Monthly Archives: October 2010

Another 10:10 Cartoon by Josh

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

Josh is just getting warmed up.

Posted in satire | 38 Comments

Comment of the week – counterpoint to Fuller on Cuccinelli

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

This rebuttal comment to I’ll Trade You Cuccinelli For Splattergate With A Player To Be Named Later was so well written, and so extensive, I felt that it deserves the honor of a guest post status. – Anthony D. Patterson says: … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 218 Comments

Study sheds new light on how the sun affects the Earth’s climate

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

This story was previously covered on Sept 24 on WUWT, but because it appeared in Nature today, everybody is exploding my inbox like maybe I’ve never seen it before. Thanks. ;-) So in hopes of avoiding more flooding, here it … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 144 Comments

Archibald On Dr. Hathaway’s Most Recent Solar Cycle 24 Prediction

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

The Gods punish excessive hubris, but Anthony has invited me to comment on Dr Hathaway’s most recent Solar Cycle 24 prediction: The number is still wrong. Hathaway’s number is 64. The best estimate is 48, the same as Solar Cycles … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 83 Comments

Bottom of the barrel: devastating assessment of administration competence and honesty

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling has issued several drafts of Staff Working papers.  Inside the text is a devastating assessment of the federal government’s (in this case, the Obama administration) handling of … Continue reading →

Posted in NOAA, politics | Tagged , , | 62 Comments

Not the sort of sort of hockey stick they wanted

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

Of course, the 10:10 Splattergate video is only one in a series of horrible PR blunders made by the Greens. Read on for commentary and to see yet another shocking example of imagery about killing children in the name of … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 89 Comments

NASA’s Hathaway issues new solar cycle prediction

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

Geoff Sharp writes in comments: NASA releases their new estimate for SC24. The new number is 64 but not allowing for any 13 month smoothing is noted. The text is quite comical, they have no idea. By Xmas I predict … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | 87 Comments

Ocean color affects tropical cyclone formation

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

From the AGU: The color of the ocean can alter the frequency of tropical cyclones, according to a recent study. The absorption of sunlight is affected by the concentration of chlorophyll, with the Sun’s heat penetrating deeper in clear, low-chlorophyll … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, oceans | 26 Comments

I’ll Trade You Cuccinelli For Splattergate With A Player To Be Named Later

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

Guest Post by Thomas Fuller When peripheral issues dominate the climate news agenda, it’s normally a sign that not much is happening on the scientific, political or legal front. So the fact that the blogosphere (and increasingly the mainstream) is … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 141 Comments

ABC interview wrongly torches skeptic position

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

This is rather stupid, in my opinion. Not one person I have ever professionally associated with in the cause of climate skepticism has ever said anything at all like what you are about to read below. For the record: Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Opinion | 128 Comments

Study: Wind farms affect local surface temperatures

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

For those of you that know anything about frost prevention, or have even seen aircraft engines like these mounted on poles in an orchard, this paper will make perfect sense to you. It makes perfect sense to me. According to … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Technology, weather | 98 Comments

Antarctic sea ice increase not linked to ozone hole

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

From the AGU Weekly Journal Highlights While sea ice extent has declined dramatically in the Arctic in recent years, it has increased slightly in the Antarctic. Some scientists have suggested that increased Antarctic sea ice extent can be explained by … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, CFC's, ozone, sea ice | 63 Comments

Josh on 10:10′s Splattergate Goregate

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

Oh golly, karma comes full circle with this one.

Posted in satire | 81 Comments

September 2010 UAH Global Temperature Update: +0.60 deg. C

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

By Dr. Roy Spencer Despite cooling in the tropics, the global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly has stubbornly refused to follow suit: +0.60 deg. C for September, 2010. Since the daily global average sea surface temperature anomalies on our NASA … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Uncategorized | 116 Comments

OH NO! Too much fresh water! (but we can’t tell)

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

I’m surprised Josh Willis would get involved in this as a co-author. Ok… here’s the press release title: First-of-its-kind study finds alarming increase in flow of water into oceans And here’s a quote from the body of the press release: … Continue reading →

Posted in post-normal science, ridiculae, Science | 119 Comments

Mann’s old University gets another subpoena

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

via the SPPI Blog: Cuccinelli reissues global warming subpoena to U-Va. Source: Washington Post Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has sent a new civil subpoena to the University of Virginia, renewing a demand for documents related to a work of … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 95 Comments

Fight brewing between Polish and Russian forecasters over a potentially record cold winter ahead

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

OK we have competing stories here. Read on, then place your bets. Russian winter. Image from englishrussia.com – click From the RT News service: Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way 04 October, 2010, 22:20 After the record heat … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, weather | 96 Comments

Morano on Fox News on the 10:10 exploding children film

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

We’ve seen Marc Morano from time to time on network news programs. Usually he’s being heckled by somebody brought on for “balance” like Joe Romm or some clueless professor named Watson from East Anglia. This time, nobody wanted to come … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Opinion, Uncategorized | 164 Comments

The 10:10 Splattergate goes “sploot” – a roundup

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

From cartoonist Marc Roberts, via Andy Revkin: We await Josh. A new apology today from 10:10′s director, to replace the half-witted first one. [Game show buzzer sounds] too little, too late.

Posted in GLOC, media | 113 Comments

Sea Ice News #25 – NSIDC says 2010 3rd lowest for Arctic sea ice

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

As I mentioned earlier, I held the WUWT Sea Ice News feature a day so that I could including an expected press release from NSDIC. I’m glad I did. Here it is, including yet another zinger from NSIDC director Mark … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Ice News | 85 Comments

An over the top view of satellite sensor failure

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

Readers may recall when I pointed out a sensor failure that caused NSIDC’s Arctic ice graph to go haywire. In a similar vein, this essay below appeared as part of a comment on WUWT from reader “Kate”. I have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, space, Technology | 77 Comments

Today is a good day

Posted on October 4, 2010 by
Posted in Announcements | 143 Comments

NSF grants $700,000 for theater production on climate change

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

Get your tickets!  The National Science Foundation has awarded $700,000 to the Civilians, a New York theater company for a great new show on climate change.  From the New York Times Arts Briefly (required reading for fly-over country):

Posted in climate_change, media | Tagged , , | 81 Comments

Sea Ice News – delayed a day – but still something interesting

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

UPDATE: Regular Sea Ice News now posted here: Sea Ice News #25 – NSIDC says 2010 3rd lowest for Arctic sea ice ======================================= Normally I have a Sea Ice News feature on Sundays. I’m holding it a day, because I’m waiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Ice News | 113 Comments

Length of day correlated to cosmic rays and sunspots

Posted on October 3, 2010 by

From techno-science.net This tip came in on our tip & notes page, and at first I was quite surprised because I could not see a possible mechanism for it. Then as I read the translation (from French) it started to … Continue reading →

Posted in cosmic rays, earth, solar | 153 Comments