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Homeland Security takes on The Carrington Event

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

While we worry about future threats like global warming, and present threats like Iran’s escalating nuclear program, the sun’s propensity for belching out monstrous solar flares (like the Carrington event of 1859) could almost instantly create a world without modern … Continue reading →

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Shocker: dirty electric cars

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

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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Comedy gold: APS president attacks “inaccurate characterization” of APS position, doesn’t realize he’s attacking an APS quote

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Guest Post by Alec Rawls When German ex-climate-alarmist Fritz Vahrenholt came out last week as a climate skeptic, he related his moment of epiphany, when he was firsthand witness of the alarmists’ sheer disregard for error: Vahrenholt’s skepticism started when … Continue reading →

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Quantifying Sea Level Fall

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

Guest post by David Archibald The background to this is that, in 2009, evil environmentalists in the New South Wales Government made a regulation that councils in that state would have to base their building permits on an expected sea … Continue reading →

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Huhne is no loss

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Today’s resignation of Chris Huhne, the UK Minister for Climate Change, offers the prospect of a belated return to sanity at the former Ministry of Agriculture in Whitehall. Huhne now faces prosecution for an alleged … Continue reading →

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Monckton responds to Skeptical Science

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

Cooking the books By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Mr. John Cook, who runs a website puzzlingly entitled Skeptical Science” (for he is not in the least sceptical of the “official” position) seems annoyed that I won the 2011 televised debate … Continue reading →

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What do you get when you rub two climatologists together?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

The Current Wisdom: Climate Change Controversy in the Wall Street Journal Guest post by Patrick J. Michaels (reposted from cato.org) This edition departs from our usual routine because of the very vitriolic fight that has broken as the result of … Continue reading →

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On Dentists, Cardiologists, Climatologists and Evidence-Based Remedies

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

  Guest post by Indur M. Goklany Over at the Wall Street Journal a group of pedigreed individuals headed by Dr. Kevin Trenberth argue: Do you consult your dentist about your heart condition? In science, as in any area, reputations … Continue reading →

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Part 2 of Tamino Once Again Misleads His Disciples

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale This post is a continuation of my post Tamino Once Again Misleads His Followers, which was cross posted at WattsUpWithThat here. There Tamino’s disciples and his other followers, one a post author at SkepticalScience, have generally … Continue reading →

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A Japanese Puzzle

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A reader who posts under the name “tokyoboy” sent a link to a very interesting sea level record from the Japanese Meteorological Agency. It covers the period 1906–2010, and when I first saw it I … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Quote of the Week:“…we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy…One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore…” IPCC co-chair of … Continue reading →

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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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Another GISS miss, this time in Iceland

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Ever wonder why NASA’s Jim Hansen (and many others) see red at high northern latitudes? Above 2011 Temperature Anomaly. Source: NASA GISS interactive plotter With all that red up north, you’d think Jimbo, Gore, and Trenberth would want to get … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

Quote of the Week:“…it would not serve the national interest. – President Obama in rejecting permits to build a new overland pipeline to import additional oil from neighboring Canada using the safest method known for high volume transportation of liquids. … Continue reading →

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Ap Index, Neutrons and Climate

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

  Guest post by David Archibald Figure 1: Ap Index 1932 – 2012 The Ap Index is the weakest of the solar activity indicators and has returned below the floor value of solar minima over the last 80 years – … Continue reading →

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CO2 increases to make drunken clownfish

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

From Nature.com, is there anything trace amounts of CO2 can’t do? As if clownfish (the test subject) don’t already act funny. The New Scientist says: Carbon dioxide in the ocean acts like alcohol on fish, leaving them less able to … Continue reading →

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Thanks and Apologies

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I have no use for people who censor and ban those who don’t agree with their scientific ideas. I’ve had my simple, on-topic, scientific comments censored over at RealClimate. And I’m banned at Tamino’s ”Closed Mind” blog … Continue reading →

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Warmer loses BBC sponsored bet: “…the standstill, not the increase, is now this warm period’s defining characteristic.”

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Press release London, 13 January: A climate bet proposed by the BBC’s radio programme “More or Less” four years ago has been won by Dr David Whitehouse, a former BBC Science Editor and a scientific adviser to the Global Warming Policy … Continue reading →

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The USGS Investigates Elk

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Elk are one of the largest of the “Cervidae”, the deer family, and are one of North America’s largest mammals. Cows weight about 225 kg. (500 pounds) while bulls weigh about 320 kg (700 pounds). … Continue reading →

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Monckton responds to Peter Hadfield aka “potholer54″ – plus Hadfield’s response

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

UPDATE: Below is Peter Hadfield’s response in entirety, submitted Feb 7th, 2012. I’ve made only some slight edits for formatting to fit. Comments are open. – Anthony By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Various You-Tube videos by a former “science writer” … Continue reading →

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New study confirms that nature is responsible for 90% of the Earth’s atmospheric acidity

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

From the UOW, nice to see that man isn’t the culprit in this case. UOW data confirm surprising atmospheric findings By Melissa Coade – Satellites showing that nature is responsible for 90% of the earth’s atmospheric acidity shocked researchers from … Continue reading →

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Two opinions on the state of science publishing

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

I’ve been made aware of two different opinions on state of science publishing as it relates to peer review and the pressure to publish even faster due to the Internet and all of its “instalaunch” tools. First, in Nature, a … Continue reading →

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The Moon is a Cold Mistress

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve been considering the effect that temperature swings have on the average temperature of a planet. It comes up regarding the question of why the moon is so much colder than you’d expect. The albedo … Continue reading →

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New paper: AGW may save us from the next ice age

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

As mentioned in our WUWT story earlier today Increased CO2 Emissions Will Delay Next Ice Age the official press release is now out at Eurekalert and published below. I can hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth already. Bottom line, … Continue reading →

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Defund the IPCC Now

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, I woke up to some bad news this morning. It turns out that the GAO, the US General Accounting Office, says US has been secretly hiding their funding of the IPCC for the last … Continue reading →

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