Monthly Archives: June 2010

New research sheds light on Antarctica’s melting Pine Island Glacier

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

From Physorg.com New results from an investigation into Antarctica’s potential contribution to sea level rise are reported this week (Sunday 20 June) by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and the National Oceanography Centre in … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, climate_change, glaciers | 59 Comments

Heartland Conference Establishes Post-Climategate Consensus

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

From the American Thinker “New scientific discoveries are casting doubt on how much of the warming of the twentieth century was natural and how much was man-made, and governments around the world are beginning to confront the astronomical cost of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, Current News | 36 Comments

Joe Lieberman: US senate still short votes needed to pass “climate” bill

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

From CNN and Wire reports Senator Joe Lieberman, was on CNN Sunday and said about 50 senators support the Kerry sponsored “climate” bill. However, 30 others remain opposed. Estimates are that approximately 20 senators remain undecided. Time to call your … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, politics | 53 Comments

Quote of the week #35 Nat Geo bangs the drum for the next solar cycle

Posted on June 20, 2010 by

I’m having a free day today in Brisbane, after an intensive week of travel and presentations. I feel zorched, but I still hope to catch up on correspondences and posts. If you have not booked into the tour yet, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Quote of the Week, solar | 130 Comments

Firms paid to shut down wind farms when the wind is blowing

Posted on June 20, 2010 by

Britain’s biggest wind farm companies are to be paid not to produce electricity when the wind is blowing. From The UK Telegraph. By Robert Mendick Published: 9:00PM BST 19 Jun 2010 Energy firms will receive thousands of pounds a day per … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Government idiocy | 247 Comments

Cuccinelli tells court former U-Va. professor’s academic freedom not threatened

Posted on June 20, 2010 by

From the Washington Post Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has told a judge that his request for documents related to the work of former University of Virginia climate scientist Michael Mann should be granted because neither academic freedom nor the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, FOI, politics | 94 Comments

Tricky Sea Ice Predictions Call for Scientists to Open Their Data

Posted on June 20, 2010 by

From Wired Science It’s refreshing to see NSIDC director Mark Serreze coming to grips with his role in stirring up Arctic ice scare stories (like the famous “death spiral”) in 2007: “In hindsight, probably too much was read into 2007, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 244 Comments

The Electric Oceanic Acid Test

Posted on June 19, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’m a long-time ocean devotee. I’ve spent a good chunk of my life on and under the ocean as a commercial and sport fisherman, a surfer, a blue-water sailor, and a commercial and sport diver. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 252 Comments

CSIRO has counter meeting to address “denialism”

Posted on June 19, 2010 by

You know you must be having an impact when protesters show up and counter meetings are being scheduled. I use the word “denialism” because the flyer I was shown from CSIRO contained that word several times, but does not appear … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Government idiocy | 121 Comments

Antarctic Agreements and Disagreements

Posted on June 19, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Steven Mosher has pointed out a Science Magazine article (subscription only) about Antarctica. It is a discussion of the temperature changes in the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). And where might that be? Figure 1. Location … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 142 Comments

Omaha schools pull Laurie David’s AGW book citing “major factual error” and DiCaprio video “without merit”.

Posted on June 18, 2010 by

Omaha.com reports on the school board that made this decision here. This book has been around since 2007. Since she’s married to Seinfeld producer Larry David, so it fits right in with the rest of the Seinfeld saga. For example, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Book Review | 90 Comments

Hot Times in Antarctica

Posted on June 18, 2010 by

From the “I told you Angry Penguins were the new icon” department From Time The world’s polar regions are warming up faster than the global average, but the western edge of the Antarctic Peninsula is especially steamy. Over the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic | 117 Comments

Grave concerns by Pielke Senior: Nature duped with claim of independent surface temp data sets

Posted on June 18, 2010 by

Image: NOAA USHCN COOP station at Hanksville, UT, sited over a grave. Click for larger image. Photo by surfacestations volunteer Juan Slayton First the article at issue: How best to log local temperatures? Peter A. Stott1 & Peter W. Thorne2 … Continue reading →

Posted in GHCN, UHI, weather_stations | 102 Comments

Climate Craziness of the Week: lighting up your windmill

Posted on June 18, 2010 by

I was in Newcastle, NSW AU on Wednesday night to give another lecture as part of the Australian speaking tour I’m doing. I had the pleasure of following David Stockwell in a presentation, and David Archibald followed me. We were … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | 128 Comments

UK Climate Minister: “Britons Are ‘Inherently Sceptical’ Of Climate Science And Politics”

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

By Hayden Smith, Metro, 17 June 2010 High levels of scepticism and indifference among Britons continue to dog efforts to get the country to go greener, a Europe-wide study has concluded. We continue to lag behind other major nations in … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, politics | 103 Comments

Americans Not Inclined To Pay More To Fight Global Warming

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

From Canada Free Press Democratic Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman declared yesterday that a new EPA study shows their new global warming legislation won’t cost Americans much after all. But so far most Americans don’t show an inclination to pay anything … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Opinion, politics | 93 Comments

How to improve the IPCC

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

From Nature news “When the error was found it was handled in a totally and utterly atrocious manner.” A former head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that the organization should adopt a code of conduct and … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, IPCC | 67 Comments

An Aggie Joke

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

By Steven Goddard [Update: See message from Professor North Below] Some well known Aggie Jokes: Did you hear about the Aggie who won a gold medal at the Olympics? He liked it so much that he decided to get it … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, fun_stuff | 151 Comments

Nasa warns solar flares from ‘huge space storm’ will cause devastation

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

From the Telegraph Video link here National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working after the Sun reaches its maximum power in a few years. Senior space … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster, earth, solar, space | 470 Comments

Peer reviewed whack a mozzie

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

Via the SPPI Blog – Trying to Hit a Mosquito with a Sledgehammer Source:  World Climate Report One of the standard tenets of the global warming bible is that malaria will get worse as temperatures rise. We’ve addressed this many … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, economy-health | 53 Comments

Margaret Thatcher: the world’s first climate realist

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

Guest posting by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Anthony Watts’ earlier posting about Margaret Thatcher’s sceptical approach to the climate question prompted some comments asking whether I could add anything to the story, since I gave her advice on science as … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, politics | 268 Comments

Oz report – Footy at least has rules

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

The Tuesday night meeting in Brisbane on the WUWT Australian tour had a bit of unexpected fireworks courtesy of Aussie reef scientist Ove Hoegh-Guldberg. The meeting started off with some protestors outside holding placards with the tired old messages claiming … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, politics | 82 Comments

Whale poop fights global warming

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

Click here to watch the video..NOT From the Sydney Herald Southern Ocean sperm whales are an unexpected ally in the fight against global warming, removing the equivalent carbon emissions from 40,000 cars each year in their faeces, a study shows. … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits, ridiculae | 89 Comments

Scan of Arctic ice dispels melting gloom: Researcher

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

From The Vancouver Sun An electromagnetic “bird” dispatched to the Arctic for the most detailed look yet at the thickness of the ice has turned up a reassuring picture. The meltdown has not been as dire as some would suggest, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice, Sea Ice News | 123 Comments

Arctic Albedo

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

by Steven Goddard Looking at the June 14 satellite photo above, you see the view which the Sun sees of the North Pole. Well not exactly, because the elevation of the Sun at its peak (mid-June) is actually fairly low … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 121 Comments