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…

ICCC conference 2009 – Day 2

Above: At left – Myself, James O’Brien from FSU, and Steve McIntyre at podium. Photo by Evan Jones This morning’s breakfast program featured congressman Tom McClintock of California. He quipped:…

La Niña conditions: still there

Click for larger image. I don’t have tome to do a pixel analysis (anyone is welcome to do so and post in comments) but it appears by eyeball analysis that…

Day 1 of the ICCC conference

UPDATE: see an additional report from Prof. Bob Carter below the “read more” line. ALSO: See this announcement at Climate Audit Photo by Evan Jones I don’t have  a lot…

Update on the "Chu Effect"

Guest post by Steven Goddard One month ago, Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu warned of apocalyptic drought in California. “We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture…

More revisions to the NASA solar cycle prediction

Above: step by step animation of solar cycle revisions since 2004 Michael Roynane writes: On March 4, 2009 Dr. David Hathaway issued a new sunspot prediction for March 2009 which…

George Will Q&A on his recent column

Bill Steigerwald of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review decided to ask George Will a few questions about his recent column. I respect Steigerwald, precisely because he goes to the trouble of…

Boston Globe asks: Where's the global warming?

For those too young to remember (such as Jim Hansen’s coal protesters in Washington this past week), Clara Peller, pictured above, started a national catchphrase with “Where’s the beef?” that…

Lake Superior is freezing over

Lake Superior last froze over in 2003. It has now, again, frozen over. The frequency of freeze overs has historically been around once every 20 years. Now, in the last…