November 4, 2007 – Watts Up With That?

Moderators note: This is reposted from an essay that Jim sent to me. Jim was the State Climatologist for California for many years, and still does consilting work for the Californiua Dept.…

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Day: November 4, 2007

Guest Weblog: CO2 variation by Jim Goodridge, former California State Climatologist