Category Archives: Announcements

Some notes on the Heartland Leak

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Heartland has yet to produce a press release, but I thought in the meantime I’d share some behind the scenes. If/when they do, I’ll add it to this post. UPDATE: 11:45AM -The press release has been added below. One of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

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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N&Z reply to Willis at Tallbloke’s

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

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

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

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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Update on the Monckton – Hadfield debate

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

As I have mentioned previously, I’ve provided space for a response from Peter Hadfield (aka the nom de plume potholer54). I’ve published Peter Hadfield’s response in entirety, submitted Feb 7th, 2012. I’ve made only some slight edits for formatting to … Continue reading →

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WUWT and other climate blogs are 2012 Bloggies Finalists

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

The 2012 Bloggies Awards final nominations are in, and I’m pleased to announce that climate skepticism is making an extremely strong showing this year. Here is a rundown of blogs you may know.

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Congratulations to Ecotretas

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Dear Friends, It is with great satisfaction that I can announce that Ecotretas has won a Portuguese election for blog of the year 2011, in the category Nature.

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Giant Veil of “Cold Plasma” Discovered High Above Earth

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

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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We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Thanks to all who supported the SOPA/PIPA blackout which was the main page of WUWT for 24 hours. The thread is here, should you wish to comment further. It appears to have been a success, as many dropped support. A … Continue reading →

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Need a little help with station verification

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

I need a little help with verification of a weather station location, and some onsite photos, so I’m putting out the call here. Any readers in the Richmond or Charlottesville area of Virginia (and also in Bath County) that could … Continue reading →

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A small milestone

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

108  – A big number in some contexts, small in others. Magnitude is in the eye of the beholder.

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Hurrah for 8 orders of magnitude!

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Those brave enough and open-minded enough to ask questions in the search for objective scientific truth about our influence on the climate rather than credulously swallowing and cloyingly parroting the socially-convenient, politically-expedient, financially-profitable party line … Continue reading →

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2012 Bloggies Awards – nominations open

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Well, it is that time of year again. You can nominate your favorite blogs for top honors in the 2012 Bloggies Awards. As many know, WUWT won last year in the Best Science Blog category. This year, Science and Technology … Continue reading →

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WUWT Year End report

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

About 2,500,000 people visit the Museuem of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York every year. This blog was viewed about 31,000,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at MoMA, it would take about 12 years for that many … Continue reading →

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WUWT search engine issues and site update

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

This post over on Scottish Sceptic’s website (below) points to a problem that WUWT has with search engines. One big issue he raises is that I can’t edit meta tags in the website header, but then again, I’ve had a … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday to WUWT – 5 years today

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

I’ve sort of dreaded writing a post for this day, mainly because it brings out a lot of emotions when I look back over 5 years. I started this blog under the auspices of the local newspaper, the Chico Enterprise … Continue reading →

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A note from Bob Tisdale

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

My shortest post ever. Please click

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A request: +1 Us for Google’s Sake

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

A week or so ago I found out about Google’s +1 program, which allows anybody to uprate websites that participate, so that users can boost that site’s search rankings. As has been found recently, Google has staff of people who … Continue reading →

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Call for guest authors – I’m stepping away from WUWT for awhile

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Now that BEST has given themselves enough rope with their PR shenanigans, I have a new paper to finish. I also have papers to review. One of the upsides/downsides of publishing is that you get asked to review papers that … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Dr. Gavin Schmidt

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

While we are polar opposites, and Dr. Schmidt can’t find it within himself to respond to any of my emails or to allow my comments and many others to appear on RealClimate, let me offer congratulations anyway. New Award from … Continue reading →

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Skeptics are invited to a public meeting with Dr. Kevin Trenberth

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

UPDATE: this meeting is canceled, I will not be attending – Anthony I’m pleased to announce that I and the entire WUWT community have been invited to a meeting and demonstration of computer modeling skills with Dr. Kevin Trenberth on … Continue reading →

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Picket protest planned for Mann

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Elmer at Minnesotans for Global Warming writes in with this, so I’m passing it on: Michael Mann the self proclaimed creator of the “Hockey Stick Chart” will be speaking at the Minneapolis Convention Center tomorrow afternoon. He will be discussing … Continue reading →

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Announcement from the Heartland Institute

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

David H. Padden, founder and chairman emeritus of The Heartland Institute, died of a heart attack while at his Chicago home on Sunday, October 2. He was 84. Padden was a pioneer of the libertarian movement in the United States, … Continue reading →

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If you are getting a virus message on WUWT…

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

I’ve had several people write to me that they are getting reports that WUWT is “infected” with a virus. The common thread to the reports is AVG software, which seems to think some image thumbnails have a virus: I’ve taken … Continue reading →

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New GWPF Briefing Paper

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

The Truth About Greenhouse Gases London, 17 August – The Global Warming Policy Foundation today publishes an outstanding briefing paper by the distinguished physicist Professor William Happer of Princeton University (USA). In his paper The Truth About Greenhouse Gases, Professor … Continue reading →

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