Monthly Archives: March 2011

New IPCC lead author, one word: strange

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

And you thought railroad engineer Pachauri was odd… Donna Laframboise of “No Frakking Consensus” does some digging, and what she turns up about the new IPCC lead author is to say the least, strange. Some excerpts: In 1994, Kovats was … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, post-normal science, ridiculae, satire | Tagged , , | 104 Comments

Friday funny? Google to take on climate skeptics

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

I’m not sure whether to laugh or not, but is this just one more reason to use Bing as a search engine without a climate agenda? Maybe we should make it the official search engine of climate skeptics worldwide? Full … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, post-normal science, satire | Tagged , | 131 Comments

Nuke Tsunami Makes Clean Coal Look Better

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein The recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami, which shut down several reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex in northeastern Japan, followed by a failure of the backup cooling systems that resulted in hydrogen gas explosions and … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News, Disaster, energy, politics, tsunami | Tagged , , | 111 Comments

MESSENGER Begins Historic Orbit Around Mercury

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury at approximately 9 p.m. EDT Thursday. This marks the first time a spacecraft has accomplished this engineering and scientific milestone at our solar system’s innermost planet. For the next several weeks, APL … Continue reading →

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Why a “Revenue Neutral” Energy Tax Isn’t

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Over at her excellent blog, Judith Curry is hosting a discussion that in part is about “revenue-neutral” carbon (in reality energy) taxes. This is another example of where being a generalist is an advantage. I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 167 Comments

The IPCC, 1990: “Detection of the Greenhouse Effect in Observations” – at odds with the 1988 Senate testimony of Dr. James Hansen?

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

I’m rather tired still from my trip, and so I don’t have the energy to get into a detailed read and analysis of this document which was posted up on the IPCC website just 14 hours ago. This is the … Continue reading →

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Live real-time monitoring map of radiation counts in the USA

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

As many know, I’m a big fan of citizen science. There’s much that can be contributed by the layman that the government often cannot or will not do. Since many people seem to be worried about nuclear fallout from Japan’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizen science, Radiation | Tagged , | 54 Comments

In light of radiation fears, I offer this repost

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Going bananas over radiation With all the worries over radiation leaks from Japan, and hoarding of Potassium Iodide tablets, I thought it valuable to repost a link to this story from last month which was very popular.

Posted in Alarmism, cosmic rays, Current News | Tagged , , , | 130 Comments

Not Evil, Just Destructive

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, the Joe Romm saga continues. He’s been discussing the paper “Evidence for super-exponentially accelerating atmospheric carbon dioxide growth“.  After I pointed out the problems with the paper’s ludicrous claims about population, Joe pulled his … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 98 Comments

Tisdale: update on ocean heat content

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

October to December 2010 NODC Ocean Heat Content (0-700Meters) Update and Comments Guest post by Bob Tisdale INTRODUCTION The National Oceanographic Data Center’s Ocean Heat Content (OHC) data for the depths of 0-700 meters are available through the KNMI Climate … Continue reading →

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Newsbytes: The Energy No-Fly Zone

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

From the Global Warming Policy Foundation The world is about to enter a no-fly zone for energy policy, a period where nothing gets off the ground. Here we have a globalized economic system filled with unprecedented energy options, but where … Continue reading →

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Earth Hour: a dissent

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

I thought this essay deserved a wider audience. I have added some paragraphing to aid readability but changed not a word. Reprinted with permission. – John A The whole mentality around Earth Hour demonizes electricity. I cannot do that, instead … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Opinion | Tagged , | 210 Comments

Not Evil, Just Romm

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

UPDATE: Romm at CP makes some significant concessions to error with additions, but can’t bring himself to mention WUWT, credit Willis, or allow any commenters to do so either. He has been “disappearing” critical comments as evidenced by our own … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Carbon dioxide, satire | Tagged , , | 125 Comments

JPL: Japan Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days, Moved Axis

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

From NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab: The March 11, magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan may have shortened the length of each Earth day and shifted its axis. But don’t worry-you won’t notice the difference. Using a United States Geological Survey estimate … Continue reading →

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Senate vote on restricting EPA GHG regs likely punted till after next week

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

Senate sources tell me… It appears that nobody wants to “git ‘er done”. There’s been a lot of backroom maneuvering again today, sources say Democratic and Republican leaders conceded they’ll  hold the actual floor debate on an amendment to kill … Continue reading →

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Ancient “Hyperthermals” aka global warming, more frequent than previously thought

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

Ancient “Hyperthermals” a  Guide to Anticipated Climate Changes Scripps researchers document the history of sudden global warming events, impacts on marine life By Mario Aguilera, Scripps Institute News (h/t to Dr. Leif Svalgaard) Sediment samples in the lab of Richard … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | Tagged , , | 102 Comments

ABC radio (Australia); “The Science Show” tricks of the trade.

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

by Bob Fernley-Jones Regular readers of WUWT will likely recall the interview with Bob Ward of 2/Oct/2010, which resulted in strong ridicule of the ABC, that went viral on websites in Australia and around the world, such as at the UK Guardian and … Continue reading →

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Newsbytes: Japan’s Tsunami Threatens The Global Warming Movement

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

From the Global Warming Policy Foundation The nuclear emergency is Japan will be a disaster for global warming activists. For a start, Japan’s own emissions will most likely rise in the medium term, now that so many nuclear plants – one … Continue reading →

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Gallup poll: last year – global warming concerns down, feelings of exaggeration up, this year – more steady

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

While Waxman and Markey continue to try to salvage the EPA in hearings on the hill, the public shift clearly says “we aren’t buying it anymore”. This quote from Gallup last year pretty much sums it up “In a sharp … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Opinion | Tagged | 87 Comments

Really? You had to ask this question?

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

Click image for the story. h/t to WUWT reader “Eric”. I’m always amazed at the lack of historical perspective some people have related to natural disasters. It’s doubly amazing when reporters who work in newspapers, who have huge archive resources … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster, media | Tagged , | 240 Comments

Newsbytes: Gas Burning Bright As Nuclear Renaissance Melts Down

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

From the Global Warming Policy Foundation Throughout the history of Japan, its cities have been destroyed again and again by war, fire and earthquake. After each catastrophe, the Japanese have rebuilt, bigger and better. One hopes and expects that they will … Continue reading →

Posted in energy | Tagged , , | 155 Comments

My morning double take: “Arctic on the verge of record ozone loss”

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

Say what? There isn’t much that surprises me anymore in the rarefied air that is climate science today. This headline made me do a double take, and the sentence that followed, blaming “unusually low temperatures”, even more so. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Waxman, Markey, and Inslee’s argument

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

Last week the House Energy & Power Subcommittee marked up H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act. Today, the full House Energy & Commerce Committee will mark up the bill. Opponents, especially Reps. Waxman, Markey, and Inslee, viciously attacked the … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | Tagged , , | 117 Comments

Which Group Is Smarter?

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony has discussed a paywalled study in the new reality-based Nature Magazine production, Nature Climate Change magazine. Unlike Anthony, they approved my application for a free subscription … go figure. The study is called “Nonlinear … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 171 Comments

Pielke Sr. on “missed opportunities” in Washingtion

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Missed Opportunity At The March 8 2011 The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing “Climate Science and EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulation” Yesterday, I posted on the March 8 2011 House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing “Climate Science … Continue reading →

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