From the BBC: Wilson row over green ‘alarmists’ The Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has angered green campaigners by describing their view on climate change as a “hysterical psuedo-religion”. In an…
Month: September 2008
'Coimhtioch Gan Cuireadh' have Irish in a Dander
Posted by John Goetz My lovely wife is Irish. She loves to talk, drink Guinness, and adores her motherland. I have to admit I love the place as well. We…
A note to longtime readers of this blog – the demise of an old friend
Many of you who have been with me from the start will recall fondly the day I was annointed to “holy” status by our local alternate weekly, The Chico Beat.…
NOAA: China to Warm U.S. Heartland
Posted by John Goetz CNN had the following AP article on their website today. NOAA says that shorter-term pollutants from Asia may raise U.S. heartland temperatures by three degrees in…
Public Invited to Submit Essays, Photos for Online Global Warming Book
Posted by John Goetz I ran across the following announcement this morning: September 4, 2008 at The Union of Concerned Scientists website: Penguin Classics Joins the Union of Concerned Scientists…
Near real-time imagery: Hannah, Ike, and Josephine
As many of you may know, I produce a variety of weather imagery maps for web and broadcast in SD and HD. Since there is a lot of interest in…
"Even doubling or tripling the amount of CO2' will have 'little impact' on temps"
From New Zealand Climate Science Professor Geoffrey G Duffy DEng, PhD, BSc, ASTC Dip., FRS NZ, FIChemE, CEng Dr. Geoffrey G. Duffy, a professor in the Department of Chemical and…
August RSS Global Temperature – holding steady, still cooler than 1 year ago
Even though little change has been seen, there is some interesting news in the August RSS numbers. We are still cooler than one year ago, and the 12 month trend…
Other August numbers are out
I’ve been busy with many things, including the sunspot story, and hadn’t gotten around to publishing my blog numbers for August yet. But with the release of RSS data above,…
Arctic Hell in a Handbasket
Posted by John Goetz CNN posted an AP story tonight on their website regarding the separation in early August of a 19-square-mile ice shelf from Elsmere Island. It starts: TORONTO,…
Adventures in Arctic Kayaking – Update: we're stuck
UPDATE: kayakers already “stuck” in ice at 80.52397 degrees N I had this post up for all of an hour before this news rolled in from PolarDefense. Hat tips to…
Big chill a symptom of climate chaos
From the Sydney Morning Herald I ask: is there anything that global warming climate change can’t do? – Anthony September 1, 2008 – 4:47PM Forget global warming – the latest…
Calls for Geo-Engineering at the Royal Society
Several British scientists have apparently decided that geo-engineering is better than nothing. (Posted by John Goetz) Extreme and risky action the only way to tackle global warming, say scientists From…
Global Warming Destroying Dublin's Infrastructure
More Signs of the Apocalypse (Posted by John Goetz) From the Belfast Telegraph, Sunday, 31 August 2008: Expert called in amid fears for O’ Connell Bridge Concerns are being expressed…
Obese People to Blame for Accelerating Global Warming?
(Posted by John Goetz) Saturday, August 30, 2008 by: David Gutierrez NaturalNews.com The weight and consumption habits of the overweight and obese are worsening the pace of global warming, said…
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