Daily Archives: January 4, 2013

Friday Funny

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Posted in Al Gore, Humor, Satire | 77 Comments

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Beche-de-mer

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Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The atoll of Ontong Java, in the Solomon Islands, is unusual for a few reasons. First, it’s huge, one of the largest atolls in the South Pacific. Second, unlike the main islands of the Solomon … Continue reading →

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Counting Sunspots and Sunspot Inflation

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Guest post by Dr. Leif Svalgaard The official sunspot number is issued by SIDC in Brussels http://sidc.be/sunspot-data/ . The [relative] sunspot number was introduced by Rudolf Wolf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Wolf   in the middle of the 19th century. He called it the … Continue reading →

Posted in Solar | Tagged , , , , | 205 Comments

The Dr. David Viner moment we’ve all been waiting for…a new snow record

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WUWT readers surely recall this most often quoted prediction about snow. From the Independent’s most cited article: Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past by Charles Onians: However, the warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters … Continue reading →

Posted in records, snowfall, Weather | Tagged , , , , , | 248 Comments

Neutrons and the 1970s cooling period

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Note: the original title Solar Neutrons and the 1970s cooling period was unintentionally misleading as Dr. Svalgaard points out in comments: What produces Solar Neutrons? the title of the post is misleading. The cosmic rays are protons, not neutrons, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Solar | Tagged , , , , , , | 139 Comments