Monthly Archives: April 2011

Energy Flow in the United States – 94.6 quads in 2009

Posted on April 10, 2011 by

Guest post by Ric Werme The folks at Lawrence Livermore Natl. Labs produce a fascinating look at all the energy production in the US, from energy in (as quadrillion BTUs, or quads for short) to energy out: This was featured … Continue reading →

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“Get Carter” campaign grows on Australia’s ABC radio & TV,

Posted on April 10, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Fernley-Jones [Note from Ric Werme: Bob asked me to help post this while Anthony was away. I’m not familiar with everything going in this matter, but the previous post appears to have been welcome in Australia. … Continue reading →

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The pre-Climategate issue that is the issue

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

UPDATE: After some late night insomnia, and re-reading Steve’s essay again, I have decided to make this introduction to his essay a “top post” for a couple of days. New stories will appear below this one. Readers, I urge you … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | Tagged | 232 Comments

The smallest sunspot cycle in two hundred years

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

I missed this earlier this week from NASA, I got a bit distracted with other things. Sixty two – that’s the new number from Hathaway on April 4th, have a look:

Posted in Science, solar | Tagged , , , | 92 Comments

Uh, oh…the clash of ice and warmth brings storms

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

Snowcover hangs tough…with warm Gulf of Mexico…spells spring trouble By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, WeatherBell Snow as the first week of April drew a close was still extensive across Canada and Asia. It remains well above the normal as it did … Continue reading →

Posted in thunderstorms, tornadoes, weather | Tagged , , | 29 Comments

“Snow” in Fairfield California – Gore effect?

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

My lovely wife and I are back home now from our medical diversion to Stanford, and everything is OK. Looks like this was the last time surgery was needed. Thanks for all the well-wishes and help everyone! While en-route on … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, thunderstorms, weather | Tagged , , , | 41 Comments

Why are we so bad at long range weather forecasting?

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

By WUWT regular “justthefacts” In researching the use of tidal forces in long range weather forecasting, I came across an interesting August 30th, 2010 Associated Press/ MSNBC article based on interviews with Farmer’s Almanac Editors Sandi Duncan and Peter Geiger, … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, measurement, modeling, NOAA, Uncategorized, weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 84 Comments

Facebook Treating Skeptic Blog Articles as “Abusive”

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

It came to our attention yesterday when we were sharing WUWT articles, that Facebook now treats WUWT articles as “abusive”. Apparently this is a new tactic of the warmists to abuse the FB abuse process in order to suppress free … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness | Tagged , , | 137 Comments

James Delingpole beats a Press Complaint from UEA

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

Guest Post by Barry Woods The University of East Anglia has made complaints to the Press Complaints Commission about three blog posts by James Delingpole (photo at left) in the Telegraph about Professor Phil Jones and the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, media | Tagged , , , | 77 Comments

A Pox on Both Their Houses

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I don’t usually wander too far off of the climate reservation, but this excellent cartoon by Michael Ramirez deserves wider publication, as it addresses a critical problem. It shows the US Budget for 2011, along … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | Tagged | 208 Comments

Snow in Los Angeles County, NWS Winter Advisory

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

From the “weather is not climate” department… Apparently, Nature is weighing in some support for action in Sacramento to end California’s economically punishing anti-carbon law. We saw earlier this winter some significant snowfall in Los Angeles, but Hollywierd continues to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, climate_change, forecasting, global warming, snowfall, weather | 62 Comments

Help asked for Dr. Tim Ball in legal battle with Dr. Mann

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

Dr. Ball at left, Dr. Mann at right This is a scheduled auto-post done from my hotel WiFi last night. This below sent to me by John O. Sullivan on behalf of Dr. Tim Ball. Like with the Sydney rally … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness, Opinion | Tagged , , | 263 Comments

Sydney No Carbon Tax Rally on April 9th

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

I have a few minutes online at hotel WiFi, and I’m using this to pass on this info at the request of my friend, Mr. David Archibald of Perth, WA. He will be speaking at this rally. I don’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged , , | 52 Comments

Open Thread – Offline for awhile

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

I’ll be offline anywhere from 48-72 hours. The reason?

Posted in Announcements | 143 Comments

Update on solar cycle 24

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center posted an update to their graphs today. They show the largest gains in solar cycle 24 tracking metrics I’ve seen yet. See graphs below:

Posted in Science, solar | Tagged , , , | 136 Comments

Some true journalism – my thanks to Tom Chivers

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

After a week of mostly stories of this flavor, “Scientist smacks down filthy climate change denier, film at 11“, this article in the Telegraph by Tom Chivers is refreshing and gets it close to 100% right. Click image for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature, media | Tagged , , | 136 Comments

Contrails and Climate – follow up

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Senior writes: Ben Herman of the University of Arizona has responded to the post… News Article “Aircraft Condensation Trails Criss-Crossing The Sky May Be Warming The Planet On A Normal Day More Than The Carbon Dioxide Emitted … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | Tagged , , | 45 Comments

New quake, Tsunami warning for Japan

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

From AP via chicoer.com TOKYO — Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast. The Japan meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for … Continue reading →

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Solar warming and ocean equilibrium, Part 3: Solanki and Schuessler respond

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

Guest post by Alec Rawls Solar physicist Sami Solanki and his colleagues at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research helped pioneer the use of cosmogenic isotopes from ice cores to create a proxy record for solar activity going … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 151 Comments

What’s delaying UC sea level data from being updated?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

The University of Colorado at Boulder releases satellite based altimetry of sea level change several times a year. This graph below is dated December 15th according to the image timestamp. If the previous schedule is any indication, they are now … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear Winter of our Discontent

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony recently discussed a recent paper called “The Role of Atmospheric Nuclear Explosions on the Stagnation of Global Warming in the Mid 20th Century”  (PDF, author’s version). It advances the claim that nuclear tests changed the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 62 Comments

Climate Change: Bigger health threat than AIDS, malaria

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

UPDATE: Holy moly. Dr. Richard North over at the EU Referendum points to this, (screencap below) which makes Ric’s article (further below) look tame. Add this to what’s going on in the AMA, and it looks like a effort to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Government idiocy, ridiculae | Tagged , , , | 77 Comments

Warming or Cooling? Heads or Tails?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

At left, Two Headed Quarter from Doublesidedcoins.com This article, originally published in the Wall Street Journal, is now republished here, with the author’s permission, using his website post. Mathematician Doug Keenan (in so many words) rhetorically asks the question: “Are … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Opinion, statistics | Tagged , , , , , | 60 Comments

Energy content, the heat is on: atmosphere -vs- ocean

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Jeff wrote to me with this article which visually illustrates his point quite well. Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. has given his take on it here, saying: The post on The Air Vent is worth adding to the reasoning why we … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans | Tagged | 82 Comments

Whoa, windfarms in UK operate well below advertised efficiency

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

It’s damning, and published by a green group. The study cited by the BBC is from the John Muir trust of all places. This would be a good place to point out what I posted a few days ago: The … Continue reading →

Posted in energy | Tagged , , , , , , | 118 Comments