Monthly Archives: September 2010

New gadget finally kills the power vampires in my home

Posted on September 5, 2010 by

I’m back home. Thanks to everyone who helped while I was offline with family medical issues. There are larger challenges ahead but for now things are back to near normal. Thanks to everyone who left kind words in the announcements … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Technology | 207 Comments

Climate Change Is Not a Forever Problem

Posted on September 5, 2010 by

Guest post by Thomas Fuller Okay, all–this is a slow developing post. I hope you can stick with me to the end here. If you’re reading this, the chances are better than even that you are a well-educated male who … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 236 Comments

Analysis: CRU tosses valid 5 sigma climate data

Posted on September 5, 2010 by

Above: map of mean temperature and departure by state for February 1936 in the USA, a 5 sigma event. Source: NCDC’s map generator at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html Steve Mosher writes in to tell me that he’s discovered an odd and interesting discrepancy … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 114 Comments

Failure to forecast morphs to criminal investigation

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

From an AGU press release, potential charges for failure to forecast an earthquake. h/t to Dr. Leif Svalgaard. Scientists May Face Manslaughter Charges After Earthquake 22 June 2010 AGU Science Policy Alert 10-18 Seven Italian scientists and government officials are … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster, politics | 107 Comments

The gusto that wasn’t

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

I heard on my car radio a news report interviewing hotel and resort property owners on the East Coast that lost virtually all their bookings this holiday weekend due to warnings for hurricane Earl. A direct quote from one of … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, media | 81 Comments

The North Pacific & Solar Cycle Change

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

Guest post by Paul Vaughan, M.Sc. Awhile back I drew attention to temporal patterns shared by the <i>rate of change</i> of solar cycle length (SCL’) and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). (See here.) Correspondence I received later alerted me to … Continue reading →

Posted in PDO, Sea Surface Temperature | 100 Comments

We Talk About Politics Because The Science Is Uncertain

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

Guest Post by Thomas Fuller You readers here at Watts Up With That have been very kind to me during my guest-blogging stint here, and I’d like to express my thanks for the cordial reception I have found, especially since … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 211 Comments

In Search of Cooling Trends

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

by Verity Jones and Tony Brown (Tonyb) Back in October Tony asked me to help with a big idea. Searching Norwegian climate site Rimfrost (www.rimfrost.no) Tony had found many climate stations all over the world with a cooling trend in … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, climate_change, measurement | 122 Comments

And the hits just keep on coming: ‘The Book the IPCC Plagiarized’

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

I have a bit of time free and a connection available so I just had to get this story up that I’ve been reading on my cellphone. I have to hand it to Donna Laframboise of nofrakkingconsensus, she’s a tireless … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC | 137 Comments

Earl sputters and the Atlantic quiets down a bit

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

Hurricane Earl is quickly losing steam as it barrels northward and begins its recurvature in the middle latitudes.  The main threat to New England will be a broad area of tropical storm force winds with gusts near hurricane force.  Yet, … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, weather | Tagged , | 65 Comments

Open Thread

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

[posted by autoscheduler] I’ll be offline most of today and tomorrow, but may check in via my cellphone. If you have story ideas, news, etc be sure to flag the comment for a moderator’s attention. – Thanks, Anthony Keep it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 146 Comments

ESA shows movement of Petermann berg

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

The “deniersberg” is on the move. Chances are though it will not leave Nares strait before the refreeze occurs. Like most everything to do with Arctic ice, winds are the biggest factor. Earth from Space: Giant iceberg enters Nares Strait … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, glaciers | 24 Comments

Drifting Back to the Center

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

Guest post by Thomas Fuller Climate Central’s interview with Harold Shapiro, head of the InterAcademy Council which reviewed the IPCC, had the money quote–but it didn’t come from Shapiro, it came through him. Shapiro reported that John Christy said, “if … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Opinion | 159 Comments

NASA probe to ‘touch, taste and smell’ the sun.

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

From Science @NASA: Let’s hope it doesn’t taste like chicken or smell like feet. NASA’s daring plan to visit the sun took a giant leap forward today with the selection of five key science investigations for the Solar Probe+ spacecraft. … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 133 Comments

New climate change mitigation schemes could benefit elites rather than the rural poor

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

It’s nice to see somebody worried about elitism and climate change. The Climate Change Conference (COP16), to be held later this year in Cancun, Mexico may be yet another demonstration of private jets, limos, and excess in the name of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 38 Comments

UM report labels Discovery Channel incident “politically inspired terrorism”

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

Via Press release (Eurekalert) Report from START: Discovery Networks Hostage-Taking a Rare Terror Event U.S. Violent Terror Rarely Against Media, Capital; Rare for Environmentalists COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new report by terrorism researchers at the University of Maryland concludes … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News, Environment, media | 67 Comments

UAH August Global Temperature, still in a holding pattern

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

Up slightly from .489 last month to .511 a change of .022 degrees C August 2010 UAH Global Temperature Update: +0.51 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer While the global-average lower tropospheric temperature remained high, +0.51 deg. C in August, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 52 Comments

New York Post: Meltdown of the climate ‘consensus’

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

Excerpts: Meltdown of the climate ‘consensus’ By MATT PATTERSON If this keeps up, no one’s going to trust any scientists. The global-warming establishment took a body blow this week, as the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change received a stunning … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, IPCC, Opinion | 92 Comments

Stop the Hysteria

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

Guest Post by Thomas Fuller After the tragic events in Maryland on Wednesday of this week, where a man  took three hostages and tried to make The Discovery Channel a vehicle for  publishing his manifesto, there have been accusations and … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 188 Comments

Latest Hurricane Earl Info

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

As a service to my readers, here is a collection of related satellite graphics, loops, and other info about Hurricane Earl now skirting the East Coast. You can animate the sat loop 

Posted in hurricanes, weather | 65 Comments

Where are the solar power projects?

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

From the Ventura County Star: ROACH DRY LAKE, Nev. — Not a light bulb’s worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Government idiocy | 190 Comments

Study: Ammonium as ice core proxy shows strong Medieval Warm Period in the tropics

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

The MWP has been vigorously argued to be a regional northern hemisphere phenomenon only, but this new study finds it in South America. In this new paper they write: “The most striking features in the reconstruction are the warm temperatures … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology, Science | 49 Comments

Open Sea Ice Thread

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

With Sea Ice News # 20 closed here is a place for ongoing discussing the 2010 season. That’s it. I may add a picture later.

Posted in sea ice | 192 Comments

New weather satellite passes shakedown, operational

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

It’s always a bit of a worry when you have development times of years, and the lifetimes of operational satellites are just about as long as the development and launch time for new ones. This is good news for weather … Continue reading →

Posted in space, Technology, weather | 9 Comments

Personalized energy systems

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

Could be another pie in the sky idea, but one could always hope. – Anthony A new catalyst could help speed development of inexpensive home-brewed solar energy systems for powering homes and plug-in cars during the day (left) and for … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Technology | 107 Comments