Tag Archives: New York City

With these two guys leading, what could possibly go wrong?

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

From banning supersize drinks to banning supersize storms? Bill Clinton and Bloomberg unveil ‘climate risk’ project NEW YORK—Former President Bill Clinton and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new climate initiative Monday to help cities measure their risk … Continue reading →

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Flu forecasts using weather, not climate

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Flu outbreaks predicted with weather forecast techniques BOULDER—Scientists at Columbia University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have adapted techniques used in modern weather prediction to generate local forecasts of seasonal influenza outbreaks. By predicting the timing and severity … Continue reading →

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Did Global Warming Reduce the Impacts of Sandy?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Guest post by Chip Knappenberger (above graphic by Anthony) The press has been quick to jump on the idea that post-tropical cyclone Sandy (it was not a hurricane at landfall) was worsened by anthropogenic global warming and that “superstorms” are … Continue reading →

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Climate Alarmism – Using Our Fear of Hurricanes

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

Guest post by Steve Goreham Hurricane Sandy has come and gone, leaving a path of destruction. More than 100 people have been killed and 8.5 million lost power. Nineteen states from Maine to Tennessee were impacted, with deaths reported in … Continue reading →

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Stunning super high res image of Hurricane Sandy – plus forecast of a large storm surge

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

UPDATE: The NWS in Mt. Holly NJ has put out an extraordinary statement, dropping the typical “gov speak” and pleading to people in direct language. See below. GOES-14 has been brought into service again on October 25th, 2012 for SRSOR … Continue reading →

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More on the 2012 US heat wave – not so hot if you look around at other locations

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

From Joe D’Aleo via email: It will be remembered for the heat wave and dryness in a large area, but some facts may surprise you. June actually ended up cooler than the normal in BOS (Boston) (-1.25F) and even NYC … Continue reading →

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Impact on temperature measurement: Cities expand by area equal to France, Germany and Spain combined in less than 20 years

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. points out on his weblog this interesting press release from IGBP (from March 2012) that we all apparently missed until now. One of the points worth noting is that there were fewer than 20 cities of … Continue reading →

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Another Stephan Rahmstorf sea level scare

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

From the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)  another Stephan Rahmstorf scare projection, so important they couldn’t even wait for it to be put on the NCC website before sending off this press release to Eurekalert (see weblink at … Continue reading →

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Trees do 8 times better in the New York City Urban Heat Island

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

From the The Earth Institute at Columbia University Do urban ‘heat islands’ hint at trees of future? Common oaks get a boost in New York’s Central Park City streets can be mean, but somewhere near Brooklyn, a tree grows far … Continue reading →

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Whole lotta watts added to the atmosphere

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

I loved the way James Russell described CO2 molecules as “natural thermostats” Solar Storm Dumps Gigawatts into Earth’s Upper Atmosphere A recent flurry of eruptions on the sun did more than spark pretty auroras around the poles.  NASA-funded researchers say … Continue reading →

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Snow White Takes a Walk In The Park

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I wrote a post called I Used To Be Snow White (… but then I drifted) a week or so ago about a study titled “Impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice on Winter Snowfall” (PDF) that … Continue reading →

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City UHI makes spring bloom earlier

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

From the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, somebody finally gets it. We’ve changed our local climates significantly, and the plants have figured this out long ago. Mid-Atlantic suburbs can expect an early spring thanks to the heat of … Continue reading →

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Hey Hansen! Where’s the Beef !?

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

In June 1986, Dr. James Hansen made a prediction to an AP newspaper reporter, which was carried in Oxnard, CA, of  a 2 degree temperature rise by 2006. This was two years before, almost to the day before he and … Continue reading →

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Record snowfall for “Climate Justice Day” in New York

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

It just doesn’t get any better than this. The Occupy Wall Street Mob had a “Climate Justice Day” scheduled for today. I don’t think they figured on a “Nightmare on Wall Street” irony like this. I notice Bill McKibben isn’t … 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 →

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NYC’s seasonal snowfall: 3rd largest on record

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

New York City Seasonal Snowfall Now 3rd Greatest in the Record (since 1868); Frigid Moscow Guest post by Joseph D’Aleo, CCM New York City metro area after a welcome thaw late last week, saw cold return this weekend and then … Continue reading →

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Record monthly snowfalls in the northeast

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

According to The Winter of 95-96: A Season of Extremes, National Climatic Data Center, Hartford typically receives about 45 inches (114 cm) of snow in an average winter. The record seasonal snowfall was 115.2 inches (293 cm) during the winter of 1995–1996. … Continue reading →

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Another Eastern Snow – Brutal Winter Assault Continues

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Guest post By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow Mother Nature for the second year in a row is sending a message to alarmists in the government and the media. Another snowstorm has swept across the nation and focused its fury … Continue reading →

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UPDATED: Nearly 71% of the USA is covered in snow, 49 of 50 states have snow on the ground

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

UPDATE: The map and data have been updated from NOHRS. We now have added to yesterday’s total with new overnight snows, bringing the CONUS coverage to 70.9%. KGMB-TV in Hawaii reports, that with snowfall on Mauna Kea, 49 out of … Continue reading →

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Heaviest December snow in NYC in 6 decades – 5th largest ever – hundreds of other snow records set around the nation

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

According to the Bloomberg article:

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