Daily Archives: June 26, 2011

July ARCUS forecast poll – What will the September NSIDC Arctic minimum extent be?

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Once again, I’m going to give WUWT readers an opportunity to make a forecast for submission, based on voting. See the poll at the end.  I’ll run this poll each month in the week before the deadline, and we’ll see … Continue reading →

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Global hurricane activity at historical record lows: new paper

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

During the past 6-years since Hurricane Katrina, global tropical cyclone frequency and energy have decreased dramatically, and are currently at near-historical record lows.  According to a new peer-reviewed research paper accepted to be published, only 69 tropical storms were observed … Continue reading →

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Open Thread #10

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

I’m off to ICCC6 today, ahead of time as I have other things to do in Washington ahead of the conference. Posting will be light. Guest posts are encouraged. Authoirs that may want to submit stories please use the link … Continue reading →

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Geological Society statement about climate change

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Dr. Capell Aris writes: Dear Mr. Watts, The UK Geological Society has made a statement about climate change. This seems to have received very little attention. It’s not a particluarly strong statement, given that it contains the statement:

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Quote of the week – still “wirthless” after all these years edition

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Readers will recall that I launched a volley against former Senator Tim Wirth regarding his recent statement where he wants to “come after” skeptics. I also made him a standing offer to attend the upcoming ICCC6 conference, offering up  my … Continue reading →

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Further Problems with Kemp and Mann

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Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In my previous post I discussed some of the issues with the paper “Climate related sea-level variations over the past two millennia” by Kemp et al. including Michael Mann (Kemp 2011). However, some commenters rightly … Continue reading →

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Is the Corps of Engineers forcibly reverting floodplain to its natural state?

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Guest post by Alec Rawls That’s the eye-popping thesis suggested by Joe Herring at American Thinker, and his prima facie evidence, while thin, is also hard to get around. The key fact is this: On February 3, 2011, a series … Continue reading →

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