By Bill Scanlon, The Rocky Mountain News Scientists have vastly underestimated the challenge of reducing greenhouse gases in a world where billions are boosting their carbon footprint, an important new…
Month: December 2008
JPL says: FORGET LA NINA: OSCILLATION RULES AS THE PACIFIC COOLS
While I said a couple of days a go that “La Nina is back” it appears I mistook a strong PDO cool signature for the La Nina signature. As JPL’s…
21 spotless days and solar magnetic field still in a funk
We are now at 21 days with no sunspots, it will be interesting to see if we reach a spotless 30 day period and then perhaps a spotless month of…
Rare 50 year Arctic Blast Sets Sights On Southern California.
Joshua Young Monday, December 8, 2008 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – December 8, 2008 (OWSweather.com) Rare 50 year Arctic Blast Sets Sights On Southern California. With a week away, and a sure…
How not to measure temperature, part 79 – could you, would you, with a boat?
Santa Rosa USHCN – click for a much larger image Or maybe with the lack of grass, “goat” might be more appropriate. Every once in awhile (like once a week)…
UAH satellite derived global anomaly out – up a bit
Like RSS, UAH lower troposphere global temperature anomaly also went up in November, which was to be expected: 2008 10 0.166 2008 11 0.254 More later…
Early snowfalls in Europe hit Historic Levels
Anecdotal for certain, but these keep piling up. This from the UK Snowboard Club. – Anthony Early snowfalls in Europe hit Historic Levels Posted Wednesday 3rd December 2008, 2:15 pm…
New US military report on global warming raises worry
Calls theories on the cause ‘contradictory’ By Bryan Bender Boston Globe / December 6, 2008 WASHINGTON – A new US military report has come under scrutiny for asserting that the…
Satellite derived sea level updated- short term trend has been shrinking since 2005
We’ve been waiting for the UC web page to be updated with the most recent sea level data. It finally has been updated for 2008. It looks like the steady…
RSS for November is out, up slightly
Click for a larger image RSS Data Source is here The RSS (Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) lower troposphere global temperature anomaly data for…
La Niña is back
Image from NOAA, dated 12/04/08 – click for larger image h/t to Fernando It will be interesting to see what November UAH and RSS satellite data brings forth. La Niñas…
Greenhouse gases make oceans noisier?
Photo not part of original article. From news.com.au yes something else to worry about and to add to the list of hundreds of things supposedly caused by global warming. The…
Internal Report Says U.N. Climate Agency Rife With Bad Practices
Perhaps now the problems with disappearing weather stations and slow or non-existent updates of GHCN weather data can be explained. The U.N. appears to be ineffective at managing basic science…
The Answer Is: what is a dress blue weather station?
You may recall last week I wrote about the NWS Upton, New York Forecast Office that was on the TV quiz show Jeopardy. While I didn’t have a screen cap…
Waste heat could warm the earth? Perhaps it has already started.
Excerpt of an article from the New Scientist, 01 December 2008 by Mark Buchanan (h/t to Richard Hegarty) EVEN if we turn to clean energy to reduce carbon emissions, the…
Cleveland-area TV meteorologists disagree with prevailing attitude about climate change
Clearly, I’m not the only TV meteorologist (former) with doubts. Here is a story out of Cleveland that shows how others think about the issues. – Anthony Cleveland-area TV meteorologists…
"No one wants to leave the house"
Wind turbines and neighborhoods just don’t mix It seems. Would you want one of these to do this when a wind storm comes your way? Wind power has it’s pluses…
Here's something you don't see every day – a USHCN station reopens
It is heartening to see a “back to basics” approach like this being taken on a college campus. Not only did they reopen the USHCN station that had been closed,…
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