Monthly Archives: February 2011

6.3 quake in Christchurch, NZ, 65 deaths reported

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Note aftershocks ranging from  5.6 to 4.5 have also been felt in the last few hours. Here is a list of quakes. We wish our Kiwi friends well, and hope that the quake is not as bad as first reports … Continue reading →

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The first global scale polluters – plankton

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

The EPA could have regulated these little suckers right out of existence for changing the balance of the atmosphere. From the National Science Foundation and Ohio State University: Plankton key to origin of Earth’s first breathable atmosphere COLUMBUS, Ohio – … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 37 Comments

Joe Bastardi resigns at Accuweather after 32 years

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

From Joe Bastardi’s Fan Page at Facebook: Farewell to Joe Bastardi who has left AccuWeather after a distinguished 32-year career. We appreciate Joe’s dedicated service to our clients over these many years and wish him luck with all his endeavors. … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, weather | Tagged , | 119 Comments

Windows 7 64 bit; now even suckier

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

UPDATE: 2/22 I’ve solved the problem, I’ll have a complete report in a day or two to help others that might be up against what I was. I’ll offer a complete “how to”. – Anthony This is just a short … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged , , | 186 Comments

Ravetz on Lisbon and leading the way

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

Guest post by Dr. Jerome Ravetz While the micro-bureaucracy of the Lisbon workshop bureaucracy grinds its way towards the release of a statement, I realise that the time is long overdue for me to touch base at WUWT. After all, … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, post-normal science | Tagged , , , | 244 Comments

NOAA’s CSI explains record snows: global warming not involved

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

This analysis from NOAA’s Climate Scene Investigators (CSI) shows that there’s no historical signature which would implicate a human fingerprint, or as they say: Specifically, they wanted to know if human-induced global warming could have caused the snowstorms due to … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | Tagged , , , | 88 Comments

An analysis of Australian rural vs non-rural stations’ temperature trends

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

Guest post by Mike Jonas   Temperature change in Australia The rates of temperature change in Australia at rural and non-rural weather stations are compared. Over those periods in which there were increasing temperatures, the rural stations appear to have … Continue reading →

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

Nature Unleashes a Flood … of Bad Science.

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Recently, Nature Magazine published a paywalled paper called “Human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes” by Seung-Ki Min, Xuebin Zhang, Francis W. Zwiers & Gabriele C. Hegerl (hereinafter MZZH11) was published in Nature Magazine. The Supplementary Information … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 185 Comments

Visualizing the “Greenhouse Effect” – A Physical Analogy

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

Guest post by Ira Glickstein Albert Einstein was a great theoretical physicist, with all the requisite mathematical tools. However, he rejected purely mathematical abstraction and resorted to physical analogy for his most basic insights. For example, he imagined a man … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, climate_change, earth, measurement | Tagged , , , | 340 Comments

Some introspection of WUWT

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

I recently met with some of our volunteer moderators and contributors while in the Bay Area, and they provided some valuable suggestions on WUWT and its place in the climate debate. Of course, I haven’t asked WUWT readers on this … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged | 347 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Quote of the Week: “The encouragement of perfect freedom of economic discussion. The Association as such will take no partisan attitude, nor will it commit its … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | 19 Comments

NOAA’s compendium of climate catastrophe

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

From the NOAA “Oceans and Human Health Initiative” website and press release, comes this warning that the algae, Moroccan dust, desertification, bacteria, bad seafood, heavy rainfall, old sewers, climate change is gonna get ya. Climate projections show human health impacts … Continue reading →

Posted in NOAA, oceans | Tagged , , , , | 126 Comments

Fred Singer on the BEST project

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

Note: I spent the day with the BEST team yesterday at Lawrence Livermore Berkeley Laboratories and I’ll have a report on it soon, but here in the meantime is what Fred Singer has to say about it, via Climate Realists. … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Opinion | Tagged , | 205 Comments

Solar news: Forbush decrease in progress

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

The definition at Wikipedia: A Forbush decrease is a rapid decrease in the observed galactic cosmic ray intensity following a coronal mass ejection (CME). It occurs due to the magnetic field of the plasma solar wind sweeping some of the … Continue reading →

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Apologies

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

…for the light postings the last couple of days. I’ve been traveling and in meetings with climate scientists about some upcoming important work. I’ll have more on that later. Some very interesting news to report.

Posted in Announcements | 44 Comments

House votes to defund IPCC

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

From Climate Science Watch , their take on the issue, though a bit political, shows how it is viewed: Just before 2 a.m. on February 19, the war on climate science showed its grip on the U.S. House of Representatives as … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, Science | Tagged , , | 150 Comments

Largest space weather storm in at least four years

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

More solar images at the WUWT Solar Reference Page From the: University of Colorado at Boulder Space weather disrupts communications, threatens other technologies A powerful solar flare has ushered in the largest space weather storm in at least four years … Continue reading →

Posted in solar | Tagged , , | 94 Comments

Friday Funny

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

Carbon trading gets a wedgie, courtesy Josh.

Posted in Humor, satire | 64 Comments

California’s AB32 cap-n-trade: “could be worse than sticky”

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

SPECIAL REPORT-The California Carbon Rush (Hold the Eureka!) It could be worse than sticky, argues Gary Stern, a power utility executive. Stern lived through the disastrous deregulation of the California power market a decade ago and fears the carbon market … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits | Tagged , , | 80 Comments

The Carbon Brief – The European rapid response team

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

Guest post by Barry Woods The Carbon Brief is a new website designed to provide a rapid response to any climate change related stories in the media. It is also appears to be intended as a resource for articles and … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Uncategorized | Tagged | 181 Comments

Peer Review, Pal Review, and Broccoli

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The recent problems with the publication of the O’Donnell et al. response to the Steig et al. paper on Antarctica have focused attention on continuing problems with the current system of peer review, problems initially highlighted … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 197 Comments

Wind Power FAIL

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

This seems like a candidate for the FAIL blog, hence my caption. Here’s the story:

Posted in energy | Tagged , , | 184 Comments

The Spectator on the Antarctic Ice Capades

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Nicolas Lewis and Matt Ridley have written a scathing article in the Spectator (UK) regarding the treatment of O’Donnell et al during the peer review and post peer review process. I’ve been privileged with receiving an advance copy. Since this … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic | Tagged , , , | 73 Comments

The Economist on “climate cranks”

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

I watched some of this yesterday, noting that Mr. Hertsgaard seems to simply be making a ruckus to promote his new book. There doesn’t appear to be any depth beyond that. The Economist seems to agree. – Anthony Who are … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, politics | Tagged , , | 96 Comments

Regarding Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer (Why Al Gore’s Comments to Bill O’Reilly at Fox News Are Wrong)

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Guest post by Chuck Wiese Meteorologist Weatherwise, Incorporated Portland, Oregon From a meteorologist’s perspective, nothing is worse than to see atmospheric science trashed by the likes of Al Gore, who is a self proclaimed expert in this area, but has … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 159 Comments