Monthly Archives: November 2010

Cancun: the rationing rationalizing

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Well the Telegraph article on rationing our modern lifestyle to reduce CO2 has made some waves since I covered it yesterday, fortunately it has not affected the attendees at Cancun. See the video below.

Posted in Cancun Climate Conference | 96 Comments

Greenpeace’s Free Climate Pedometers at COP16

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

This is curious. Greenpeace is giving away free pedometers at COP16 in Cancun. Watch the video below. I don’t really understand the point of all this, except maybe its some sort of guilt over the limousine largess from COP15 in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancun Climate Conference, ridiculae | 76 Comments

What really goes on at COP16 in Cancun

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

I’m really disappointed that I didn’t get the “fossil of the day” award. Watch the presentation at COP16 and get some popcorn.

Posted in Cancun Climate Conference | 163 Comments

Tempest in a teapot: International team of scientists describes swirling natural phenomena

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Via press release: (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Scientists can use cylinders as small as teapots to study the mechanisms involved in powerful hurricanes and other swirling natural phenomena. The earth’s atmosphere and its molten outer core have one thing in … Continue reading →

Posted in puzzling things, Science | 87 Comments

University of Colorado and NASA Research Center to Study Sun’s Effects on Earth’s Climate

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

CU-NASA Research Center to Study Sun’s Effects on Earth’s Climate Image of sun courtesy of NASA. The University of Colorado at Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., today announced the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 148 Comments

Curious weather on Jupiter

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

From NASA’s APOD: Dark Belt Reappearing on Jupiter Credit: NASA’s JPL, U. Oxford, UC Berkeley, Gemini Obs. (North), USC Philippines Explanation: Why are planet-circling clouds disappearing and reappearing on Jupiter? Although the ultimate cause remains unknown, planetary meteorologists are beginning … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | 42 Comments

New book: Slaying the Sky Dragon

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

I have not read this book, but it has been raising some volume in Skeptic websites. What strikes me is the number of authors, it has (9 by my count). Strangely, one of the authors, Oliver K. Manuel,  is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review | 177 Comments

During Cancun COP16 – calls for a return to WWII style rationing

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

My parents used to talk about rationing during the war with great apprehension. Clearly the nutters in and supporting Cancun are clueless as to how such a scheme would be viewed by the public. My inbox has lit up today … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancun Climate Conference | 190 Comments

Overshoot and Undershoot

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Today I thought I’d discuss my research into what is put forward as one of the key pieces of evidence that GCMs (global climate models) are able to accurately reproduce the climate. This is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 81 Comments

The little conference that can can’t

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

Josh, of Cartoons by Josh has a take on the attendance of COP16 at Cancun, said to be down more than 50% over last year’s COP15 shindig in Copenhagen.

Posted in Cancun Climate Conference, Humor, satire | 57 Comments

NOAA’s End Game on the 2010 Hurricane Season

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

NOAA press release below, gotta love the word “onslaught” added for dramatic effect. I’m sure Ryan Maue’s end season summary of hurricane ACE (Accumulated Cyclone Energy) for the 2010 will be forthcoming soon. – Anthony Extremely Active Atlantic Hurricane Season … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes | 59 Comments

CARB delays proposed “false statements” discussion

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

Readers may recall this story on WUWT: Surreality: CARB contemplating a “skeptical science” regulation with penalties I wrote that: Of course, it’s OK if CARB makes a 340% error of their own while using false data to impose their will … Continue reading →

Posted in Government idiocy, Uncategorized | 40 Comments

Climate Craziness Cools In Cancun

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

The weather isn’t so hot, either. Editorial from: The Washington Times, 29 November 2010 Today, U.N. negotiators will begin two weeks of meetings in Cancun, Mexico, looking for a way to move the climate action agenda forward, impose global carbon emissions caps … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancun Climate Conference, Opinion | 82 Comments

Hypocrisy meter pegged at the New York Times

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

UPDATE: Andrew Revkin responds with an update on Dot Earth, which I repeat here. He now agrees that privacy expectations were not justified in the UEA Climategate emails. Perhaps now we’ll see some discussions of them, with publications of selected … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, media | 172 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) On Monday, the 16th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Climate Change Convention will meet in Cancun to produce yet another scheme to replace the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | 24 Comments

IPCC head Pachauri booted from “Global Thinkers” list

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

Though, he still has a chance at being on the Best Smutty Romance Novel Writers of 2010 list. Click for more photos from his book release. Tom Nelson writes: What a difference a year makes: [IPCC head] Pachauri was allegedly … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC | 44 Comments

The UK Met Office “Winter Forecast” – fail or faux?

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

Have a look at these two juxtaposed news clips from the UK Daily Mail, one from October 28th, 2010, the other from November 28th, 2010.

Posted in forecasting | 206 Comments

Freaking out about NYC sea level rise is easy to do when you don’t pay attention to history

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

One of the more common visual tactics used by AGW proponents to scare people into thinking that AGW induced sea level rise is a big threat is to show altered photographs and GIS models of a city near the ocean … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, sea level | 85 Comments

Despite hellish summer, Russia says “nyet” to AGW

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

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Posted in Cancun Climate Conference, Climate News | 82 Comments

People Living in Glass Planets

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Dr. Judith Curry notes in a posting at her excellent blog Climate Etc. that there are folks out there that claim the poorly named planetary “greenhouse effect” doesn’t exist. And she is right, some folks … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 422 Comments

Dr. Roy Spencer & Lord Christopher Monckton to Challenge Climate Orthodoxy at Cancun UN Conference

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

I wonder if the “Climate Science Rapid Response Team” is going? From PR Newswire Available for Radio and All Media CANCUN, Mexico, Nov. 24, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — CFACT, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, will feature two prominent experts on … Continue reading →

Posted in media | Tagged | 86 Comments

California’s giant redwoods inconveniently respond to increased carbon dioxide

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

In all of California, there is no greater shrine to nature than the giant redwoods of the Northern California. WUWT readers may remember this article which talks about the threat to giant redwoods, due to a supposed global warming induced … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, paleoclimatology | 79 Comments

Pielke Jr. on Trenberth’s Book Review

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Junior sent this along with the options to ignore it, or to publish in whole or in part. Apparently, Dr. Kevin Trenberth can’t account for the facts in the book, The Climate Fix, and it’s a travesty … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review | 67 Comments

Does Hadley Centre Sea Surface Temperature Data (HADSST2) Underestimate Recent Warming?

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale In advance of the UN negotiations next week in Cancun, the press and blogs today have included numerous elaborations on the UK Met Office press release Scientific evidence is Met Office focus at Cancun. The … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Sea Surface Temperature | 52 Comments

Friday Funny: “Pay up, Suckas”

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

From the “I have first dibs on Uranus” department: From Yahoo News/AFP: Spanish woman claims ownership of the Sun MADRID (AFP) – After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner — a woman from Spain’s soggy region of … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, solar | 84 Comments