Monthly Archives: August 2011

ARCUS Sea Ice August forecast online

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

The August SEARCH forecast is now online, a little late this month. As before, I’ll make the poll for WUWT readers available at the end of the month for the final forecast. Personally I think the last WUWT reader poll … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, forecasting, sea ice | 44 Comments

NIST – more GHG measurement needed

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

From the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Greenhouse gases: The measurement challenge The continuing increase in the level of carbon dioxide and other “greenhouse gases” in the Earth’s atmosphere has been identified as a cause for serious concern … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, measurement | 29 Comments

New paper from Lindzen and Choi implies that the models are exaggerating climate sensitivity.

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Dr. Richard Lindzen writes to me with news of this significant new paper saying “It has taken almost 2 years to get this out. “.  Part of that problem appears to be hostile reviewers in earlier submissions to JGR, something … Continue reading →

Posted in climate sensitivity, modeling | 272 Comments

David Suzuki insults, but won’t debate

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

As the climate scare fizzles, Canada’s celebrity environmentalist resorts to ad hominem attacks Guest post by David R. Legates David Suzuki has never met, debated or even spoken with my colleague, scientist Willie Soon. But as more people dismiss Mr. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 153 Comments

The character of climate change part 2

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Guest post by Erl Happ What is the utility of the globe to humanity at this particular point in the evolution of the Earths disparate climatic regimes? Has there been an improvement or deterioration in recent times. To answer these … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 37 Comments

New paper “Climatic trends in major U.S. urban areas” quantifies the UHI effect and the impact on climate trends

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

There’s a new paper which quantifies the effects of the Urban Heat Island and opines on the effect of urban areas on multi-decadal surface temperature trends. It was just published yesterday in Geophysical Research Letters and is quite interesting and … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Temperature, UHI, weather_stations | 47 Comments

Riots May Have Killed Britain’s Green Consensus

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Newsbytes from Dr. Benny Peiser at the GWPF   The riots and their fallout will eat up all the political oxygen for months, if not years to come. A party conference season that should have seen at least some debate … Continue reading →

Posted in newsbytes | 101 Comments

Kiwis flummoxed by significant snow

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Climate Poetic justice in the land of ETS. From the Sydney Morning Herald: Freak snowfall has NZ reeling WELLINGTON: New Zealand is shivering through a one-in-50-year polar blast that has brought snow to much of the country, the weather service … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | 93 Comments

Climate Craziness of the Week: Anthropogenic Girthic Warming

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

I would not have believed the claim if I hadn’t read it here: So the idea is that everybody should lose ten kilos the result of which would be a drop in greenhouse emissions that would be the equivalent of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | 135 Comments

The heartbreak of ethanes

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

From the National Science Foundation Ethane levels yield information about changes in greenhouse gas emissions Research at Greenland and Antarctic shows decline in methane and ethane levels Recent data from NSF-funded research in both Greenland and Antarctica demonstrate that fossil-fuel … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Methane | 51 Comments

Quantifying the Fukushima reactor leak with atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

From the University of California – San Diego  via Eurekalert First quantitative measure of radiation leaked from Fukushima reactor Observations of radioactive sulfur that formed when seawater was used to cool reactors and spent fuel ponds reveal the amount of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News, Disaster, Radiation | 42 Comments

Radiating the Ocean

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Once again, the crazy idea that downwelling longwave radiation (DLR, also called infra-red or IR, or “greenhouse radiation”) can’t heat the ocean has raised its ugly head on one of my threads. Figure 1. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 908 Comments

When is a USHCN airport station not at the airport?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

In his early 60′s schtick “Hippy Dippy Weatherman” comic George Carlin used to say “Why do they always give the temperature at the airport? Nobody lives there!” In the case of the airport weather station in Susanville, CA, he’d be … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, weather_stations | 52 Comments

The character of climate change part 1

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Guest Post by Erl Happ Figure 1 records global temperature as it runs between its minimum in January and maximum in July. Vital information is lost when we reduce the data stream to a computed mean (maximum plus minimum/2). But … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change | 64 Comments

Forests: Damned if they do, damned if they don’t

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

From the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Increased tropical forest growth could release carbon from the soil A new study shows that as climate change enhances tree growth in tropical forests, the resulting increase in litterfall could stimulate soil micro-organisms … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon sequestration | 85 Comments

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

Quote of the Week: “By a small sample, we may judge of the whole piece.” Miguel de Cervantes from Don Quixote – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Number of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News Roundup | 7 Comments

Let them truckers roll down under, 10-4

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

From The Australian, the beginning of a nationwide convoy protesting the carbon tax. I’m sure the delicate sensibilities of the ruling class in Canberra, most of which don’t know the meaning of actual work, will be greatly offended when these … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon tax | 120 Comments

The Tao That Can Be Spoken …

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach As I mentioned in an earlier post,  I’ve started to look at the data from the TAO/TRITON buoy array in the Pacific Ocean. These are an array of moored buoys which collect hourly information on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 85 Comments

Pielke Sr. on the quality of global surface stations

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

Quality Of Global Climate Surface Observing Sites By Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. Anthony Watts, Evan Jones and the numerous outstanding volunteers have provided us with an effective, land breaking documentati0n of the quality of siting of surface observations that are used … Continue reading →

Posted in GHCN, weather_stations | 56 Comments

It’s Not About Feedback

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The current climate paradigm believed by most scientists in the field can be likened to the movement of balls on a pool table. Figure 1. Pool balls on a level table. Response is directly proportional … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 226 Comments

Netherlands testing car use meters that tax your environmental impact as you drive

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

Looks to me like a system ripe for hacking and fraud that will turn ordinary citizens into criminals. The New York Times reports that the Netherlands is testing a new car use tax system that will tax drivers based upon … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon tax, Government idiocy, Technology | 151 Comments

Open Thread

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

I’m off on a small adventure today, chasing and logging a USHCN weather  station which had been misidentified in the early days of the surfacestations project.

Posted in Open Thread | 157 Comments

Pielke Sr: Climate Includes Extreme Events

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

A Forecast Extreme New Zealand Weather Cold and Snow Event By Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. While it is common to state that weather is not climatology, the reality is that climatalogy is composed of a collection of weather events over some … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, snow | 82 Comments

Hey – how much Thorium you got under the hood?

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

Much like “flying cars”, atomic powered cars were a campy futuristic meme of the 50′s, for example, there was the Ford Nucleon concept: From Wikipedia: The Ford Nucleon was a scale model concept car developed by Ford Motor Company in … Continue reading →

Posted in Curious things, energy, thorium power | 173 Comments

Four Possibilities for the Next Atlantic Tropical Storm

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

TRMM Satellite Sees Four Possibilities for the Next Atlantic Tropical Storm On Friday, August 12th, there were no named tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean. However, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now monitoring four areas in the Atlantic … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, weather | 28 Comments