WUWT readers may recall last week that we had an excellent guest analysis by Bob Tisdale titled: Ocean Heat Content: Dropping again Easy come, easy go. The data has been changed.…
Month: October 2009
The Top Ten Reasons why I think Catlin Arctic Ice Survey data can't be trusted
First, I loathe having to write another story about Pen Hadow and his Catlin Arctic Ice expedition, which I consider the scientific joke of 2009. But these opportunistic explorers are…
Video: How some skeptics might view the "rush to save the planet now!" meme
My lovely wife pointed this out to me tonight while I was writing the post on the DMSP/SSMI sea ice sensor issue. It spoke to me, not only because it…
Another possible DMSP/SSMI sea ice sensor failure?
Readers may recall that I brought an issue with NSIDC’s sea ice data to their attention back in February 09. The official response from Walt Meier then was “its not…
Early start to winter ≈20% of USA is covered in snow already
While early autumn snowstorms aren’t uncommon in US weather history, they tend to be quick affairs that melt off quickly in a day or two. This however is a bit…
The new urban future: stilt houses to manage global warming's rising sea levels
This is definitely climate progress. Next up: urban rickshaws to reduce emissions? From a Newcastle University press release: Growth versus global warming Houses on stilts, small scale energy generation and…
NOAA: September Temperature Above-Average for the U.S.
The September 2009 average temperature for the contiguous United States was above the long-term average, according to NOAA’s monthly State of the Climate report issued today. Based on records going…
Daily Mail joins BBC in writng about climate skepticism
Whatever happened to global warming? How freezing temperatures are starting to shatter climate change theory. By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:21 PM on 13th October 2009 In the…
How bad is the global temperature data?
By Joseph D’Aleo, AMS Fellow, CCM In this recent post, we discussed the problems with recent data that showed the argument presented by the EDF’s millionaire lawyer playing clueless environmentalist…
Signs of Internal Climatic Discord in Copenhagen – hic!
On one hand while they say “Failure is not an option in Copenhagen” it appears that some things aren’t going so well internally. Perhaps a bit too much wining and…
Fixing the nitrogen cycle in climate modeling
From a press release of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Key new ingredient in climate model refines global predictions OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 9, 2009 — For the first time, climate…
Linking health, wealth, and well being with the use of energy
Has Industrialization Diminished the Well-Being of Developing Nations and are Industrialized Countries Responsible? Guest post by: Indur M. Goklany [picapp src=”1/4/a/c/GDP_Shrinks_03_1af3.jpg?adImageId=5325077&imageId=2350226″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /] A basic contention of developing countries…
Spotting the AGW fingerprint
Hotspots and Fingerprints By Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D., October 11th, 2009 It is claimed by the IPCC that there are ‘fingerprints’ associated with global warming which can be tied…
Quote of the week #21 The beeb's big bombshell
The BBC posted a surprising story this past weekend that has skeptics cheering and alarmists hopping mad. Here’s the opener: This headline may come as a bit of a surprise,…
That worrisome "Methane Beast" apparently is still not awake.
OK Leland Palmer, I told you on several occasions where you tried to steer threads towards Methane that you should wait until WUWT had a thread that was relevant –…
Open Thread
I’m off this weekend – talk quietly and politely amongst yourselves. Don’t make me come back here. If you have something worth posting on the front page, flag a moderator. …
Ocean Heat Content: Dropping again
I found Bob’s Arctic Ocean Heat Content graph quite interesting as it may explain why we are seeing a recovery in sea ice for the last two years. It also…
When atmospheres attack: Aussies don't see the threat
We’ve all seen John Kerry’s claims that global warming is now a “national security issue”. Kerry’s new TV commercial says: “Scientists and military experts agree: The next global hot spot…
UK television ad for "Action On CO2" is beyond bad taste
Th UK Government has lost all sense of realism and decency. As a father of two young children myself, I’d like to smack the person(s) responsible for this upside the…
CO2 report – estimated to be "highest in 15 million years"
Another paper for the Copenhagen train. This is an estimate according to the abstract. Here’s the abstract and the supplemental information, of course the publicly funded paper is behind the…
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