Daily Archives: September 29, 2010

Royal Society blinks – embraces sceptics and uncertainty

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WUWT Flashback: Royal Society to review climate consensus position Posted on May 27, 2010 “I don’t think they were very pleased. I don’t think this sort of thing has been done before in the history of the society.” Society to review … Continue reading →

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Posted in Politics, Science | 164 Comments

Nicole lasts all of 6-hours as a named tropical storm

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Easy come, easy go.  Nicole was upgraded from TD16 at 11 AM and dissipated as a tropical storm at 5 PM.  Nicole joins Tropical Storm Chris from 2000 as the only other 6-hour 35-knot maximum sustained wind tropical storm [since … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, Weather | Tagged , | 37 Comments

White House science advisor Holdren’s climate slide show at Kavli

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While Obama seems to be a non-starter on climate, John Holdren is out stumping for climate change issues. For those who wonder what we are up against, watching this slideshow is enlightening. Comments on specific slides welcome. – Anthony Via … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Politics | 102 Comments

Quote of the Week – David Suzuki, a farce of nature

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Tagging this one was a tough choice between “Quote of the Week” and “Climate Craziness of the Week”. Quote won. September 27, 2010: Dr. David Suzuki, co-founder of the environmental activist group, The David Suzuki Foundation, is now touring Canada … Continue reading →

Posted in Quote of the Week, Satire | 78 Comments

Pielke on ground water extraction causing sea level rise

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Report On Sea Level Rise And Ground Water Extraction There is a news article from the University of Utrecht [thanks to Erik for alerting us to this!] titled Rising sea levels attributed to global groundwater extraction The article starts with the text “Large-scale … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea level | 79 Comments

Admission of unfair dealings by DEC to the Thompsons

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For those of you following the governmental abuse of the Thompson farm case in Australia, here is an update, from their own meeting minutes: And there’s a second admission along the same lines:

Posted in Government idiocy | 23 Comments

Klotzbach and Gray: two week hurricane forecast

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We expect that the next two weeks will be characterized by above-average amounts of activity (greater than 130 percent of climatology.) So starts the latest two week forecast from Philip Klotzbach and William Gray at Colorado State University. As you … Continue reading →

Posted in Forecasting, hurricanes | 31 Comments

The Improving State of the World

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With all the gloom and doom being pushed today, the title of this book is one of certain optimism. WUWT reader may recognize the author, Indur M. Goklany, a frequent WUWT contributor. I highly recommend his book, both for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Economy-health | 118 Comments

Aurora Borealis hits a 100-year low point – sun blamed

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via Physorg.com with h/t to Dr. Leif Svalgaard and Indur Goklany The Northern Lights have petered out during the second half of this decade, becoming rarer than at any other time in more than a century, the Finnish Meteorological Institute … Continue reading →

Posted in Optical phenonmena, Solar, Space | 92 Comments

Mexican mudslide update: thousand dead becomes zero

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Instead of thousands feared dead, reports are now saying that no one has been confirmed dead, and officials are hopeful that those few missing will be found alive.  This is great news for some regions of Mexico, which have received … Continue reading →

Posted in Weather | Tagged , | 20 Comments