Monthly Archives: May 2011

IPCC agrees to “major” reforms

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

From the “I’ll believe it when I see it” department comes this story in Nature News: I thought this was interesting:

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Siting related temperature bias at the Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

“This a complicating factor for the homogenization of daily temperature series.” WUWT first reported on the issues with the KNMI De Bilt weather station in October 2009 here. About that time, Dr. Pielke Sr. and I were given access to … Continue reading →

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Western snow pack is well above normal, Squaw Valley sets new all time snow record

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

From the “weather is not climate” department: All of the western states have snowpacks that are currently 110 to over 180 percent above normal with the exception of southern Colorado. This is unusual for most of the western states to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, records, snowfall, weather | Tagged , , , | 103 Comments

Wind farm ordered dismantled

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Mark Duchamp writes in with this news from the Lerida, Autonomous Community (state) of Catalonia, Spain: A judge ordered the removal of 45 wind turbines on the grounds that planning laws were violated. There was no “general municipal plan” establishing … Continue reading →

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GWPF on Huhne’s “green spin”

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Press Release (via email) Conditional Climate Targets Are A Step Back From Blind Unilateralism LONDON, 18 May – The Global Warming Policy Foundation regards the UK’s conditional adoption of post-2020 carbon targets as a first step back from blind and … Continue reading →

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NYC: denying the sea and Hansen’s sea level predictions

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

Reader John Smith writes in with this interesting photo essay. Dear Anthony – Back in November 2010 you did a post ( Freaking out about NYC sea level rise is easy to do when you don’t pay attention to history) about … Continue reading →

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New study links cosmic rays to aerosols/cloud formation via solar magnetic activity modulation

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

From an Aarhus University press release: Scientists at Aarhus University (AU) and the National Space Institute (DTU Space) show that particles from space create cloud cover New input to the United Nations climate model: Ulrik Ingerslev Uggerhøj, Physics and Astronomy, … Continue reading →

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Sudden Clovis climate death by comet – “bogus”

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

Bishop Hill alerts us to this news item in Miller-McCune, a policy and research website. It seems the scientific claims can’t be replicated by others…but wait for the kicker. OK, having read that primer, it looks like a slam dunk … Continue reading →

Posted in Extinction, Humor, satire, Science | Tagged , | 100 Comments

CO2 increase is “like hitting our ecosystem with a sledge-hammer”

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

That comes from this statement in the press release: Professor Kennedy said that the doubling of the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere over the past 50 years is “like hitting our ecosystem with a sledge-hammer” Hmmm, you’d think … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Carbon dioxide, ridiculae | Tagged , , , , | 99 Comments

Cold homes and energy poverty

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

While this paper makes some good points about fuel poverty and energy cost, they bit hook line and sinker the ridiculous recent claim of Super exponential accelerating CO2 growth and cited it as a reference – Anthony The health impacts … Continue reading →

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Krazy in Kalamazoo – taxes on solar farm more than the value of the electricity produced

Posted on May 16, 2011 by
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“People underestimate the power of models. Observational evidence is not very useful.”

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Guest post by Alec Rawls Andrew Orlowski at the UK Register has an anecdotal account of Downing College’s skeptics-vs-believers mash-up. Ace of Spades pulled the juiciest bit: In short, the day lined up Phil Jones, oceanographer Andrew Watson, and physicist … Continue reading →

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Time Travel and Causation in the Climate Debate

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Guest post by Craig Loehle, Ph.D. A fundamental principle of physics is that causation is unidirectional in time. An event must follow its cause. Forgive me for stating the obvious, but you will soon see why I begin with such … Continue reading →

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New Aussie skeptic movement

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

This is a shout out for people to have a look at: Some background:

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Introducing the WUWT Atmospheric Oscillation (Teleconnection) Reference Page

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Our newest addition is the WUWT Atmospheric Oscillation Page, which includes graphs, graphics and animations of the Arctic Oscillation (AO), Antarctic Oscillation (AAO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), North Pacific Oscillation (NPO), the Madden / Julian Oscillation (MJO), Southern Oscillation (SO) … Continue reading →

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The New NOAA Climate “Normals”

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

With the close of 2010, NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has commenced calculation of the 1981–2010 Normals. Climate Normals are the latest three-decade averages of climatological variables, including temperature and precipitation. This new product will be replacing the current … Continue reading →

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Wegman paper retraction by Journal

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Post updated below – see my own experience with plagiarism by NOAA and how it was solved easily – Anthony I get word that USA Today reports that the caterwaulings of the anonymous Canadian named Deep Climate and his accusations … Continue reading →

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Hate the twisty bulbs? ESL’s coming soon

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

This product just got UL approval, expect it to show up for retail sales soon. What’s an ESL? Think of it as an unfocused Cathode Ray Tube or CRT. The definition at Wikipedia is: Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL) is light … Continue reading →

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Interannual Terrestrial Oscillations

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

There’s a saying, “timing is everything”. After reading this, I think it is more true than ever. In other news. Paul Vaughn is giving Bob Tisdale serious competition in the contest over who can fit the most graphs into a … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, PDO | Tagged , , , , | 140 Comments

SODIS Roolz

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach One of the joys of writing for this blog is that I can promote good ideas. Here’s one I just came across, thanks to a commenter on another post of mine. The idea is solar disinfection … Continue reading →

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Pray for Britain

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Seems to me that this will place Britain at the forefront of economic disadvantage.

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Late, low, May snow in California

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

From the “weather is not climate” department, I’m getting reports this morning of snow down to 2500 feet in Forest Ranch, CA a few miles from where I live. This is not surprising, give the cold storm coming through at … Continue reading →

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For you military history buffs – bad karma das boot

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Since I spent so much time working with Google Earth for the surfacestations project, I decided to create a blog for fun, where I can practice my sleuthing skills using that great tool. I find aerial photo recon quite fun.

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An Index to Willis’s Writings

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach. In an effort to make some sense out of my posts and to enable me to refer to them and remember where they are located and what they are about, I put together a list … Continue reading →

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“Get Carter” and his Supporters, Part B

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

Guest post by Bob Fernley-Jones (aka Bob_FJ) Caution; this in Anglo-Oz English, and e.g. ABC = Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and red emphasis is mine. In Part A we discussed how Professor Bob Carter was shamefully treated by two branches of … Continue reading →

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