Monthly Archives: March 2011

Olympic sized climate control pie in the sky

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

From Slashdot.org “In anticipation of extreme heat during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, scientists and engineers at Qatar University have developed a solar-powered gas-filled cloud that will shade spectators and athletes from the intense sun. The $500,000 artificial clouds … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Current News | Tagged , , | 52 Comments

What did you do for Earth Hour? The (yawn) reality

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

Here’s a collection of thoughts, quotes, and of course the result of our WUWT poll on “what did you do for Earth Hour? First, my own experience: Being keenly aware of it days ahead, even I forgot about it at … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, ridiculae | Tagged , , , , | 170 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: The reason for so much bad science is not that talent is rare, not at all; what is rare is character.” –Sigmund Freud, H/T William Readdy – – – – – – – – – – … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | Tagged | 11 Comments

Farmers versus Famine

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Bill McKibben, the skeptics best friend, can always be depended on to provide interesting claims. Never one to let a good crisis go to waste, he opines on the tsunami and our “shrinking margins” over … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 149 Comments

The negligent promotion of nuclear panic

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

It pains me to see large parts of the media still hyperventilating over the very modest amounts of radioactive material coming from the Fukushima Daiichi plant on the east coast of Japan. Nothing has been made more plain that most … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News, Disaster, media, Opinion, tsunami | Tagged , , , | 288 Comments

Well, which is it?

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

Andrew Bolt (via his reader John Coochey) of the Herald Sun notes an astonishing incongruity with expert claims on CO2 warming retention times made about 24 hours apart on radio programs in Australia.

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , , , | 92 Comments

Carbon taxing greens routed in NSW Australia elections

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

Maybe there is hope and change after all: Zorro says: March 26, 2011 at 5:16 am The AGW promoting, carbon tax toting, Australian NSW Labour government has just been virtually annihilated in the State elections – there is hope folks.

Posted in politics | Tagged , , | 109 Comments

Guardian on the food crisis: nothing to do with global warming

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

UPDATE: Willis Eschenbach eviscerates Bill McKibben on the global food production issue here Despite paid agenda driven bloviations of “Climate-driven food insecurity“, even environmental media king The Guardian sees the real reasons behind it, and it isn’t global warming aka … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture | Tagged , , , , | 86 Comments

CO2 causes unchecked wetdry

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

This is important because scientists are concerned that unchecked global warming could cause already dry areas to get drier. (Global warming may also cause wet areas to get wetter.) Cao and Caldeira’s findings indicate that reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide could … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, drought, ridiculae | Tagged , , | 129 Comments

Poll: what are you doing/did you do for Earth Hour Saturday?

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

UPDATE: Somebody in Toronto is going to really aggravate the greens, see below. Or more importantly, what will the United Nations do? The American Thinker points out the hypocrisy of the UN with the photo below. Does anyone live in … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Opinion | Tagged , , , | 207 Comments

Now it’s climate change to be killing the Joshua trees

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

Study based on fossil sloth dung found in desert caves and packrat middens From the US Geological Survey, because doing mapping and boundary lines are sooo yesterday: Uncertain Future for Joshua Trees Projected with Climate Change FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Temperature … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | Tagged , | 102 Comments

Friday Funny of the Millennium

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

Josh captures the essence of …

Posted in Humor, satire | 50 Comments

ARGO-Era NODC Ocean Heat Content Data (0-700 Meters) Through December 2010

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale: NOTE: This post contains 5 .gif animations that total 10MB. (below the continue reading line) Have patience. They may take a while to load. This post is a follow-up to the recent post October to … Continue reading →

Posted in ARGO data, oceans, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , | 61 Comments

Andrew Bolt scores the Quote of the Millennium

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

This is from MTR 1377 radio today. Our regular feature, “Quote of the Week” just doesn’t work here. Neither does decade or century. No, a whole new category all by itself is reserved for this quote from the newly appointed … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Carbon dioxide, satire | Tagged , , , , | 193 Comments

Sea Ice News #36 – Arctic maximum ice extent reached – NANSEN data disagrees with NSIDC’s on the claim of a tie with 2006-2007

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

Now we start the slow slide into the Arctic Ice Minimum, likely sometime in September. It is important to point out that there’s a lot of ice up there, and as illustrated by the images below, the losses at ICEmax … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Ice News | Tagged , , , , , | 153 Comments

Steve McIntyre uncovers another hockey stick trick – where are the academic cops?

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

NOTE: since this is clearly an important finding with far reaching implications, this will be a “top post” at WUWT for the next couple of days. I urge other bloggers to spread the word.  – Anthony ================================================================ Just when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, paleoclimatology | Tagged , | 353 Comments

Show us your tests: Australian drought models

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

Guest post by Dr. David Stockwell In Australia, the carbon-tax juggernaut rolls on, justified in part by fear of droughts, increasing in frequency and severity as CO2 increases. I have always found that checking one’s assumptions was good advice, and … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, modeling | Tagged , , , , , , | 54 Comments

The Earth’s biosphere is booming, data suggests that CO2 is the cause, part 2

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , , , | 89 Comments

Energy sucking illuminated wind turbine may be torn down to make way for a coal loader

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Oh the irony… First, a flashback from  June 18, 2010: I was in Newcastle, NSW AU on Wednesday night to give another lecture as part of the Australian speaking tour I’m doing. I had the pleasure of following David Stockwell … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae | Tagged , | 57 Comments

No joke: Air Force actually creates supercomputer from Playstations

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

We’ve routinely joked in the past about “playstation® Climatology”, a phrase coined by JunkScience.com a few years back in response to the constant barrage of model output from supercomputers worldwide that forecast doom and gloom ahead for the human condition … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged , | 69 Comments

New paleo paper shows solar impact on past temperatures

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

From C3 headlines – Scientists Say Norwegian Sea Research Confirms Large, Robust Solar Impact On Temperatures Read here. Map source here. (click on image to enlarge) There are multiple factors that affect both regional and global temperatures, but the most … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , | 35 Comments

Climate Craziness of the Week: IPCC’s Pachauri claims 17cm of sea level rise made the Tsunami worse, but let’s check

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

From this article in The Hindu: (h/t to WUWT reader Adam Gallon) “In the 20th century, sea-level rise was recorded at an average of 17 centimetres. If the sea-level was significantly lower, clearly the same tsunami would have had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week, IPCC, sea level | Tagged , , , | 256 Comments

Not Whether, but How to Do The Math

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) team is making a new global climate temperature record. Hopefully this will give us a better handle on what’s going on with the temperature. BEST has put out a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 158 Comments

Photos: No Carbon Tax rally in Australia

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

From the Facebook account of Ruth Bonnett, these photos taken March 23rd in Brisbane, QLD Link to interactive album below:

Posted in Climate News, politics | 44 Comments

ABC news asks: Is the phrase “climate change denier” offensive?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

  If you were to ask Joe Romm, Jim Hansen, Bill McKibben, Al Gore, and some of the other hard core angry people who use this word daily, they’d probably say “no”. They think nothing of it, they’ve desensitized themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness, politics | Tagged , , , | 138 Comments