Tag Archives: greenland

IPCC’s Pachauri’s “voodoo science” claim comes full circle

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

WUWT readers may recall that when the “Himalayan Glaciers will melt by 2035″ error was first revealed, IPCC chairman Rajenda Pachauri famously labeled claims of the mistake “voodoo science”and then had to retract that slur later. Now it appears there … Continue reading →

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Greenland’s pronounced glacier retreat not irreversible

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Via the AGU weekly highlights: In recent decades, the combined forces of climate warming and short-term variability have forced the massive glaciers that blanket Greenland into retreat, with some scientists worrying that deglaciation could become irreversible. The short history of … 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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The Message in the Dye 3 Data

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Guest post by David Archibald The story so far: in this recent post – Ap Index Neutrons and Climate, we had looked at the Dye 3 oxygen isotope-derived temperature record to see how big climate swings have been over the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate data, glaciers, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , | 95 Comments

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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Russian river water affecting the Arctic – AO shift blamed

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

From the University of Washington Russian river water unexpected culprit behind Arctic freshening near US, Canada A hemisphere-wide phenomenon – and not just regional forces – has caused record-breaking amounts of freshwater to accumulate in the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea. Freshwater … Continue reading →

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Slipping some “past the goalie” at RC

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein Seinfeld fans will remember how proud Kramer was when he thought he had slipped one past the goalie. Well, I’ve managed to slip a few comments onto RealClimate’s discusion of the Times Atlas “Greenland Meltdown” … Continue reading →

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New study shows temperature in Greenland significantly warmer than present several times in the last 4000 years

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Kobashi et al 2011 was just published in GRL, and it looks like it will be upsetting the paleoclimate apple cart. The conclusions of Kaufman et al 2009 look to be minimized in comparison to this much more complete study. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, glaciers, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , | 80 Comments

Little Bubbles, part 1

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

Guest Post by Caleb Shaw Preface:  Climate Scientists and School Girls – A humorous description of a layman trying to investigate the little bubbles in ice cores,  involving both the actual science,  and a layman’s amazement over the politics. My … Continue reading →

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Extreme melting in Greenland – no high temperatures required

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

From the City College of New York: Extreme Melting on Greenland Ice Sheet, Reports CCNY Team   Glacial Melt Cycle Could Become Self-Amplifying, Making it Difficult to Halt   The Greenland ice sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures don’t … Continue reading →

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Warming Island / Greenland Sea Regional Climate and Arctic Sea Ice Reconstruction

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Guest post by David Middleton The recent return of the Warming Island AGW myth inspired me to build a climate reconstruction for the Greenland Sea region. Temperature Reconstruction I performed a GISS station search centered on 71.4 N latitude, 23.5 … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny – The Times Atlas of the world, it is a changing

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

Josh writes: There has been a considerable fuss about the feel-good 14th Edition of the Times Atlas of the World even in the Guardian, which did elicit an apology from the Times. Subsequently James Delingpole wrote a delightful spoof which did not go down too well in … Continue reading →

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Greenland ice not responding as predicted

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

From C3 Headlines and The Hockey Schtick word that the whole Greenland ice loss issue and Atlasgate just got more complex. As a whole Greenland is not responding the same, which suggests regional weather variability as a cause. From C3 … Continue reading →

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‘Atlasgate’ deepens: NSIDC rejects being a specific source of The Times Atlas 15% Greenland ice loss claim

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

The Guardian has this article up today: The claim was this: “for the first time, the new edition of the (atlas) has had to erase 15% of Greenland’s once permanent ice cover – turning an area the size of the … Continue reading →

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Complaints over false info in new Times World Atlas grow

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Yesterday we pointed out how an island shown on a map 50 years ago was cited (because it appears today and was finally given a name) as “proof” of Greenland ice melt. Now some heavy hitters are weighing in saying … Continue reading →

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Warming Island: Just another Warmist myth

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Guest post by David Middleton Like a zombie, this island keeps resurrecting itself in the gullible press. Problem is, its been on the maps for 50+ years. From the Guardian yesterday: New atlas shows extent of climate change The world’s … Continue reading →

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New study shows Greenland ice varied greatly in the past

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

“… abrupt climate change has been a systemic feature of Earth’s climate for hundreds of thousands of years…” From Cardiff University 800,000 years of abrupt climate variability An international team of scientists, led by Dr Stephen Barker of Cardiff University, … Continue reading →

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New study – declining temperature and increasing sea ice, combined with lack of adaptation, caused Viking demise in Greenland

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

We’ve always suspected this for some time, as the MWP ended, they became isolated by the change in weather patterns as the climate turned colder. Nice to see it in a peer reviewed publication finally. From Wiley-Blackwell Did climate change … Continue reading →

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Greenland and AGW

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Guest post by S Jay Porter In 891 AD. Eric The Red set off from Iceland with a few followers to explore a land to the west which they had probably spotted some time before while sailing out in their … Continue reading →

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Temperature reconstruction of Greenland shows ups and downs in climate happened over 5600 years

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Greenland’s early Viking settlers were subjected to rapidly changing climate. Temperatures plunged several degrees in a span of decades, according to research from Brown University. A reconstruction of 5,600 years of climate history from lakes near the Norse settlement in … Continue reading →

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Study of the East Greenland Current finds no trend

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Current research for the East Greenland Current (EGC) has been focused on freshwater fluxes from melting ice. Because the EGC runs through the Greenland Sea and eventually through the Labrador Sea (as the West Greenland Current) it can have strong … Continue reading →

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Why I’m not worried about Greenland’s icecap right now

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

There’s some blogospheric carping about his statement in the JPL press release below regarding Greenland’s ice sheets:“… their cumulative loss could raise sea level by 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) by 2050.” Well sure, it could be, but as this recent … Continue reading →

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“Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet”

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

‘Hidden plumbing’ helps slow Greenland ice flow Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet as previously feared and may actually slow down the flow of glaciers, according to new research. A letter published in Nature on … Continue reading →

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Easterbrook on the magnitude of Greenland GISP2 ice core data

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

MAGNITUDE AND RATE OF CLIMATE CHANGES Guest post by Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Dept. of Geology, Western Washington University The GISP2 Greenland ice core has proven to be a great source of climatic data from the geologic past. Ancient temperatures … Continue reading →

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Greenland blows hot and cold while Europe freezes

Posted on December 19, 2010 by

There’s a colorfully sharp temperature contrast in Greenland, one might think it was “red hot” there. Hmmm where have we seen something like this before? The warm red pocket over southern Greenland and Eastern Canada is caused by a blocking … Continue reading →

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