Trees may be better rain gauges than they are thermometers. From a press release of: Killer’ Southeast Drought Low on Scale, Says Study Others Were Far Worse; Population, Planning Are the Real Problems Lake Allatoona, Ga., November 2007 A 2005-2007 dry spell in the southeastern United States destroyed billions of dollars of crops, drained municipal…
We knew this was coming. Carbon Financial Instruments are now trading for 10 cents per metric tonne on the Chicago Climate Exchange. I wonder if the investors are reacting to the Hockey Stick Implosion news? As reported on WUWT, less than one month ago it was 25 cents a tonne, and a year ago it…
h/t to WUWT reader Keith. Excerpts from: NASA scientist pleads guilty to directing contracts to wife’s firm By Robert Brodsky rbrodsky@govexec.com September 30, 2009 An award-winning NASA scientist has admitted to directing thousands of dollars in sole-source agency contracts to his wife’s firm and failing to report the income on a financial disclosure form. Mark…
First here is Dr. Keith Briffa’s response in entirety direct from his CRU web page: My attention has been drawn to a comment by Steve McIntyre on the Climate Audit website relating to the pattern of radial tree growth displayed in the ring-width chronology “Yamal” that I first published in Briffa (2000). The substantive implication…
Climate Audit is getting hit with traffic again, so this is a mirror post for interested parties. – Anthony YAD06 – the Most Influential Tree in the World by Steve McIntyre on September 30th, 2009 Obviously there’s been a lot of discussion in the last few days about the difference between the CRU 12 and…
And I was so looking forward to seeing Gavin Schmidt on the USA Olympic Hockey Team when they try to beat the Canadian. From Reuters: Olympics-2016 Games could be the last, says Tokyo governor Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:14pm EDT By Karolos Grohmann COPENHAGEN, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara warned on Wednesday…