Monthly Archives: March 2011

Carnage Cornage in Africa from Global Warming

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Via Eurekalert. This doesn’t jibe with what I know about corn crops in America, but maybe they aren’t taking advantage of the enhanced seeds like what is produced by DeKalb and other USA seed companies. 40C and higher I might … Continue reading →

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Some quotes & news bytes on the nuclear energy Tsunami

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Via the GWPF – After Tsunami Disaster, Expect Nuclear Delays & Global Run On Cheap Fossil Fuels Forget wind. Forget solar. Forget green energy. Japan’s nuclear disaster will only intensify the global race for cheap fossil fuels while most future … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power perspective

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

By Mike Smith There is no question that the events in Japan are ongoing and serious. That said, I believe a lot of people are being misled by much of the news coverage.  Take a look at these headlines from … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism | Tagged , , , , | 282 Comments

How Much Would You Buy?

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is imposing the first US rules on CO2. I thought I’d take a look at the EPA’s own estimates of cost and benefit of CO2 regulation, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 122 Comments

A personal note

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

I’ve been on the road for two weeks, and my blogging has been fairly erratic. Today I drove about 700 miles and surveyed 4 USHCN weather stations. I started early this morning in Dallas. let me give a shout out … Continue reading →

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Global warming down under: 10 little facts

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

by Professor Bob Carter Control the language, and you control the outcome of any debate Ten dishonest slogans about global warming, and ten little facts. Each of the following ten numbered statements reproduces verbatim, or almost verbatim, statements made recently … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate Energy News Roundup

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

The Week That Was: 2011-03-12 (March 12, 2011) Brought to You by SEPP (www.sepp.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) PLEASE NOTE: The complete TWTW, including the full text of the articles, can be downloaded in an easily printable … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | 6 Comments

Quote of the Week – Note to NOAA

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

Steve McIntyre at ClimateAudit has written another essay on the poor way that CRU/UEA and NOAA have dealt with FOIA requests. To say “poor”, that means in some cases “not at all”. He makes this salient point:

Posted in Climategate, FOI | Tagged , , , , , | 70 Comments

Joe Bastardi on his next big thing

Posted on March 12, 2011 by

Guest post by Joe Bastardi Well Anthony, here it is, just for the great  folks that go to your wonderful site ( I have made no secret of my love it, so I guess I am being redundant). On March … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting | Tagged , | 93 Comments

Where Joe Bastardi landed

Posted on March 12, 2011 by

I’ve known this for awhile, but couldn’t write about it until today. many people have asked me privately where former AccuWeather lead forecaster would land. The answer is in a new startup, with close associate Joe D’Aleo, first director of … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged , , | 42 Comments

It Was The Worst of The Times

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I did jail time in the Sixties for a peaceful sit-in against the Vietnam War. So (as with many things) my understanding of the issues involved in what may be termed “civil disobedience” is eminently … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 216 Comments

Nuclear meltdown: race to save reactors in Japan

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

Pick a number, and that reactor is described as being near a meltdown.  The news coverage coming out of Japan is even more confused when American media deciphers it.  Hopefully hard facts come in soon… Meltdown occurred according to Nuclear … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged , , | 553 Comments

Tisdale on ENSO step changes in RSS global temperature data

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

RSS MSU TLT Anomalies February 2011 Update and A Look At Version 3.3 FEBRUARY 2011 UPDATE RSS TLT anomalies continue to drop in response to the 2010/2011 La Niña. RSS MSU TLT anomalies are now at 0.051 deg C, Figure … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, ENSO, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , , , , | 43 Comments

New commission confronts threats to food security from ‘climate change’

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

Yeah, like they can do anything about it. Here’s an idea. How about more CO2 and less grain use for ethanol and other biofuels? CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Experts from 6 continents are set … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, climate_change | Tagged , | 107 Comments

Monster earthquake off of Japanese coast: 8.9, Tsunami strikes, massive damage, thousands of deaths likely

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

UPDATE:  00:00 PST 3/13/11 Japanese Met Agency has upgraded the magnitude of the quake to 9.0 — up from 8.8, their previous estimate. UPDATE: 14:20 PST 3/11/11 Additional graphs and data added to end of post h/t Eco Tretas UPDATE: 4:05 … Continue reading →

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Good luck with that, congressman King

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

From Slashdot, an example of why legislators are often too dumb to see beyond the financial transaction, invoking the law of unintended consequences: “Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has introduced HR 607, the ‘Broadband … Continue reading →

Posted in Government idiocy, politics, Technology | Tagged , | 40 Comments

I forwarded the email before I was against it

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

The revelation a couple of days ago that Dr. Eugene Wahl deleted emails with an IPCC author after receiving some form of communication with Dr. Michael Mann has caused quite a bit of excitement. The more recent revelation is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, Humor, satire | 96 Comments

Mann UVA case clears a roadblock

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

It seems the process to get supporting evidence from University of Virginia has overcome a roadblock. From the Virginia Court System: h/t to WUWT reader Laws of Nature Appeals Granted Case KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI, II, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA v. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | Tagged , , | 104 Comments

Why I’m not worried about Greenland’s icecap right now

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

There’s some blogospheric carping about his statement in the JPL press release below regarding Greenland’s ice sheets:“… their cumulative loss could raise sea level by 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) by 2050.” Well sure, it could be, but as this recent … Continue reading →

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Sol is finally waking up

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Let’s hope he does get out of the wrong side of the bed. The current sunspot count and 10.7 cm radio flux have increased in the latest NOAA SWPC graphs, shown below. but curiously, the Ap magnetic index remains low. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 138 Comments

Visualizing the “Greenhouse Effect” – Emission Spectra

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Guest post by Ira Glickstein The Atmospheric “greenhouse effect” has been analogized to a blanket that insulates the Sun-warmed Earth and slows the rate of heat transmission, thus increasing mean temperatures above what they would be absent “greenhouse gases” (GHGs). … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Carbon dioxide, climate sensitivity, earth, measurement | Tagged , | 476 Comments

Congress looking to put the kibosh on GHG related taxes

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Energy Tax Prevention Act Would Put the Reins on EPA Power Grab Freedom Action Supports Quick Passage Washington, D.C., March 10, 2011 —A House subcommittee on Thursday is expected to mark up a bill, the Energy Tax Prevention Act, sponsored … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, politics | Tagged , | 48 Comments

NOAA finds”climate change” blameless in 2010 Russian heat wave

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

We mentioned this previously on WUWT, now it is officially peer reviewed and accepted. Maybe this will be a lesson to those in the MSM and eco blogland who immediately jump on every newsworthy weather event, and with no supporting … Continue reading →

Posted in heat wave, weather | Tagged , , , | 47 Comments

Hump Day Hilarity

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Honestly, how did I miss this one? This certainly deserves some sort of headline award. Who knew that NASA was into reanimation of people killed by global warming climate change climate disruption climate challenges?

Posted in Humor | 57 Comments

Antarctic ice models “not correct”, sea level rise “complicated”

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

There’s some surprising reaction to the press release we covered on WUWT recently. Here’s some excerpts:

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