Author Archives: John Goetz

Just Another East Coast Blizzard

Posted on December 27, 2010

Guest post by John Goetz I read Judah Cohen’s opinion piece in the New York Times yesterday and could not decide if he was being serious or not when he concluded “It’s all a snow job by nature. The reality … Continue reading →

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GISS Step 1: Does it influence the trend?

Posted on July 22, 2009

Guest post by John Goetz The GISStemp Step 1 code combines “scribal records” (multiple temperature records collected at presumably the same station) into a single, continuous record. There are multiple detailed posts on Climate Audit (including this one) that describe … Continue reading →

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And now, the most influential station in the GISS record is …

Posted on July 20, 2009

Guest post by John Goetz The GISS temperature record, with its various adjustments, estimations, and re-estimations, has drawn my attention since I first became interested in the methods used to measure a global temperature. In particular, I have wondered how … Continue reading →

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GISS: World’s airports continue to run warmer than ROW

Posted on July 15, 2009

Guest post by John Goetz As noted in the previous post, GISS has released their monthly global temperature summary for June, 2009. This month’s whopping anomaly of 0.63C is once again much higher than that of RSS, UAH, and even … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate data, UHI, Uncategorized, Weather_stations | 137 Comments

Using the Dead to Fight AGW

Posted on November 29, 2008

by John Goetz In what seems to be a script straight from a Monty Python classic, the good folks of Santa Coloma de Gramenet in Spain seem to have found a rather novel use for the dead: as a tool … Continue reading →

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GISS Releases (Suspect) October 2008 Data

Posted on November 10, 2008

by John Goetz Update: Thanks to an email from John S. – a patron of climateaudit.org – we have learned that the Russian data in NOAA’s GHCN v2.mean dataset is corrupted. For most (if not all) stations in Russia, the … Continue reading →

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Can Oyster Art Curb Global Warming?

Posted on October 17, 2008

by John Goetz Here is an fun press release I ran across on prweb.com. If Ms. Haseltine is successful in her project, we might see more local produce on the Grand Central Station Oyster Bar menu. But will it actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Fun_stuff | 45 Comments

St. Andrews Golf Course Doomed by Global Warming

Posted on October 13, 2008

Posted by John Goetz Speculation abounds that the St Andrews golf course in Scotland will disappear by mid-century – a scant 42 years from now – due to global warming. From theherald.co.uk. Water hazard: how global warming could sink St … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Ridiculae | 93 Comments

Haggis at risk from global warming

Posted on October 8, 2008

From the Now I’ve Heard Everything department. First it was polar bears, now it is sheep guts. The Telegraph.co.uk By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Haggis is at risk of dying out due to of global warming. The meat pudding is … Continue reading →

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GISS Releases September 2008 Data

Posted on October 8, 2008

GISS (Goddard Institute of Space Studies) Surface Temperature Analysis (GISSTemp) released their monthly global temperature anomaly data for September 2008. Following is the monthly global ∆T from January to September 2008: Year J  F  M  A  M  J  J  A  S … Continue reading →

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Kum Ba Yah

Posted on September 26, 2008

by John Goetz I just ran across the following news article from Pitchfork Media: Jarvis, Feist Sail to Arctic to Investigate Global Warming Laurie Anderson, Robyn Hitchcock, Martha Wainwright, and Ryuichi Sakamoto too! Feist, Jarvis Cocker, and a bunch of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Politics, Ridiculae | 58 Comments

Global Warming causing Cannibalism

Posted on September 24, 2008

by John Goetz OK, I know the catchy headline and picture of Hannibal Lecter got you worrying a little about that neighbor of yours who is stocking up on fava beans and chianti. But the headline is misleading, as is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Ridiculae | 74 Comments

Rubber Duckie

Posted on September 24, 2008

by John Goetz Rubber Duckie, you’re the one, You make bathtime lots of fun, Rubber Duckie, I’m awfully fond of you; Woo woo be doo From the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald: NASA uses rubber ducks to fight global warming September … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Fun_stuff, Ridiculae | 54 Comments

Adjusting Pristine Data

Posted on September 23, 2008

by John Goetz On September 15, 2008, Anthony DePalma of the New York Times wrote an article about the Mohonk Lakes USHCN weather station titled Weather History Offers Insight Into Global Warming. This article claimed, in part, that the average … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Weather_stations | 104 Comments

Global Warming to Shake Up Big Ten

Posted on September 18, 2008

Posted by John Goetz Jim Nichols of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote an article this past Tuesday (September 16) that has gotten the attention of Ohio State and Michigan fans around the country: Global warming could send buckeye trees to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, Fun_stuff, Local_issues | 31 Comments

Piling On the Guilt

Posted on September 11, 2008

by John Goetz Kate Raworth of Oxfam International recently authored a 34-page report that began: “In failing to tackle climate change with urgency, rich countries are effectively violating the human rights of millions of the world’s poorest people.“ Kate goes … Continue reading →

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GISS Global Temperature Dips in August

Posted on September 10, 2008

GISS (Goddard Institute of Space Studies) Surface Temperature Analysis (GISSTemp) released their monthly global temperature anomaly data for August 2008. Following is the monthly global ∆T from January to August 2008 Year J  F  M  A  M  J  J  A 2007 85 61 … Continue reading →

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Fight Global Warming – Hand Wash Your Clothes

Posted on September 8, 2008

Posted by John Goetz From the Creative Ways to Tackle Global Warming files: It appears that the Australian Cotton Research and Development Corporation feels the need to develop an argument that cotton is a green alternative to polyester. According to … Continue reading →

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‘Coimhtioch Gan Cuireadh’ have Irish in a Dander

Posted on September 5, 2008

Posted by John Goetz My lovely wife is Irish. She loves to talk, drink Guinness, and adores her motherland. I have to admit I love the place as well. We spent some time there just a few years ago and … Continue reading →

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NOAA: China to Warm U.S. Heartland

Posted on September 5, 2008

Posted by John Goetz CNN had the following AP article on their website today. NOAA says that shorter-term pollutants from Asia may raise U.S. heartland temperatures by three degrees in about 50 years. WASHINGTON (AP) — Smog, soot and other … Continue reading →

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