Tag Archives: National Science Foundation

Solar panels as inexpensive as paint?

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

This would be nice, except this idea keeps surfacing every couple of years, and I’ve yet to see one actually become viable. – Anthony “Organic photovoltaics can be fabricated over large areas on rigid or flexible substrates potentially becoming as … Continue reading →

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New NSF paleo research claiming Arctic was warmer fails to take major ocean circulation changes 3 million years ago into account

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

I covered this story earlier today, and it was presented much differently in that press release. This press release takes a different tack. IMHO, it looks like a big “ooops” from the National Science Foundation. See what I found after … Continue reading →

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NCAR says targeting specific pollutants would slow SLR

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

From the  National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research I can see the EPA jumping all over this one. Black carbon is likely a contributor, as it changes the albedo of ice sheets and one that is much … Continue reading →

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Modeling the greening of the Arctic

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

From the National Science Foundation: New Models Predict Dramatically Greener Arctic in the Coming Decades International Polar Year- (IPY) funded research predicts boom in trees, shrubs, will lead to net increase in climate warming A map of predicted greening of … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – ‘bad eggs’ in the Marcott et al non-stick omelete recipe

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

This is a scathing and revealing comment from another scientist regarding the Marcott et al affair. The context of it all has an odor of hydrogen sulfide about it.

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The PR is in: the ‘may haves’ have it at NSF

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

From the National Science Foundation, another bit of Speculative Science™ note the caveat in bold, which is all they need for a headline that screams certainty: This sudden release of gases into the atmosphere may have created intense global warming, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Extinction, Paleoclimatology, Science | Tagged , | 82 Comments

Kenji sniffs out stupid claims by the Union of Concerned Scientists

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

For those of you who don’t know yet, Kenji is our family dog. Kenji is also a official dues paying member of the Union of Concerned scientists. see: Friday Funny – The newest member of the Union of Concerned Scientists because … Continue reading →

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Duplicate science: ‘funding agencies may have awarded millions and possibly billions of dollars to scientists’ for duplicate studies

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

From the: …comes this press release that makes me wonder why the University of Virginia spent close to a half million dollars trying to keep Dr. Michael Mann’s emails out of an FOIA request and lawsuit by the State attorney … Continue reading →

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More Tabloid Climatology – now ‘extreme weather’ killed the Mayans

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

From the University of California – Davis  and the “seek and ye shall find” department, a stunning example of Tabloid Climatology™ trying to link “extreme weather” with the Mayan civilization collapse. They did get one thing right though with this … Continue reading →

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Earth’s great oxidation event

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

From the University of California – Riverside Oxygen’s ups and downs in the early atmosphere and ocean UC Riverside-led research team finds evidence for a dramatic rise in early oxygen about 2.3 billion years ago followed, more surprisingly, by an … Continue reading →

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More hype on Greenland’s summer melt

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

You may recall the bogus claim of “97% of Greenland Ice melted”, that was dialed back (REP’s last story on WUWT). Now there’s more of the same sort of stuff. See this PR, and note my bold for the money … Continue reading →

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Ocean seawater chemistry linked with periods of global cooling, sharp changes from greenhouse to icehouse climate

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

From the University of Toronto , something quite unexpected. Scientists connect seawater chemistry with climate change and evolution TORONTO, ON – Humans get most of the blame for climate change, with little attention paid to the contribution of other natural … Continue reading →

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Gen-X ers don’t care about climate change

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

From the University of Michigan , recognition of a whole new crop of, ahem, deniers. I can hear Joe Romm’s head exploding from my house. Generation X is surprisingly unconcerned about climate change ANN ARBOR, Mich.—As the nation suffers through … Continue reading →

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ARCUS: July Sea Ice Outlook Published

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

WUWT comes in at the median value of 4.6 million square kilometers (they rounded up from our 4.55 submission) . It is important to note that even with the large losses in June, nobody who submitted to ARCUS is forecasting … Continue reading →

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Viruses linked to coral bleaching

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

I found this interesting: “If viruses are causing disease or bleaching of colonies, it’s also unknown whether this is happening now more than in the past.” Sort of like ocean acidification, they don’t have any long term data. UPDATE: Commenter … Continue reading →

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CO2 emissions – China is the big hockey stick in the room

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

China’s CO2 emission in millions of metric tons from 1980 to 2009: Source, EIA: http://www.eia.gov/countries/img/charts_png/CH_co2con_img.png From Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: Atmospheric scientists release first “bottom-up” estimates of China’s CO2 emissions Estimates capitalize on instrumental measurements of CO2 in … Continue reading →

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July sea ice outlook submitted to ARCUS

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

The WUWT Extent Projection: 4.55 million square kilometers. Readers polled, 142 responded with 22.11% of responses in the range of 4.5 to 4.6 million square kilometers. 4.6 million sqkm  11.21%  (72 votes) 4.5 million sqkm  10.9%  (70 votes) This was almost … Continue reading →

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Claim: Fates of polar ice sheets appear to be linked

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

From the National Science Foundation – Press Release 12-115 Remote Siberian Lake Holds Clues to Arctic–and Antarctic–Climate Change Keys to climate change lie buried beneath “Lake E” in the Russian Arctic. Credit and Larger Version Intense warm climate intervals–warmer than … Continue reading →

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Dear Woods Hole and NCAR, maybe you missed this trend in Antarctic sea ice?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

More modeling madness projecting the future, but the actual data for the past 30 years says otherwise, with a positive trend. Regular commenter Julienne Stroeve of NSIDC is one of the co-authors, so perhaps she’ll weigh in here. The article … Continue reading →

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Claim: Today’s climate is more sensitive than that of the past

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

Press Release 12-107 Today’s Climate More Sensitive to Carbon Dioxide Than in Past 12 Million Years Geologic record shows evolution in Earth’s climate system The phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi offers clues about climate past, present and future. Credit and Larger Version … Continue reading →

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