Monthly Archives: March 2011

The name game of climate change

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

From the: University of Michigan It’s all in a name: ‘Global warming’ vs. ‘climate change’ ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Many Americans are skeptical about whether the world’s weather is changing, but apparently the degree of skepticism varies systematically depending on what that … Continue reading →

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National Weather Service Union warns people will die because of budget cuts

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Update: Senator Harry Reid laments the loss of the “Cowboy Poetry Festival” due to federal budget cuts.  Seems that there is indeed some fat to be cut from the proposed $3.7 trillion budget. The National Weather Service Employees Organization needs … Continue reading →

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To Serve Mann

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Breaking: Mann and Wahl have responded. See updates below. 3/9 12:45 PM Pacific Time. This story is now updated to be consistent with Mann and Wahl’s response: By Steven Mosher and charles the moderator Sources confirm that a federal inspector … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | Tagged , , , , | 492 Comments

Models All The Way Down

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A learned man was arguing with a rube named Nasruddin. The learned man asked “What holds up the Earth?” Nasruddin said “It sits on the back of a giant turtle.” The learned man knew he … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 136 Comments

East Antarctic Ice Sheet getting thicker from underneath

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

From AAAS online: Widespread Persistent Thickening of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet by Freezing from the Base Abstract An International Polar Year aerogeophysical investigation of the high interior of East Antarctica reveals widespread freeze-on that drives significant mass redistribution at … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: Spectator Global Warming Debate

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

The Spectator Debate, Royal Geographical Society, London, 29 March 2011 sponsored by: Details:

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More on ARKstorm

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

I covered this earlier in a post here.  Atmospheric Rivers can cause this sort of pattern, read more about them here. If the goal of press releases like this one from USC and the ones from USGS is to scare … Continue reading →

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Helmut Schmidt calls for IPCC inquiry

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

by Bob Carter (originally published on Quadrant Online) Former German Chancellor demands IPCC inquiry Helmut Schmidt, the respected former Chancellor of Germany, has told an audience at the Max-Plank-Gesellschaft that a full inquiry needs to be held into the credibility … Continue reading →

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Climate ugliness gets personal

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

From World Net Daily(not the tabloid site World News Daily), with h/t to Green Hell Blog, something that if proven is quite disturbing. Yet given the kind of treatment I’ve recently received at the hands of an eco-zealot who can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness, politics | Tagged | 333 Comments

Climate Battle on Capitol Hill: skeptics get a seat

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

House climate science showdown set By Ben Geman – The Hill E2 wire A House Energy and Commerce Committee panel will wade into climate science Tuesday against the backdrop of accelerating GOP efforts to scuttle Environmental Protection Agency regulation of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, politics | 82 Comments

Oklahoma tech scenery

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

One of the most interesting things around here is the hi-tech/low-tech  scenery. For example, where else can you see cutting edge weather radar systems juxtaposed with oil rigs pump jacks? Getting a bit closer to the blue radome reveals some … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, thunderstorms, tornadoes, weather | Tagged , , , , | 32 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “The purpose of the ‘social cost of carbon’ (SCC) estimates presented here is to allow agencies to incorporate the social benefits of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into cost-benefit analyses of regulatory actions that have small, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | 19 Comments

Skeptical science: meteorite aliens bring out the armchair experts

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

opinions by Ryan Maue While we breathlessly await the publication of “critical reviews” from the soon to be defunct Journal of Cosmology, experts from a variety of fields are crawling over each other to denounce the claims of Dr. Hoover, … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Silly – Josh on why the climate change “war” is like the war in Iraq

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

This gets the honor of “Climate Craziness of the Week”. Oh, that’s gonna leave a mark…

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week, Humor, satire | Tagged | 116 Comments

Briggs on Berkeley’s forthcoming BEST surface temperature record, plus my thoughts from my visit there

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

UPDATE: for those visiting here via links, see my recent letter regarding Dr. Richard Muller and BEST. I have some quiet time this Sunday morning in my hotel room after a hectic week on the road, so it seems like … Continue reading →

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Recycling research: meteorite alien life discovery dubious?

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Post by Ryan Maue You may have seen the breathless coverage on Fox News of the alien life discovery from NASA’s Dr. Hoover — in some fancy meteorite.  The “exclusive” nature of the discovery was hailed as evidence that we … Continue reading →

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The reverse of UN’s disastrous “oil for food” program: Ethanol uses 40% of US Corn Crop

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Global Food Prices Jump To Record Level Because of Higher Corn Prices – or the alternate title: Cornholing the future There’s lot of gloom and doom being pushed, trying to link food prices to climate change by the usual howlers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, energy | Tagged , , , , , | 351 Comments

Stormchasing in Oklahoma

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Well not exactly, there’s no storms here today, but there are a lot of vehicles like this one: I’m attending this conference, not as a storm chaser, but as a supplier of technology to aid in storm monitoring.

Posted in Technology, thunderstorms, tornadoes, weather | Tagged , , , | 51 Comments

Another interesting sea ice interaction

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Observing Arctic ice-edge plankton blooms from space False-colour satellite image of ice-edge phytoplankton blooms Ongoing climate-driven changes to the Arctic sea-ice could have a significant impact on the blooming of tiny planktonic plants (phytoplankton) with important implications for the Arctic … Continue reading →

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The Empire Strikes Out

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I guess having electricity when you need it is sooooo last century … UK families will have to get used to “only using power when it was available”. That constant electricity at home was dangerous … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 494 Comments

SDO getting an eclipse

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

I noticed this in our sidebar SDO solar image and grabbed it. It has happened before, last year.

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Bubbleheaded Barking Mad Met Office Modelers

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

From the organization that can’t forecast its way out of a paper bag, and then can’t bring itself to tell the public about long range forecasts anymore, it has come to this. OK, I’m not against citizen science, but when … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, Government idiocy, modeling | Tagged , , | 108 Comments

NASA’S Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

NASA reports that Glory, a satellite to monitor aerosols failed to reach orbit, apparently from a fairing that didn’t release. See update below on the massive budget overruns for this failed project. NASA’s announcement: NASA’s Glory spacecraft launched aboard a … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, space | Tagged , , , | 139 Comments

Weather Channel and Weather.com: the survey says…..

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow, First Director of Meteorology at The Weather Channel Carl Parker, On Camera Meteorologist at the once watchable Weather Channel blogged a response dated March 3 to skeptic criticism of a recent post in which … Continue reading →

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Negative water vapor feedback in plant evapotranspiration found

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Rising CO2 is causing plants to release less water to the atmosphere, researchers say BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — As carbon dioxide levels have risen during the last 150 years, the density of pores that allow plants to breathe has dwindled by … Continue reading →

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