Guest post by Bob Tisdale Near the current end of the thread titled National Post: Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof Allan asked, “What is your global average temperature prediction…
Month: October 2008
Grief: It's what's for dinner
What happens when food, dogma, a green chef, and a Ph.D. collide? Why a scientifically based feel good cookbook, that’s what. How this cookbook review ended up on the website…
Researchers find arctic may have had less ice 6000-7000 years ago
I love field work. I think any climate scientist that basically becomes a data jockey should be forced to go out and examine real world measurement systems and weather stations…
Tamino’s Folly – Temperatures did drop this past decade
Guest Post by Jeff Id: “Tamino” has made a couple of posts on how the last 10 year drop in temperature is not statistically significant, so it isn’t real. He…
Sun's protective 'bubble' is shrinking
From the UK Telegraph – source link The protective bubble around the sun that helps to shield the Earth from harmful interstellar radiation is shrinking and getting weaker, NASA scientists…
UK Telegraph falls prey to photo cherry picking
They say a picture is worth a thousand words right? Depending on what you are trying to present, that picture can make or break any presentation. So it was with…
National Post: Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof
Click for larger image Posted: October 20, 2008 Lorne Gunter, National Post – source article here In early September, I began noticing a string of news stories about scientists rejecting…
New Paper from Roy Spencer: PDO and Clouds
Global Warming as a Natural Response to Cloud Changes Associated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) Reposted here from weatherquestions.com UPDATED – 10/20/08 See discussion section 4 by Roy W.…
Ice Reality Check: Arctic Ice Now 31.3% Over Last Year, plus Scientists Counter Latest Arctic 'Record' Warmth Claims as 'Pseudoscience'
10/17/2007 5,663,125 square kilometers 10/17/2008 7,436,406 square kilometers Δice = 1,773,281 sqkm or 31.3% more than last year Source data here: http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/plot.csv (Excel file) UPDATE 10/22: The trend has entered…
Can Oyster Art Curb Global Warming?
by John Goetz Here is an fun press release I ran across on prweb.com. If Ms. Haseltine is successful in her project, we might see more local produce on the…
NSIDC's Dr. Walt Meier answers reader questions on sea ice
From Steve Goddard: Thanks again to Dr. Meier from NSIDC for answering questions, and for offering to do a follow-up. From Anthony: Responses from Dr. Meier are in italics. I’ve…
Obama to Declare Carbon Dioxide Dangerous Pollutant
In my opinion, this is lunacy – Obama’s thinking is completely off the rails now. He cites a new energy plan in August, then cripples it from the start with…
Arctic sea ice now 28.7% higher than this date last year – still rallying
10/14/2008 7,064,219 square kilometers 10/14/2007 5,487,656 square kilometers A difference of: 1,576,563 square kilometers, now in fairness, 2008 was a leap year, so to avoid that criticism, the value of 6,857,188…
Alaska glaciers on the rebound
Bad weather was good for Alaska glaciers MASS BALANCE: For decades, summer snow loss has exceeded winter snowfall. By CRAIG MEDRED cmedred@adn.com (10/13/08 23:08:04) Two hundred years of glacial shrinkage…
St. Andrews Golf Course Doomed by Global Warming
Posted by John Goetz Speculation abounds that the St Andrews golf course in Scotland will disappear by mid-century – a scant 42 years from now – due to global warming.…
Arctic sea ice continues to rebound, quick link graphic added
I’ve been so impressed with the recovery thus far for Arctic sea ice, I’ve added a live icon for it in the lower right under the global satellite image. Just…
Boise gets earliest snow on record, record cold in Oregon, Washington
From the Idaho Statesman: Valley shivers as winter weather makes a premature appearance Big snow flakes fell early Friday evening, turning Downtown Boise into a giant snow globe for people…
Sun's magnetic field still in a funk during September
While the sun puts out a new and significant cycle 24 spot, the real news is just how quiet the suns magnetic field has been in the past couple of…
Significant Cycle 24 sunspot group emerges
Click for large image This is the biggest Cycle 24 spot since the first one was seen on January 4th, 2008. This spot looks to have some staying power other…
Is Global Warming Starving Science?
Posted by Dee Norris This article concerning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry caught my attention this morning: Twenty years ago, Douglas Prasher was one of the driving forces behind research…
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