Monthly Archives: September 2011

Open Thread Holiday Weekend

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

Since this is a holiday weekend, and after the bombshell Spencer and Braswell revelation today, there’s not much else besides watching tropical storm Lee and Hurricane Katia this weekend.

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Tropical storm Lee and hurricane Katia status and tracking

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

Well it seems the Gulf coast is in for a wet and windy weekend, no joy though for Texas and rain. Katia has regained hurricane strength. Here’s the latest tracks and bulletins: Track:

Posted in hurricanes, weather | 52 Comments

Final 2011 sea ice outlook submitted to ARCUS

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

While I’ve sent this to Helen Wiggins at ARCUS (and have confirmation of receipt), I’m also posting it here for the record. PAN-ARCTIC OUTLOOK  FROM WUWT (acronym for WattsUpWithThat.com)

Posted in Arctic, forecasting, sea ice | 39 Comments

BREAKING: Editor-in-chief of Remote Sensing resigns over Spencer & Braswell paper

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

UPDATE: Sept 6th Hot off the press: Dessler’s record turnaround time GRL rebuttal paper to Spencer and Braswell (September 4) Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. continues his discussion at his blog: Hatchet Job on John Christy and Roy Spencer By Kevin Trenberth, … Continue reading →

Posted in peer review | Tagged , , , | 564 Comments

UAH global temperature, down a bit in August

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

UAH Global Temperature Update for August, 2011: +0.33 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer The global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly for August, 2011 retreated a little, to +0.33 deg. C (click on the image for a LARGE version): Note … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data | 53 Comments

Friday Funny: Peter Piper picked a peck of peakage

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

One of the favorite phrases used by alarmists as a way to worry us over fossil fuels (besides the CO2 component) is to cite “peak oil”, to make us think we won’t be able to locate additional reserves soon. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Humor, satire | 113 Comments

Batteries from the Carboniferous

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

Nature’s (Not-Quite) Perfect Battery by Indur M. Goklany The major drawback of solar power and other renewables is that they cannot be relied on to deliver energy at their rated capacity for every hour of every day of the full … Continue reading →

Posted in energy | 93 Comments

Forget CO2 and Milankovitch cycles, new study says dust in the wind drives climate

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

From the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona  a suggestion that ocean CO2 sequestration  is driven by iron laden dust blown into the oceans that cause phytoplankton blooms, resulting in the ocean as a CO2 sink. It’s another take on the proposed … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 64 Comments

NIPCC, Gleick, heads, sand, water bottles, and all that

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

I’m sure Bishop Hill won’t mind if I pinch this, it shows a rather head in the sand attitude that pervades the people who get money to study global warming, such as the Pacific Institute’s Dr. Peter Gleick. I agree … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, satire | 83 Comments

Tropical Storm Irene

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach When is a hurricane not a hurricane? Well, when it doesn’t blow 64 knots (33 m/sec, 74 mph), because then it’s only a tropical storm. Inspired by a post over at the Cliff Mass Weather … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 205 Comments

Nir Shaviv on the CLOUD experiment, worth a read

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

Israeli Astrophysicist Dr. Nir Shaviv posted a guest essay at Luboš Motl The Reference Frame titled: The CLOUD is clearing In a nutshell he’s saying that cosmic ray flux modulated by solar variability has a strong place right alongside CO2, and … Continue reading →

Posted in cosmic rays, solar | 174 Comments

Reasons to be a Global Warming Skeptic

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

[Note: Charlie Martin of the PJ Tattler graciously agrees to have this reprinted here. While he's taken a bit of artistic license with some claims, such as the "big oil coupon" claim, the gist of it sums up well, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 101 Comments

Newsbytes: Green crash and burn accelerating

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

By Dr. Benny Peiser of The GWPF Organizers of the London 2012 Olympic Games dropped a plan to cut carbon emissions during the sporting showcase, abandoning a pledge made when it defeated eight other cities to host the event. Games … Continue reading →

Posted in newsbytes | 24 Comments

Hurricane Fatalities, 1900–2010: Update

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

by Indur M. Goklany Much to my surprise, I heard from NHC’s Dr. Eric Blake today on the fatalities data for hurricanes. I was sure he would take a break to catch his breath after Irene (and before Katia), and … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes | 54 Comments