Monthly Archives: February 2011

A Cherry-Picker’s Guide to Temperature Trends Update: Warming Crisis Not

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

by Chip Knappenberger at Master Resource Back in October 2009, my post “A Cherry-Picker’s Guide to Temperature Trends” examined the many different statements that could be made to describe the tendencies of global temperatures over the past 20 years. I concluded that … Continue reading →

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Coffin, meet nail. – more on Steig’s reconstruction issues

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

by Ryan O’Donnell via Climate Audit For those who are not mathematically inclined and did not entirely follow the discussion about Eric’s reconstruction in the previous post, well, a picture is worth a thousand words. This is what happens to … Continue reading →

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Antarctic related warming

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

Josh at cartoonsbyjosh.com writes: This story exploded on the blogs yesterday, 7th Feb 2011, at Climate Audit, BishopHill, WUWT, The Blackboard and elsewhere. Can I summarise it? Well I will try… but in cartoons. So more to come:

Posted in Humor, satire | 8 Comments

Rebuttal to the Climate Rapid Response Team

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

WUWT readers may recall this story: Pielke Sr. on the gang of 18 letter to congress Now, other scientists have seen that 18, and raised the stakes. Their letter is below: February 8, 2011 To the Members of the U.S. House … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, Science | Tagged , | 87 Comments

New paleoclimatology proxy – old science magazines

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

Old issues of Science, Nature, might be useful after all. From The Weizmann Institute of Science Some of the history preserved in old tomes and newspapers may be hiding in between the lines of print. A Weizmann Institute scientist has … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | Tagged , | 47 Comments

Food fight

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

Paul Krugman has caused quite a stir with his claims that the riots in Egypt are the result of: global warming > causing bad weather > causing crop failure > causing increased food prices > causing riots. It’s rather circular … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alarmism | Tagged , , , , , | 123 Comments

Gore and Olbermann, a match made in…

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

From Hot Air, just a rumor at the moment: NYT: Olbermann to join … Al Gore’s Current TV posted at 9:43 pm on February 7, 2011 by Allahpundit  Unconfirmed thus far, but the Times hears buzz. Two words: “equity stake.” … Continue reading →

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Boreholed

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Jeff Id was trying to defend his paper on Antarctica (O’Donnell et al) at Real Climate. This is what he got for his trouble. Red lines mine.

Posted in Humor, satire | 113 Comments

Global Warming is a Pussy Cat

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Guest post by Ira Glickstein Thanks to WUWT readers who posted estimates of how much of the supposed 0.8ºC Global Warming since 1880 was due to Data Bias, Natural Cycles, and AGW (human-caused warming). I am happy with the results … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, climate data, clouds, measurement, NASA GISS, NOAA, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 36 Comments

RC’s duplicity prods Jeff Id out of retirement

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Jeff asked me to carry this, since his blog is off the radar since he announced his retirement. It took an RC moment to change that. – Anthony Wrong is Wrong – A reply to the Real Noise at Real Climate … Continue reading →

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Climate expert Paul Krugman loses perspective

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Roger Pielke Jr. has a nice, short post in reaction to Paul Krugman’s opinion in the NY Times blaming climate change for the unrest in Egypt… Go read –> Roger Pielke Jr. Addendum comments by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Based … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | 65 Comments

On the “Magnetic polar shifts cause massive global super storms” story

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

I’ve been avoiding this story (Magnetic polar shifts cause massive global super storms) for awhile, hoping it would simply die, but people keep asking me about it, and I see it appearing on other blogs, so I suppose I’ll have … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, earth | Tagged , , | 167 Comments

For the first time ever, we can image the sun in 360°

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Latest image of the far side of the Sun based on high resolution STEREO data, taken on February 2, 2011 at 23:56 UT when there was still a small gap between the STEREO Ahead and Behind data. This gap will … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | Tagged , , , | 43 Comments

New bill seeks to protect skeptical educators

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

From Wired Magazine, an example of how skeptical  views on climate change have now become mainstream enough to earn a level of protection when educators want to explore both sides of the issue. It is unfortunate that Wired magazine chose … Continue reading →

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WUWT is a finalist in the 2011 “bloggies” awards

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

I was very surprised to learn today (almost a week later) that WUWT has been nominated for Best Science Blog in the 2011 Bloggies. This is like the Superbowl for bloggers. This nomination was done by a blind vote of … Continue reading →

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At $4.4 million per mile, a road to snow-where?

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

Here in broken California, we can’t hardly get Cal-Trans to complete regular asphalt roadways on time or on budget. While this is a nice idea, and in a perfect world it might be a perfect solution, I don’t think it … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae, Technology | Tagged , , | 137 Comments

More Stupid Environmentalist Tricks

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

With apologies to David Letterman’s “Stupid Human Tricks”…it’s like a manifest of David Parkers “cool parks” reverse UHI urban myth. Maybe it had something to do with this ongoing threat from the European Union: By Chris Horner at The American … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “Climate change deniers cloak themselves in scientific language, selectively critiquing aspects of mainstream climate science.” “… no research results have produced any evidence that challenges the overall scientific understanding of what is happening to our planet’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | Tagged , | 28 Comments

Earthly cloud similarities seen in solar CMEs

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

New SDO images show CMEs exploding from the Sun ripples like clouds do on Earth. It looks a lot like this photo, showing the well known Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. =============================================================== From the University of Warwick: Physicists, led by a researcher at … Continue reading →

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On being a scientist – a manual

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

Bruce Foutch writes about this book in Tips and Notes to WUWT, Phil Jones might benefit from a gift copy. ON BEING A SCIENTIST A GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT IN RESEARCH  THIRD EDITION This book is now available from The … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Science | Tagged , , , | 66 Comments

WUWT reference pages updated

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

There’s a bunch of additions and improvements to the Reference Pages (shown on the menu bar below) this week. Sea Ice Page – Added a Global Sea Ice Cover map at the bottom Atmosphere Page 

Posted in Announcements | 26 Comments

Gavinology

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

Bishop Hill writes: Fred Pearce is on the receiving end of the full fury of the warmosphere for his article about the Lisbon conference in New Scientist. Pearce, discussing who had agreed to turn up, said this: But the leaders … Continue reading →

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Snowzilla post mortem – the 2011 Groundhog day blizzard in perspective

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

The nation is rather abuzz over the huge snowstorm (which I dubbed Snowzilla) this week, and I thought I’d put together a collection of loosley related news items. In light of Krauthammer’s recent comment, I’m glad I chose Snowzilla for … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Opinion, records, snowfall, weather | Tagged , , | 59 Comments

They’re leaving…on a jet plane

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

This entry below is unashamedly pinched from Bishop Hill, who I don’t think will mind, since at the bottom I’m giving a link to him where a raging and somewhat related debate is going on right now. He writes:

Posted in media | 72 Comments

Some interesting thoughts on Antarctic peninsula warming

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

Since there is a discussion going on over at RC on Eric Steig’s recent RC post here that criticizes the paper by O’Donnell et al. in the Journal of Climate, and the O’Donnell et al group are working on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic | Tagged , , | 85 Comments