concentration game. Arctic Ice is more concentrated in 2010 than in past years The record low Arctic Oscillation during the past winter led to a very tightly compacted central Arctic ice mass – which … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week: Sen. Lindsey Graham’s 180° view of climate science

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Wow. This one is really something. Graham goes from supporter to skeptic in the space of a few weeks. Here’s the quote:

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Climate Craziness of the Week – cool (E)motional Icebergs

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A group called http://www.coolemotion.org/ got funding from WWF to build a giant sculpture on an iceberg. As of May 6th the iceberg was still trapped in pack ice; http://coolemotion.blogspot.com/2010/05/iceberg-still-stuck.html But now they claim that the iceberg sunk/melted after just a … Continue reading →

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That solar sinking feeling

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When I last wrote about the solar activity situation, things were (as Jack Horkheimer used to say) “looking up”. Now, well, the news is a downer. From the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) all solar indices are down, across the … Continue reading →

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NOAA GOES weather satellite communications at risk due to proposed FCC spectrum auction

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The FCC (like many Federal agencies) has gone looking for available frequencies and money as part of this: Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, Recommendation 5.8, p.86 (FCC, 2010). The National Broadband Plan is available at http://www.broadband.gov/plan/ The rub? They … Continue reading →

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IPCC review: friend or foe?

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From the BBC By Richard Black. This is a fine opportunity for WUWT readers to make comments to the committee reviewing the IPCC. My suggestion: be polite; be constructive. “Now that we’re in the kitchen, we have to take the … Continue reading →

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When you don’t like the poll numbers, make up your own poll

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Stanford and Woods Institute didn’t like the recent polls like these: Pew poll: 2 of 3 Americans think Congressional action on climate change is not a priority Gallup: Americans’ Global Warming Concerns Continue to Drop Pew Poll: global warming dead last, down … Continue reading →

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