Monthly Archives: February 2013

February 2013 global surface temperature – at normal

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

Dr. Ryan Maue posted one of his WeatherBell analysis maps on Twitter today, and the result is no Headline maker, it is simply “normal”. He writes (image follows): About these ads

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Study suggests ‘snowball Earth’ was real and was reversed by ‘An ultra-high carbon dioxide atmosphere’

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

It makes you wonder what created all that CO2 millions of years ago. From Louisiana State University LSU researchers find new information about ‘Snowball Earth’ period It is rather difficult to imagine, but approximately 635 million years ago, ice may … Continue reading →

Posted in Paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , | 162 Comments

Al Gore’s Reality Drop – Climate Change to Destroy Music?

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

Gosh, is there anything it can’t do? People send me stuff. I would not have believed this unless I saw it from Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, where I constantly wonder what sort of reality those people inhabit. See the … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, Alarmism, Ridiculae | Tagged , | 59 Comments

Dr. Roy Spencer’s climate website has been hacked

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

I have confirmed that http://www.drroyspencer.com has been hacked and rendered inoperable. Dr. Spencer confirms this in an email exchange with me this AM and writes:

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CMIP5 Model-Data Comparison: Satellite-Era Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

Guest post b y Bob Tisdale As we’ve seen in numerous model-data comparisons, there are few similarities between modeled and observed surface temperatures and precipitation.  See here, here, here, here, and here for examples.  We’ve compared satellite-era sea surface temperature … Continue reading →

Posted in Modeling, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , , | 50 Comments

Blockheaded thinking on well known weather patterns and ‘extreme weather’

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

I had to laugh at this statement from the press release below: “What we found is that during several recent extreme weather events these planetary waves almost freeze in their tracks for weeks.” Gosh,”frozen patterns” like Rex blocks have been … Continue reading →

Posted in heat wave, Weather | Tagged , , | 57 Comments

Germany Weathers Darkest Winter in 43 Years

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

“Overly Overcast: Germany Weathers Darkest Winter in 43 Years” It seems that there’s a lot of gloom in Germany this Winter, more so than usual. This article in Spiegel explains why: “The days may be getting longer, but there’s still … Continue reading →

Posted in Weather | Tagged , , | 73 Comments

Using Energy and Happy about It

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Guest Post by Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times. Last week I received a “Home Energy Report” flyer from Commonwealth Edison, my electricity provider in northern Illinois. The leaflet compared my energy usage to neighbors over the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged , , | 79 Comments

It’s Time For The Person Who Leaked the CRU Emails To Step Forward

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Guest post by Dr. Tim Ball It is important for the person who leaked the emails from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) in November 2009 and 2010 to reveal themselves and release the remaining 200,000 emails. The public are increasingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, Opinion | Tagged , , , | 169 Comments

Cooltech: a nanoscale foglifter and frost inhibitor coating

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

From the American Chemical Society, something interesting. A new anti-frost and anti-fog coating for glass In an advance toward glass that remains clear under the harshest of conditions, scientists are reporting development of a new water-repellant coating that resists both … Continue reading →

Posted in fog, Technology, Weather | Tagged , , | 22 Comments

Global Warming to Endanger Breakfast by 2080!!!

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Guest Post by David Middleton First it was wheat and now it’s coffee. What’s next? Bacon & eggs? This is nothing but alarmist nonsense… Researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew and the Environment and Coffee Forest Forum in … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alarmism, Carbon dioxide, IPCC, James Hansen, Positive effects of CO2, Temperature | Tagged , , , | 61 Comments

Another climate billboard

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Of course we all know about that other ill-fated unabomber billboard last year that went over like a lead radiosonde balloon, but I like this one by CFACT (minus the date controversy of course). Drive by this! Science tells us … Continue reading →

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The NOAA USHCN RAW Data from Boulder, Colorado Restore the Beginning and End of the Modern Warming Regime

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Guest post by Samuel I. Outcalt, Professor Emeritus of Physical Geography, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Abstract: After noticing the strange time dependent behavior of the difference between the NOAA USHCN Average Annual Temperature data in the unadjusted RAW … Continue reading →

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Kenji sniffs out stupid claims by the Union of Concerned Scientists

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

For those of you who don’t know yet, Kenji is our family dog. Kenji is also a official dues paying member of the Union of Concerned scientists. see: Friday Funny – The newest member of the Union of Concerned Scientists because … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, NGOs, Opinion, Politics, Ridiculae, wind power | Tagged , , , , , , | 83 Comments

Here’s a chance for Michael Mann to get his own Nobel Prize medal

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

After being told by the IPCC in no uncertain terms that he can’t make claims like “Nobel Prize Winner”, now with enough cash, he could at least make the claim of Nobel Prize owner. It seems that one is for … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, Michael E. Mann | Tagged , , | 52 Comments

The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project, Original Data For Science Posterity

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Guest post by Dennis Ray Wingo Introduction The foundation of all observational science is data. This is true whether the data is temperature measurements from ground networks, satellites, or any other thing in nature that can be observed, quantified, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Curious things, Science, Space, Technology | Tagged , | 84 Comments

Ocean Temperature And Heat Content

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony has an interesting post up discussing the latest findings regarding the heat content of the upper ocean. Here’s one of the figures from that post. Figure 1. Upper ocean heat content anomaly (OHCA), 0-700 … Continue reading →

Posted in Oceans, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , , , | 230 Comments

Unprecedented: Climate takes an entire category in the 2013 Bloggies Awards – time to place your votes

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

WUWT nominated in two categories. The competition this year is more skeptical than ever! This year, the choices are tougher, since there are so many favorites. Last year I thought it was tough because they threw big names in websites … Continue reading →

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Fact check for Andrew Glikson – Ocean heat has paused too

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Over at The Conversation Andrew Glikson asks Fact check: has global warming paused? citing an old Skeptical Science favorite graph, and that’s the problem; it’s old data. He writes: As some 90% of the global heat rise is trapped in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, Global warming, Oceans | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 524 Comments