Monthly Archives: September 2011

One side effect of a warmer Arctic, it will be cleaner due to black carbon scavenging

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

No polar bears and Arctic foxes  aren’t scavenging carbon, but more moisture during summer months will. Arctic air may become cleaner as temperatures rise The air in the Arctic is cleaner during summer than during winter. Previous studies have shown … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon soot | Tagged | 22 Comments

Pielke Sr. on a new paper discussing urban climate issues

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

New Paper “Climatic Trends In Major U.S. Urban Areas, 1950–2009″ By Mishra and Lettenmaier By Dr. Roger Pielke Senior There is a new paper Mishra, V., and D. P. Lettenmaier (2011), Climatic trends in major U.S. urban areas, 1950–2009, Geophys. Res. … Continue reading →

Posted in UHI | Tagged , , , , | 61 Comments

Kyoto fail – CO2 emissions still going up

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

From the European Commission Joint Research Centre Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) – the main cause of global warming – increased by 45 % between 1990 and 2010, … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , | 99 Comments

Our own CTM is a “nasty cruel man”

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

Heh, gaze upon the face that launched a thousand quips. I figured though, that I owed Dellers a linky for the big LOL I got this morning as I read that CTM gets press in the UK Telegraph for his … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, fun_stuff | Tagged , , | 90 Comments

Dueling climatic wildfire studies

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

It seems that for every alarming press release these days, we can find an opposite and equal reaction. Perhaps we should dub it the First (or maybe third) Law of Climate Skepticism. We have this from the National Science Foundation … Continue reading →

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Climate Craziness of the Week – have we had our fill yet?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

From Reuters:  The sky will soon be full, view it while you can.

Posted in Climate Craziness of the Week | Tagged | 117 Comments

Study suggests Arctic sea ice loss is not irreversible

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

We covered this topic before on WUWT, but it showed up again in this week’s AGU highlights. Given the attention to the recent Arctic sea ice low and quick turnaround, I thought it would be appropriate to mention again. From … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, modeling | Tagged , , , | 69 Comments

Peer review is dead, long live blog review

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

By Marc Hendrickx writing in ABC’s The Drum In January 2009, Nature splashed its front cover with the results of a new study titled ‘Warming of the Antarctic ice-sheet surface since the 1957 International Geophysical Year’. The article was accompanied … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, peer review | Tagged , , , , | 54 Comments

Note to Tamino: Cherries are not the only fruit

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Guest post by Verity Jones A Tamino rant aimed at Joe D’Aleo’s Arctic ice refreezing after falling short of 2007 record (also at ICECAP) has had me smiling.  Tamino’s accusation against Joe of cherry picking are centred on one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | Tagged , , | 73 Comments

UV low during recent solar minimum

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

From the American Geophysical Union: Ultraviolet solar irradiance was low during recent solar minimum Solar irradiance, which varies with the 11-year solar cycle and on longer time scales, can affect temperature and winds in the atmosphere, influencing Earth’s climate. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | Tagged , , , , | 53 Comments

Bishop Hill and the skeptical cookbook

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Oh this is fun, Bishop Hill catches John Cook’s “Skeptical Science” in a revisionism gaffe using The Wayback Machine. He writes:

Posted in Alarmism, Antarctic, GLOC | Tagged , , | 65 Comments

Pielke Sr. on that hide and seek ocean heat

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Torpedoing Of The Use Of The Global Average Surface Temperature Trend As The Diagnostic For Global Warming By Dr. Roger Pielke Senior There is a new paper by Gerald Meehl of NCAR and other collaborators  that has been announced in the media; i.e. … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans, Trenberth's missing heats | Tagged , , | 160 Comments

Times Atlas Greenland ice fubar: Death by Wikipedia?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

UPDATE: The publisher of the Atlas has issued a clarification and apology: The Times Atlas is renowned for its authority and we do our utmost to maintain that reputation. In compiling the content of the atlas, we consult experts in … Continue reading →

Posted in Greenland ice sheet | Tagged , , , | 57 Comments

“Technology funding makes climate protection cheaper”

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

From the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research a call to bring on the carbon trading and other tools. Of course, its all just modeling again. 09/19/2011 – To cost-effectively protect the climate, not only an emissions trading scheme but … Continue reading →

Posted in cap-and-trade, carbon credits | Tagged , , | 42 Comments

New peer reviewed paper: clouds have large negative cooling effect on Earth’s radiation budget

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Oh dear, now we have three peer reviewed papers (Lindzen and Choi, Spencer and Braswell, and now Richard P. Allan) based on observations that show a net negative feedback for clouds, and a strong one at that. What will Trenberth … Continue reading →

Posted in clouds, Spencer-Braswell and Dessler | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 315 Comments

Whose Reality is it Anyway?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

by charles the moderator [updated to correct usage of the words rank and reach. The correct graphs were used originally, but I used the wrong word to describe them] Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project claims 8.6 million views of their … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Alarmism | Tagged , , , , | 89 Comments

Climate clam chowder has a spicy ENSO rhythm from an old recipe

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

From the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research comes word that the climate varied before, just like it does today, and we won’t be stuck with a permanent El Niño. Imagine that. 50-million-year-old clam shells provide indications of … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, ENSO, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , , | 27 Comments

Early Winter in Switzerland

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Global Warming alarmists have long claimed that snowfall would soon be a thing of the past in the Swiss Alps, that the glaciers would melt, tourists would leave, and the ski industry would die. There CERTAINLY would not be any … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | Tagged , , , , , | 86 Comments

‘Atlasgate’ deepens: NSIDC rejects being a specific source of The Times Atlas 15% Greenland ice loss claim

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

The Guardian has this article up today: The claim was this: “for the first time, the new edition of the (atlas) has had to erase 15% of Greenland’s once permanent ice cover – turning an area the size of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Greenland ice sheet | Tagged , , , , , | 112 Comments

Uncertain, impaired, models

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

There’s a runway joke in here somewhere, but it seems that this is a pitch for a new satellite program. From the National Physical Laboratory Uncertain climate models impair long-term climate strategies New calibration satellite required to make accurate predictions, … Continue reading →

Posted in modeling | 93 Comments

“There is to our knowledge no support for this claim in the published scientific literature.”

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

When megawarmist Richard Black of the BBC pans it, you know it’s a problem. WUWT covered this story earlier, now the crescendo is building on this fancifully exaggerated claim about Greenland melting. The Times Atlas says: “for the first time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Greenland ice sheet | 69 Comments

Forbes: Can We Really Call Climate Science A Science?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Below are excerpts from a story by Paul Roderick Gregory, in Forbes, plus an examination of how desperate the website SkepticalScience seems to have become in the way they treat professionals. Excerpts from Forbes: ================================================ Three recent events have brought … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness | 131 Comments

Impressive timelapse movie from the ISS shows active thunderstorms & city nightlights

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

This was featured on Slashdot, and I thought I’d share it here since it is so impressive. From the description on YouTube: A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. … Continue reading →

Posted in space | Tagged | 33 Comments

A Layman’s Paper: Pneumatic Effects on Thermohaline Flow

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

Guest post by Caleb Shaw Possible links between thermohaline circulation and the ENSO cycle were suggested by Bill Grey as early as the late 1970’s. I became interested in this linkage when I learned Gore and Hansen, (who at that … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | Tagged | 47 Comments

Tisdale on Ocean Heat Content Anomalies

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

April to June 2011 NODC Ocean Heat Content Anomalies (0-700Meters) Update and Comments Guest post by Bob Tisdale A NEW APPEARANCE Due to the noise in the Ocean Heat Content anomaly data for some of the ocean basins, I’ve added 13-month … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans, Trenberth's missing heats | Tagged , , , , , | 66 Comments