Tag Archives: Japan

Japan’s ‘Cool Hand Luke’ moment for surface temperature

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

At NASA’s Climate 365, there is an interesting story posted with this statement and a graph: Some say scientists can’t agree on Earth’s temperature changes Each year, four international science institutions compile temperature data from thousands of stations around the … Continue reading →

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New paleo calibration series done – enables more accurate calibration of radiocarbon datings

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

From the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres A sharper look into the past for archaeology and climate research Annual strata in the Japanese Lake Suigetsu enable a more accurate calibration of radiocarbon datings By using a new series of … Continue reading →

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Mann’s ‘hockey stick’ claims of the MWP and LIA being local were refuted years before it was published

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

Pierre Gosselin at NoTricksZone reports: Geologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt found a Japanese tree-ring temperature reconstruction from 1995, one that should have been heeded by the IPCC and Michael Mann before they took the world on a 10-year joyride … Continue reading →

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Why, yes, linking climate change to Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes DOES seem “to be bordering on the insane”

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Don’t worry, this guy is just trying to sell a book conveniently located on the left sidebar of the Guardian. I hear there’s a two for one special with Chariots of the Gods on Amazon. Get a load of some … Continue reading →

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Was the Northeast Passage first navigated in 1660?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

If true, it suggests periods of reduced Arctic sea ice during that time that made this feat possible. Reposted from the blog Ecotretas with permission   A graphical comparison between the North East Passage (blue) and an alternative route through … Continue reading →

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Interesting presentations from the Nagoya Workshop on the Relationship between Solar Activity and Climate Changes

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

As the sun goes blank today, just 15 months from the expected Cycle 24 solar maximum, Dr. Leif Svalgaard writes in to advise me of the presentations made in the workshop in Japan in mid January. Dr. Svalgaard was an … 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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Possible earthquake early warning signal discovered

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

From the AGU: An atmospheric precursor to the recent Japan megaquake Most scientists believe that earthquakes are inherently unpredictable, and reports of various kinds of earthquake precursor signals have been difficult to verify. However, in a new study, Heki reports … Continue reading →

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I’ll never be able to eat Kobe beef again

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Willis recently wrote about The Long View of Feeding the Planet and all I can say about this idea below is that it is too long wrong. But, this is exactly the sort of thing that some wacky eco-types would see … Continue reading →

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New quake, Tsunami warning for Japan

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

From AP via chicoer.com TOKYO — Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast. The Japan meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for … Continue reading →

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The negligent promotion of nuclear panic

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

It pains me to see large parts of the media still hyperventilating over the very modest amounts of radioactive material coming from the Fukushima Daiichi plant on the east coast of Japan. Nothing has been made more plain that most … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News, Disaster, media, Opinion, Tsunami | Tagged , , , | 288 Comments

Climate Craziness of the Week: IPCC’s Pachauri claims 17cm of sea level rise made the Tsunami worse, but let’s check

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

From this article in The Hindu: (h/t to WUWT reader Adam Gallon) “In the 20th century, sea-level rise was recorded at an average of 17 centimetres. If the sea-level was significantly lower, clearly the same tsunami would have had a … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – note to the media, this 23 year old English teacher from Japan gets it, so stop the hype

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

From my town newspaper, in the story covering a young English teacher who was just now able to return home after being in Japan during the earthquake. She gets it, why can’t the media?

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Good news from Japan: Situation ‘fairly stable’, says IAEA

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

IAEA= International Atomic Energy Agency – update here Story below from the Register: The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant in Japan, badly damaged during the extremely severe earthquake and tsunami there a week ago, continues to stabilise. It … Continue reading →

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Nuke Tsunami Makes Clean Coal Look Better

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein The recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami, which shut down several reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex in northeastern Japan, followed by a failure of the backup cooling systems that resulted in hydrogen gas explosions and … Continue reading →

Posted in Current News, Disaster, Energy, Politics, Tsunami | Tagged , , | 111 Comments

Live real-time monitoring map of radiation counts in the USA

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

As many know, I’m a big fan of citizen science. There’s much that can be contributed by the layman that the government often cannot or will not do. Since many people seem to be worried about nuclear fallout from Japan’s … Continue reading →

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In light of radiation fears, I offer this repost

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Going bananas over radiation With all the worries over radiation leaks from Japan, and hoarding of Potassium Iodide tablets, I thought it valuable to repost a link to this story from last month which was very popular.

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Newsbytes: The Energy No-Fly Zone

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

From the Global Warming Policy Foundation The world is about to enter a no-fly zone for energy policy, a period where nothing gets off the ground. Here we have a globalized economic system filled with unprecedented energy options, but where … Continue reading →

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JPL: Japan Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days, Moved Axis

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

From NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab: The March 11, magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan may have shortened the length of each Earth day and shifted its axis. But don’t worry-you won’t notice the difference. Using a United States Geological Survey estimate … Continue reading →

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Newsbytes: Japan’s Tsunami Threatens The Global Warming Movement

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

From the Global Warming Policy Foundation The nuclear emergency is Japan will be a disaster for global warming activists. For a start, Japan’s own emissions will most likely rise in the medium term, now that so many nuclear plants – one … Continue reading →

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