Monthly Archives: July 2010

Explaining misconceptions on “The Greenhouse Effect”

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Guest post By Ben Herman and Roger A. Pielke Sr. During the past several months there have been various, unpublished studies circulating around the blogosphere and elsewhere claiming that the “greenhouse effect” cannot warm the Earth’s atmosphere. We would like … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 632 Comments

GISTEMP Movie Matinées

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard From reading the press and some blogs, one would think that the hot week in early July on the middle Atlantic seaboard was a rare or unprecedented event. Some believe that the weather used to be perfect before the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 163 Comments

Meltdown at Scienceblogs.com – bloggers jumping ship

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

UPDATE: Luboš Motl finds some interesting tidbits about the state of science at Sb, see below the “Continue reading” line. UPDATE2: PZ Myers ends his “strike” and flames me, see response in Update2 below. Many WUWT readers are familiar with … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, media | 146 Comments

Solar to river flow and lake level correlations

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

Guest post by David Archibald Colder is drier. The figure above is after a figure from Maus et al 2010 “Long term solar activity influences on South American rivers”. It shows a very good correlation between solar activity, as measured … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 123 Comments

While cap and trade dies, NASA GISS gets a congressional amendment

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

Amendment to NASA Bill Seeks to Ensure Climate Data Integrity after Climategate Washington, D.C. –The House Science and Technology Committee today required NASA to provide more details on how much of its temperature record overlaps with data collected from the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, politics | 54 Comments

More FOIA fakery – this time in the USA Homeland Security, plus peer reviewed paper on Climategate FOIA issues

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

In light of these recent ugly FOI revelations uncovered by the Associated Press, it makes the recent FOIA issues paper by our friend Dr. Jennifer Marohasy and the subsequent scathing Washington Times editorial about science and disclosure (see below the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, FOI, GLOC, Government idiocy | 97 Comments

Climate bill DOA for this session, focus now on oil spill

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

From Reid set to put off climate bill By: Darren Samuelsohn and Coral Davenport July 22, 2010 01:01 PM EDT Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appears set to punt on a controversial climate proposal while moving to the floor next … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 85 Comments

New cartoon series on climate

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

This is an appropriate introductory image to this new series. Our friend Josh at cartoonsbyjosh.com has decided to launch a news series of cartoons dealing with some of the more absurd issues that have surfaced recently related to Climategate, the … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, satire | 44 Comments

Pielke Sr. on media climate science overstatements

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

Example Of Media Overstatement A new study in Nature Geoscience finds that Indian Ocean sea levels are rising unevenly and threatening residents in some densely populated coastal areas, particularly those along the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Science | 64 Comments

Ship Tracks – what do they do to albedo?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

From NASA Science News: I’ve always wondered what cumulative effect increased global shipping might have on low level clouds over the ocean. These NASA images suggest ship cloud tracks are much like contrails following jets, though with differing mechanisms. acquired … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans | 55 Comments

U.S. Forest Service embraces climate change

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

No word on Smokey bear’s new duties yet, but maybe they’ll make him do a new public service pitch, maybe something like this: Above: a parody image,  see WUWT story on Ursus Bogus Forest Service Shifts Strategy to Address Changing … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Government idiocy, Land use land cover change, satire | 51 Comments

Global warming is making monster marmots

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Well not really, but the headline above is almost as silly as the paper. From the “I can’t stop laughing department”, some “it can’t be anything else but global warming climate change” silliness in Nature. No mention of PDO or … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, ridiculae, satire | 134 Comments

The satellites are missing

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard Back in January, our friends were crowing about the warmest satellite temperatures on record. But now they seem to have lost interest in satellites. I wonder why? Data: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/t2lt/uahncdc.lt It probably has to do with the fact … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 278 Comments

US DOE apparently funded CRU millions, not $200K as reported

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

UPDATE: The cumulative total is over 2 million USD, the $200k yearly number is generally correct, but varies year to year, see more below. Also, a list of funders to CRU has been added. – Anthony In the story DOE … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 93 Comments

Senate climate bill “…may truly be terminal now. “

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

UPDATE: Two Senators cancel their CLEAR climate bill presser, details below the Continue reading line. Climate bill on the ropes By: Darren Samuelsohn July 20, 2010 03:10 PM EDT The Senate climate bill has been at death’s door several times … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 57 Comments

Mapping the cold snap in South America

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

More from the “weather is not climate” department in the “hottest year so far ever”. Our previous article on this here, illustrated the scope of the event in human terms, but we didn’t have a map to show extent of … Continue reading →

Posted in records, weather | 74 Comments

Australia’s BoM declares La Niña in the Pacfic

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

From the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) see the SOI below, now firmly in positive territory like in 2008. An animation of SST from the Navy follows. Pacific Ocean in early stages of a La Niña event Issued on Wednesday … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, Sea Surface Temperature | 36 Comments

McIntyre on Stephen Schneider

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

An excerpt from Steve’s post at Climate Audit Schneider replied that he had been editor of Climatic Change for 28 years and, during that time, nobody had ever requested supporting data, let alone source code, and he therefore required a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, Opinion | 179 Comments

Cold snap freezes South America – beaches whitened, some areas experience snow for the first time in living memory

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

From the “weather is not climate” department, more chilling news from the southern hemisphere. Guest post By Alexandre Aguiar MetSul Weather Center via ICECAP A brutal and historical cold snap has so far caused 80 deaths in South America, according … Continue reading →

Posted in records, snowfall, weather | 123 Comments

GRACE’s warts – new peer reviewed paper suggests errors and adjustments may be large

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

Below is a GRACE satellite map. The Earth looks like a warty ball, with red bumps and blue pits that represent measured fluctuations in the planet’s gravity. Note Greenland in the red. We’ve covered GRACE before, suggesting it may not … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, Science, sea level | 136 Comments

Arctic Forecast Verification Update

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

By Steve Goddard On June 28, I generated a forecast projection for Arctic ice during the remainder of the summer, seen below. So how is it doing so far? The image below shows that my forecast has been too conservative. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, forecasting | 41 Comments

Two Senators upcoming presser on CLEAR Act

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

I get letters, I’m not sure how I ended up on this list. Looks like Harry Reid and John Kerry have some competition for a “Climate bill”. It seems like the public can attend, see how to register below. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, politics | 105 Comments

New Methodology Improves Winter Climate Forecasting

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

From NC State Press Releases (Note: the  actual paper was not included with this press release) It’s hot out right now, but new research from North Carolina State University will help us know what to expect when the weather turns … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting | 51 Comments

Premature chill in the Arctic?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

It is still quite cold in the Arctic, with below normal air temperatures and sea surface temperatures surrounding the ice pack between around 2-4°C. Much of that has to do with meltwater. I’ve added this image to our new WUWT … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic | 167 Comments

Tink Fitzhew vs the USGS

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

Guest post by WUWT moderator Mike Lorrey Up here in northern New England, we like our tall tales. Stories of the humor, wisdom, and idiosyncratic thought of the yankee farmer stretch across the ages. This one you may have heard … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, fun_stuff, Government idiocy, Humor, satire | 90 Comments