Monthly Archives: January 2011

Moon revealed to have an Earth-like core

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

NASA Research Team Reveals Moon Has Earth-Like Core WASHINGTON – State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest our moon has a core similar to Earth’s. Uncovering details about the lunar core is critical for developing accurate models of the … Continue reading →

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New rate of stratospheric photolysis questions ozone hole

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow   Dr. Will Happer of Princeton wrote “The Montreal Protocol to ban freons was the warm-up exercise for the IPCC.  Many current IPCC players gained fame then by stampeding the US Congress into supporting … Continue reading →

Posted in CFC's, ozone | Tagged , , , , , , | 171 Comments

Putting the Brakes on Acceleration

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Various pundits and scientists keep talking about a threatened acceleration in the sea level rise. Here’s the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Anthropogenic forcing is also expected to produce an accelerating rate of sea level rise … Continue reading →

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Most energetic particles ever from a celestial object

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

Our last story was about crabs, so is this one. I’m sure we’ll figure out a way to work in lobsters soon too. From the Stanford Linear ACcellerator Lab (SLAC): Fermi’s Large Area Telescope Sees Surprising Flares in Crab Nebula … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | Tagged , , , , | 54 Comments

Deadliest Catch-22

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

You can’t make this stuff up, really. Crab deaths due to cold according to one authority are now being blamed on….drum roll….climate change aka global warming, by another.   “Thousands of dead crabs have washed up along the Kent coast, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, ridiculae | Tagged , , , , , , | 119 Comments

The “next big thing”: a carbon swap bank

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Via Eurekalert: Carbon swap bank to beat climate change Could swapping carbon emissions rather than trading them reduce climate change? Australian researchers have suggested that nations should abandon the concept of carbon emissions trading in favor of a carbon swap … Continue reading →

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Climate Craziness of the week: a basic science question for NYT reporter Justin Gillis

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Readers please note the story I ran earlier: NOAA: “the atmosphere’s self-cleaning capacity is rather stable” This story talks about the ability of hydroxyl radicals in the free atmosphere to break down pollutants, and how there seems to be a stability … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | Tagged , , , , | 128 Comments

Longstanding Mystery of Sun’s Hot Outer Atmosphere Solved

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

From the National Science Foundation: Answer lies in jets of plasma One of the most enduring mysteries in solar physics is why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, is millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Now scientists believe they … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | Tagged , , , , , | 284 Comments

One more thing that is “better than we thought” – NOAA: “the atmosphere’s self-cleaning capacity is rather stable”

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Yesterday we learned that the great Pacific Garbage Patch really isn’t as big as hyped by media, today we learn that the “atmosphere’s ability to rid itself of many pollutants is generally well buffered or stable”. Huh. Imagine that, the … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, Environment | Tagged , , , , , , | 51 Comments

Friday Funnies

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

We have double plus good selection today. One from Josh who apologizes to the Bard. Another via Alan Caruba, who thinks Al Gore has gone missing.

Posted in Humor, satire | 43 Comments

Cambridge Conservative: Kerry Emanuel speaks out against the anti-science GOP

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Scientist proves conservatism and belief in climate change aren’t incompatible MIT professor Kerry Emanuel is among a rare breed of conservative scientists who are sounding the alarm for climate change and criticizing Republicans’ ‘agenda of denial‘ and ‘anti-science stance.’ Not … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | Tagged , | 97 Comments

CO2 is Plant Food (Clean Coal, Say WATT?)

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein. When Lord Monckton told Congress “CO2 is plant food”, the Global Warming activists went crazy because … well, because they know he spoke an inconvenient truth. Monckton’s statement was ridiculed in many blog posts and … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration, energy, Environment, solar, Technology | Tagged , | 110 Comments

New paper on ARGO data: Trenberth’s ocean heat still missing

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Four out of five ARGO data studies now show Ocean Heat Content declining Readers may recall that Dr. Kevin Trenberth said this in one of the Climategate emails: “The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, oceans | Tagged , , , , , , , | 129 Comments

WUWT Year End Report

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Thanks to everyone that continues to help make WUWT: “…the world’s most viewed climate website” – Fred Pearce The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming Here’s some year end numbers from my wordpress.com hosted stats page. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 83 Comments

Garbage: Another environmental claim proven to be hyped

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

From Oregon State University: Oceanic “garbage patch” not nearly as big as portrayed in media CORVALLIS, Ore. – There is a lot of plastic trash floating in the Pacific Ocean, but claims that the “Great Garbage Patch” between California and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Environment, oceans | Tagged , , | 85 Comments

MetOffGate – the questions begin

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

From the Global Warming Policy Foundation, the questions begin, news coverage follows: Did UK Government Keep Cold Winter Warning Secret In Run-Up To UN Climate Conference? Press Release London, 6 January: The Global Warming Policy Foundation has called on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Government idiocy | Tagged , , | 114 Comments

Yes, Virginia, you do have to produce those ‘Global Warming’ documents

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Published on Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com) By: Christopher C. Horner, David W. Schnare and Robert Marshall Reprinted with permission from the authors.  Yes, Virginia, you do have to produce those ‘Global Warming’ documents Today, Virginia taxpayers, a state lawmaker and a … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI | Tagged , , , , , , , | 141 Comments

Demented thinking: Copenhagen didn’t work – but taxes will

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

This is from a press release embargoed until 00:01 today (it says). I don’t know why, there’s nothing new here, because Nordhaus said the same thing well over a year ago in this Guardian article where he says “taxation is … Continue reading →

Posted in Copenhagen Climate Conference, GLOC, politics | Tagged , , , , | 86 Comments

Union of Concerned Scientists – Unwarranted Concern about the Northeast US

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Guest post by Alan Cheetham The Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) Climate Choices web site (published in 2006) says: “here in the Northeast, the climate is changing. Records show that spring is arriving earlier, summers are growing hotter, and winters … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 74 Comments

On “Trap-Speed”, ACC and the SNR

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Guest post by William McClenney “Trap-Speed”: We will initiate this discussion by looking at some of the early, and then later, recognitions of some of climate change’s “best lap times” in terms of sheer speed. Perhaps one of the more … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | Tagged , , | 75 Comments

Sea Ice News #33

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

I’ve held the normal Sunday Sea Ice news until NSIDC released their monthly report, which they did today. I’m repeating it here verbatim. The main issue with Arctic extent has to do with the persistent Arctic Oscillation induced high over … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Ice News | Tagged , , , , | 99 Comments

The sun is still in a slump – still not conforming to NOAA “consensus” forecasts

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) produced their monthly solar cycle progression update yesterday. The news is not encouraging. We’ve had a drop in solar activity again in December, The sunspot count is lower, but the really worrisome thing is … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | Tagged , , , , , , | 256 Comments

Are huge northeast snow storms due to global warming?

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Guest post by Dr. Richard Keen The winter of 2009-2010 was a memorable one in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, with locations like Philadelphia enjoying multiple massive snow storms that led to record totals for the winter. As with all … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | Tagged , , , , | 104 Comments

Hurricanes and global warming – still no connection

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. sends word via email of a review of his new paper on ClimateWire, plus notes that Joe Romm “blows a gasket” about it. That’s clear evidence that this paper is effective in refuting one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, hurricanes, Sea Surface Temperature, weather | Tagged , , , , , , | 37 Comments

The Met Office Bullhockey

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

We all know they are caught up in the warming meme, but the Met Office in the UK is now trying to spin the idea that they had truly forecasted a cold and snowy winter, but they just didn’t tell … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, GLOC, Government idiocy | Tagged , , , , , , | 180 Comments