INDIA ATTACKS WESTERN CLIMATE ALARMISM Financial Times, 24 July 2009 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2896b88-77bd-11de-9713-00144feabdc0.html By James Lamont in New Delhi, Joshua Chaffin in Are and Fiona Harvey in London Himalayas a key area…
Month: July 2009
UK Met Office and Dr. Phil Jones: "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"
For all of our UK readers, now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of their country (and science). The Met Office refuses to release…
Climate Science: follow the money
Government monopsony distorts climate science, says SPPI The climate industry is costing taxpayers $79 billion and counting Washington, DC 7/22/2009 09:12 PM GMT from TransWorldNews The Science and Public Policy…
"Surge in global temperatures since 1977 can be attributed to a 1976 climate shift in the Pacific Ocean"
Note: Above graph comes from this source and not the paper below. Only the abstract is available. (Note from 2016: The link to the graph died, the image was recovered…
New paper from Lindzen demonstrates low climate sensitivity with observational data
“…ERBE data appear to demonstrate a climate sensitivity of about 0.5°C which is easily distinguished from sensitivities given by models.” On the determination of climate feedbacks from ERBE data Richard…
Historic snow event in South America
More news from the weather is not climate department. A historic winter storm event in South America is underway (July 22nd, 2009) meanwhile in the northern hemisphere, fresh snow in…
GISS Step 1: Does it influence the trend?
Guest post by John Goetz The GISStemp Step 1 code combines “scribal records” (multiple temperature records collected at presumably the same station) into a single, continuous record. There are multiple…
Another look at UC sea level data
Sea Level Data In Monthly Format Guest post by Bob Tisdale As noted in prior Sea Level posts (Sea Level Update – Through March 2009 and Sea Level Data: Global…
Gavin Schmidt on solar trends and global warming
I really wish Gavin would put as much effort into getting the oddities with the GISTEMP dataset fixed rather than writing coffee table books and trying new models to show…
Thanks Neil, Michael, and Buzz
America, and the world, is in your eternal debt. My fond memories from this time would not be complete without the mention of another person.
Governmental environmental tax soon to be up your…
From Planet Gore, this has to be the poop de grace of bureaucratic achievement in the climate and ecology category. Not a Square to Spare [Chris Horner] Where are the…
And now, the most influential station in the GISS record is …
Guest post by John Goetz The GISS temperature record, with its various adjustments, estimations, and re-estimations, has drawn my attention since I first became interested in the methods used to…
Quote of the Week #15
There are so many to choose from in this interview, I suppose I’ll just have to list them all. But #3 is the most profound. From the Atlantic: An Interview…
Insufficient Forcing Uncertainty
It seems depending on who you talk to, climate sensitivity is either underestimated or overestimated. In this case, a model suggests forcing is underestimated. One thing is clear, science does…
Christy on questions about UAH seasonal signals
As promised, I contacted Dr. John Christy regarding the seasonal signal that the anonymous blogger “deepclimate” says he/she has identified in the UAH data, seen below. He/she says: “I am…
Global Sea Level Updated at UC – still flattening
There was a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth when Dr. Roger Pielke mentioned a couple of weeks ago in a response to Real Climate that “Sea level has…
Animating GHCN Global Temperature Anomalies from NCDC
With the recent announcement from NCDC that June 2009 – second warmest on record globally I thought it might be interesting to go back and look at some of the older…
Compelling video: Angry voters confront Congressman who voted for cap and trade
From Tom Nelson At the 4:12 mark, a speaker says that he hopes Castle loses his Congressional seat over his support of cap and trade, and the crowd cheers. Castle…
Flashback: Snow in Buenos Aires – first time in 89 years
Flashback: More from the “weather is not climate” department. NOTE: These are news stories about unusual July weather in Argentina from 2007 which I thought might interest readers. Please note…
Out of Africa: A new paper by Christy on surface temperature issues
More weather station photos from Africa here. These stations shown and linked above are not GHCN stations as far as I can tell, but the siting was interesting nonetheless. This…
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