Monthly Archives: November 2010

Public carbon trading dead in the USA

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

Gore’s grand experiment has flatlined. As we reported almost two weeks ago, the Gore and Pachauri advised Chicago Carbon Exchange (CCX) has closed. Closing price? A nickel per ton of CO2. Here’s the final day closing page for posterity:

Posted in carbon credits, Carbon dioxide | 122 Comments

Metadata fail: 230 GHCN land stations actually in the water

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

Why is this important? Well if you are calculating UHI for stations by looking at satellite images of nightlights, like GISS does (see my post on it at CA) , you’ll find that there’s generally no city lights in the … Continue reading →

Posted in GHCN, weather_stations | 96 Comments

John Abraham panics, apparently he and the AGU are forming a “Climate rapid response team”

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

UPDATE! See this new press release: AGU backs away from “climate rapid response team” citing faulty reporting Gosh. A “Climate rapid response team” from Minnesota? What will they be armed with? Wits and a hockey stick? So far that hasn’t worked … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism | 282 Comments

A Lazy Rainy Metadata Sunday

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

Guest post by Steven Mosher I’m feeling lazy today, after a few months of writing code around the metadata question, I have a post to write up about 230 land stations that are located in the ocean. But, I’m feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 60 Comments

Phil Jones and the Chinese weather station corruption

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

WUWT readers may recall the bizarre saga of Douglas Keenan’s attempt to bring the research data of CRU’s Dr. Phil Jones and SUNY’s Dr. Wei Chyung Wang to sunlight, which I’ve covered here and here. At issue, is the metadata … Continue reading →

Posted in GHCN, IPCC, UHI, weather_stations | 66 Comments

Why Mitigation Should Not Be the Climate Change Policy of Choice (Even if it’s a Real Problem)

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

AMS [American Meteorological Society] Policy Statement on Inadvertent Weather Modification Illustrates Fuzzy and Flawed Thinking on Public Policy By Indur M. Goklany The AMS has a new policy statement on Inadvertent Weather Modification (H/T to Prof. Roger Pielke, Sr., 11/4/2010). … Continue reading →

Posted in modification, weather | 51 Comments

Another letter from Hal Lewis to the American Physical Society

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

Dr. Harold Lewis sent this today via email with a request to make it public here. I’m happy to oblige. Read the letter to understand the movie poster.- Anthony Date: Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:32 PM To: Curt_Callen Cc: Kate … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, post-normal science | 119 Comments

Climate Change: The Keywords (Part 1 of 3)

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

Written by Geraldo Luís Lino, special to Climate Change Dispatch – reposted here at WUWT by request – Note: the opinion of this author is not necessarily the same as mine. I provide this for discussion by CCD’s request. – … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, Environment | 120 Comments

Climate Craziness of the Week: Soylent Green Earth Sim

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

Ecotretas writes in with another stranger than fiction idea, now coming to PC near you: I’ve put up a post regarding a game that is being launched: Fate of the World. A SimCity like strategy game, but now with worldwide … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | 97 Comments

Diminishing returns on climate models

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

Diminishing Returns From Multi-Decadal Global Climate Model Simulations By Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. I have posted that the NSF is funding grants which as part of (or all) of their focus is to provide multi-decadal global and regional climate model projections; i.e. see … Continue reading →

Posted in modeling | 71 Comments

California’s Prop 23 and the “big oil money” campaign – outspent 3 to 1

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

You and I know it was never about facts, it was about hyping the green dream. Just look at the numbers. First from the opposition: Of course they don’t dare mention the amount of money their side has put into … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, politics | Tagged , | 124 Comments

Oh, that’s gotta hurt

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

The results are in, and even though Joe Romm suggested: “Please click here and freep this poll until the magazine has the decency to take it down.” He apparently had little effect. I do agree with Joe though, the poll … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Science | 106 Comments

Friday Funny – Congressional Frosh

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

Elmer Beauregard of Minnesotans for Global Warming writes in with today’s funny: M4GW’s Newest Song – I’m a Denier He writes: It’s a parody of “I’m a Believer” written by Neil Diamond and performed by the Monkees. This version was … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire | 103 Comments

Should our biggest climate change fear be fear itself?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

Historian Matthias Dörries reveals the role of fear in our understanding of climate change From apocalyptic forecasting to estimates of mass extinctions, climate change is a topic which is filled with fearful predictions for the future. In his latest research, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 53 Comments

Clouds: The Wild Card of Climate Change

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

I guess they really don’t have a full handle on the science and consensus after all. NSF Releases Online, Multimedia Package Titled, “Clouds: The Wild Card of Climate Change” Reader-friendly multimedia package covers the crucial but enigmatic role of clouds … Continue reading →

Posted in feedbacks | 116 Comments

Indonesian Volcano eruptions increasing

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

Indonesia Volcano’s Eruptions Stump Scientists By Lauren Frayer, AOL News Eruptions from Indonesia’s ferocious Mount Merapi keep getting worse, prompting more villagers to run for their lives and puzzling scientists trying to decipher Mother Nature’s plans. Hot ash clouds are … Continue reading →

Posted in vulcanism | 76 Comments

Water and ice, slip sliding away

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

From the University of Colorado at Boulder Water flowing through ice sheets accelerates warming, could speed up ice flow Caption: Standing melt water in Greenland crevasses can carry warmth to the ice sheet’s interior, accelerating the thermal response of the … Continue reading →

Posted in glaciers | 66 Comments

RSS global temperature anomaly takes a dive

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

I haven’t covered the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) dataset much lately, since not a lot of interesting things have been happening with it. October 2010 though is a different story. There’s been quite a significant drop in the RSS global … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 93 Comments

Carbon Shoe Size Comparisons

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

Who Really Worries About Carbon Emissions? Carbon Footprints – Source:  SPPI The data below is from various carbon footprint calculators scattered about the web and largely based on EPA emissions estimates and conversations.  Of all the agitators and propagandists lecturing … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon footprint | 61 Comments

Desperation: Robotic Twitter Bot spoofs “Climate Change Deniers”

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

From Technology Review, a case of desperation. “Let the robot handle it”. I have to chuckle though, since the article cites John Cook’s “Skeptical Science” as an “appropriate scientific source”. Also amusing is “the rejoinders are culled from a university … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Technology | 170 Comments

NASA GISS being sued over FOIA failures

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

CEI’s Chris Horner sends word of this development, via The American Spectator: Last night the Competitive Enterprise Institute, through its outside counsel Gibson Dunn, filed its brief arguing against NASA’s rather scattershot and contradictory effort to dismiss our lawsuit requesting … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI, NASA GISS, politics | 105 Comments

Atlantic reversal

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

From Eurekalert: Earth’s climate change 20,000 years ago reversed the circulation of the Atlantic Ocean Global warming today could have similar effects on ocean currents and could accelerate climate change The Atlantic Ocean circulation (termed meridional overturning circulation, MOC) is … Continue reading →

Posted in AMO, oceans, paleoclimatology | 80 Comments

An update from the Thompsons down under

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

Jo Nova writes an update about the story of the Thompsons. My thanks to all WUWT readers who lended support. Know that your efforts have helped, but the battle continues. On the plus side, eviction has been stayed, for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alarmism, Government idiocy | 44 Comments

Australia’s ABC has introspection on climate reporting

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

Having worked in TV and radio for 30 years, this story really hit home for me. When the editors and newscast producers see climate change as ratings losing proposition, you know the battle for eyes and ears has been lost … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 123 Comments

A profile of Dr. Judith Curry

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

Foreword: I’ve spoken with Dr. Curry by telephone, and she acts nowhere near as “frowny” as she looks in the photo below. I think she was just “mugging for the camera”, perhaps at the behest of the photographer. In general … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 78 Comments