Monthly Archives: April 2011

Another inconvenient web posting “disappeared”

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Revkin of NYT takes back his statement that skeptics are more knowledgeable about the science From “the Hockey Schtick“ Tom Nelson featured a surprising quote from warmist/alarmist Andrew Revkin of the New York Times in the article Climate, Communication and … Continue reading →

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New paleo study “leaves” me skeptical of the claim

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

From Baylor University, a suggestion that leaves are a better paleo-proxy than tree-rings: New Baylor Research Shows Using Leaves’ Characteristics Improves Accuracy Measuring Past Climates NSF-funded study shows high promise for new method to estimate temperature, precipitation for ancient ecosystems … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | Tagged , , | 89 Comments

Charles Manson becomes an advocate for global warming

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

From the Daily Mail, probably the worst alliance you could hope for if you are in the global warming movement. Manson says in a from prison interview: ‘Everyone’s God and if we don’t wake up to that there’s going to … Continue reading →

Posted in ridiculae | Tagged | 91 Comments

More on land use change affecting temperatures

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Pursuant to the story on sugarcane cooling the local climate, here are two posts from Dr. Roger Pielke Senior that show the effects of land use change in other venues. ============================================================== Excellent Presentation Of Land Use/Land Cover Effects On Climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Land use land cover change | Tagged | 14 Comments

Another significant land use effect found – sugar cane

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

It has long been known that changes in land use can affect local temperatures. Switching from forest to pastureland to a concrete jungle has a measurable effect. Here, we see that the type of crop associated has a dramatic effect: … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Land use land cover change | Tagged , | 106 Comments

The current US drought is not a surprise.

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Guest post by David Archibald A large part of the US is currently in drought. A recent paper by Springer et al – “Solar forcing of Holocene droughts in a stalagmite record from West Virginia in east central North America” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 62 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “EPA determined in December 2009 that climate change caused by emissions of greenhouse gases threatens the public’s health and the environment.” EPA “Denial of Petitions…” (Emphasis added) Number of the Week: 22 THIS WEEK: By Ken … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | Tagged | 9 Comments

Doing it yourself – the latest unsmoothed global sea level data from JASON shows a sharp downtick and slight downtrend

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

UPDATE: Tamino weighs in, see the update at the end of this post. – One of the great things about WUWT is that it attracts commenters with a wide range of skill sets, who can often contribute far and beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in sea level | Tagged , | 135 Comments

Atmospheric audio ducting

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Amateur radio operators are very familiar with atmospheric ducting or “skip” as we call it, which (with the help of the ionosphere when the sun is cooperative) enables some very long distance radio communications well beyond line of sight. The … Continue reading →

Posted in thunderstorms, weather | Tagged | 59 Comments

Face palm: EPA bureaucrat tap dances during testimony

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

Post by Ryan Maue EPA Deputy Administrator Mathy Stanislaus should be given credit for showing up Thursday to an Environment and Energy subcommittee hearing, but may not be returning any time soon.  Let’s just say his performance was cringe-inducing as … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics | Tagged , , | 108 Comments

New permanent feature: the “Climate FAIL Files” – help needed

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

The revelation that the UN predicted 50 million climate refugees by 2010, it failed , and then the UN “disappeared” the evidence that they ever made such a prediction brightly illustrates a common theme to global warming aka climate change … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Climate FAIL | 133 Comments

United States Climatic History in Graphs

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

We are pleased to introduce the new WUWT US Climatic History Reference Page The graphs within offer a reasonable overview of climatic conditions in the United States during our brief historical record. I don’t see any indications of catastrophically rapid … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Announcements, measurement | Tagged , , , , , | 54 Comments

The UN “disappears” 50 million climate refugees, then botches the disappearing attempt

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Hoo boy, government bureaucratic idiocy at its finest. Not only is the original claim bogus, the attempts to disappear it are hilariously inept. Apparently, they’ve never heard of Google Cache at the UN. Rather than simply say “we were wrong”, … Continue reading →

Posted in GLOC, Government idiocy | Tagged , , | 272 Comments

An answer to the question about why UC’s sea level data has not been updated since mid 2010

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Readers may recall my story from April 6th where I asked: What’s delaying UC sea level data from being updated? As you can see in the graph above, the data has not been updated since mid 2010. I wrote then: I … Continue reading →

Posted in sea level | Tagged | 114 Comments

Watched solar CME’s never boil?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

I covered the recent uptick in solar activity earlier this month here and here last month. Now NASA offers this summary of the events, saying Cycle 24 is finally “on”. AT the end of this story, I’ve added a video … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 28 Comments

Ocean cold/warm water fronts mix CO2 much more than previously thought

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

From the University of Washington via Eurekalert Data catches up with theory: Ocean front is energetic contributor to mixing Wind blowing on the ocean is a crucial factor mixing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the ocean depths and keeping … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, oceans | Tagged , , , | 40 Comments

Pielke Senior on Geoengineering

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Guest post by Dr. Roger Pielke Senior Comment on The BBC News Article By Richard Black On Climate Geoengineering There is an article on BBC News on April 6 2011 by Richard Black titled Climate ‘technical fix’ may yield warming, not cooling … Continue reading →

Posted in Geoengineering | Tagged , , | 82 Comments

Now its your electric ice maker in your fridge that’s killing the planet, meanwhile CO2 emissions fall significantly in the USA

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Jeez Louise, what a load of bollocks from Time Magazine. The article goes on to say:

Posted in Carbon dioxide, energy | Tagged , , | 126 Comments

Solar power without silicon solar cells? New magnetic effect of light into insulators discovered.

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

‘We’ve all been taught that this doesn’t happen’ From the University of Michigan A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light discovered by University of Michigan researchers could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells. The researchers found … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Technology | Tagged , , , , | 97 Comments

Foilball, the American return serve

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

The Foilball match was started at UVA with the help of a whole bunch of NGO’s, however, as Chris Horner points out in this press release, the hypocrisy is breathtaking when it comes to similar actions against former UVA faculty … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI | Tagged | 26 Comments

The new contract sport: Foilball

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

It seems that doing maneuvers to foil Freedom of Information Act requests has become the new contract sport of both sides of the pond. UEA and Sir Muir Russell have the British team, while Mann and UVA have the American … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, FOI | Tagged , , , , , , | 22 Comments

Between Wind and Water

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach “Between wind and water: (Nautical) In that part of a ship’s side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water’s surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 149 Comments

Another small milestone for WUWT

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Yesterday, almost unnoticed (except for Ric Werme in Tips and Notes) WUWT passed another mile marker in the travel of this blog. Here’s the marker today:

Posted in Announcements | 50 Comments

I can see Yamal from my house…

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Josh “sticks the landing” with this one.

Posted in Humor, satire | 43 Comments

Climate Science Myths And Misconceptions – Post #2 On The Metric Of Global Warming

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Guest post by Dr. Roger Pielke Senior As discussed in the post Climate Science Myths And Misconceptions – Post #1 On The Global Annual Average Surface Temperature Trend the global annual average surface temperature trend has become the icon of communicating climate … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | Tagged , , | 38 Comments