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Craven Attention: The Sequel

Posted on December 30, 2010

by Steven Mosher In the last episode of  ”Craven Attention” I recounted some of the things Greg Craven said during a panel discussion after Oppenheimer’s lecture of the role of scientists. [GC33D The 2010 Stephen Schneider Global Environmental Change Lecture … Continue reading →

Posted in post-normal science | Tagged , , | 142 Comments

Craven Attention

Posted on December 16, 2010

Steve Mosher reports that things got a bit bizarre at the 2010 American Geophysical Union convention in San Francisco Guest post by Steven Mosher At AGU today I was witness to a “new AGU.” In the very first Steven Schneider … Continue reading →

Posted in FUG, post-normal science | Tagged , , , , , , | 183 Comments

By the Book

Posted on November 16, 2010

One year after climategate, a journalist has finally come close to asking the question that Tom Fuller and I wanted them to ask: “Why did Jones ask people to delete mails?” This was context that the mails could not supply. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 38 Comments

A Lazy Rainy Metadata Sunday

Posted on November 7, 2010

Guest post by Steven Mosher I’m feeling lazy today, after a few months of writing code around the metadata question, I have a post to write up about 230 land stations that are located in the ocean. But, I’m feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 60 Comments

Friday Funnies: Global Rounding

Posted on October 22, 2010

Since we all enjoy some some humor at Al Gore’s expanse, I bring you the comedy of my weird and wacky  libertarian friend, Will Franken. No he’s not related to Al and yes he’s libertarian.

Posted in Alarmism, Humor, Uncategorized | 28 Comments

On Bradley: Blackmail or Let’s Make a Deal.

Posted on October 21, 2010

Guest Post by Steven Mosher Not the funniest Monty Python sketch, but for me it illustrates what the climate wars have finally come down to: blackmail. The examples range from the benign–pressuring journalists not listen to skeptics– to the professional– … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, Opinion, paleoclimatology, politics, satire | 45 Comments

The Big Valley: Altitude Bias in GHCN

Posted on August 19, 2010

Foreword: The focus of this essay is strictly altitude placement/change of GHCN stations. While challenge and debate of the topic is encouraged, please don’t let the discussion drift into other side issues. As noted in the conclusion, there remain two … Continue reading →

Posted in GHCN, Land use land cover change, NOAA, UHI, Uncategorized, weather_stations | 161 Comments

Calculating global temperature

Posted on July 13, 2010

I’m happy to present this essay created from both sides of the aisle, courtesy of the two gentlemen below. Be sure to see the conclusion. I present their essay below with only a few small edits for spelling, format, and … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, GHCN, NOAA, UHI | 194 Comments

Green Subsidies Wreak Havoc On German Economy

Posted on June 22, 2010

From Canada Free Press Germany’s support for renewable energy is “breaking” the nation’s ability to pay for power and threatens the competitiveness of electricity producers, Handelsblatt cited a former [green] industry group leader as saying. Guaranteed prices for solar and wind power, … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, Government idiocy | 87 Comments

New research sheds light on Antarctica’s melting Pine Island Glacier

Posted on June 21, 2010

From Physorg.com New results from an investigation into Antarctica’s potential contribution to sea level rise are reported this week (Sunday 20 June) by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and the National Oceanography Centre in … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, climate_change, glaciers | 59 Comments

Heartland Conference Establishes Post-Climategate Consensus

Posted on June 21, 2010

From the American Thinker “New scientific discoveries are casting doubt on how much of the warming of the twentieth century was natural and how much was man-made, and governments around the world are beginning to confront the astronomical cost of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, Current News | 36 Comments

Cuccinelli tells court former U-Va. professor’s academic freedom not threatened

Posted on June 20, 2010

From the Washington Post Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has told a judge that his request for documents related to the work of former University of Virginia climate scientist Michael Mann should be granted because neither academic freedom nor the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, FOI, politics | 94 Comments

Hot Times in Antarctica

Posted on June 18, 2010

From the “I told you Angry Penguins were the new icon” department From Time The world’s polar regions are warming up faster than the global average, but the western edge of the Antarctic Peninsula is especially steamy. Over the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic | 117 Comments

Americans Not Inclined To Pay More To Fight Global Warming

Posted on June 17, 2010

From Canada Free Press Democratic Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman declared yesterday that a new EPA study shows their new global warming legislation won’t cost Americans much after all. But so far most Americans don’t show an inclination to pay anything … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Opinion, politics | 93 Comments

How to improve the IPCC

Posted on June 17, 2010

From Nature news “When the error was found it was handled in a totally and utterly atrocious manner.” A former head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that the organization should adopt a code of conduct and … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate, IPCC | 67 Comments

Nasa warns solar flares from ‘huge space storm’ will cause devastation

Posted on June 17, 2010

From the Telegraph Video link here National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working after the Sun reaches its maximum power in a few years. Senior space … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster, earth, solar, space | 470 Comments

Whale poop fights global warming

Posted on June 16, 2010

Click here to watch the video..NOT From the Sydney Herald Southern Ocean sperm whales are an unexpected ally in the fight against global warming, removing the equivalent carbon emissions from 40,000 cars each year in their faeces, a study shows. … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits, ridiculae | 89 Comments

Scan of Arctic ice dispels melting gloom: Researcher

Posted on June 16, 2010

From The Vancouver Sun An electromagnetic “bird” dispatched to the Arctic for the most detailed look yet at the thickness of the ice has turned up a reassuring picture. The meltdown has not been as dire as some would suggest, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice, Sea Ice News | 123 Comments

Scientists study shifting attitude to climate change

Posted on June 15, 2010

by Moshpit The hubris apparent in the notion that the climate is something we can control has found its match in the thought that climate scientists can now understand how to sell a message to the public.   Somehow moshpit … Continue reading →

Posted in fun_stuff, satire | 122 Comments

Arctic Ocean ice retreating at 30-year record pace

Posted on June 15, 2010

File this under short term trends matter when we say they matter. From The Montreal Gazette BY RANDY BOSWELL, CANWEST NEWS SERVICE Arctic Ocean ice cover retreated faster last month than in any previous May since satellite monitoring began more … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Arctic | 207 Comments

The IPCC consensus on climate change was phoney, says IPCC insider

Posted on June 14, 2010

From the National Post The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change misled the press and public into believing that thousands of scientists backed its claims on manmade global warming, according to Mike Hulme, a prominent climate scientist and IPCC insider.  … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, Uncategorized | 119 Comments

New Dogs; IPCC tricks

Posted on June 14, 2010

Looks like they took lessons from Briffa. From Fox News The seven experts who advised President Obama on how to deal with offshore drilling safety after the Deepwater Horizon explosion are accusing his administration of misrepresenting their views to make it … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster, energy, Environment, Government idiocy, politics, Uncategorized | 68 Comments

Was Margaret Thatcher the first climate sceptic?

Posted on June 14, 2010

From the Telegraph Margaret Thatcher was the first leader to warn of global warming – but also the first to see the flaws in the climate change orthodoxy. A persistent claim made by believers in man-made global warming – they … Continue reading →

Posted in politics | 65 Comments

New Dogs; Old Tricks:

Posted on June 13, 2010

Over at Climate Audit Steve McIntyre has started a  new series on the “the trick.”  To this day the trick is still largely misunderstood by nearly everyone discussing it, except Steve and a few of his readers.  The trick deniers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climategate | 49 Comments

Zooming In on an Infant Solar System

Posted on June 11, 2010

From UA news By Daniel Stolte, University Communications June 10, 2010 For the first time, astronomers have observed solar systems in the making in great detail. Like a raindrop forming in a cloud, a star forms in a diffuse gas … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, space | 48 Comments