Tag Archives: Ross McKitrick

Why the Marcott et al FAQ was published on Easter Sunday

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Steve McIntyre explores this question along with the bigger question about the core top redating which created the Marcottian uptick: Q. Why did realclimate publish the Marcott FAQ on Easter Sunday? About these ads

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The Marcott gong show – before in the unquestioning press and after the blogosphere review as told by Ross McKitrick

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Just last month, these were the claims: We’re screwed: 11,000 years’ worth of ­climate data prove it.  It’s among the most compelling bits of proof out there that human beings are behind global warming, and as such has become a … Continue reading →

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Making Spirits Bright: A Christmas Announcement

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Guest Post by Ross McKitrick Hello WUWT’ers: Anthony has kindly given me a bit of real estate on his website to tell you about a Christmas-themed project I am involved in. Cheerfully it has nothing at all to do with … Continue reading →

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The next video from WUWT.TV: Dr. Ross McKitrick

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

Dr. Ross McKitrick of the University of Guelph presents on the economics of energy and emissions. There has been a lot of positive response to this video during the original broadcast, so I decided to upload it first. Some folks … Continue reading →

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Battle of the credible experts in New Zealand

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

From the “our expert is smarter than your expert” department and Tallbloke’s Talkshop: How NIWA added lots of warming in New Zealand – and got away with it – so far Something is rotten in the state of Denmark New Zealand. … Continue reading →

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Make your own Michael Mann hockey stick at home

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

Following yesterday’s first look at emails from the 2 year effort to get NOAA to release emails from FOIA requests, where we learn that some scientists felt ‘Hit on the head with a hockey stick’ and that “The paleodata always got … Continue reading →

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Why the BEST papers failed to pass peer review

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

Whoa, this is heavy.  Ross McKitrick, who was a peer review referee for the BEST papers with the Journal of Geophysical Research got fed up with Muller’s media blitzing and  tells his story: excerpts: In October 2011, despite the papers … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: “In their statement Sunday, Science editors said, “The scientific process is a naturally self-correcting one, as scientists attempt to replicate published results.” WSJ … Continue reading →

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See if you can find the ‘legal threat’ to David Karoly

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

Steve McIntyre has posted his letter to David Karoly regarding Karoly’s book review, covered by WUWT here. Karoly responds with a suggestion he’s been given a ‘legal threat’. After reading McIntyre’s letter, I’m reminded of the non-existent death threats towards … Continue reading →

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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with … Continue reading →

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New modeling analysis paper by Ross McKitrick

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

Dr. McKitrick’s new paper with Lise Tole is now online at Climate Dynamics. He also has an op-ed in the Financial Post on June 13. A version with the citations provided is here. Part II is here online, and the … 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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Weekly Weather and Climate News Roundup

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

The Week That Was: 2012-05-12 (May 5, 2012) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: “Even a succession of professional scientists—including famous astronomers who had made other discoveries that are … Continue reading →

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Proxy Science and Proxy Pseudo-Science

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Guest post by Pat Frank It’s become very clear that most published proxy thermometry since 1998 [1] is not at all science, and most thoroughly so because Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick revealed its foundation in ad hoc statistical numerology. … Continue reading →

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Earth Hour 2012 – A dissent and poll

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Every year at Christmas, many newspapers reprint “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus“, this excellent essay by Ross McKittrick should be repeated on every blog on every observance of Earth Hour. Copy, paste, and share it widely. A poll … Continue reading →

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Spencer shows compelling evidence of UHI in CRUTem3 data

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

McKitrick & Michaels Were Right: More Evidence of Spurious Warming in the IPCC Surface Temperature Dataset Guest post by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The supposed gold standard in surface temperature data is that produced by Univ. of East Anglia, … Continue reading →

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Judith Curry and Ross McKitrick on Demon Coal

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Wayne Delbeke writes in with: There was a very good CBC radio program referenced in one of the comments today and I thought I would bring it to your attention here. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2012/03/12/demon-coal-part-1/ =========================================================== Coal is dirty, toxic, abundant and cheap. … Continue reading →

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Shollenberger’s Technical Review of Mann’s recent book

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

Readers may recall this posting A detailed review of Mann’s book: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars as it relates to the Wegman report to Congress. This post today is a continuation of that review, with more in-depth technical … Continue reading →

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A detailed review of Mann’s book: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars as it relates to the Wegman report to Congress

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

By Brandon Shollenberger Introduction Michael Mann recently published a book named The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars. It was generally well-received, quickly garnering many positive reviews. Even Henry Waxman, a sitting Congressman, and Bill Nye the Science Guy praised … Continue reading →

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New paper and stunning video from the Space Station – UHI much?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Professor Ross McKitrick has just released a new paper on UHI, after reading it, it reminds me of this video from the space station. Weather stations exist in the points of light that define humanity at night, even in rural … Continue reading →

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