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Paging David Appell and Nick Stokes again: time to fess up and apologize

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

“Death threats” story now proven false by ANU Chancellor Ian Chubb The bizarre now laughable “climate scientists get death threats” at Australian National University has finally imploded completely with the former chancellor Ian Chubb going on record in the Australian … Continue reading →

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Apathy and the climate change divide – it isn’t about science literacy

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

From Yale University,  it seems the climate debate has become completely tribal. On the plus side, this study blows the “if only we could communicate to the public better” meme out of the water. The great climate divide deepens even … Continue reading →

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California Air Resources Board to make webcast on ‘black carbon and other “short-lived” greenhouse gases. ‘

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Short notice – this is on NOW. Worth watching, even if only for how they justify saying ‘black carbon and other “short-lived” greenhouse gases.’. I didn’t know black carbon was a gas. Here’s the release: On Thursday, May 24, at … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: Scientifically it is sheer absurdity to think we can get a nice climate by turning a CO2 adjustment knob. Klaus-Eckar Puls, German physicist … Continue reading →

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The “well funded” climate business – follow the money

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

Flashback, Michael Mann said this on October 5th, 2010: Our efforts to communicate the science are opposed by a well-funded, highly organized disinformation effort that aims to confuse the public about the nature of our scientific understanding. … Scientists are … Continue reading →

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Weekly Weather and Climate News Roundup

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

The Week That Was: 2012-05-12 (May 5, 2012) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: “Even a succession of professional scientists—including famous astronomers who had made other discoveries that are … Continue reading →

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Sunday Open Thread

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

I’m caught up in Mothers day duties as well as reviewing data for a new paper, so please talk quietly amongst yourselves and don’t make me come back here.

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The Minnesota “drought flood”

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Guest post by Scott Gates Much as with the UK – where their “drought” is demonstrated by severe flooding … in Minnesota it is much the same. The government forecasters (NOAA)  claims we’re in a long term moderate to severe … Continue reading →

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Tisdale on the “17 year itch” – Yes, there is a Santer clause

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale What Do Observed Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies and Climate Models Have In Common Over The Past 17 Years? One word answer: NOTHING!!!! OVERVIEW In this post, we’ll compare satellite-based sea surface temperature anomalies (Reynolds OI.v2) … Continue reading →

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Real Science Announces the Death of Steve Goddard

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

The web site Real Science has posted an announcement of the death of blogger and former WUWT contributor Steve Goddard. WUWT has not yet been able to verify any of the details but Anthony has asked that the link be … Continue reading →

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NOAA on severe weather preparedness

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

No mention of climate in this joint NOAA/FEMA press release, thankfully. – Anthony Contact:  National Weather Service Public Affairs                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 301-713-0623, ext. 121                                           April 20, 2012   Severe weather – know your risk, take action, be a … Continue reading →

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What jellyfish and tornadoes have in common

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

Jellyfish on the rise: UBC study Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world’s coastal ecosystems, according to the first global study of jellyfish abundance by University of British Columbia researchers. In a study published in this month’s edition … Continue reading →

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NSIDC’s oops moment – uncoordinated changes make for an interesting 24 hours

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Many of you are probably aware of some strange goings on over at The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) with their Arctic Sea ice graph, specifically, this one here: You see, up until Tuesday morning, it looked like … Continue reading →

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As if Greece didn’t already have enough trouble: in the Greek isles, a volcano has awakened

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

From the AGU Geophysical Research Letters: Recent geodetic unrest at Santorini Caldera Key Points Santorini is deforming appreciably for the 1st time since its last eruption A dense GPS network has unprecedented data coverage Activity is centered in the region … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

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 →

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Update on Fakegate – what we know so far

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Background on Fakegate from The Heartland Institute 1. What is Fakegate? On February 14, 2012, an environmental activist named Peter Gleick sent to liberal activists and sympathetic journalists several documents he stole from The Heartland Institute, along with a fake … Continue reading →

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I’m not waiting by the phone for the Nobel committee to call

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

I was rather surprised to see this interview in Physics World with Dr. Richard Muller (h/t to Bishop Hill) with this praise. “If Watts hadn’t done his work, we would not have reliable data today. The fact that he did … Continue reading →

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Weather modeling> climate modeling> malaria

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

From the University of Liverpool it seems they are confusing seasonal scale weather with climate. Climate model to predict malaria outbreaks in India Scientists from the University of Liverpool are working with computer modelling specialists in India to predict areas of the … Continue reading →

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Stop Kissing the Coral!!!!

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/5473/coral-reefs-have-herpes Long blamed on anthropogenic global warming, coral bleaching events are now being traced to viral pathogens, specifically a form of the herpes virus. I guess this is what they mean when they say people are loving nature to death…. … Continue reading →

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Team WUWT

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Thank you moderators and contributors. Left to right Charles Rotter, Alec Rawls, Dr. Ryan Maue, Tom Fuller, Dave Stealey, myself, Steven Mosher, Dr. Leif Svalgaard, and Willis Eschenbach. To those who could not attend, my sincere thanks for holding down … Continue reading →

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‘ What’s important to these extremists is not the evidence but the scare.’

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

IPCC now too moderate for professional scaremongers | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog What happened to “listen to the science”? A GLOBAL lobby group has distributed a “spin sheet” encouraging its 300 member organisations to emphasise the link between climate … Continue reading →

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Earth Hour 2012 – A dissent and poll

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Every year at Christmas, many newspapers reprint “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus“, this excellent essay by Ross McKittrick should be repeated on every blog on every observance of Earth Hour. Copy, paste, and share it widely. A poll … Continue reading →

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Spencer shows compelling evidence of UHI in CRUTem3 data

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

McKitrick & Michaels Were Right: More Evidence of Spurious Warming in the IPCC Surface Temperature Dataset Guest post by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The supposed gold standard in surface temperature data is that produced by Univ. of East Anglia, … Continue reading →

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Models say a future shift of western USA to “drier stormier”

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

More of the “extreme events” meme… From the AGU weekly highlights Regional models expect drier, stormier western United States Key Points Statistically significant increases in western US future extreme winter precipitation Eight dynamically downscaled GCM simulations show generalized agreement Spatial … Continue reading →

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Letters I get letters – show me a sign – removed

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

I got some email exchanges earlier today from Gordon Fulks regarding Sherri Quammen and interaction with her, which I posted, and in that comment thread she said: Please remove from you page. I feel a little harrassed and am uncomfortable … Continue reading →

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