Tag Archives: Geophysical Research Letters

Climate models getting worse than we thought

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

New paper finds climate models are getting worse rather than better Via the Hockey Schtick: A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters finds that the latest climate models are performing even worse than the earlier generations of climate models … Continue reading →

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Climate Craziness of the week – with the physical signature of UHI staring them right in the face, Mann & Borenstein go with their ‘gut’ instincts

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Some people wonder if Michael Mann is simply an activist masquerading as a scientist, this lends credence to that idea. I wonder if Dr. Mann has ever visited weather stations in China to understand what is going on there? I … Continue reading →

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Dr. Michael Mann, Smooth Operator

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach People sometimes ask why I don’t publish in the so-called scientific journals. Here’s a little story about that. Back in 2004, Michael Mann wrote a mathematically naive piece about how to smooth the ends of … Continue reading →

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Modeling sea level rise is an ‘uneven’ proposition

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

From the British Antarctic Survey New projections of ‘uneven’ global sea-level rise Reporting in the journal Geophysical Research Letters researchers have looked ahead to the year 2100 to show how ice loss will continue to add to rising sea levels … Continue reading →

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A new buzzword for pushing climate fear? ‘Explosive Cyclones’

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

After the past weekend’s silliness over a snowstorm that wasn’t all that much different than Nor’Easters of the past, I can imagine some CNN anchor using the phrase badly in the not too distant future, like suggesting sending in a … Continue reading →

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Dust in the wind: Melt ponds in the Arctic hasten overall melting

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

I’ve often wondered if carbon soot plays a role in this. See our recent WUWT story about how black carbon’s role has been underestimated, and note that Arctic melting is listed as one of the effects. See also the tag … Continue reading →

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Arctic temperature amplification takes a hit in GRL

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

From Wikipedia: Polar amplification is the greater temperature increases in the Arctic compared to the earth as a whole as a result of the effect of feedbacks and other processes. It is not observed in the Antarctic, largely because the … Continue reading →

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Mercury in California fog linked to ocean upwelling

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

From the AGU fall meeting in SFO and the University of California – Santa Cruz  comes this rather odd statement that I thought was interesting. It seems like an ecological horror story until you realize it is all natural processes … Continue reading →

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Glaciergate post script – they’ll shrink anyway

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

From Brigham Young University and the “IPCC, take your 2035 and shove it” department comes this study: Himalayan glaciers will shrink even if temperatures hold steady Come rain or shine, or even snow, some glaciers of the Himalayas will continue … Continue reading →

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Sea Level Acceleration: Not so Fast Recently

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

By Dr. Patrick Michaels from World Climate Report Sea level rise is a topic that we frequently focus on because of all the gross environmental alterations which may result from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, it is perhaps the only one … Continue reading →

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RC’s Dr. Eric Steig boreholes himself on Antarctica

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

This is something that needs wider circulation, hence its appearance here. I’ve been mulling over how to best present this, and decided there’s nothing I could do in the way of excerpts that still told the story effectively, so I … Continue reading →

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Has Trenberth’s missing heat been found? Southern Oceans are losing heat

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

A paper published August 20th in Geophysical Research Letters finds from newly deployed observation systems that the Southern Oceans show an annual net heat loss of -10 Wm-2. Key Points Southern Ocean air-sea fluxes are under-observed, leading to large uncertainty … Continue reading →

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Throwing down the gauntlet on reproducibility in Climate Science – Forest et al. (2006)

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

After spending a year trying to get the data from the author without success, Nic Lewis has sent a letter to the editor of Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) and has written to me to ask that I bring attention to … Continue reading →

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Earth’s entire thermal infrared spectrum observed

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

From AGU highlights, interesting, but readers should note that this is one point on Earth in Chile, not a summation of the  atmospheric absorption, emission, and transmission of infrared radiation for the entire globe. For first time, entire thermal infrared … Continue reading →

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Study shows the Arctic was much colder while Earth was warmer during Eemian warm period

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

Warm Climate – Cold Arctic? The Eemian is a poor analogue for current climate change 12.06.2012/Kiel. The Eemian interglacial period that began some 125,000 years ago is often used as a model for contemporary climate change. In the international journal … Continue reading →

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Pollution enhanced thunderstorms warm the planet?

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

From the DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a new paper in GRL saying something that doesn’t make much sense to me. As shown in the diagram above, thunderstorms transport heat from the lower troposphere upwards. The heat source at the base … Continue reading →

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Trenberth’s missing heat still missing: new paper shows a near flat ocean temperature trend – 0.09°C over the past 55 years

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

A new paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters describes how the oceans have warmed only 0.09°C over the last 55 years, from 1955-2010. Don’t let the red line fool you, read on. Key Points A strong positive linear trend … Continue reading →

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From Schmidt 2005 to Miller 2012: the “not needed” excuse for omitted variable fraud

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

Guest post by Alec Rawls Miller et al. 2012 recently provided some pretty strong evidence for a solar driver of climate. “This is the first time anyone has clearly identified the specific onset of the cold times marking the start … 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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Trigger for Little Ice Age – a half century of volcanism?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. writes on his blog today: Every once in a while. a nugget of new research insight appears that adds to our understanding of the climate system, and its complexity. One article of this type has appeared. … Continue reading →

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