Monthly Archives: September 2010

Adjusting the temperature down under

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

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 →

Posted in climate data | 38 Comments

Damning new investigation into Climategate inquiries

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

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 →

Posted in Climategate, Uncategorized | 103 Comments

The Joy of Innovation

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

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 →

Posted in hurricanes, oceans, sea ice, Technology, tornadoes | 61 Comments

A look at “eye-gore”

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

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:

Posted in hurricanes, weather | 57 Comments

Smacking Down Malaria Misconceptions

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

Engineer Indur Goklany, a frequent contributor to WUWT and occasional commenter has more than a few things to say about commenter Ed Darrell’s views on Malaria posted on WUWT yesterday. There’s so much in fact, that I’ve dedicated a whole … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health | 164 Comments

The Climate Fix is “in”

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won’t Tell You About Global Warming is now available at Amazon.com

Posted in Book Review | 88 Comments

My town’s “Climate Action Plan”

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

The town I live in, Chico, CA is sometimes known as “Berkeley North” due to the liberal influence of Chico State University (CSUC). In this case, CSUC’s sustainability cabal, led by Professor Mark Stemen and Mayor Ann Schwab, has snookered … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits, Government idiocy, Opinion | 205 Comments

Study: Landmass shape affects extent of Arctic sea ice

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

NSIDC Arctic Sea Ice Extent – click to enlarge Via AGU journal highlights: Arctic sea ice has retreated significantly in recent years, reaching a record low in September 2007. It is known that the seasonal cycle in Arctic sea ice … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 49 Comments

1,000′s of Japans Centenarians Died Decades Ago, Average Life Expectancy “worse than we thought”…

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

In another example of vital statistics being grossly distorted by a combination of poor record keeping and possibly people with a selfish agenda, it is being reported in the Guardian and elsewhere that possibly hundreds of thousands of people over … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 133 Comments

The Media Campaigns That Promote Dubious Science

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

Guest post by Thomas Fuller Over the past week we have looked at several very potent symbols that were misused by major media campaigns that pushed a political agenda to promote vigorous action to combat global warming. We saw that … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, media, Opinion | 118 Comments

Phoenix Mars Lander Finds Surprises About Planet’s Watery Past

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

From a UA press release: An instrument designed and built at the UA measured the isotopic composition of the Mars atmosphere, suggesting liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet’s history. By Daniel Stolte, University Communications, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | 28 Comments

Christy on irrigation and regional temperature effects

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

In this recent post I discussed a paper on regional temperature divergence issues related to irrigation from Dr. John Christy saying: New irrigation effects study counter to what Christy discovered This press release below from Columbia University shown below suggests that … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, climate data, Land use land cover change | 55 Comments

Hurricane Igor explodes to Category 4+

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

Update 11:00 PM EDT: Igor still intensifying, now at 130 knots (Cat 4) and now forecast to become a Category 5 within the next 12-hours. See NHC bulletin at the end of this post. Hurricane Igor has rapidly intensified into … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, Uncategorized, weather | Tagged , , | 53 Comments

Sea Ice News #22 – melt season may have turned the corner

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

UPDATE: 8AM PST 9/13/10 JAXA has updated with their final Sept 12th data, up for the second straight day there’s been a gain: The latest value : The latest value : 5,005,000 km2 (September 12, 2010 final data) While the vagaries of wind … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Ice News | 292 Comments

Judith enters the foray fray

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

After a she made a contentious comment about WUWT and me personally on another blog, I reached out and had a nice exchange a few weeks back with Georgia Tech’s Dr. Judith Curry. In that exchange she discussed the possibility … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 73 Comments

Pacing the Glacial

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

Guest post by Tom Fuller How glaciers have responded to the warming of the past 130 years is a complicated story, although many millions of words have been written to try and explain it. How glaciers have been used to … Continue reading →

Posted in glaciers, IPCC | 91 Comments

Oh, that’s gotta hurt – Obama denies solar panels

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

From the Guardian: It has been said that Obama is the worst president since Jimmy Carter, perhaps now in the eyes of 350.org supporters, he’s “worse than we thought”. Carter was the first to put solar panels on the White … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, solar, Technology | 120 Comments

Animal, Vegetable, or E. O. Wilson

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Buoyed by the equal parts of derision and support I received for writing in “I am So Tired Of Malthus” about how humans are better fed than at any time in history, I am foolishly … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 269 Comments

Solar Cycle Length, Its Rate of Change, & the Northern Hemisphere

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

Guest post by Paul L. Vaughan, M.Sc. “Eyeball” methods of measuring solar cycle length (SCL) by looking at successive minima or maxima only take a measurement on average every 11 years. They ignore all of the sunspots occurring during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 115 Comments

Death of a Feedlot Operator

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

In my post about 9-11 remembrance today, I pointed out “freedom from tyranny” as something to remember and be thankful for. In Western Australia, licensing a simple farming operation has become the victim of government imposed tyranny. Jo Nova has … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Government idiocy | 62 Comments

911 reminder – Patriot Day

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

Take a moment to observe this day, Patriot Day, to remember those who gave their lives, and to celebrate our freedom from tyranny. If you can, fly your flag at half staff.

Posted in Announcements | 106 Comments

Pielke Senior: Misinformation on the Website “Skeptical Science – Getting Skeptical About Global Warming Skepticism”

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

By Dr. Roger Pielke Senior There is a weblog called “Skeptical Science – Getting Skeptical About Global Warming Skepticism” that has a misleading post on ocean heat content titled Ocean cooling: skeptic arguments drowned by data The post starts with In … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans | 119 Comments

Ninety Eight Point Six (Thirty Seven)

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

Guest Post by Thomas Fuller If you type ‘the planet has a fever’ into Google, it will return 3,120,000 results. And none of them are about Peggy Lee. Or even Aerosmith’s later song with the same name. It’s famous because … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 69 Comments

An Open Letter to Mr. Bill Gates

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

The Quality of Life for the World’s Poorest Can Be Advanced Farther, Faster, Cheaper and More Surely Through Adaptation than Through Zero-Carbon Technologies Guest Post By Indur M. Goklany A few days ago, Tom Nelson had a link to a … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health | 79 Comments

Unbearably stupid polar bear advertising

Posted on September 10, 2010 by

First let me say this: I like electric cars for city use. I own and drive one. That said, this has got to be the stupidest professionally produced commercial I’ve seen in quite some time. The ad agency that serves … Continue reading →

Posted in media, ridiculae | 110 Comments