There is a lot of wailing an gnashing of teeth today over this Associated Press story title: In hot water: World’s ocean temps warmest recorded Please take a moment to…
Month: August 2009
Ring-a-Round 2: Queens University Belfast v Doug Keenan
WUWT readers may recall that Queens University Belfast is being asked to provide tree ring data and so far has been refusing all but a small portion. Here is an…
UK Arrests in Carbon Credit Trading Scam – organized crime said to be involved
From the UK Telegraph: Seven arrests in suspected £38m carbon credit fraud Seven people have been arrested and 27 residence and office locations were raided by police over a suspected…
Impacts Of Land Use – Land Cover Change On Climate
From Roger Pielke Sr. New Paper “Impacts Of Land Use Land Cover Change On Climate And Future Research Priorities” By Mahmood Et Al 2009 We have a new multi-authored paper that has…
Ice Capades: Greenpeace recants polar ice claim, but "emotionalizing" is OK
Well it is that time of year again, the Arctic ice begins to melt, as it does every year, and all sorts of crazy talk starts coming out. This time…
Rescue Me! Another polar expedition trapped in ice
Gosh, this is becoming a theme. Intrepid sailors/hikers/tourists/scientists/ecologists head for the Arctic with intent to show the world how the Arctic is melting, get stuck in/on the ice, or hopelessly…
Finding an answer to the faint sun paradox: Carbonyl Sulphide?
From a University of Copenhagen News Release First, read a primer on the Faint Sun Paradox here Normally, I wouldn’t use Wiki, but the article does include a reference to…
Hovmollering the SST: T-shirt tie-dye design or climate science?
Note: Bob wrote to me with this caveat: Caution: Those Hovmollers will bring you back to the 60s if you stare at them too long. Hence the title. – Anthony…
Atlantic Tropical Update – Hurricane Bill affecting Bermuda
Updated 9AM PST Friday 8/21 Bill continues to weaken and is looking less organized. It now has 115 mph sustained winds. Bill is visible in the center of the image…
NSIDC on arctic ice: It is now unlikely that 2009 will see a record low extent
From NSIDC sea ice news During the first half of August, Arctic ice extent declined more slowly than during the same period in 2007 and 2008. The slower decline is…
Scafetta: New paper on TSI, surface temperature, and modeling
Nicola Scaffetta sent several people a copy of his latest paper today, which address the various solar TSI reconstructions such as from Lean and Rind 2008 and shows contrasts from…
Global Wining: French wine "in danger", climate change "must be tackled"
Hmmm, maybe there’s something to that “Wines grown in England during the Medieval Warm Period” after all. I think maybe the French are upset that Scottish wine might be served…
Study: Ocean net heat flow is connected with climate shifts – CO2 not correlated – no "warming in the pipeline"
Related to this story: The Pacific Decadal Oscillation Time Series from the University of Washington, seen below. Emphasis points mine. h/t to WUWT reader Richard Heg. – Anthony Monthly Values…
A new video from CEI: Policy Peril
Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis explains why we have more to fear from global warming policies than from global warming itself. I thought this video might be a…
Stopping Climate Change
Guest post by Richard S. Courtney There is need for a new policy on climate change to replace the rush to reduce emissions. The attempts at emissions reduction have failed…
Burt Rutan: engineer, aviation/space pioneer, and now, active climate skeptic
Recently after some conversations with a former chemical engineer who provided me with some insight, I’ve come to the conclusion that many engineers have difficulty with many of the premises…
Quote of the week #16
It has been a couple of weeks since I posted a QOTW. This is mainly due to me being somewhat disengaged from the normal blogging pace due to some travel…
Getting "Steamed" about Global Warming – not coming to a theater near you
Whooda thunk it? A movie with a plot line that is reminiscent of Dr. James Hansen’s testimony before congress in June 1988. If any of you have ever been in…
Livingston and Penn in EOS: Are Sunspots Different During This Solar Minimum?
Leif Svalgaard writes to inform me that Livingston and Penn have published their article recently in EOS, TRANSACTIONS, AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION. As WUWT readers may recall, we had a preview…
Wyoming set for Late Summer Mountain Snowstorm
Roger Pielke Sr. passes this on to me with the note: Hi Anthony, This is quite unusual! Source: NWS, Riverton, WY URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON…
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