In August, I reported that the Kasitochi volcano in the Aleutian Island erupted over a million tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, here is…
Month: September 2008
This is what passes for a sunspot these days
After the August 21st sunspot debacle where SIDC reported a spot and initially NOAA didn’t, mostly due to the report from the Catania Observatory in Italy, we have another similar…
How not to measure temperature, part 70
What’s wrong with this picture? Stevenson Screen at USHCN station, Hood River Oregon Click for a larger image Photo: surfacestations.org volunteers Don and Liz Healy
Rethinking Carbon of the Past: Scientist Uncovers Miscalculation In Geological Undersea Record
Carbon isotope ratios are central to many reconstructions of past climate. For example the IPCC Working Group 1 cited C12/C13 ratios as the basis for determining some of their findings…
NOAA: August 2008 is 39th warmest on record
NOAA: Above Average Temperatures in U.S. for August, Summer; Midwest Much Drier than Average in August, South Much Wetter This June-August 2008 summer season was the 22nd warmest on record…
Piling On the Guilt
by John Goetz Kate Raworth of Oxfam International recently authored a 34-page report that began: “In failing to tackle climate change with urgency, rich countries are effectively violating the human…
Note to NASA: Fire Dr. James Hansen, now.
I’ve been wrestling with this topic for hours now as to how to best present it in this forum. I finally decided to simply just write it as I see…
Response from SIDC on the August sunspeck debacle
August 21st sketch from Catainia Observatory, Italy. Click for a larger image I had thought I was getting “blown off” by SIDC (Solar Influences Data Center) since I had not heard a…
GISS Global Temperature Dips in August
GISS (Goddard Institute of Space Studies) Surface Temperature Analysis (GISSTemp) released their monthly global temperature anomaly data for August 2008. Following is the monthly global ∆T from January to August 2008 Year J …
Polar Defense Project Deletes The Tough Questions
You may be familiar with the much ballyhooed “Polar Defense Project” which aimed to get two kayakers into the arctic sea as far north as possible. While it’s difficult to…
Ike Track
This is a “sticky” post that remains at top so that you can watch the progess of Ike. Click images for full size or the link below them for an…
"CO2 – less" coal power plant draws green ire anyway
I’ve always thought that the biggest issue with greens was not CO2 and AGW, but “progress in general”. This story seems to support that notion. Maybe they’ll get James Hansen…
Fight Global Warming – Hand Wash Your Clothes
Posted by John Goetz From the Creative Ways to Tackle Global Warming files: It appears that the Australian Cotton Research and Development Corporation feels the need to develop an argument…
UAH Global Temperature dips in August
UAH (University of Alabama, Huntsville) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) lower troposphere global temperature anomaly data for August 2008 was published today and has moved a bit below the zero anomaly line, with a…
An Inconvenient Youth – Updated
Posted by Dee Norris Teach children the path to follow, and even when they are old, they will not stray from it. (Proverbs 22:6) Childhood indoctrination. It’s a dirty word. …
Newest geo-engineering plan is salt water daffy
Here we go again, more geo-engineering. From Physicsworld: Artist’s impression of a Flettner spray vessel. The wind would be blowing from the right-hand side of the image, the rotor spin…
Pachauri's at it again – shun meat, he says (but what about the buffalo?)
Shun meat, says UN climate chief By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website Livestock production has a bigger climate impact than transport, the UN believes People should…
Track Hurricane Ike with near realtime satellite imagery
Hurricane Ike has many people worried, much like with Hurricane Gustav. As many of you may know, I produce a variety of weather imagery maps for web and broadcast in…
Google Earth gets a new space eye
Maybe now I’ll be able to find more weather stations from Google Earth imagery. This spacecraft is an even better versions of Ikonos, with better resolution and color. Note to…
UK's Met Office blows another summer forecast
A guest post by Steven Goddard: A Chronology of UK Met Office press releases The UK Met office is the official UK meteorological agency and is one of the leading…
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