Monthly Archives: June 2011

Facepalm: More casual death wishes from Australia

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

Guest post by Alec Rawls Jill Singer, long time Aussie talking head: I’m prepared to keep an open mind and propose another stunt for climate sceptics – put your strong views to the test by exposing yourselves to high concentrations … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness | 62 Comments

Mann’s inverted Tiljander data survives another round of peer review

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

* Steve McIntyre reports (via commenter AMac) that Mann’s inverted Tiljander sediment data lives on in Kemp et al 2011 like some zombie that will not die.  I feel for graduate student Kemp, who will forever have the stink of … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology, peer review | Tagged | 66 Comments

Quote of the week – Australian gassing edition

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Friends, prepare yourselves for this stunning collection of logic, green thinking, and simple unvarnished, outright hatred. Should we be thinking about getting ourselves off to secure locations in light of this? /sarc Simon from Australian Climate Madness makes note of … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness | Tagged , , | 132 Comments

Al Gore branches out into population control theory

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Not content to make a fool of himself confusing weather and climate, Al has now decided to lecture empower women on how to reduce the population for the benefit of the planet. Watch the video below, now we know why … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 197 Comments

Peer reviewed paper – wind contributes to Arctic sea ice decline

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

From Dr. Roger Pielke Senior, one more paper saying what we’ve been reporting on since 2007 – Arctic sea ice extent is a significant function of wind and currents, not just temperature. In 2007, when I was but a wee … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | Tagged , , , | 56 Comments

Newsbytes: not everybody believes the new Mann sea level study

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Via Dr. Benny Peiser at The Global Warming Policy Foundation: New Sea-Level Study Divides Climate Researchers For the first time, researchers have reconstructed the rise in sea level over the last 2000 years. Their conclusion: Never before have sea levels … Continue reading →

Posted in newsbytes | 61 Comments

NASA’s Hansen asked to account for outside activities

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Gavin Schmidt’s time spent on editing realclimate.org during working hours apparently was the trigger for a broader investigation. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Contacts: Christopher Horner, chris.horner@atinstitute.org  Paul Chesser, paul.chesser@atinstitute.org ATI Law Center Asks Court to Force NASA … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI, politics | Tagged , , , , , | 92 Comments

Cryosat produces its first Arctic ice thickness map

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

From the European Space Agency (ESA): New ice thickness map of the Arctic unveiled The first map of sea-ice thickness from ESA’s CryoSat mission was revealed today at the Paris Air and Space Show. This new information is set to … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | Tagged , , | 54 Comments

NOAA chief – agency unprepared for Arctic forecast duty

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

From NOAA: U.S. unprepared for changes in Arctic ice McClatchy Newspapers Excerpts: WASHINGTON — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is being inundated with requests for weather and ice forecasts as well as navigation information about the Arctic, but isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in NOAA | Tagged , , | 33 Comments

Saving the world and the ocean, one activist opinion at a time – another NGO flap, this one duped global media

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

It seems the alarming story of “Ocean extinction has started in our time” making the rounds of the alarmist blogs and gullible media is nothing more than an unpublished, unchecked opinion, and some pal review amongst activists at a three … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, oceans | Tagged , | 143 Comments

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology sends IPCC a strong letter on their conflict of interest debacle

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

The plot thickens. Some parts of this letter are strongly worded. It is clear that there’s not much tolerance for the latest set of shenanigans from Pachauri. Steve McIntyre writes: Judy Curry draws attention to a letter from the Chairman … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, politics | Tagged | 54 Comments

New study – declining temperature and increasing sea ice, combined with lack of adaptation, caused Viking demise in Greenland

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

We’ve always suspected this for some time, as the MWP ended, they became isolated by the change in weather patterns as the climate turned colder. Nice to see it in a peer reviewed publication finally. From Wiley-Blackwell Did climate change … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , | 101 Comments

Mann’s new sea level hockey stick paper

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

WUWT readers may recall yesterday where Dr. Mann was so eager to list this paper on his resume/CV, he broke the embargo set for 15:00 EST June 20th, today, at which time this blog post appears. As much as this … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology, sea level | Tagged , , , , | 288 Comments

Green revolt against geoengineering – letter to Pachauri

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

WUWT readers may recall this story on geoengineering on WUWT that referred to at the time as “batshit crazy“. It seems others in the green community agree. This Open letter to IPCC on geoengineering has had over 100 signatories, many … Continue reading →

Posted in Geoengineering | Tagged , , | 49 Comments

Hansen’s “death train” argument denied as a “nuisance”

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

After all the caterwauling from Hansen about coal “death trains”, and his defense of criminal mischief at a power plant in the UK, this is a real “mud in your eye” moment and an affirmation that no one industry can … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, politics | Tagged , , , , | 45 Comments

Tipping points – easy come, easy go

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

Yesterday, I highlighted an alarming story from the University of Exeter and East Anglia that saw tipping points behind every rock and tree. Now today comes a peer reviewed study in Nature Geoscience that says no tipping points are expected from … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans, Science | Tagged , , | 48 Comments

Climate tipping point early warning system

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

While the press release says University of Exeter, this slide show by Tim Lenton from the University that brought up ClimateGate, UEA, sees tipping worry in every event. Source: http://www.slideshare.net/Stepscentre/tim-lenton-early-warning-of-climate-tipping-points From Eurekalert: Climate change disasters could be predicted Climate change … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | Tagged , , , , | 147 Comments

Mike Mann’s new sea level hockey stick

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Tomorrow at 15:00 EST an embargo will be lifted for a new paper to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. I have a copy, given to me by a media colleague and I intend to … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology, sea level | Tagged , , | 79 Comments

Tisdale on 2011 ocean heat content and the GISS-Miss

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Bob has done some very interesting work here, I call attention to figure 6 and figure 7  below where he asks: If the observations continue to diverge from the model projection, how many years are required until the model can … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , | 97 Comments

Climate and Energy News Roundup June 19th

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Restoring the Scientific Method is the theme of the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-6), Sponsored by the Heartland Institute. It will take place in Washington, DC from breakfast Thursday, June 30, to noon Friday, July 1, at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | Tagged , | 40 Comments

IPCC’s Pachauri – no retroactive conflict of interest policy to be applied to the next AR5 report

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

Gobsmacking arrogance from Pachauri as reported by Steve McIntyre at his Climate Audit blog. Steve writes: Yesterday, IPCC chairman Pachauri told Oliver Morton of The Economist at an IPCC event in Brussels that conflict of interest policies would not not … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC | Tagged , , , | 67 Comments

Greenpeace in our time

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

Josh from cartoonsbyjosh.com has been extra busy this week. He writes of the latest IPCC debacle: Christopher Booker suggested a lovely idea for his latest article They did not use it there… it is here instead ;-) Oh but wait…there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC | Tagged , , , , , | 57 Comments

The ARCUS June Arctic Sea Ice Outlook

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

WUWT readers may recall last month when I asked them to complete a web poll for the ARCUS Arctic Sea Ice Outlook. Readers obliged and I submitted the results to ARCUS to be included in their June Outlook, as shown … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | Tagged , , | 102 Comments

Ask and ye shall receive NOAA

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

A while back, I highlighted this, and now comments are open to the public and I’m sure there will be many readers who would like to contribute. NOAA seeks public comments on scientific integrity policy June 16, 2011 NOAA’s draft … Continue reading →

Posted in NOAA | Tagged , , | 82 Comments

The wit and wisdom of ‘Real’ Climate scientist Dr. Ray Pierrehumbert

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

Over at Judith Curry’s place she draws attention to a comment left at Keith Kloor’s Collide-a-Scape by RealClimate founder Dr. Ray Pierrehumbert of the University of Chicago. At left is his photo direct from his department website. Along with the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness | Tagged , , , , | 172 Comments