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A fish story from Antarctica

Posted on February 14, 2012

From Yale University: Fish of Antarctica threatened by climate change A Yale-led study of the evolutionary history of Antarctic fish and their “anti-freeze” proteins illustrates how tens of millions of years ago a lineage of fish adapted to newly formed … Continue reading →

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Oh, Canada!

Posted on February 13, 2012

From Penn State: Environment Canada cuts threaten science, international agreements Recent cuts to the scientific workforce of Environment Canada, a government agency responsible for meteorological services and environmental research, threaten scientific research related to the ozone layer in the upper … Continue reading →

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German skeptics Lüning and Vahrenholt respond to criticism

Posted on February 13, 2012

Foreword: Dr Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt, authors of a new controversial skeptic book now hitting German bookstores, have asked me to post their response to comments made by climate scientist Georg Feulner of the Potsdam Institute for Climate … Continue reading →

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Shocker: dirty electric cars

Posted on February 13, 2012

From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville  comes this surprising bit of research. Taken in entirety, and electric vehicle has a greater impact on pollution than a comparable gasoline vehicle. Full disclosure – I own an electric car myself. I’m … Continue reading →

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Was the Northeast Passage first navigated in 1660?

Posted on February 13, 2012

If true, it suggests periods of reduced Arctic sea ice during that time that made this feat possible. Reposted from the blog Ecotretas with permission   A graphical comparison between the North East Passage (blue) and an alternative route through … Continue reading →

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Do Latest Solar Studies Confirm Upcoming Global Cooling?

Posted on February 13, 2012

Guest post by Matti Vooro I fully support the findings of  Jan –Erik Solheim , Kjell Stordahl and Ole Humlum and their very recent paper called The long sunspot cycle 23 predicts a significant temperature decrease in cycle 24  dated … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on February 12, 2012

Quote of the Week: “…it is an established rule of the Society, to which they will always adhere, never to give their opinion as a Body upon any subject either of Nature or Art, that comes before them. The ‘advertisement’ … Continue reading →

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Fogageddon

Posted on February 11, 2012

I suppose if  I truly want to take the weekend off, I’ll have to ditch my smartphone. These photos from the Facebook page of the Panhandle Helicopter Service in Panama City Beach, Florida, have been making the rounds today, erroneously … Continue reading →

Posted in clouds, weather | Tagged , , , | 82 Comments

Open thread weekend

Posted on February 11, 2012

I’m taking a blog holiday this weekend. Right now I’m watching the History channel 2 (H2) while some off the rails eco-scientist explains to us why we are all going to die because of “what might happen if a gigantic … Continue reading →

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Quantifying the Solar Cycle 24 Temperature Decline

Posted on February 11, 2012

Guest post by David Archibald Three wise Norwegians – Jan-Erik Solheim, Kjell Stordahl and Ole Humlum – have just published a paper entitled “The long sunspot cycle 23 predicts a significant temperature decrease in cycle 24”. It is available online … Continue reading →

Posted in forecasting, Science, solar | Tagged , , , , , , , | 205 Comments

New WUWT Feature – Scafetta’s forecast -vs- the IPCC forecast

Posted on February 10, 2012

I have a new feature page on WUWT that highlights the work of Nicola Scafetta and his solar-lunar cycle forecast model as it compares to the IPCC forecasts and global temperature reality using HadCRUT surface temperature data. Working with Dr. … Continue reading →

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2010 Snowmageddon explained, sans global warming/climate change

Posted on February 10, 2012

The 2010 Snowmageddon event was quickly seized upon in an NYT op-ed by global warming zealot Al Gore as yet more proof of…climate…warming…mumble.. something. Yet in this NASA article highlighting a new peer reviewed paper, global warming/climate change isn’t even … Continue reading →

Posted in snowfall, weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 78 Comments

Friday Funny – carbonated drink stands in for Joe Romm in debate

Posted on February 10, 2012

We all know how the warmists like to avoid debating at all costs. In this case, the easily agitated to effervescence – blow your top Romm was aptly represented at a “Drinks and Debate” in Washington, DC by the perfect … Continue reading →

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Windfarm noise – Renowned acoustician denounces double standards in noise regulations

Posted on February 9, 2012

UPDATE: Josh adds a cartoon and writes: An extraordinary quote from a Scottish Wind Farm Landowner. But with recent news that wind farms have been paid a secret £13 million compensation to shut down over the last few months it is no … Continue reading →

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Declining global average cloud height: “A significant measure of negative feedback to global warming”

Posted on February 9, 2012

Guest post by Dr. Pat Michaels – reposted (with permission) from World Climate Report A new paper just published in Geophysical Research Letters by Roger Davies and Mathew Molloy of the University of Auckland finds that over the past decade … Continue reading →

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Not quite Friday (but feels like it) funny

Posted on February 9, 2012

Josh is moved by the revelations of the lack of Himalayan glacier melt in the last 10 years to do some voodoo cartooning.

Posted in Humor, IPCC, satire | 25 Comments

USGS California Volcano Observatory Opens

Posted on February 9, 2012

  “More than 500 volcanic vents have been identified in the State of California. At least 76 of these vents have erupted, some repeatedly, during the last 10,000 years. …  Sooner or later, volcanoes in California will erupt again, and … Continue reading →

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N&Z reply to Willis at Tallbloke’s

Posted on February 9, 2012

This is a note to point out that Nikolov and Zeller have written a rebuttal to Willis Eschenbach’s Mystery of Equation 8. They submitted the manuscript to me two days ago, there were some very angry passages in it, and … Continue reading →

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An overview: Understanding the Global Warming Debate

Posted on February 9, 2012

Guest post by Warren Meyer Likely you have heard the sound bite that “97% of climate scientists” accept the global warming “consensus”.  Which is what gives global warming advocates the confidence to call climate skeptics “deniers,” hoping to evoke a … Continue reading →

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IPCC’s Pachauri’s “voodoo science” claim comes full circle

Posted on February 9, 2012

WUWT readers may recall that when the “Himalayan Glaciers will melt by 2035″ error was first revealed, IPCC chairman Rajenda Pachauri famously labeled claims of the mistake “voodoo science”and then had to retract that slur later. Now it appears there … Continue reading →

Posted in glaciers, IPCC | Tagged , , , , , , , | 143 Comments

IPCC reviewer resigns from AGU saying: I will not renew my AGU membership

Posted on February 8, 2012

Martin Hovland writes in with this statement. It seems that AGU Position Statement keeps costing them members. He writes: Although I have been a long-time member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), I hereby refuse to pay my membership fees. … Continue reading →

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Gradually heading to hell in a handbasket just as bad as instant doom

Posted on February 8, 2012

From the National Science Foundation: Global Extinction: Gradual Doom as Bad as Abrupt In “The Great Dying” 250 million years ago, the end came slowly The deadliest mass extinction of all took a long time to kill 90 percent of … Continue reading →

Posted in Extinction, paleoclimatology, Science, vulcanism | Tagged , , , , , , , | 78 Comments

Quote of the Week – “I feel duped”

Posted on February 8, 2012

Miguel Rakiewicz writes in Tips and Notes: Spiegel.com has today published the English translation of its interview of “The Cold Sun” author, Fritz Vahrenholt. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,813814,00.html Not only is Vahrenholt a prominent Social Democrat and former German Environment Minister, but also … Continue reading →

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Michael Mann’s new book is out

Posted on February 8, 2012

Tom Nelson reports: I just bought the Kindle version of Michael Mann’s “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines” I hate the idea of spending $9.99 on a climate hoax book, but I plan to … Continue reading →

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The Maldives are sinking – and we aren’t talking about sea level

Posted on February 8, 2012

Whoo boy. Nutso times in the Maldives. I guess the president wasn’t bringing in enough cargo cult money for the sea level “send us money we’re sinking” scam being perpetrated on the world. I said previously that Mohamed Nasheed’s claims … Continue reading →

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