Monthly Archives: September 2011

Trenberth’s missing heat? Look to the deep

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

From the National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research  an explanation for Global Ocean Heat Content Is Still Flat. Key point from the press release: Observations from a global network of buoys showed some warming in the upper ocean, … Continue reading →

Posted in modeling, oceans, Trenberth's missing heats | Tagged , , | 205 Comments

Monckton answers a troll

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

This is a response by Christopher Monckton to the comment on the Nurse anti-science thread yesterday by anonymous commenter “The other Brian” who in typical troll style, tries to distract away from the post and point being made with noise.- … Continue reading →

Posted in climate ugliness | 186 Comments

CBS News – New York Times Poll shows the public has mostly given up on global warming and the environment

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Got some vikes, AB, and a nap for my ear infection, decided to check email, found a link to this poll so figured I’d better pass it on. I was surprised. Here’s question 88: 88. Which statement comes closest to … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, global warming, Opinion | Tagged , , , | 123 Comments

Monckton on Paul Nurse’s “anti-science”

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Monckton submits this rebuttal argument to the piece in the New Scientist Stamp out anti-science in US politics here. He doesn’t expect his rebuttal to be published. Background: Paul Nurse is a Nobel prizewinner and Royal Society president. Stamp out anti-science … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, politics, Science | Tagged , , | 195 Comments

Open thread weekend

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

I’m stepping away today. Not feeling well, ear infections (due to wearing two hearing aids) are a chronic problem for me and I have a raging one today, so I’ll just be cranky. Off to the clinic then. [update: Please … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Thread | 93 Comments

If you are getting a virus message on WUWT…

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

I’ve had several people write to me that they are getting reports that WUWT is “infected” with a virus. The common thread to the reports is AVG software, which seems to think some image thumbnails have a virus: I’ve taken … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged , , , | 77 Comments

Complaints over false info in new Times World Atlas grow

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Yesterday we pointed out how an island shown on a map 50 years ago was cited (because it appears today and was finally given a name) as “proof” of Greenland ice melt. Now some heavy hitters are weighing in saying … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, glaciers, Greenland ice sheet | Tagged , , , , | 30 Comments

Deep Carbon Pollution?

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

From the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this press release was for some reason included in the atmospheric science category of Eurekalert. Carbon cycle reaches Earth’s lower mantle, Science study reports Evidence of carbon cycle found in ‘superdeep’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Curious things | Tagged , | 52 Comments

Arctic ice refreezing after falling short of 2007 record

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow The arctic ice appears to have bottomed out at a level 6.4% higher than the 2007 record. Mark Serreze of the National Snow and Ice Data Center says the Arctic could be ice-free in … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Sea Ice News | Tagged , , , , , | 89 Comments

Warming Island: Just another Warmist myth

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Guest post by David Middleton Like a zombie, this island keeps resurrecting itself in the gullible press. Problem is, its been on the maps for 50+ years. From the Guardian yesterday: New atlas shows extent of climate change The world’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, global warming | Tagged , , , | 78 Comments

Mann Fighting Release of UVA emails on Hockey stick

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

ATI Statement on Results from Today’s Hearing in Freedom of Information Act Case Against U. of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 16, 2011 Contact: Paul Chesser, paul.chesser@atinstitute.org Today in Prince William County court Judge Gaylord Finch delayed arguments and the … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI | Tagged , , | 181 Comments

Newsbytes: Obama/EPA put CO2 regulation on hold

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

While the Goreacle was bloviating about “24 hours of climate reality“, Obama quietly slipped in the real reality – CO2 regulation is put on hold and Gore’s quest to regain his climate mojo has been made even more irrelevant. Obama … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, politics | Tagged , , , , | 70 Comments

Quote of the Week – on being part of the problem

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

There’s an old saying, “be part of the solution rather than the problem”.  Team science is now quantified thanks to Andrew Montford.

Posted in Quote of the Week | 34 Comments

Trenberth gets a rebuttal to Spencer and Braswell published: turnaround 1 day

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Turbo Peer Review is the new normal it seems. Steve McIntyre at Climate Audit writes: Bishop Hill draws attention to the publication of Trenberth’s comment on Spencer and Braswell 2011 in Remote Sensing. Unlike Trenberth’s presentation to the American Meteorological … Continue reading →

Posted in peer review, Spencer-Braswell and Dessler | Tagged , , , , | 69 Comments

Water evaporated from trees cools global climate

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

From the Carnegie Institution – maybe we should build more cooling towers. Washington, DC. — Scientists have long debated about the impact on global climate of water evaporated from vegetation. New research from Carnegie’s Global Ecology department concludes that evaporated … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Obvious science | Tagged , , | 106 Comments

Australia’s Carbon tax’s poisonous pill

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Story submitted by Richard Abbott At the last Australian federal election the incumbent government lead by prime minister Julia Gillard’s Labor party stood with a “no carbon tax policy”. To form a minority Labor party government three elected independent members … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon tax | Tagged , , , | 180 Comments

Did Al Gore get the Miss Rhode Island Idea from Woody Allen’s “Bananas”?

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

Joe Bastardi writes in regarding this WUWT story about Miss Rhode Island talking about sea level rise on Gore’s Climate Reality Project Check this out, (its hilarious)  though it has some PG parts,  pay attention to the last minute and … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Gorefest11 | Tagged , , , , | 32 Comments

Gore-a-thon: Finis

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

Thanks to everyone who participated. We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming. But, you can still review all the great cartoons from Josh.

Posted in Al Gore, Gorefest11 | Tagged , | 84 Comments

24 Hours of Climate Reality: Gore-a-thon – Hour 24

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

A new post containing a cartoon from Josh will appear every hour. At the end of the 24 hours, everything will be collated on a single page. Readers are encouraged to post skeptical arguments below, as well as offer comments … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Gore-a-thon 2011 | Tagged , , , , | 41 Comments

24 Hours of Climate Reality: Gore-a-thon – Hour 23

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

A new post containing a cartoon from Josh will appear every hour. At the end of the 24 hours, everything will be collated on a single page. Readers are encouraged to post skeptical arguments below, as well as offer comments … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Gore-a-thon 2011, IPCC, modeling | Tagged , , , , | 40 Comments

Cloud Radiation Forcing in the TAO Dataset

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach This is the third in a series ( Part 1, Part 2 ) of occasional posts regarding my somewhat peripatetic analysis of the data from the TAO moored buoys in the Western Pacific. I’m doing construction work these days, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 183 Comments

24 Hours of Climate Reality: Gore-a-thon – Hour 22

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

A new post containing a cartoon from Josh will appear every hour. At the end of the 24 hours, everything will be collated on a single page. Readers are encouraged to post skeptical arguments below, as well as offer comments … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Gore-a-thon 2011, IPCC, modeling | Tagged , , | 17 Comments

24 Hours of Climate Reality: Gore-a-thon – Hour 21

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

A new post containing a cartoon from Josh will appear every hour. At the end of the 24 hours, everything will be collated on a single page. Readers are encouraged to post skeptical arguments below, as well as offer comments … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Gore-a-thon 2011, IPCC, modeling | Tagged , , | 18 Comments

Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project brings on Miss Rhode Island to talk about sea level rise

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

UPDATE: Allison Rogers, Miss Rhode Island 2006, responds below UPDATE2: Paul Higgins, who also appears in the video, responds in comments here 2011/09/20 at 6:31 am Because, well, Miss Florida wasn’t available. Our friend Ecotretas writes: It is rising… Climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Gorefest11 | Tagged , , | 88 Comments

24 Hours of Climate Reality: Gore-a-thon – Hour 20

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

A new post containing a cartoon from Josh will appear every hour. At the end of the 24 hours, everything will be collated on a single page. Readers are encouraged to post skeptical arguments below, as well as offer comments … Continue reading →

Posted in Gore-a-thon 2011 | Tagged , | 8 Comments