Daily Archives: September 14, 2010

Hurricane Julia explodes — Atlantic has two coincident Category 4 hurricanes, very rare

UPDATE 5 AM AST: Second time in 100-years two coincident Category 4′s in the Atlantic…together, Igor and Julia have the highest coincident intensities on record. Two major hurricanes exist simultaneously in the North Atlantic, a rare occurrence.  With the current … Continue reading

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Spencer on water vapor feedback

Five Reasons Why Water Vapor Feedback Might Not Be Positive By Dr. Roy Spencer Since it has been a while since I have addressed water vapor feedback, and I am now getting more questions about it, I thought this would … Continue reading

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Study: Women more likely than men to accept global warming

From press release at Michigan State University via Eurekalert, something sure to rile almost everyone. Published: Sept. 14, 2010 EAST LANSING, Mich. — Women tend to believe the scientific consensus on global warming more than men, according to a study … Continue reading

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Where did the Arctic ice go?

A number of people have inquired about the deep red drop today in this graph: Of course the concern is along the lines of wondering if the world famous Mark Serreze “death spiral” has suddenly kicked in. 

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Another “unprecedented” decline due to Climategate

It seems not a lot of people are interested in paying 100,000 dollars to hear Al Gore speak anymore. Or even to have some of the trained presenters do it for free. From: http://www.skyfall.fr/?p=608 Al Gore, a victim of climate … Continue reading

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Adjusting the temperature down under

Jo Nova reports: Australian Temperatures in cities adjusted up by 70%!? Ken Stewart has been hard at work again, this time analyzing the Australian urban records. While he expected that the cities and towns would show a larger rise than … Continue reading

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Damning new investigation into Climategate inquiries

Press release London, 14 September – The Global Warming Policy Foundation today publishes a detailed assessment of the Climategate inquiries set up by the University of East Anglia and others which finds that they avoided key questions and failed to probe some of … Continue reading

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The Joy of Innovation

Guest post by Thomas Fuller There would be no global warming without new technology. And that’s not because new technology uses so much energy. It’s because new technology has allowed us to measure new phenomena, and old phenomena with radically … Continue reading

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A look at “eye-gore”

You say ee-gor, I say eye-gore, lets call the whole thing off. Below, a look into the eye of hurricane Igor, right down to the ocean surface! For some perspective, here’s the entire image, not just the eye:

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