Monthly Archives: January 2011

Michio Kaku goes cuckoo for global warming fueled snowstorms

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Comments by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Apparently we can throw away the meteorology textbooks, fire the forecasters at the National Weather Service, and tell universities and research labs that they have utterly failed to explain the origin of “monster snowstorms”.  … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather | Tagged , , | 139 Comments

Mid-January 2011 SST Anomaly Update

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Full size image of above here Guest post by Bob Tisdale This mid-month update only includes the shorter-term NINO3.4 and global SST anomaly graphs; that is, the ones from January 2004 to present. Both the NINO3.4 and Global SST anomalies … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO | Tagged , , | 37 Comments

Another Eastern Snow – Brutal Winter Assault Continues

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Guest post By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow Mother Nature for the second year in a row is sending a message to alarmists in the government and the media. Another snowstorm has swept across the nation and focused its fury … Continue reading →

Posted in records, snowfall, weather | Tagged , , , | 58 Comments

The North Atlantic heat is on

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

From the University of Colorado at Boulder Warming North Atlantic water tied to heating Arctic, according to new study The temperatures of North Atlantic Ocean water flowing north into the Arctic Ocean adjacent to Greenland — the warmest water in … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic | Tagged , , , | 154 Comments

The Thursday titter – Joshing the One

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Josh can’t wait for the Friday Funny, so we have this…

Posted in Humor, politics, satire | 26 Comments

New science on Himalayan glaciers shows debris fields to be a regulating factor in melting

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Himalayan glaciers not melting because of climate change, report finds Himalayan glaciers are actually advancing rather than retreating, claims the first major study since a controversial UN report said they would be melted within quarter of a century. From the … Continue reading →

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Trenberth at AMS defends himself against deniers

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Post by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Dr. Trenberth delivered his highly-anticipated presentation at the American Meteorological Society 91st Annual Meeting in Seattle on Wednesday.  The talk was titled “Promoting climate information and communication of climate change“, and an overflowing crowd … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | Tagged , , , | 207 Comments

Was this part of the inspiration for Obama’s SOTU goal: “by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources”?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

During last night’s State of the Union Address, president Obama essentially abandoned AGW proponents, and shifted the focus to energy, including uttering the greens most dreaded term: “clean coal”. He also set a bold goal that raised some eyebrows: I … Continue reading →

Posted in energy | Tagged , , , | 128 Comments

Hump Day Hilarity

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

We have a double feature today. Josh and The One. Josh writes: This is a tribute to Graham Stringer MP who is I hope going to be very famous for this paragraph …

Posted in politics, satire | 38 Comments

A new galaxy distance record by the Hubble Space Telescope

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Hubble sees farther back in time than ever before Above: This image of the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field is a small part of the deepest infrared image ever taken of the universe. The small blue box outlines the area where astronomers … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | Tagged , , , , | 146 Comments

“Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet”

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

‘Hidden plumbing’ helps slow Greenland ice flow Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet as previously feared and may actually slow down the flow of glaciers, according to new research. A letter published in Nature on … Continue reading →

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Early reports from the Lisbon conference

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Dr. Judith Curry added a couple of comments on her blog while attending the Lisbon Workshop on Reconciliation in the Climate Change Debate. For those wondering why I’m not there even though invited, and to see a rationale for the … Continue reading →

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A new rapid review open source sci-journal from Nature

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Maybe we won’t need the other new journal announced yesterday after all. From Slashdot.org: “Nature’s Publishing Group is launching a new journal, Scientific Reports, announced earlier this month. The press release makes it clear that it is molded after PLoS … Continue reading →

Posted in peer review | Tagged , | 39 Comments

New paper: What Impact Would Sun Dimming Have on Earth’s Weather?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

From the journal Atmospheric Science Letters press release: Could Dimming the Sun Change Teleconnections in Weather Patterns as we Know Them? Solar radiation management projects, also known as sun dimming, seek to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, solar | Tagged , | 86 Comments

Using weather models to predict pirates, really

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

From the truth is waaaayyy stranger than fiction department, we all remember this parody graph of global warming: As many know, this week at the AMS convention is Seattle, a lot of new papers are being presented. One, from James … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, fun_stuff, modeling | Tagged , , | 75 Comments

The words “climate” and “global warming” do not appear in the State of the Union Address

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

It appears that “global warming” aka “climate change” aka “climate disruption” are off the President’s radar. I’m sure this will appear as a snub to many in the climate business. He does talk about clean energy though: We’ll invest in … Continue reading →

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New UW peer reviewed paper on the 2010 Pakistan floods – nothing to do with “climate change “

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

Paging Joe Romm…  Remember this ridiculous moment in climate politics last year? Well guess what kids, there’s a new peer reviewed paper to be published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and in the press release about the … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | Tagged , , | 91 Comments

New journal launched

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

This new journal doesn’t seem to have the haughtiness seen by some other journals. I hope they provide letters suitable for framing. I suggest everyone submit a paper here at least twice, because as we know, three’s a charm. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, peer review | Tagged , , , | 61 Comments

The hope of Lisbon

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

Dr. Judith Curry writes over at Climate Etc about the upcoming Lisbon conference on “Workshop on Reconciliation in the Climate Change Debate.” I thought it would be good to touch on this. I was originally scheduled to attend, having been … Continue reading →

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Heated Climate Change Politics in the UK

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

Here’s a collection of excerpts and links from the UK. The ones at the very end are quite telling. h/t to Benny Peiser of the GWPF for their newsletter. – Anthony MPs Slam ‘Secretive’ Climategate Probes Two inquiries into claims … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, politics | 84 Comments

Is the ENSO a nonlinear oscillator of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction type?

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

Alternative title: “Standing on the shoulders of Giant Bob” Guest post by Phil Salmon Introduction One of the themes to emerge from the climate debate here on WUWT, concerns “chaos” and nonlinear system dynamics and pattern. Anyone acquainted at all … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO | Tagged , , | 111 Comments

Browner out at the White House – Hansen bites back

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

The plot thickens:

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Flawed ‘Climategate’ Inquiries Failed to Restore Confidence in UK Climate Science

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

Press Release London, 25 January: The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) remains deeply concerned about the failure by academic and parliamentary inquires to fully and independently investigate the ‘Climategate’ affair. The latest follow-up report by the Science and Technology Committee … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | Tagged , , , , , | 76 Comments

What is it with Virginia?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

We have the ongoing Wegman and the Mashey/DeepClimate “Copygate dustup” at Fairfax based George Mason University, now we have even more going on in Virginia. It seems we have dueling witchhunts. Exhibit A: The usual angry rhetoric over some MediaMatters … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, copygate, politics | Tagged , , , , , | 42 Comments

Monbiot’s prediction – 1 year to go

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

Just one year to go to check on the accuracy of this prediction, claimed by warming proponent George Monbiot in 2002. Haunting the Library writes:

Posted in Agriculture, Alarmism | Tagged , | 129 Comments