Monthly Archives: September 2011

Al Gore’s credibility wanes – just 24% now consider him to be an “expert” on global warming

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

With the upcoming Gore-a-thon set for September 14th, Gore needs an attention boost more than ever. And that’s not all, the number of people that beleive the sun has a role is growing. 60% of likely U.S. Voters think it’s … Continue reading →

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Panorama of tropical activity

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

NASA Sees 3 Tropical Cyclones in the Atlantic Today, plus Lee remnants There are four tropical cyclones or remnants plaguing the Atlantic Ocean basin today, Sept. 8, 2011, and one satellite has captured all four in one image: Katia, Lee, … Continue reading →

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A Note Regarding The NOAA ENSO Meter

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

UPDATE: Ric Werme is graciously producing a new updated meter for the WUWT sidebar, see comments. – Anthony by Bob Tisdale There have been a number of comments at WattsUpWithThat wondering if the NOAA ENSO Meter, Figure 1, is broken. … Continue reading →

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Solyndra Solar raided by FBI

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

I guess the feds want to know where that $535 million dollar “green jobs” DOE loan went. Via Andrew Breitbart and from NBC Bay Area News: FBI agents armed with search warrants descended this morning on bankrupt solar company Solynrda … Continue reading →

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Global Ocean Heat Content Is Still Flat

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

While there’s news of ocean heat content in the Atlantic being pumped up by “leakage” from the Indian Ocean, and NOAA proclaims that La Niña is back, Bob Tisdale finds that the global ocean heat content trend since the turn … Continue reading →

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It’s official: NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says La Niña is back

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

As we reported on WUWT on August 24th, La Niña is now officially “back” with this press release from NOAA. Hopefully NOAAwatch will finally move the ENSO meter they produce (in the WUWT sidebar) from neutral to something that reflects … Continue reading →

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What caused the significant increase in Atlantic Ocean heat content since the mid-20th century?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

This new paper from Lee et al just published in GRL has an answer. It seems warm water is being transported from the Indian Ocean via the Agulhas leakage. Abstract: As the upper layer of the world ocean warms gradually … Continue reading →

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Aircraft measurements show surprisingly high levels of black carbon particles in the global atmosphere – Asia blamed

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

From NCAR/UCAR: First global portrait of greenhouse gases emerges from pole-to-pole flights BOULDER—A three-year series of research flights from the Arctic to the Antarctic has successfully produced an unprecedented portrait of greenhouse gases and particles in the atmosphere, scientists announced … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon soot | Tagged | 60 Comments

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: My Initial Comments on the New Dessler 2011 Study

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

NOTE: This post is important, so I’m going to sticky it at the top for quite a while. I’ve created a page for all Spencer and Braswell/Dessler related posts, since they are becoming numerous and popular to free up the … Continue reading →

Posted in Spencer-Braswell and Dessler | Tagged | 514 Comments

Frozen Global Warming Research

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A number of nations conduct research in Antarctica. To do research in Antarctica, you need to have an icebreaker. As the old saying goes, you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few icebergs … … Continue reading →

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Uranium munching microbes

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

From Michigan State University Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste EAST LANSING, Mich. — Researchers at Michigan State University have unraveled the mystery of how microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste and other toxic metals. Details … Continue reading →

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Mann hires attorneys to halt FOIA document production

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

From the there’s “nothing to see here and my lawyer says so too” department, we have news that Dr. Michael Mann really doesn’t want those UVA emails to get sunlight. From ATI: ‘Hockey Stick’ Creator Michael Mann Seeks Court’s Help … Continue reading →

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Dessler’s GRL paper video

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Perhaps fearing that his fast tracked no hurdles rebuttal to Spencer and Braswell wouldn’t be enough to have it the buzz of the blogosphere, highlighted in Real Climate, and blasted all over the web via compliant MSM via the press … Continue reading →

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Hot off the press: Dessler’s record turnaround time GRL rebuttal paper to Spencer and Braswell

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

UPDATE: Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. has a comment on the paper here: Comments On The Dessler 2011 GRL Paper “Cloud Variations And The Earth’s Energy Budget also, physicist Lubos Motl has an analysis here. The press release from TAMU/Dessler has been … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Katia now category 4 3 2  1

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Katia, after dropping into tropical storm speeds has regained hurricane strength and has rapidly grown to a Category 4 hurricane. Fortunately, it appears it will miss the USA east coast. Here’s the latest tracks and bulletins: Track:

Posted in hurricanes, weather | Tagged , , , | 38 Comments

CET -vs- METO: A problem with Temperature

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

WUWT reader “Ari” tips us to this interesting puzzle on the Central England Temperature series and the Met Office temperature series in the UK doing some wonky diversion. Reposted from: TheWeatherOutlook  »  TWO Community Discussion  »  Weather  » A problem … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | Tagged , | 42 Comments

Journal Deliverance: The True Story of the Climate Hillbillies

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Guest post by Les Johnson (With apologies for lifting the Daily Bayonet tag line multiple times below). “Interconnected” is the theme of this post. It starts of course, with the resignation of Wolfgang Wagner, from the journal called Remote Sensing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, satire | Tagged , , , , | 79 Comments

Monday mirthiness: Autumn – time to test fireworks

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Josh provides some insight on how Kev and Gav test “the package”of  fireworks.

Posted in Humor, satire | Tagged | 27 Comments

The science is scuttled: Abraham, Gleick, and Trenberth resort to libeling Spencer and Christy

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

NOTE: This will be a “sticky”  top post for awhile, new posts appear below this one. UPDATE: Josh weighs in with a new cartoon. I was hoping to have a quiet holiday weekend away from WUWT doing some household chores. … Continue reading →

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Red-shifting the oceans

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

Unisys Is Changing Their Color Scaling On Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Maps by Bob Tisdale A couple of weeks ago, Unisys announced they are changing the color scaling on their daily Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomaly maps. The new Unisys SST … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , , | 61 Comments

The Spencer and Braswell story goes viral

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

Earlier today I checked in to the WUWT dashboard and was surprised to see that WUWT had the #1 story on all of WordPress.com this morning: Tonight, checking in again, I discover not only is WUWT still near the top … Continue reading →

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Weather amnesia

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

Post by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Dr. Judith Curry is quoted in a classic Seth Borenstein AP screed connecting disparate extreme weather events into a tidy AGW-narrative:  “Sometimes it seems as if we have weather amnesia.” The AP article states:  … Continue reading →

Posted in climate_change, weather | Tagged , , , | 41 Comments

Tisdale on debunking AGW intensification claims about Irene

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

Previously on WUWT we saw this: Now Bob Tisdale does a numeric analysis along the track, finding some interesting results. Bill McKibben’s wacky claim seen here Climate activist McKibben bizarrely blames Hurricane Irene on global warming is now dead and buried. … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , , , , , | 25 Comments

A climate change dynamic

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

Guest post by Erl Happ The presumption that ‘the science is settled’ is incorrect. This post aims to give readers an understanding of the dynamics of the coupled circulation of the stratosphere and the troposphere at the poles that drives … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic | 29 Comments

Redefining the Scientific Method–Because Climate Change Science Is Special

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

by Indur M. Goklany Phil Jones famously said: Kevin and I will keep them out somehow – even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!” – Phil Jones 8/7/2004 Today, we have an example: “[T]his is also … Continue reading →

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