From Physorg.com March 23rd, 2009 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration Enlarge During periods of peak activity (front three images) sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections are more…
Month: March 2009
Freeman Dyson: speaking out on "global warming"
This is a well written essay by the New York times on Freeman Dyson. Dyson is one of the world’s most eminent physicists. As many WUWT readers know he is…
Compared to the Sun's power, we are a fly speck on an elephant's butt
Note: A number of people sent this to me. This is a fictional account of what might happen if we get a large solar event, such as a Coronal Mass…
UV-Resistant Bacteria Discovered In the Stratosphere
I have no idea what if anything this might mean, but it would be interesting to find out what these bacteria consume and respire. It just goes to show you…
Study of hemispheric CO2 timing suggests that annual increases may be coming from a global or equatorial source
Reposted from Jennifer Marohasy The Available Evidence Does Not Support Fossil Fuels as the Source of Increasing Concentrations of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (Part 1) Because the increase in the concentration…
El Nino study challenges global warming intensity link
From Scientific American via Reuters By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Research showing an El Nino event in 1918 was far stronger than previously thought is…
Guardian Headline – "Leading climate scientist: 'democratic process isn't working'"
Even the very liberal UK Guardian picked up on this. What next Jim, the Constitution? NASA, please fire this man. (h/t to Barbara) Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA From the UK Guardian:…
How not to measure temperature, part 85: what Katrina did for temperature measurement
Below is a photo of the USHCN climate station of record in Pascagoula Mississippi. Note the location of the MMTS temperature sensor. The phrase “industrial nightmare” comes to mind. But…
Mt. Redoubt in Alaska erupts
Video of the sixth eruption, from the Alaska Volcano observatory webcam system. (h/t to Ron De Haan) There is sound in this video. As first noticed by WUWT commenter Crosspatch…
Weather Station Data: raw or adjusted?
In my post on the Mohonk Weather Station, the question came up about “raw” temperature data. Tom in Texas complained that he’d looked at data from the observer B91 forms…
How not to measure temperature, part 84: "Pristine" Mohonk Lake USHCN station revisited
As WUWT readers may recall back in September of 2008, the New York Times ran an extensive first hand account of the Mohonk Lake, NY USHCN climate station of record.…
Natural Drivers of Weather and Climate
Note: The full PDF of this author manuscript was sent to me via an email contact of the author, Bob Foster. He says it has been published in E&E. Energy…
Oddball solar plage area
Yesterday I lamented that the sun was blank, not only on the SOHO MDI, but also the magnetogram. Within a couple of hours, one sunspeck appeared. I cited Murphy’s Law.…
The Sun: double blankety blank quiet
Usually, and that means in the past year, when you look at the false color MDI image from SOHO, you can look at the corresponding magnetogram and see some sort…
Recent Ocean Heat and MLO CO2 Trends
One of the great things about running this blog is that people send me things to look at. Sometimes I see connections between two things that were initially unrelated by…
Dr. Syun Akasofu on IPCC's forecast accuracy
UPDATE#2 I finally found a graph from Professor Akasofu that goes with the text of his essay below. I’ve added it above. You can read more about Akasofu’s views on…
Gallup poll: For the first time among U.S. voters in 25 years, economy takes precedence over environment
Gallup, 19 March 2009 http://www.gallup.com/poll/116962/Americans-Economy-Takes-Precedence-Environment.aspx Americans: Economy Takes Precedence Over Environment First time majority has supported economy in 25 years of asking question by Frank Newport PRINCETON, NJ — For…
Despite popular opinion and calls to action, the Maldives are not being overrun by sea level rise
When somebody mentions “Maldives”, the image above of a tropical paradise often springs to mind. Andy Revkin wrote a story recently about the Maldives on his NYT Dot Earth blog…
Undersea Volcanic Eruption In Tonga
Guest post by Steven Goddard The Washington Post reports today: An undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga, tossing clouds of smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters)…
Arctic Ice Thickness Measured From Buoys
Guest Post by Steven Goddard The Catlin Arctic Survey has generated quite a bit of discussion, more because of the difficulties they have faced than because of the scientific merit…
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