Monthly Archives: April 2011

It’s probably nothing*

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

Tom Nelson points out these three related items. It seems the “pretty good proxy for climate change” is proxying the wrong message this year. Overheated Arctic update: Nenana ice was gone by this date in 1940, but still 41 inches … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Humor | Tagged , | 95 Comments

Nisbett’s war

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

This row isn’t something I’ve covered yet on WUWT, and I’ve generally stayed out of the fight going on between Nisbett and Mann’s best friend, but I thought Nisbett’s rebuttal article linked below deserved the wider audience WUWT can provide. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, climate ugliness, politics | Tagged , | 29 Comments

Comments on the Testimony of Dr. Richard Somerville

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

Written by Paul C. Knappenberger

Posted in politics, Science | Tagged , , | 11 Comments

New study: Earth may be able to recover from rising carbon dioxide emissions faster than previously thought

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

That’s the good news. The bad news is that they think it will take 30,000-40,000 years, even though they “don’t know exactly where this carbon went” (their own words from the press release) in their model. Isn’t it great when … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, modeling | Tagged , , | 70 Comments

ICCC6 June 30th – July 1st 2011

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

Register early for the best rate. Yes I will be there, and AFAIK, so will Steve McIntyre. Details:

Posted in Announcements | Tagged , , | 17 Comments

Mars has dramatic carbon dioxide atmospheric shifts

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Of note: “Unlike Earth, which has a thick, moist atmosphere that produces a strong greenhouse effect, Mars’ atmosphere is too thin and dry to produce as strong a greenhouse effect as Earth’s, even when you double its carbon-dioxide content.” NASA … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Science, space | Tagged , , | 38 Comments

RGGI news: DE wants out, PA doesn’t want in, NH & NJ making progress

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

(Aside to non-USA readers: my apologies for all the two character state abbreviations, especially NH which here does not mean Northern Hemisphere! RGGI is our Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a Cap and Trade program in the northeast USA.) I wasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in cap-and-trade, politics, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 30 Comments

Ozone hole “…caused a great deal of the climate change that’s been observed”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Columbia engineering study links ozone hole to climate change all the way to the equator First time that ozone depletion is shown to impact the entire circulation of the southern hemisphere In a study to be published in the April … Continue reading →

Posted in CFC's, ozone | Tagged , , | 167 Comments

NASA’s Hansen thinks sea level rise will be accelerating – I think not, offering a new paper and updated story on Hansen to show why

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Dr. James Hansen, NASA scientist, advocate, and protestor with a rap sheet released a new paper (non peer reviewed) on his website recently. A video report follows. The paper is titled: Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Implications (click for PDF) Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in NASA GISS, sea level | Tagged , , , | 144 Comments

Kilwa Kisiwani Gereza

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I love African names. I mean, could there be a more euphonious name than “Dikembe Mutumbo”? That’s just poetry. In any case, this post is about a place charmingly yclept “Kilwa Kisiwani Gereza”. It seems it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 73 Comments

657 new islands discovered by satellite imagery. Of course, they are immediately declared threatened by sea level rise

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

From  LiveScience.com Here’s something you don’t see every day — hundreds of new islands have been discovered around the world. The Earth has 657 more barrier islands than previously thought, according to a new global survey by researchers from Duke … Continue reading →

Posted in sea level | Tagged , , , | 42 Comments

A new “low” for desperation ?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Wow this merits a NOAA press release, there’s a low in the Atlantic! GOES-13 sees an extraordinarily early Atlantic low in the tropics Hurricane season doesn’t start in the Northern Atlantic Ocean until June 1, but a low pressure system … Continue reading →

Posted in NOAA | Tagged , , , , | 26 Comments

Oh noes! Now its global warming killing Pikas

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Only one small problem with this press release below. From Wikipedia: In 2010, the US government considered, then decided not to add the American pika under the US Endangered Species Act;in the IUCN Red List it is still considered a … Continue reading →

Posted in Extinction, ridiculae, Science | Tagged , , | 66 Comments

Bias In the Peer Review Process: A Cautionary And Personal Account

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

by Dr. Roger Pielke Senior There is an informative article by Ross McKittrick McKitrick, Ross R. (2011) “Bias in the Peer Review Process: A Cautionary and Personal Account” in Climate Coup, Patrick J. Michaels ed., Cato Inst. Washington DC. This … Continue reading →

Posted in peer review, Science | Tagged , , , | 61 Comments

Do CFL twisty bulbs explode?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Here’s a story that suggests that they can. Like any poorly manufactured or quality controlled product, failures can occur. But with CFL bulbs, there’s additional things that can go wrong over the simple and century long proven incandescent bulb. Read … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged , , | 97 Comments

Americans believe climate change is occurring, but disagree on why

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

This must be “polarization week” in social science, as this is the second study published this week on political polarization of the global warming issue. See the previous story on WUWT: Democrats and Republicans increasingly divided over global warming ============================= From … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | Tagged , | 116 Comments

NASA takes AIM on noctilucent clouds

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

From AIM. High up in the sky near the poles some 50 miles above the ground, silvery blue clouds sometimes appear, shining brightly in the night. First noticed in 1885, these clouds are known as noctilucent, or “night shining,” clouds. … Continue reading →

Posted in earth, Science | Tagged , , | 40 Comments

Democrats and Republicans increasingly divided over global warming

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Gosh, we never would have figured this out on our own. The conclusion is stunning: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION In response to our first research question, we find a sizable political divide between liberals/Democrats and conservatives/Republicans in the American public on … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | Tagged , , , , , | 113 Comments

Why it seems that severe weather is “getting worse” when the data shows otherwise – a historical perspective

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Jr  on his Blog, April 18th writes: A new analysis of floods around the world has been called to my attention. The new analysis is contrary to conventional wisdom but consistent with the scientific literature on global … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, media, Opinion, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunami, weather | Tagged | 52 Comments

US Greenhouse gas emissions drop to lowest level in 15 years

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

As first highlighted by World Climate Report and later by WUWT last week:  Now its your electric ice maker in your fridge that’s killing the planet, meanwhile CO2 emissions fall significantly in the USA …this Financial Times story citing the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , , | 60 Comments

Satellite-Era Sea Surface Temperature Versus IPCC Hindcast/Projections – Part 2

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale THE INDIAN AND ATLANTIC OCEANS INTRODUCTION This post is a continuation of Part 1 – Satellite-Era Sea Surface Temperature Versus IPCC Hindcast/Projections.  It examines the differences between multi-model mean of the IPCC 20C3M (Hindcast)/SRES A1B (Projection) … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , , | 48 Comments

Pielke Senior on Climate Science Misconceptions #3

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Guest post by Dr. Roger Pielke Senior Climate Science Myths And Misconceptions – Post #3 On Multi-Decadal Regional Climate Predictions Of Changes In Decadal And Longer Statistics Of Extreme Weather This past Friday, Ben Herman commented in Guest Post By Ben … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, modeling | Tagged | 32 Comments

Are biofuel policies to help Mother Earth killing her most vulnerable children instead?

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Guest post by Indur M. Goklany I have a new paper — Could Biofuel Policies Increase Death and Disease in Developing Countries?  — which suggests that global warming policies may be helping kill more people than it saves. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health | Tagged , , | 172 Comments

And now…something refreshing

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Time to take a break from global warming. Link to the full video follows. Terje Sorgjerd writes: This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide. Spain´s highest mountain @(3715m) is one … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, earth | Tagged , , , | 54 Comments

Summary of the April 14-16 US tornado outbreak

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

While Mike Smith over at Meteorological Musings has a great post on predicting the recent tornado outbreak in the eastern USA, NOAA has this postmortem summary of the event below, complete with video and animations.  See at the bottom of … Continue reading →

Posted in thunderstorms, tornadoes, weather | Tagged , , , , , , | 22 Comments