Monthly Archives: July 2011

La Niña on the way out, “La Nada” on the way in

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

From NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab: La Niña’s Exit Leaves Climate Forecasts in Limbo It’s what Bill Patzert, a climatologist and oceanographer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., likes to call a “La Nada” – that puzzling period between … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO | 62 Comments

The IPCC and high biased climate sensitivity

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Nicholas Lewis (who with Jeff Id and Ryan O’Donnell rebutted Steig et al and the flawed Antarctica surface temperature analysis) writes in with a note about a post on Climate, Etc. (Judith Curry’s blog) related to the IPCC AR4 and … Continue reading →

Posted in climate sensitivity, IPCC | 48 Comments

Roy Spencer’s new book

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Dr. Roy Spencer has a new book out, and I’m happy to give him space on WUWT with a plug for it. Josh of cartoonsbyjosh.com did the cover art. Looks like Roy was funded by “big fire” in writing this … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review | Tagged | 129 Comments

Study: solar activity lull increases chances of cold UK winters

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

From the Institute of Physics More than 1 in 10 chance of colder UK winters As the Sun enters a period of low solar activity over the next 50 years, new research has calculated the probability of unusually cold winter … Continue reading →

Posted in solar, weather | Tagged , , , , , , | 106 Comments

On this July 4th, thank “climate disruption” for saving the USA in 1814

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

This is a little known story about how a tornado saved the United States from the British in the War of 1812 as they started to burn Washington, DC. Just having come from there for ICCC6, and this being Independence … Continue reading →

Posted in tornadoes, weather | Tagged , , , , | 71 Comments

Breaking: A peer reviewed admission that “global surface temperatures did not rise between 1998 and 2008″ – Dr David Whitehouse on the PNAS paper Kaufmann et al. (2011)

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

The Kaufmann et al 2011 paper (Note: Michael L. Mann is a co-author, not the same as Michael E. Mann of hockey team fame) was embargoed until 8PM GMT (12PM PDT) today, and we have an advance copy thanks to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, peer review | Tagged , , | 185 Comments

Fly your flag

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

As always, I always put up a reminder for Americans to fly your flag on national holidays that are honoring our nation and those who served. Today is no exception. Yes, that’s my electric car in the driveway.

Posted in Announcements | 82 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “Urgent and unprecedented environmental and social changes challenge scientists to define a new social contract… a commitment on the part of all scientists to devote their energies and talents to the most pressing problems of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | Tagged , , , | 14 Comments

Wow, Lynas tells it like it is.

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

This is in the UK Daily mail today, and it’s like sacrilege to the greens to have one of ther own say this:

Posted in Climate News, energy | Tagged , | 150 Comments

Climate change hype – it’s turtles all the way down under

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

From the Society for Experimental Biology via Eurekalert, now making the rounds on websites like ScienceDaily, worrisome news that climate change will possibly, maybe, could, put the endangered Mary river turtle in Australia at further risk. Even the author of … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Environment, ridiculae | Tagged , , , , , | 70 Comments

Bastardi on outdoor grilling, 4th of July, AGW, and all that

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

Here’s a 4th of July message from Joe Bastardi of WeatherBell regarding this idiotic piece in the NYT. Click the image at left for the story. He’ll be on Fox News tomorrow morning to talk more about it. Then there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff | Tagged , , , | 86 Comments

The Ups and Downs of Sea Level

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Much has been made in AGW circles of the sea level forecast of Vermeer and Rahmstorf, in “Global sea level linked to global temperature” (V&R2009).  Their estimate of forecast sea level rise was much larger … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 109 Comments

Climate Craziness of the Week: Mike Smith on “This Week’s Stupidest Global Warming Story”

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

By Mike Smith of Meteorological Musings This story from London’s Daily Mail is so bad, the reporter won’t even put his or her name on it. In the story, we learn the Joplin tornado was caused by global warming.  We learn … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | Tagged , , , , | 102 Comments

Yes, Virginia, there is an FOIA

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A judge has ordered the University of Virginia to release Professor Michael Mann’s emails pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Mann is the climatologist who developed of the “Hockeystick” graph, which became … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 184 Comments

Wining and Climate Change in California

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

Oh dear, another alarming press release from Stanford’s Noah Diffenbaugh. Apparently according to his super duper climate model, climate change is going to affect only premium wine grapes. So it appears Ripple, Franzia Box wine, and MD 20/20 are safe … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism | Tagged , , , , | 138 Comments

Coral bleaching on the GBR – no evidence of net decline

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

From Andrew Bolt at Australia’s Herald Sun below, some sharp evidence in a new paper that the “coral bleaching” scare of the Great Barrier Reef is unfounded and mostly made up. This study indicates that at the scale of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, oceans | Tagged , , , , , | 98 Comments

What’s Up Next?

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Guest post by J Storrs Hall There are several ways to predict what the temperature trends of the next century will be like.  The standard method of prediction in science is to create a theory which embodies a model, test … Continue reading →

Posted in paleoclimatology | Tagged , | 155 Comments

George Monbiot’s denial fantasy tweet

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

UPDATE: About an hour after this story was posted, Monbiot backs down, see below. – Anthony =========================================== Sheesh, can’t these people read? I find the timing of this more than coincidental. George Monbiot tweets: Secret funding of climate change deniers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 174 Comments

ICCC6 live feed again today

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Video link and agenda schedule follow.

Posted in Announcements | Tagged , | 18 Comments

Cleaner air may result in increased solar insolation and therefore warming.

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

This makes me wonder if the temperature dip in the 1970′s where everyone was worried about global cooling wasn’t partially driven by atmospheric aerosols. With the advent of pollution controls, certainly we have cleaner (and more optically transparent) skies since … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, Obvious science | Tagged , , | 116 Comments