Daily Archives: March 8, 2013

A bridge in the climate debate – How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change

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This is one of the most important posts ever on WUWT, it will be a top “sticky” post for a few days, and new posts will appear below this one during that time. People send me stuff. Imagine, shooting 40,000 … Continue reading →

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Posted in Agriculture, Drought, Earth, Land use land cover change | Tagged , , , | 586 Comments

Did Global Warming Prevent a Record-Breaking D.C. Snowstorm?

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Guest post by Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels We haven’t seen any media stories relating global warming to the Wednesday’s weather in D.C. We are certain that this would not have been the case had more than … Continue reading →

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Statistical physics applied to climate modeling

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From Brown University: Statistical physics offers an approach to studying climate change that could dramatically reduce the time and brute-force computing that current simulation techniques require. The new approach focuses on fundamental forces that drive climate rather than on “following … Continue reading →

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The carbon footprint of alternate energy technology

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From Stanford University Stanford scientists calculate the carbon footprint of grid-scale battery technologies Americans take electrical power for granted whenever they flip on a light switch. But the growing use of solar and wind power in the United States makes … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon footprint, Energy, solar power, wind power | Tagged , , | 92 Comments

Marcott et al claim of ‘unprecedented’ warming compared to GISP ice core data

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The very first sentence of the Marcott et al (which is getting heavy press) abstract says: Surface temperature reconstructions of the past 1500 years suggest that recent warming is unprecedented in that time. Okay, let’s have a look at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Marcott et al proxy paper, Paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , | 116 Comments

Global warming is epic, long-term study says

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Image Credit: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center From CNN with comments below by WUWT regular Just The Facts: Global warming has propelled Earth’s climate from one of its coldest decades since the last ice age to one of its hottest … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , | 102 Comments

Our real manmade climate crisis

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The crisis is due not to climate change, but to actions taken in the name of preventing change Guest Post by Paul Driessen In his first address as Secretary of State, John Kerry said we must safeguard “the most sacred … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Opinion | 81 Comments