Tag Archives: Snow

New research projects mitigation of sea level rise

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Recent snowfall anomalies in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica Enhanced snowfall on the East Antarctic ice sheet is projected to significantly mitigate 21st century global sea level rise. In recent years (2009 and 2011), regionally extreme snowfall anomalies in Dronning … Continue reading →

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Did Global Warming Prevent a Record-Breaking D.C. Snowstorm?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

Guest post by Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels We haven’t seen any media stories relating global warming to the Wednesday’s weather in D.C. We are certain that this would not have been the case had more than … Continue reading →

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New model says more snow at poles, less elsewhere due to CO2

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

From Princeton and the I haven’t looked out the window lately department: Forecast is for more snow in polar regions, less for the rest of us (Journal of Climate) Posted on February 22, 2013 By Cather­ine Zan­donella, Office of the … Continue reading →

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Whac-a-moling Seth Borenstein at AP over his erroneous extreme weather claims

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Comments on Yesterday’s paean to Global Warming Guest post by Dr. Richard Keen, Meteorologist Emeritus, University of Colorado, Boulder It’s like playing whac-a-mole. After every major storm or unusual (or even slightly interesting) weather event, some non-investigative reporter gets hold … Continue reading →

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Michael Tobis has bupkis

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

UPDATES have been added:  see below. Not only does Tobis have bupkis, he’s been caught out in a Janus moment from 2010 where he says the exact opposite. – Anthony I wrote a post yesterday pointing out how a WWF … Continue reading →

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Heaviest Snowfall in a Century Hits Moscow – WWF has logic fail

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

UPDATE: See a new related story here. From the Moscow Times By Roland Oliphant The heaviest snowfall in a century brought Moscow and the surrounding region to a near standstill and left hundreds of people without power, officials said Tuesday. And with snowfall set to continue at least until … Continue reading →

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The Dr. David Viner moment we’ve all been waiting for…a new snow record

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

WUWT readers surely recall this most often quoted prediction about snow. From the Independent’s most cited article: Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past by Charles Onians: However, the warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters … Continue reading →

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Awe, shucks …

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Wintertime was magic when I was a kid. When the snow came, it transformed our world. It turned the forest that surrounded our ranch into an infinity of marvels, mysteries and delights. We could track … Continue reading →

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A Cool White Christmas – almost two thirds of the continental USA has snow cover

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Where’s that “global warming” when you really want it? ;-) This map from NOAA’s National Snow Analyses page shows the snow depth data:

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Glacially modeled snow job

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

From the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)  Alarmism, I think maybe they are a bit unclear on the concept of how glaciers work. As snowfall varies with the seasons, the flow of ice speeds up and slows down. … Continue reading →

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A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – “Extreme Weather” Update

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” Recently there have been increased efforts to link “Climate Change” and “Extreme Weather” e.g., NOAA links extreme weather to climate change CBS – July 10, 2012, “NASA scientist links climate change, extreme weather” CNN … Continue reading →

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Greenland Ice Sheet albedo drops ‘off the bottom of the chart’ – but look closer as to why

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

Got this in the mail just as I posted my open thread announcemnt. I’m too busy this weekend to say much else except to post this tweet from Bill McKibben and some past blog excerpts and invite discussion. Bill McKibben … Continue reading →

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Study: Wolverines need refrigerators

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

[That headline is from the Wildlife Conservation Society press release, printed as is. And why do Wolverines need refrigerators? The climate is getting warmer of course.  - Anthony] Will insects and bacteria consume more of the wolverine’s food if the … Continue reading →

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A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – 2nd Quarter, 2012 – “What Global Warming Looks Like” Update

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” In the US we are currently being bombarded with claims that “this summer is ‘what global warming looks like’” from the Associated Press and “summer heat wave an early indication of global warming” from … Continue reading →

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A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – Peter Gleick Edition

Posted on June 10, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” I recently came across a January 21st, 2012 Peter Gleick article 2011 Climate Change in Pictures and Data: Just the Facts, which appears to mimic the format and approach of my January 1st, 2012 … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Antarctic, Arctic, Earth, Fakegate, Global warming, measurement, Oceans, Proxies, Sea ice, Sea level, Sea Surface Temperature, Snow, Temperature | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 148 Comments

Anchorage breaks seasonal snow record last set in 1955

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

Alaska’s largest city breaks seasonal snow record By RACHEL D’ORO | Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A spring snowfall has broken the nearly 60-year-old seasonal snow record of Alaska’s largest city. Inundated with nearly double the snow they’re used … Continue reading →

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NASA on the snow and the mild winter – AGW not mentioned

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Despite the wailings at various blogs and news outlets about this mild winter in the USA being the result of global warming, NASA says otherwise. Not a mention of AGW, CO2, or any of that blame game can be found … Continue reading →

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What We Don’t Know about Snow

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

From Ellen Gray NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Predicting the future is always a tricky business — just watch a TV weather report. Weather forecasts have come a long way, but almost every season there’s a snowstorm that seems to … Continue reading →

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Two Feet of Snow in Seattle

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

More proof of global warming climate change global climate disruption has been seen with this latest snowstorm in Seattle. Readers may recall this story from 2008 from where the mayor even refused to bring out salting/snowplowing for fear of environmental … Continue reading →

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The warm-cold oscillation

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

From the Institute of Physics Cold winters caused by warmer summers, research suggests Scientists have offered up a convincing explanation for the harsh winters recently experienced in the Northern Hemisphere; increasing temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic regions creating … Continue reading →

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