Guest post by David Archibald In a presentation dated 22nd September, 2009, Dr Svalgaard produced a graphic which can be interpreted to predict the timing of the Solar Cycle 24 maximum. That presentation is available here: http://www.leif.org/research/Predicting%20the%20Solar%20Cycle.ppt That graphic is reproduced with my annotation: Dr Svalgaard annotated Altrock’s orgininal figure with the red and aqua…
I’ll have a lot more on this study later, but for now just a short rebuttal. I believe this study is hopelessly flawed due to the fact that the authors take the data from the weather stations at face value without considering bias due to measurement error or siting error, both of which are rampant…
Excerpts of: Climate Bill Likely on the Shelf For Rest of the Year By IAN TALLEY WASHINGTON — Key Senate Democrats Tuesday said it is unlikely there will be any more major committee action on climate-change legislation this year, the strongest indication yet that a comprehensive bill to cut greenhouse-gas emissions won’t be voted on…