Monthly Archives: October 2010

New ideas on Total Solar Irradiance and flares

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

From: SOHO sheds new light on solar flares ESA Science & Technology After detailed analysis of data from the SOHO and GOES spacecraft, a team of European scientists has been able to shed new light on the role of solar … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 95 Comments

William Connolley, now “climate topic banned” at Wikipedia

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

Bishop Hill had the news first, which is fitting since Mr. Connolley is based in Britain. In a vote of 7-0, The most prolific climate revisionist editor ever at Wikipedia, with over 5400 article revisions has been banned from making … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Wiki Wars | 156 Comments

NASA GISS in Science Express: CO2, Climate’s Main “Control Knob”

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

From the press package: The findings confirm that carbon dioxide is the most potent greenhouse “control knob” This seems like a last ditch effort (in the face of falling public opinion) from Gavin Schmidt et al. to make CO2 more … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, modeling | 249 Comments

BBC given a mandate: balanced climate change coverage

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

At Last: BBC Told To Ensure Balance On Climate Change The Daily Telegraph, 13 October 2010 by Neil Midgley Climate change sceptics are likely to be given greater prominence in BBC documentaries and news bulletins following new editorial guidelines that … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 101 Comments

Patchy refuses to resign, intends to complete next IPPC report

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

From the BBC’s Richard Black: And the train keeps on chugging along…

Posted in Climate News, IPCC | 66 Comments

BoM embraces UHI

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

They join the UK Met office in embracing UHI now. Of course, my friend Jim Goodridge, former California State Climatologist, had this nailed in 1996 with his study of surface temperature in California: MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 13 October 2010 Hot … Continue reading →

Posted in UHI | 69 Comments

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I grew up on a remote cattle ranch in the middle of miles of forest in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. We had our own hydroelectric power plant. It was built by my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 109 Comments

The La Niña has strengthened, now near 2008 levels

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

Update:  it appears that the September values of the Tahiti-Darwin SOI (+25) and Klaus Wolter Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI) are at historical levels when compared to previous Septembers, with the SOI only showing a higher September value (+29.7) back in … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , | 39 Comments

Captive Clients Determine the Success of Energy Initiatives

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

Guest post by Tom Fuller Something went terribly wrong with wind power. Preached to us all as a solution to climate change, it fell apart in one year. Some have blamed it all on the recession, ignoring the fact that … Continue reading →

Posted in energy | 158 Comments

Scafetta on 60 year climate oscillations

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

    People send me stuff, my email is like a firehose, with several hundred messages a day, and thus this message was delayed until sent to me a second time today.  I’m breaking my own rule on Barycentrism discussions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Science, space | 276 Comments

APS responds! – Deconstructing the APS response to Dr. Hal Lewis resignation

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

Below is the press release (on the web here) from the American Physical Society, responding to the resignation letter of APS fellow Dr. Hal Lewis made public last Friday, October 8th. APS Members Dr. Roger Cohen, Dr. Will Happer, and … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, post-normal science | 298 Comments

New in paleoclimatology: pseudo-rodent piss as climate proxy

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

Here’s that great story about Rock Hyrax urine as climate proxy you’ve always wanted to read. From the University of Leicester news: Ancient urinary deposits provide a unique insight into Africa’s prehistoric climate change. image: Wikipedia  The Rock Hyrax is … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | 83 Comments

Wikipedia climate revisionism by William Connolley continues

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

Apparently Wikipedia’s own attempt at self policing problem editors isn’t working. Despite being up for a restriction or a ban, rogue Wiki editor (and Real Climate co-founder) William Connolley is still removing anything he doesn’t like when it comes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, politics, Wiki Wars | 127 Comments

Klotzbach and Gray: final 2010 two week hurricane forecast

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

First, a confession – I’m not feeling terrifically motivated to write up this forecast. As we stumble to the end of the 2010 hurricane season, there’s a lot dry air around, there’s a minor hurricane that’s taking a track that … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, hurricanes | 32 Comments

Manic Flail: Epic Fail

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

NOTE: in conjunction with this essay, may I suggest that readers also visit Climate Audit and read Steve McIntyre’s careful evisceration of the “copygate issue”. – Anthony Guest post by Thomas Fuller The double handful of climate hysteria weblogs have … Continue reading →

Posted in copygate, Opinion | 68 Comments

Climate Craziness of the Week

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

This is too ridiculous to even comment on, so I’ll just let the image do the talking and provide a link:

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | 85 Comments

Population Bomb: new study discusses population impacts upon global warming emissions

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

A new study in PNAS by O’Neill et al. (2010) describe “population shifts” as having a substantial influence upon greenhouse gas emissions.  From the abstract of Global demographic trends and future carbon emission: Substantial changes in population size, age structure, … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | Tagged , , | 101 Comments

Supposed new planet 20-light years away has been undiscovered

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

Another case of putting the cart before the horse when it comes to grandiose claims of scientific discovery?   According to a social networker at a Torino astrophysics conference, purported Earth-like planet Gliese 581(g) may no longer exist.  However, before … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Science | Tagged , | 66 Comments

Peer Reviewed Study: CO2 warming effect cut by 65%, climate sensitivity impossible to accurately determine

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

Estimated CO2 Warming Cut By 65% Submitted by Doug L. Hoffman, Resilient Earth via ICECAP Any competent researcher involved with the science behind climate change will admit that CO2 is far from the only influence on global climate. It has … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, climate sensitivity | 188 Comments

Go Ice Go!

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

While not hugely significant by itself, it is interesting to note that the DMI 30% Arctic extent has reached its highest number for this date, exceeding 2006. The refreeze has been very fast: Here’s the zoom:

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | 159 Comments

Fiat Lux

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

Guest Post by Thomas Fuller There are a lot of people concerned about the pace of innovation as it relates to climate change and energy efficiency, because of fears about global warming. Innovation has led to energy efficiency gains of … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Technology | 137 Comments

An upside of climate change

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

We’ve been told repeatedly that global warming has no upside. It’s all hellish temperatures and/or high water according to some. But, according to this USA Today -Weather Channel story, there is an upside in USA crop production. They go on … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate News | 47 Comments

It was the blueberries wot dun it…

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

It’s not hard to find something silly to catch eco snuff film producers 10:10 doing these days. It’s so easy to do, it’s almost a guilty pleasure. Speaking of which, readers may recall when I called out Franny the founder … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire | 127 Comments

Atlantic Hurricanes & the Sun

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

Guest Post by Paul L. Vaughan, M.Sc. Does the sun tweak the odds of busy Atlantic hurricane seasons on decadal timescales? ACE = accumulated cyclone energy (based on duration, intensity, & number of storms) SCL’ = rate of change of … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, Science, solar | 17 Comments

With a rapid onset – the strongest La Niña since 1955-56

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

Here’s the view of La Niña today: The Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI) by Klaus Wolter, NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the most important coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon to cause global climate variability on interannual time scales. … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, oceans | 85 Comments