From Roger Pielke Senior’s Climate Science Blog. There is an Associated Press [AP] news article today by Dina Cappiello, Seth Borenstein and Kevin Freking titled “Poll: US belief in global warming…
Month: October 2009
And then what happens? Another online poll that might go horribly wrong
UPDATE: At first I was concerned about this poll and the language involved. Now from comments I’m seeing a number of people whom aren’t worried and see an opportunity to…
Now playing at a museum near you, the "Day After Tomorrow Map"
Here’s the view of the future in a new science museum according to the Telegraph. No mention if NYC’s West Side Highway will be underwater or not. They call it…
A little known 20 40 year old climate change prediction by Dr. James Hansen – that failed will likely fail badly
UPDATE: Thanks to a tip from Willis Eschenbach, there’s some developing news in that story from Dr. James Hansen. The Salon interviewee and book author, Rob Reiss that I quoted,…
Survey Says: Americans Not Worried About Global Warming
From the Wall Street Journal. Related: European views on global warming higher than USA. A new poll out today on Americans’ attitudes about climate change presents sobering findings for those…
Ethiopia had higher rainfall, warmer soil, millions of years ago
From a Southern Methodist University press release Ethiopia 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil Thirty million years ago, before Ethiopia’s mountainous highlands split and the Great Rift…
Scientists Develop New Method to Quantify Climate Modeling Uncertainty
(From PhysOrg.com h/t to Leif Svalgaard )– Climate scientists recognize that climate modeling projections include a significant level of uncertainty. A team of researchers using computing facilities at Oak Ridge…
Harris Poll: Europeans Tend to Care More Strongly about Climate Change than Americans
UPDATE: Related, a Pew Poll says fewer respondents also see global warming as a very serious problem; 35% say that today, down from 44% in April 2008. From a press…
NASA GISS, a division of Vandelay Industries?
Some days I find things by accident. Today, researching for something else online, serendipity paid me a visit. Fans of the hit sitcom “Seinfeld” may recognize this logo. Fans of…
Sustainable living now includes "edible pets" to curb global warming
In my opinion, this over the top idea isn’t sustainable at any level. On a personal note, my cat eats with a footprint more like a Volkswagen microbus. I think…
More proof of the Medieval Warm Period from midges
The whole can of larvae opened up by the flawed University of Colorado study turned press release keeps getting squirmier. The study, led by Yarrow Axford studies midge larvae in…
Extremists More Willing To Share Their Opinions, Study Finds
From Ohio State University, an explanation for the existence of bloggers like Joe Romm and why many moderate scientists don’t speak out. There’s even “fake data” involved. I’ve seen this…
More debunking of the Yarrow Axford midge study: glaciers releasing pollutants into lakes years later.
From the American Chemical Society via Eurekalert yet another reason why we asked “did you check the lake for DDT?”. Also, a review of Miller et al 2005 suggests that…
Baffin Island Midge Study – debunked for a 3rd time – nearby weather station shows no warming
From World Climate Report: Baffling Island There is a bit of press covering a just-published paper that concludes that the current climate and ecological conditions in a remote lake along…
Spencer: IPCC Crushes Scientific Objectivity
IPCC Crushes Scientific Objectivity, 91-0. By Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Unquestionably, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed to build the scientific case for humanity being…
The Midge Warm Period
No that’s not a typo. Midges have just helped define the MWP, despite the claims of “proof” yesterday. Another recent contradictory study to involving those pesky Chironomids. In this case,…
Rush is off base with his ugly suggestion to Revkin
Rush Limbaugh stepped over a line of bad taste today during his radio broadcast. While I don’t often agree with Andy Revkin, I know what it is like to be…
If a hurricane dies in the middle Atlantic, does it make a sound?
Desperate de jour – trying to locate unreported hurricanes prior to the satellite era by looking through old seismometer records in an attempt to prop up the imagined “global warming…
Revealed: the UK government strategy for personal carbon rations
Guest post by Dr. Tony Brown “Personal carbon rations would have to be mandatory, imposed by Government in the same way that food rationing was introduced in the UK in…
"Proof" that media is hyping AGW shamelessly without asking basic questions like: "did you check the lake for DDT"?
From news.com.au this “stunning” development citing lake sediment and some midges “proves” everything. Glad that’s settled. See thoughts at the end. This is the title of the story at news.com.au,…
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