Monthly Archives: March 2012

Oregon State Climatologist to be on heated panel April 10th

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

WUWT readers may remember the fiasco from the Oregon State Museum of Science and Industry where they invited, then dis-invited the AMS Oregon Chapter to have a panel because they didn’t consider it “balanced” enough. Translation: “we don’t want any … Continue reading →

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Dusting for Fingerprints in the Holocene

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Guest Post by David Middleton Fingerprints are admissible evidence in criminal trials because of their uniqueness. The probability of two human beings having identical fingerprints is very low. Measurements of δ13C depletion have often been cited as anthropogenic “fingerprints,” proving … Continue reading →

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Another blow to warmist hysteria over weather is not climate unless we say it is: “2011 damage is qualitatively indistinguishable from 1974″

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Until the April 26/27th 2011 tornado outbreak, The April 3rd 1974 was the biggest outbreak of tornadoes in US history. Last year, the usual suspects railed about how the outbreak was a clear consequence of global warming> climate change> climate … Continue reading →

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Mystery cloud spotted on Mars by amateur astronomer

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Here’s something fascinating and puzzling, maybe WUWT readers can help figure this one out. There’s also a neat flipbook animation below the read more line. Wayne Jaeschke writes: Here’s a stumper for any Mars experts. While processing my Mars images … Continue reading →

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New EPA rule will block all new coal-electric generation

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Guest post by Alec Rawls The upcoming rule: … will require any new power plant to emit no more than 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt of electricity produced. The average U.S. natural gas plant, which emits 800 to … Continue reading →

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Crack in the Antarctic!

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

From the University of Texas at Austin, a press release to tell us the ice shelves in the Antarctic peninsula are losing their grip and cracking a bit. That could be tragic, except, well, sea ice in Antarctica is growing. … Continue reading →

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Asking a personal favor for my community – all I need is a click

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Personal note: I need a little help for my community. Since the State of California is morally and fiscally bankrupt, they have pulled the plug on the treasure of our town, the Bidwell Mansion, a true relic of the California … Continue reading →

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Ramanathan and Almost-Black Carbon

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach My thanks to Nick Stokes and Joel Shore. In the comments to my post on the effects of atmospheric black carbon, Extremely Black Carbon, they brought up and we discussed the results of Ramanathan et … Continue reading →

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Thank you Senator Kerry, for saying what we already know

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

This just in from The Daily Climate, Kerry tells us we are winning, but the blames the usual suspects rather than the message itself. I love the part about where we “made up our own science“, which is sort of … Continue reading →

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Yes, I know, I covered it first: The Medieval Warm Period was Global

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

I must have had 20 tips and notes/contacts over the past 24 hours like this one: New temperature proxy discovered An article (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2120512/Global-warming-Earth-heated-medieval-times-human-CO2-emissions.html) in the Mail Online describes a paper (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X12000659) detailing a new temperature proxy that indicates that the … Continue reading →

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Will Happer’s WSJ rebuttal to NOAA’s Lubchenco and Karl

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Readers may recall seeing this article in Physics Today titled Predicting and managing extreme weather events by Jane Lubchenco and Thomas R. Karl I had to laugh when I saw the “managing” part of extreme weather events. I’d love to … Continue reading →

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NCSE: When Is purported Science not Science?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Rejected letter to NCSE in response to the awful polemic by David Morrison in NCSE Reports 31(5), along with some preliminary commentary Guest post by Pat Frank Most everyone at WUWT knows that the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) … Continue reading →

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Vampire bats? Must be a slow news day at Climate Progress

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Almost every day, the ridiculo-meter pegs over at Joe Romm’s place. But today is special. He neuters his own headline in the very first paragraph. I just had to share the laughs. Yes, the vampire bats are coming to get … Continue reading →

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Oh noes! State of the planet: We saw a ‘Great Acceleration’.

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

From the Earth System Science Partnership where they feel licensed to tell the rest of us about the “state of the planet” we have this press release admonishing an “unequivocal warning”. The video seems to indicate that we should blame … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News Volume 3 Number 3 – Beaucoup Bering Sea Ice

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

NASA reports in Bering Sea Teeming with Ice that “…the Bering Sea has been choking with sea ice. “ acquired March 19, 2012 download large image (12 MB, JPEG, 6800×8800) acquired March 19, 2012 download GeoTIFF file (95 MB, TIFF) acquired … Continue reading →

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Dr. Roy Spencer on Fox’s John Stossel show

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

I’ve been waiting for this video to show up, Dr. Spencer advises me it is now available. Well worth watching, video below:

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Quote of the Week – a warmer turns cooler

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

I’ve had a feud with David Appell ever since he brought my deceased mother into an attack article about me, which I retort in: David Appell denies he has any class . Maybe that was when he hit bottom, because since … Continue reading →

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Norfolk police give indications that Climategate investigation is (effectively) closed

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Bishop Hill Writes: A surprise from Norfolk Constabulary Norfolk Constabulary have previously released details of their spend on the UEA emails investigation – Operation Cabin. This showed that no money had been spent on the investigation since February 2011, something that strongly … Continue reading →

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Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make green

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

How Green Gullibility, Hyperpartisanship Are Wrecking The Climate Movement by Walter Russell Mead The American Interest (excerpted) One of the biggest intellectual failures of the global green movement against climate change is the persistent failure of its leaders and spokespeople … Continue reading →

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Weather is climate, or loaded dice, or something

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

From the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)  more instituitional worrying turned press release leading up to the upcoming WMO report. I wonder where they get the increase in hurricane intensity from? Apparently they’ve never seen Dr. Ryan Maue’s … Continue reading →

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