From this Georgia Tech article: In 1657, Christiaan Huygens revolutionized the measurement of time by creating the first working pendulum clock. In early 1665, Huygens discovered “..an odd kind of…
Month: March 2009
Global warming has killed the finest violin music
From Wikipedia: A Stradivarius is a stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari. According to their reputation, the quality of their sound has defied attempts…
Edmonton Canada bests March 10th record low by -12 degrees, columnist questions climate situation
UPDATE: The author’s (Lorne Gunter) claim of breaking the all time March record by -12 degrees is only partially correct. The phrase “smashing the previous March low” should have read…
10 million page views
Overnight, WUWT hit a new milestone with 10 million page views. As of this writing, according to the WordPress internal counter shown in the ride sidebar, I’m at 10,016,144 page…
If You Can't Explain It, You Can't Model It
Guest Post by Steven Goddard Global Climate Models (GCM’s) are very complex computer models containing millions of lines of code, which attempt to model cosmic, atmospheric and oceanic processes that…
Cosmic Ray Flux and Neutron monitors suggest we may not have hit solar minimum yet
There’s some interesting information of the six month trend of neutrons being detected globally that I want to bring to discussion, but first I thought that a primer on cosmic…
Guardian: Al Gore says "business leaders see the writing on every wall they look at"
Above: Al’s high five on ice caps (gone in five years) Guest post by Steven Goddard In today’s Guardian, Al Gore is quoted as saying: Gore says he has also…
Scafetta-Wilson Paper: Increasing TSI between 1980 and 2000 could have contributed significantly to global warming during the last three decades
Via Roger Pielke Sr. climatescience blog: A New Paper On Solar Climate Forcing “ACRIM-Gap And TSI Trend Issue Resolved Using A Surface Magnetic Flux TSI Proxy Model By Scafetta Et…
Here's what happens when a TV meteorologist speaks his mind
Gosh, according to many, I’m a far worse person for speaking my mind on the subject. But here is what happened to one TV meteorologist when he put a few…
Who makes up the IPCC?
Guest post by Steven Goddard Suzanne Goldenberg recently complained in the UK Guardian about the ICCC (International Conference on Climate Change) global warming “deniers” : The 600 attendees (by the organisers’ count)…
Global hurricane activity has decreased to the lowest level in 30 years.
Cross Posted from Climate Audit by Ryan N. Maue, Florida State University COAPS Figure: Global 24-month running sum time-series of Accumulated Cyclone Energy updated through March 12, 2009. Very important:…
Blue sky research reveals trends in air pollution, clears way for new climate change studies
These two satellite images show how aerosols can obscure the land and sea beneath, blocking incoming sunlight. On the top, aerosols over northeastern India and Bangladesh partially obscure the Ganges…
NASA solicits new studies on the current solar minimum
This is interesting. It seems that NASA has taken an interest in the current solar minimum and is getting ready to launch one or more studies about it. They are…
Wind shifts may stir CO2 from Antarctic depths
Releases may have speeded end of last ice age — and could act again IMAGE: This pictures shows the locations of cores showing Antarctic upwelling. Click here for more information.…
Gallup Poll: New high – 41% of Americans 'now say global warming is exaggerated'
EXCERPTS FROM GALLUP – complete poll story here PRINCETON, NJ — Although a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news or…
NOAA: U.S. December-February Temperature Near Average, Above Average for February
Press Release March 10, 2009 Temperatures for winter, December 2008 – February 2009, across the contiguous United States were near average, based on records dating back to 1895, according to…
Solar Cycle 24 has ended according to NASA
Solar Cycle 24 has ended according to NASA. Yes you read that right. Somebody at NASA can’t even figure out which solar cycle they are talking about. Or, as commenters…
Carbon Cap and Trade in Trouble?
Guest post by Steven Goddard The Senate Budget Committee chairman said today : Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said he has spoken to enough colleagues about several different provisions in the…
Heavy: Global warming linked to gravity
[insert your own caption here] Vancouver Sun/Reuters January 13, 2009 ANTARCTICA — Sea levels will rise at varying rates around the world because of a quirk of the earth’s gravity…
ICCC conference Day 3
I missed a good portion of the Wednesday session, so I’ll let Bob Carter describe it. -Anthony Heartland-2: session three by Bob Carter March 11, 2009 John Sunumu: Nature will…
Here it comes
From Yahoo News h/t to Adolfo Giurfa EPA for the first time looks to mandate reporting of the gases linked to global warming WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government wants…
River ice in Alaska: "pretty good proxy for climate change in the 20th century"
From Physics Today News Picks: Wall Street Journal: Every winter since 1917, people in Nenana, a village 55 miles southwest of Fairbanks, have wagered on the exact moment that the…
The Great Lakes and Global Warming
Our recent story about the freeze over on Lake Superior prompted a lot of discussion. Steven Goddard has submitted this article on the Great Lakes for consideration. – Anthony Guest…
Both RSS and UAH global temperature anomalies are out for Feb 09
I’m unable to setup a graph for these while I’m on the road, so a short table will have to do: RSS (Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa) RSS data here…
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