Monthly Archives: November 2011

The dehydration and bottled water debacle

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

There’s a story making the rounds on websites, some newspapers, and wire services like UPI saying that the EU has  banned any statement (such as on bottled water) that “regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk … Continue reading →

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On the anniversary of Climategate, RealClimate’s Ray Pierrehumbert sings the CO2 blues, Chicago style

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

I’ve previously highlighted the accordion talents of RealClimate co-founder Dr. Ray Pierrehumbert. Now he’s formed a band with two guys named Abbot and Archer, singing the CO2 blues in a music video. How appropriate though, given the politics employed by … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Humor, ridiculae, satire | Tagged , , , , , , , | 99 Comments

Dr. James Hansen’s growing financial scandal, now over a million dollars of outside income

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

It seems esteemed NASA astronomer turned climatologist turned paid activist Dr. James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has not been reporting some income that he is required by law to do. How long will NASA continue … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI, James Hansen, Opinion | Tagged , , | 225 Comments

Make 29% On Your Money, Guaranteed!

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Sounds like a scam, huh? But it’s real. Let me explain how people (no, not you or me, don’t be foolish) can make a guaranteed 29% return on their investment. However, to make it clear, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 210 Comments

Finally, a population crash NOT blamed on global warming

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

From Stanford University , a realization that El Niño an La Niña play far greater roles than any global warming does in ocean populations. Squid mystery in Mexican waters unraveled by Stanford biologist and a class of students While shorter … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, oceans | Tagged , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

Friday Funny: Zombie head exploders and the new IPCC report

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Maybe Joe’s head can be a new source of renewable energy. Just like a zombie, his head keeps coming back from the dead and exploding anew, seemingly every day. All we need to power this is to write more annoying … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire | Tagged | 55 Comments

The GWPF Responds To New IPCC Report

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Natural Variability To Dominate Weather Events Over Coming 20-30 Years Press Release London: For many decades to come, and probably longer, mankind’s influence on the frequency of extreme weather events will be insignificant. According to a preliminary report released by … Continue reading →

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The Empty Chamber

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Guest post by Ken Haapala who attended the Markey-Waxman BEST briefing on Monday. “Where are they?” the lady sitting beside me asked out loud, looking around anxiously. “Who?” I inquired. “The press!” she said, “The place was packed the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 92 Comments

Good news from UVa, earthquake early warning may be possible

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Study: Ozone From Rock Fracture Could Serve As Earthquake Early Warning — Researchers the world over are seeking reliable ways to predict earthquakes, focusing on identifying seismic precursors that, if detected early enough, could serve as early warnings. New research, … Continue reading →

Posted in Earthquakes, ozone | Tagged , , , , , , | 51 Comments

I Blame The Australian Carbon Tax for Price Increases

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach You likely didn’t realize that the First Rule for the Carbon Tax Club is … nobody talks about the Carbon Tax Club. And not only that … it could cost the poor Aussies big bucks … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 275 Comments

Ben Santer’s 17 year itch

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Ben Santer issues a press release on Eurekalert today to “smack down” the non warming we’ve experienced over the last 10-12 years, as I pointed out here for the USA. But the issue goes back further than that. Phil Jones … Continue reading →

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Why BEST Will Not Settle the Climate Debate

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

By S. Fred Singer (first published in American Thinker) Global warming has re-entered public consciousness in recent days, partly because of the buzz surrounding the release of warming results from the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project. The reaction of … Continue reading →

Posted in Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature | Tagged , , , , , , | 142 Comments

Happy birthday to WUWT – 5 years today

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

I’ve sort of dreaded writing a post for this day, mainly because it brings out a lot of emotions when I look back over 5 years. I started this blog under the auspices of the local newspaper, the Chico Enterprise … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged , , , , , , , | 377 Comments

Mann gets Medal

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

From Penn State,  the best news they’ve had all month: Mann to receive Hans Oeschger Medal from European Geosciences Union Michael Mann, professor of meteorology and geosciences and director, Earth System Science Center, Penn State, was awarded the Hans Oeschger … Continue reading →

Posted in GLOC | 185 Comments

Quote of the week – “an anticlimactic climate hearing”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

It seems there was darned little interest in the Waxman-Markey circus aka “An End of Climate Change Skepticism”. Even one of the scientists speaking, William Chameides aka “The Green Grok” lamented the fact that nobody came. He writes at HuffPo

Posted in Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature, politics | 36 Comments

New ten year plan for carbon and climate science

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

From the Carnegie Institution , what looks to be a throwback to the old days of central planning has been introduced, except it is twice as good as that, ten years instead of five. The only difference between the ten … Continue reading →

Posted in Government idiocy | 68 Comments

Durban climate conference DOA before it gets started

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

Newsbytes from Dr. Benny Peiser, The GWPF Europe’s Durban Plan Kaput Europe’s attempt to formulate a ‘coalition of the willing’ seems doomed. The BASIC countries – China, India, South Africa and Brazil — have already taken a position that any … Continue reading →

Posted in Durban Climate Conference, newsbytes | Tagged , , , , | 64 Comments

Help settle the Renewable Energy Debate at The Economist

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

Guest post by Robert Bradley, Master Resource I have been studying the global warming debate from a physical scientific and political economy basis for 20 years. And I remain amazed at how the energy/climate alarmists will not concede (are ‘in … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Opinion | Tagged , | 157 Comments

Arrrggh! Let’s help Time with Pachy’s “voodoo science”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

UPDATE: WUWT Gets results – Time fixes the error! See below. Reader HowardW sends this tip. Almost two years after the discovery of this ridiculous error, once labeled “voodoo science” by IPCC Rajenda Pachauri when told of skeptics pointing out … Continue reading →

Posted in glaciers, IPCC | Tagged , | 61 Comments

Erratic, extreme, press release puts Princeton climate science in a new light

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Must be Durban season. From Princeton University here’s a highly charged press release lapped up by some MSM professional worriers today that uses words like “erratic and extreme” to describe that it’s getting rainier in some places, a whole third … Continue reading →

Posted in Durban Climate Conference, modeling, Science | Tagged , , , , | 127 Comments

Are secular correlations between sunspots, geomagnetic activity, and global temperature significant?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

New paper by Love et al suggests no prominent role for solar‐terrestrial interaction in global climate change. I’m providing it here for discussion. We are not convinced that the combination of sunspot‐number, geomagnetic‐activity, and global‐temperature data can, with a purely … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, solar | Tagged , , , | 273 Comments

ENSO, a bigger climate driver than once thought

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

From the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science University of Miami study rethinks the ocean’s role in Pacific climate The new study can aid scientists in better understanding regional and global effects of climate change in … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO | Tagged , , | 58 Comments

Tisdale on model initialization in wake of the leaked IPCC draft

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Should Climate Models Be Initialized To Replicate The Multidecadal Variability Of The Instrument Temperature Record During The 20th Century? Guest post by Bob Tisdale The coupled climate models used to hindcast past and project future climate in the IPCC’s 2007 report … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, modeling | Tagged , , , , , , | 120 Comments

Why I want Mike Mann’s Emails

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

By Dr. David Schnare N.B., Dr. Schnare is the lead attorney in the UVA-Mann email case. This week Nature Magazine published an editorial suggesting that “access to personal correspondence is a freedom too far” and that Michael Mann, whom they … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI, Michael E. Mann | Tagged , , , , , | 213 Comments

UEA: shake-shake-shake up your Carbon at Durban

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

From the University of East Anglia  some news that a Major shake-up of carbon markets is called for. To that I ask: what carbon market? Seems they are pretty much DOA now. Research from the University of East Anglia calls … Continue reading →

Posted in cap-and-trade, carbon credits, Durban Climate Conference | Tagged , , , | 44 Comments