Tag Archives: Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Jim Hansen’s balance problem of 0.58 watts

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

From NASA Goddard, Jim Hansen reports on his balance problem: Earth’s Energy Budget Remained Out of Balance Despite Unusually Low Solar Activity A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity — not changes in … 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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Tamino Once Again Misleads His Followers

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale My blog post October to December 2011 NODC Ocean Heat Content Anomalies (0-700Meters) Update and Comments was cross posted by at WattsUpWithThat here. (As always, thanks, Anthony.) Starting at the January 27, 2012 at 8:44 am … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, oceans | Tagged , , , | 164 Comments

October to December 2011 NODC Ocean Heat Content Anomalies (0-700Meters) Update and Comments

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale SAME INTRODUCTION AS ALWAYS The National Oceanographic Data Center’s (NODC) Ocean Heat Content (OHC) anomaly data for the depths of 0-700 meters are available through the KNMI Climate Explorer Monthly observations webpage. The NODC OHC … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, oceans, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , , , , , , , | 86 Comments

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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Abrupt changes in GHCN station-level temperature records contradict the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) claims.

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Guest post by Jens Raunsø Jensen Preamble Inspired by a statement by Dr. Kevin Trenberth in the e-mails referred to as Climategate 2.0 (#3946 discussed here), it is hoped that climate scientists will have “an open enough mind to even … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, GHCN, weather_stations | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 205 Comments

Tisdale takes on Tamino’s Foster & Rahmstorf 2011

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

On Foster and Rahmstorf 2011 – Global temperature evolution 1979–2010 Guest post by Bob Tisdale UPDATE 2 (January 5, 2012): PLEASE READ. Three things: First, I did not understand that a “linear time trend” used by Foster and Rahmstorf (2011) is … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , , , , , , , | 286 Comments

Hansen: “Humans have overwhelmed the natural, slow changes that occur on geologic timescales”

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

From NASA Goddard/GISS: same-o, same-o Paleoclimate Record Points Toward Potential Rapid Climate Changes New research into the Earth’s paleoclimate history by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies director James E. Hansen suggests the potential for rapid climate changes this century, … Continue reading →

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Shades of Foster Grant

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

Tamino Misses The Point And Attempts To Distract His Readers By Bob Tisdale The obvious intent of my recent post “17-Year And 30-Year Trends In Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies: The Differences Between Observed And IPCC AR4 Climate Models” was to illustrate … Continue reading →

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Dr. James Hansen’s growing financial scandal, now over a million dollars of outside income

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

It seems esteemed NASA astronomer turned climatologist turned paid activist Dr. James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has not been reporting some income that he is required by law to do. How long will NASA continue … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI, James Hansen, Opinion | Tagged , , | 225 Comments

A short anthology of changing climate

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

Guest post by Tony Brown Context is everything, and nowhere more so than in climate history, where a graphic such as this seems to illustrate an alarming uptick in temperatures that has been blamed on modern man and his profligate … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 164 Comments

Uh oh: It was the BEST of times, it was the worst of times

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

Alternate title: Something wonky this way comes I try to get away to work on my paper and the climate world explodes, pulling me back in. Strange things are happening related to the BEST data and co-authors Richard Muller and … Continue reading →

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Inches of “Global Warming” Get Dumped on NASA-GISS HQ

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein [Update: New York City got more snow in October 2011 than ever before in recorded history, according to the NY Daily News (including some good photos). Special thanks to WUWT commenter NikFromNYC who posted this … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, satire, snow | Tagged , , , , , | 149 Comments

Real Climate pans BEST and Muller

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

In a shocking development that may represent a singularity, I find myself in agreement* with parts of an opinion piece posted on Real Climate today called Berkeley Earthquake Called Off. Dr. Eric Steig writes: Anybody expecting earthshaking news from Berkeley, … Continue reading →

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What the BEST data actually says

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach My theory is that the BEST folks must have eaten at a Hollywood Chinese restaurant. You can tell because when you eat there, an hour later you find you’re hungry for stardom. Now that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature | Tagged , , , , | 191 Comments

Unadjusted data of long period stations in GISS show a virtually flat century scale trend

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Temperature averages of continuously reporting stations from the GISS dataset Guest post by Michael Palmer, University of Waterloo, Canada Abstract The GISS dataset includes more than 600 stations within the U.S. that have been in operation continuously throughout the 20th … Continue reading →

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Another GISS miss, Tisdale calls out Hansen and Sato on failed predictions

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

A Memo To Hansen and Sato Guest commentary by Bob Tisdale Date:August 21, 2011 Subject:A Request About Your El Niño Predictions And A Question About Anthropogenic Global Warming To: James E. Hansen and Makiko Sato Dear Makiko and James: I am … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, Opinion | Tagged , , | 71 Comments

The BBC’s Richard Black Engages in “Goldilocks-Picking”

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

Guest post by David Middleton From the BBC… Climate: Cherries are not the only fruit Just about the most predictable event of the week was the tempest of opinion created by the analysis of global temperature changes published in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate FAIL, media, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , | 103 Comments

NASA’s Hansen asked to account for outside activities

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Gavin Schmidt’s time spent on editing realclimate.org during working hours apparently was the trigger for a broader investigation. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Contacts: Christopher Horner, chris.horner@atinstitute.org  Paul Chesser, paul.chesser@atinstitute.org ATI Law Center Asks Court to Force NASA … Continue reading →

Posted in FOI, politics | Tagged , , , , , | 92 Comments

Crater Lake USHCN weather station – the GISS removal

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Readers may recall I wrote in this article about my family memorial day excursion to Crater Lake: Crater Lake happens to have a USHCN weather station, and it is one of the few stations that GISS excludes (they have an … Continue reading →

Posted in weather_stations | Tagged , , | 78 Comments

“Earth itself is telling us there’s nothing to worry about in doubled, or even quadrupled, atmospheric CO2″

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Readers may recall Pat Franks’s excellent essay on uncertainty in the temperature record.  He emailed me about this new essay he posted on the Air Vent, with suggestions I cover it at WUWT, I regret it got lost in my … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny – Hansen’s Horror Scopes

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

The motivation for this cartoon comes from this essay on The Hockey Schtick, which was prompted by a post on David Stockwell’s blog Niche Modeling, which I highly recommend bookmarking.

Posted in Humor, satire | Tagged , | 60 Comments

Technical paper training for “Hansen’s Bulldog”

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

Bob Tisdale responds to Grant Foster aka “Tamino”, self proclaimed “Hansen’s Bulldog” (now oddly deleted but available at the Wayback machine via this link). The difference between Mr. Tisdale and Mr. Foster is that Mr. Tisdale doesn’t need to resort … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans | Tagged , , | 134 Comments

The GISS divergence problem: Ocean Heat Content

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

Bob Tisdale points out the reality versus projection disparity. It would seem, that we have a GISS miss by a country mile. Where’s the heat? – Anthony First-Quarter 2011 Update Of NODC Ocean Heat Content (0-700Meters) Guest post by Bob Tisdale … Continue reading →

Posted in oceans | Tagged | 158 Comments

Briggs on Berkeley’s forthcoming BEST surface temperature record, plus my thoughts from my visit there

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

UPDATE: for those visiting here via links, see my recent letter regarding Dr. Richard Muller and BEST. I have some quiet time this Sunday morning in my hotel room after a hectic week on the road, so it seems like … Continue reading →

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