Author Archives: justthefactswuwt

Crowdsourcing the WUWT “Extreme Weather” Reference Page

Posted on November 23, 2012

(Photo credits: NOAA) By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” Your help is needed in building the new WUWT “Extreme Weather” Reference Page. My recent article A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – “Extreme Weather” Update appears to have struck … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alarmism, Climate data, extreme weather, flooding, heat wave, hurricanes, measurement, records, tornadoes, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , | 118 Comments

A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – “Extreme Weather” Update

Posted on November 10, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” Recently there have been increased efforts to link “Climate Change” and “Extreme Weather” e.g., NOAA links extreme weather to climate change CBS – July 10, 2012, “NASA scientist links climate change, extreme weather” CNN … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate_change, extreme weather, measurement, Temperature, Uncategorized, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 125 Comments

U.N. leader: Sandy a lesson in climate change

Posted on November 10, 2012

From CBS/AP “United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says one of the lessons from Superstorm Sandy is the need for global action to deal with future climate shocks. A new round of global climate talks starts in Doha, Qatar on Nov. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, extreme weather, hurricanes, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , | 72 Comments

The Elephant We’re All Inside – Junk Journalism on Climate, or Too Big to Cover?

Posted on September 10, 2012

The irony is just too thick, I’ll leave it to WUWT’s readers to pass judgement on this one… Just The Facts — From ABC News – The Elephant We’re All Inside – Junk Journalism on Climate, or Too Big to … Continue reading →

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SOON AND BRIGGS: Global-warming fanatics take note – Sunspots do impact climate

Posted on September 6, 2012

From the The Washington Times – By Willie Soon and William M. Briggs Scientists have been studying solar influences on the climate for more than 5,000 years.

Posted in Alarmism, Solar, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 378 Comments

Sea Ice Page Upgrades, Observations and Questions

Posted on September 2, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” In making a couple upgrades to the Sea Ice Page, I made a few observations, and a few questions arose. Firstly, several weeks ago the following exchange occurred on a Sea Ice News thread: … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, feedbacks, Land use land cover change, Oceans, Sea ice, Sea Surface Temperature, Temperature | Tagged , , , , , | 125 Comments

NASA: High-Altitude Haze and Vortex At South Pole of Saturn’s Moon Titan

Posted on July 11, 2012

PASADENA, Calif. — Images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show a concentration of high-altitude haze and a vortex materializing at the south pole of Saturn’s moon Titan, signs that the seasons are turning on Saturn’s largest moon. “The structure inside the … Continue reading →

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A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – 2nd Quarter, 2012 – “What Global Warming Looks Like” Update

Posted on July 10, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” In the US we are currently being bombarded with claims that “this summer is ‘what global warming looks like’” from the Associated Press and “summer heat wave an early indication of global warming” from … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Climate data, Earth, Global warming, measurement, Temperature | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 60 Comments

WUWT Sea Ice Page Upgrades and Northern Regional Sea Ice Overview

Posted on July 1, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” We are pleased to introduce an array of upgrades to the WUWT Sea Ice Page, including: Arctic Sea Ice Thickness: From the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling links … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Arctic, Climate data, measurement, Sea ice, Sea Ice News, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 31 Comments

The Economist Provides Readers With Erroneous Information About Arctic Sea Ice

Posted on June 16, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” A June 16th article in the Economist “The vanishing north” states that; “Between now and early September, when the polar pack ice shrivels to its summer minimum, they will pore over the daily sea … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, media, Sea ice | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 166 Comments

A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – Peter Gleick Edition

Posted on June 10, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” I recently came across a January 21st, 2012 Peter Gleick article 2011 Climate Change in Pictures and Data: Just the Facts, which appears to mimic the format and approach of my January 1st, 2012 … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Antarctic, Arctic, Earth, Fakegate, Global warming, measurement, Oceans, Proxies, Sea ice, Sea level, Sea Surface Temperature, Snow, Temperature | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 148 Comments

A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – Quarterly Update

Posted on April 15, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” This format received a positive response in the previous article and apparently encouraged Skeptical Science to take A Big Picture Look at Global Warming, thus this article will be updated on a quarterly basis … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Antarctic, Arctic, Climate data, Climate_change, Global warming, measurement, Oceans, Proxies, Sea ice, Sea level, Sea Surface Temperature, Snow, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 90 Comments

Crowdsourced Climate Complexity – Compiling the WUWT Potential Climatic Variables Reference Page

Posted on February 19, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” With the help of an array of WUWT reader comments, which began on this thread on January, 15th 2011, and grew on January 22nd, 2011, February 10th, 2011, February 28th, 2011, June 30th, 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in AMO, Announcements, Antarctic, Arctic, Carbon dioxide, Carbon sequestration, Citizen science, Climate data, clouds, Cosmic rays, dust storms, Earth, Education, Energy, ENSO, Environment, feedbacks, flooding, Forecasting, geothermal energy, Global warming, hurricanes, Land use land cover change, lightning, measurement, Methane, Modeling, Oceans, PDO, Science, Sea ice, snowfall, Temperature, tornadoes, UHI, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 132 Comments

Giant Veil of “Cold Plasma” Discovered High Above Earth

Posted on January 27, 2012

From National Geographic: Clouds of charged particles stretch a quarter the way to the moon, experts say. Clouds of “cold plasma” reach from the top of Earth’s atmosphere to at least a quarter the distance to the moon, according to … Continue reading →

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The Ridiculousness Continues – Climate Complexity Compiled

Posted on January 21, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” With the help of an array of WUWT reader comments on this thread and several others documented within, I’ve been compiling a summary of all potential climatic variables in order to build a conceptual … Continue reading →

Posted in Aerosols, AMO, Antarctic, Arctic, Climate data, clouds, Cosmic rays, dust storms, Earth, Earthquakes, Energy, ENSO, feedbacks, geothermal energy, Gravity, hurricanes, Methane, Oceans, PDO, petroleum, Science, Sea ice, Snow, Solar, solar power, thorium power, tornadoes, wind power | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 266 Comments

A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature”

Posted on January 1, 2012

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” Often in the climate debate, generalities are used to address more nuanced issues, e.g. “There is broad scientific consensus that Earth’s climate is warming rapidly and at an accelerating rate.” from the Wikipedia for … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Global warming, Sea Surface Temperature, Temperature | Tagged , , , , , , | 184 Comments

Extremely Dangerous Storm Slicing Towards Alaska

Posted on November 9, 2011

From Live Science An extremely dangerous storm is slicing toward northwestern Alaska and is expected to bring blizzard conditions and hurricane-strength winds to the state’s west coast. The storm, which formed from a mix of air masses over an area … Continue reading →

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Climate Skeptic Combusts in New [William J Clinton Foundation] Video

Posted on November 4, 2011

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” Correction: This video appears to be associated with the William J Clinton Foundation versus the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as was previously stated. Updated Below – New “The Air-Conditioned Suit” video surfaces “‘Combustible’ is … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Climate ugliness, Curious things | Tagged , , , , | 145 Comments

New WUWT Polar Vortex Reference Page

Posted on October 29, 2011

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” We are pleased to introduce WUWT’s newest addition, the WUWT Polar Vortex Reference Page. For those unfamiliar, a Polar Vortex is “caused when an area of low pressure sits at the rotation pole of … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, Ozone, Sea ice, Stratospheric water vapor | Tagged , , , , , | 81 Comments

The BBC Endeavours to Provide More Biased Coverage on Climate Change

Posted on July 23, 2011

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has released a report on its coverage of climate change, that is based partly on “an independent review” by Steve Jones, a Genetics Professor at University College London … Continue reading →

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