Monthly Archives: February 2011

NOAA ENSO expert: “odds for a two-year (La Niña) event remain well above 50%”

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI) Last update: 4 February 2011 by Klaus Wolter The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of NOAA. El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the most important coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon to … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO | Tagged , | 148 Comments

Prop23 cap-n-trade gets tangled in environmental review

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Oh this is delicious sweet irony…they adopted a plan but didn’t bother to make a complete environmental review like any other project in the state is required to do. That’s what they get for ramrodding the thing. From the: Calif. … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | Tagged , , , , | 39 Comments

Brrrr…

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

This is interesting. Midday temps in the USA and Canada:

Posted in records, weather | 73 Comments

Pielke Sr. on the gang of 18 letter to congress

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Comments On The Hill’s Post “Scientists Ask Congress To Put Aside Politics, Take ‘Fresh Look’ At Climate Data” By Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/141453-scientists-put-aside-politics-and-focus-on-climate-science There is an article in The Hill’s Energy and Environment Blog on February 1 2011 by Andrew Restuccia … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 196 Comments

Now it’s Wolverines threatened by global warming

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

  Wolverines make their home mainly in the boreal forests and tundra regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. (Photo by Vince Maidens, Creative Commons License.) No mention though of the “adopt a wolverine” program that has proven so popular … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 136 Comments

Ocean ridges and climate models

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

From USGS, who is now apparently in the climate business, because mapping and earthquakes are sooo 20th century.   New Discoveries Improve Climate Models Underwater Ridges Impact Ocean’s Flow of Warm Water New discoveries on how underwater ridges impact the … Continue reading →

Posted in modeling, oceans | 62 Comments

RSS global temp drops, version change adjusts cooler post 1998

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA has published the January 2011 global temperature anomaly. It is not far from zero, and dropped quickly much like Dr. Roy Spencer’s UAH data this month. But, there’s a surprise. RSS has changed … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 68 Comments

The Temperature claims of 2010

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

By Dr. David Whitehouse, The Global Warming Policy Foundation Now that the relevant data for the temperature of the Earth’s surface for the past year are available, it is instructive to examine the claims made by some that it was … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 85 Comments

Has the BBC broken faith with the General Public?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Guest Post by Barry Woods It is my opinion that the BBC in broadcasting the BBC 2 Horizon program ‘Science Under Attack’ did not treat the general public in the UK and at least one of the interviewees with the ’good faith’ that … Continue reading →

Posted in media | Tagged , , , , | 156 Comments

Obama administration ruled in contempt on drill ban

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Excerpt from Bloomberg: U.S. in Contempt Over Gulf Drill Ban, Judge Rules By Laurel Brubaker Calkins – Feb 3, 2011 11:53 AM PT The Obama Administration acted in contempt by continuing its deepwater-drilling moratorium after the policy was struck down, … Continue reading →

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The Almost Friday Funny

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Josh from cartoonsbyjosh.com writes in that the emperor of the recent AMS convention has a new wardrobe…

Posted in Humor, satire | 27 Comments

Great moments in snow removal

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

With Chicago, New York, and Boston buried, they are trying the best they can to get the city out from under the thick blanket of snow, this well known satirical image of Al Gore using a flamethrower comes to mind: … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, snowfall | Tagged , | 67 Comments

Tisdale tasks Tamino

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Comments On Tamino’s AMO Post by Bob Tisdale Tamino’s AMO post is a response to my post Removing The Effects of Natural Variables – Multiple Linear Regression-Based or “Eyeballed” Scaling Factors (hereinafter referred to as the “Removing” post). Tamino took … Continue reading →

Posted in AMO | Tagged , , , | 73 Comments

Chicago snow 2011 and 1967 – global warming then too?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Here’s the national snow depth, Chicago has between 20-30 inches of snow by this map: Source: http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/nsa/ Dr. Richard Keen writes in an email: I was a college student in Chicago for the 1967 Big Snow, so here’s a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | Tagged , , | 103 Comments

Sea Ice News #34

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

It has been awhile since I posted a  Sea Ice News. This one is a two parter. NSIDC’s Monthly Sea Ice News comes first, followed by some images and content I find interesting. Kudos to NSIDC for flagging the AO … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Ice News | Tagged , , , , | 60 Comments

New journal from Nature – “Nature Climate Change”

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

If you are interested, click the free subscription bar image above to start the subscription process. Further along, it gets interesting. I thought this page querying what online climate news sources you read was pretty telling:

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We Spent Billions on Wind Power… and All I Got Was a Rolling Blackout

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

By Mike Smith, Meteorological Musings The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said 7,000 megawatts of generating capacity tripped ["tripped" means failed]Tuesday night, leaving the state without enough juice. That’s enough capacity to power about 1.4 million homes. By rotating outages, … Continue reading →

Posted in energy | Tagged , , | 263 Comments

A few pet blogging peeves – please educate yourself with these issues

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

Running this blog is a lot of work. The comment moderation is the biggest portion of it and it is becoming oppressive. A lot of our volunteer moderators simply don’t have the time to keep up with it all. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | 115 Comments

A headline the likes of which I don’t ever recall seeing

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

A storm of “historic proportions”: Roads closed, 6300 airline flights cancelled, people snowbound. Snowzilla indeed.

Posted in snowfall, weather | 68 Comments

UAH global temperature anomaly goes negative

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

From Dr. Roy Spencer: UAH Update for January 2011: Global Temperatures in Freefall …although this, too, shall pass, when La Nina goes away. LA NINA FINALLY BEING FELT IN TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES January 2011 experienced a precipitous drop in lower tropospheric … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 91 Comments

A challenge from Dr. Roy Spencer

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

From his blog http://www.drroyspencer.com/ which I’m repeating here to help get wide exposure. A Challenge to the Climate Research Community I’ve been picking up a lot of chatter in the last few days about the ’settled science’ of global warming. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 305 Comments

Climate expert Michio Kaku: “El Niña” or global warming causing snowstorms, or something

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Kaku showed up on the CBS Early Morning show on Groundhog day, and it sure felt like it.  Essentially parroting his CNN.com opinion blog from last week, Kaku eloquently, as if reading from the Presidential … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather | Tagged , , , , | 114 Comments

“…ocean fertilization to affect climate have a low chance of success”

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

Remember this story? Ocean iron fertilization CO2 sequestration experiment a blooming failure. Well it seems there is more bad news. A new summary for policymakers suggests the whole idea of ocean fertilization has a “low chance of success”. From the International … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 59 Comments

Wind power gets bent out of shape in Wyoming

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

Trent Brome writes on his Facebook page: Arlington, WY – avg annual wind speed of 31mph, gusts above 110mph, seems like a great place for a wind turbine ….right?

Posted in energy | Tagged , , , , | 209 Comments

The approach of Cyclone Yasi as told by the data

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

In our previous post, we highlighted the BoM weather station on Willis Island, and wondered what would happen to it and to the staff who worked there. Fortunately the staff has been evacuated prior to Yasi hitting the island. They … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, measurement, weather | Tagged , , | 95 Comments