Monthly Archives: May 2011

New Jersey announces intent to pull out of RGGI cap and trade – Christie strikes major blow

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

In a press conference moments ago in Trenton, Gov. Christie announced his support for repealing the state’s cap-and-trade law and withdrawing from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a 10-state regional compact in the Northeast that implements a cap-and-trade energy … Continue reading →

Posted in cap-and-trade, politics | 65 Comments

Evidence that early Antarctic Circumpolar Current development affected global climate

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

From NSF: Significant Role of Oceans in Onset of Ancient Global Cooling Aerial view of the drillship JOIDES Resolution. Credit and Larger Version May 26, 2011 Thirty-eight million years ago, tropical jungles thrived in what are now the cornfields of … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans, paleoclimatology | 57 Comments

Obama snubs Royal Society, plays ping pong

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

Post by Ryan Maue: The British media continues to mock and criticize the President, which has been petty and unfair in some respects.  But how do we reconcile this?  From the UK Telegraph Barack Obama snubs British scientists by refusing … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, politics, Science | Tagged , , | 166 Comments

Nursing their wounds with salt

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

Royal Society Bemoans Freedom of Scientific Information This is a collection of articles related to the In an interview with the Guardian by Sir Paul Nurse of the Royal Society that in connection with FOI: I have been told of … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI, ridiculae | 95 Comments

Tornado in my own back yard tonight

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

It would be just my luck, that on the day of the biggest weather story in my area of the year, I’d be out of town. I was in Sacramento on an unexpected trip to find an important and now … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 59 Comments

“Snowball Earth” ended by methane – now an impossible theory

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

From Eurekalert: Caltech-led team debunks theory on end of ‘Snowball Earth’ ice age Finds that rocks used as key geologic evidence were formed deep within Earth millions of years after the ice age ended PASADENA, Calif.—There’s a theory about how … Continue reading →

Posted in Methane, paleoclimatology | 114 Comments

Another tornado outbreak expected

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

From the NOAA Storm Prediction Center: PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1226 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 …MAJOR TORNADO AND SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI…MID MISSISSIPPI…AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS … Continue reading →

Posted in thunderstorms, tornadoes, weather | 35 Comments

Oh noes! The abalone must be saved so we can eat it!

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

From the University of British Columbia: Endangered Gourmet Sea Snail Could be Doomed by Increasing Ocean Acidity Increasing levels of ocean acidity could spell doom for British Columbia’s already beleaguered northern abalone, according to the first study to provide direct … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism | 103 Comments

Last chance for early registration for ICCC6

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Last chance! Early registration discount ends Friday! Details below:

Posted in Announcements | 17 Comments

Filling Lake Erie, one headline at a time

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

This is a press release from OSU, home of Dr. Lonnie Thompson. The press releases from there, written by Earle Holland, tend to be a bit excitable. For example, here’s one from just before COP16. Mr. Holland loves those all … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 59 Comments

UVA to supply Mann emails/documents but you can’t look (yet)

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Updated: 8:30PM PST, statement from ATI received via email, see below. – Anthony BREAKING: Steve McIntyre sends word that University of Virgina has been ordered to produce the Mann emails and documents sought by the lawsuit from the America Tradition … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 86 Comments

Forecast: Thunderstorms with a chance of germstones

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

American Society for Microbiology The role of bacteria in weather events NEW ORLEANS, LA – May 24, 2011 — Researchers have discovered a high concentration of bacteria in the center of hailstones, suggesting that airborne microorganisms may be responsible for … Continue reading →

Posted in thunderstorms, weather | 57 Comments

Particularly dangerous situation (PDS) tornado watch issued, explosive supercells imminent

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

UPDATE:  7PM EDT  MONSTER TORNADO on LIVE WEBSTREAMING near Norman OK STREAMING LINK Update by Ryan Maue A Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) tornado watch (#356) has just been issued for Central Oklahoma and North Central Texas including DFW and OKC. … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | Tagged , , , , , , | 83 Comments

Tornado season update

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

NOAA’s Preliminary tornado statistics including records set in 2011, from noaa.gov On Sunday, May 22, a devastating tornado hit the city of Joplin, Mo., leaving an estimated 116 people dead and several hundred others injured. This tied the June 8, … Continue reading →

Posted in tornadoes, weather | 29 Comments

Five years of “An Inconvenient Truth”

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Executive Summary: Science Fiction 5 Years After: Networks Celebrate Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth,’ Ignore Scientific Flaws, Criticism By Julia A. Seymour, Business and Media Institute The cause for the end of the world has been imagined by screenwriters to include … Continue reading →

Posted in media | 100 Comments

McIntyre: Climategate Documents Confirm Wegman’s Hypothesis

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Steve McIntyre comments on Wegman’s work and Deep Climate’s recent dissing of the Said et al paper. It seems there’s a clique of too close for comfort relationships that may have tainted peer review: Lost in the recent controversy over … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, copygate | 57 Comments

Media accurately reporting links between climate change and tornadoes

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Post by Ryan Maue We all pray for the survivors and victims of the tornado tragedy in Joplin. Headline story from USA-Today The mainstream print media has done an excellent job reporting on the disaster.  When asking questions about relationships … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather | Tagged , , | 80 Comments

The University of East Anglia – doing something useful for a change

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

When we hear “University of East Anglia” we automatically associate it with ClimateGate, Dr. Phil Jones, and the sorts of childish shenanigans recently reported by Bishop Hill where they break the FOIA law, again. But it is nice to know … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Science | 28 Comments

NOAA strives for scientific integrity

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

From their own press release here NOAA Scientific Integrity “Scientific integrity is at the core of conducting ethical science. By being open and honest about our science, we build understanding and trust. I pledged at the start of my tenure … Continue reading →

Posted in NOAA, Science | 109 Comments

Scientific American’s interview with Dr. Richard Muller

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Scientific American has an interview in “Science Talk” with Dr. Richard Muller, who is spokesman for the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project. I enjoyed the photograph, particularly for the poster over his left shoulder in the background. Both Steve … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Climate News, Opinion | 82 Comments

Some flights cancelled due to Iceland volcano

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

In our earlier coverage on the subject, we reported from a Xinhua story that: But scientists in Iceland believed that the new eruption in Grimsvotn could be small and would not lead to a repeat of the air travel chaos … Continue reading →

Posted in vulcanism | 23 Comments

Little Ice Age thermometers – History and Reliability

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

This is an excerpt of a larger document by Tony Brown (Tony B on WUWT and other blogs) that he will be happy to make available. He writes: Some months ago I passed you a preliminary study of mine into … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, GHCN, measurement, weather_stations | 51 Comments

Study on paleo rainfall records clearly shows existence of MWP and LIA in Southern Hemisphere

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

This study from the University of Pittsburgh and SUNY-Albany set out to illustrate how rainfall patterns changes with global temperature in South America. They found the link they were looking for. At the same time, they validated the existence of … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , | 84 Comments

Value Adding in Australia – the Beginning of the End?

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

News Alert: Smelting and Refining of Mount Isa copper in Queensland to cease. Guest post by Viv Forbes The first industries of Australia were farming and mining and these two have been the backbone of the nation ever since. Both … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon tax | Tagged , , | 71 Comments

California’s global warming law gets court go-ahead – except for cap and trade

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Time to get outta Dodge:

Posted in cap-and-trade | Tagged , , | 37 Comments