It seems no matter where you look, “hockey stick” shapes pop out of data related to climate. Today, the most extraordinary day in climate science seen in quite some time, was no exception.
And, the day is not over. But honestly I’m too tired to continue. Thus I’m going to present the dataset gleaned today in raw form, but without the final endpoint. There’s no smoothing nor splicing of dissimilar datasets, but granted it is not a complete dataset. I’ll have complete data tomorrow.
Readers will recognize that even though the endpoint has not been established, the conclusion from the graph is clear. We are living in times of extraordinary data, never before seen. It’s accelerating, and worse than we thought.
UPDATE: the final number at midnight Nov 20th, 2009 was 187,988 hits.
Sometimes, there is irony.
In other news, WUWT’s post on the CRU data hack was the number one post on WordPress today, beating out CNN, People magazine, and other well known media outlet posts.
I wish to offer my sincerest thanks to the WUWT moderation team. Thanks also to readers who spread the word and participated in the largest ever thread.
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Peter S. (6:23),don’t even be tempted to feel sorry. Every individual has the personal responsibility to research conclusions that are immensely costly to the taxpayer and that might bring about dangerous actions of a regional scale. Carbon sinks? What happens when that carbon is released in a gigantic belch? Massive dumping in the oceans to alter temperature? Cap-and-trade taxation and policies that will impoverish every human on the planet except the corporate/government elites who will benefit? A century of contempt for science because our researchers are proven to be such frauds and with criminal intent (in relationship to science) — preventing publications in peer-reviewed journals, firing “skeptics”, giving grants/funding only AGW true believers, providing doctored research to political entities, refusing, and even damning, open debate to verify the science and falsify the hypotheses (the one and only scientific method), the “audacity” to imagine we humans with so little knowledge of a dynamic, chaotic system we call weather/climate can tell all with computer models? The list goes on and on.
(I read Science Mag and Nature faithfully over the years and believed in “global warming” because the “peer-reviewed scientists” said it was so. But once more was afoot — public policies, taxation, regulations up the gazoo, and radicalized, ridiculous environmental organizations — I knew I had to see for myself. Show me. A version of the scientific method and of investigative journalism. It was very easy to find out the lies. And WUWT was very helpful.)
I agree with P. Gosselin (1:18:08) who has been seconded by Allan M R MacRae (5:43:51). We need class action law suits filed immediately. Don’t stop for a breath of fresh air. We won’t find any until the fetid swamp is drained (sorry for using a wetland metaphor). CLASS ACTION SUITS or whatever other AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS are possible. I am glad to contribute.
One reason why all deliberate speed is necessary is given by Alan the Brit (3:02:18) “…the classic British tactic. Bring in the Police…all data will sub-justice & therefore illegal to view or discuss” for a very long time.
Yes, thank goodness for the Internet, for Anthony Watts and WUWT, Steve McIntyre, Jeff Id (where the files were first deposited in the U.S.), and everyone else who has worked so hard and so imaginatively for truth and the scientific method.
Congratulations Anthony.
I contribute hardly as I find I have very little to add. However, I appreciate your work and of those who contribute.
A tremendous achievement and many thanks.
Yours sincerely, Tony Osborne, UK
Consensus synonym : CONSPIRACY
@P Gosselin: Splendid idea. I believe, but I depend on legal advice, that every contributor to this blog has suffered actual financial loss because of the actions of these “scientists”. I will certainly contribute to Anthony again, and will join in any suit that can be brought against these individuals. Won’t matter to me if we do not prevail in the courts, I just want to read the discovery and the testimony.
Let’s see, 180,000 hits times $5.00. Should be a reputable firm of legal eagles somewhere who’d like to earn that for starters.
A christmas carol:
How the Grinch Stole the Weather.
Great work! Now that is a hockey stick that I can respect. Without your and Steve’s efforts there would have been no focus. I can only hope that governments will take notice.
If this story is true it will probably be the final nail in the coffin of AGW. Unfortunately it will give science a huge black eye. Fortunately it will give the politicians that supported this scheme an even bigger and well deserved black eye.
But if the story is a hoax it will make the skeptics out to be wild eyed conspiracy theorists.
Now, if we could just have something like this for OBAMACARE!!!!
Re: Adam Soereg (07:18:57) :
“I wonder why and how RealClimate censors allowed this to appear…” [BTW, that was a fine comment, Adam.]
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I also noticed this comment at realclimate, regarding the CRU emails:
RC is suddenly allowing comments that would never have made it past moderation in the past.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Although they still have a way to go before they’re up to WUWT standards of open debate.
OOPS. The “story” I’m referring to is of course the hacked CRU files not the Watts hockey stick.
Your hockey stick shows no LIA or MWP. Doesn’t that discredit it?
Oh, wait…
If skeptics are in the pay of the oil companies when does my first pay check arrive?
On one blog site raised hell that this was illegal, and not “whistle blowing”. It continued, a “whistle blower” would work WITHIN the organization.
YAHHH SUURRRR, like telling the “godfather” his people are breaking the law.
Scott, your on the wrong planet, WUWT hits are causing global warming.
If Steve McIntyre were in the pay of the oil companies, as one of the emails claim, wouldn’t he have a server that could handle the traffic on days like yesterday? There’s scarcely better proof that he is exactly who he says he is that he’s clearly operating a very low bandwidth site.
What a wonderful development. It could not have happened to a more deserving group of pseudo-scientists. I have been waiting for something like this for the the last 30 years since I have been fighting this war.
George Orwell still said it best about these people:
‘In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.’
Roll on the revolution.
Step 1 Abolish the IPCC.
Step 2 Defund the entire UN
Step 3 Bring ‘accountability’ back to politics and science.
Step 4 Remember, and heed the words of Eisenhower about government, funding scientists, leading to corruption.
Step 5 Make it a strictly one-way ticket to Copenhagen, with subesequent expulsion to Siberia (old, Stalin style Siberia).
John Peter (06:20:57) :
I await with eagerness the take up in the Sunday papers this weekend. My initial thought is that I am going to be disapointed though.
Maybe if we start enquiring at the news web sites prior to publication there will be some interest shown by editors.
According to my calculations based upon your latest hockey stick graph, WUWT will receive over 3 billion hits a day by December, unless something is done to curb overclicking on websites. – James Hansen
Certainly there’s got to be a LAW FIRM out there that is itching to take this case up. Britain would be the best place to file suit, or USA.
I’m in Germany and I don’t see it being effective from here.
If someone finds a LAW FIRM and sets up a legal fund, I’m prepared to throw in the first $500.
My checkbook and pen are waiting.
Personally I’d prefer doing this with a posse and a rope.
But we do live in civilised times.
I hope to hear news of a lawsuit.
ANY LAWYERS OUT THERE?
This will be like the OKeefe/Giles Acorn bust.
Instead of focussing on the rot of a corrupt org, they’re gonna focus on prosecuting the courageous whistleblower.
Also I’d like to see all scientists out there step forward and take a stern stand on this issue. This ought not be tolerated in any scientific field, by any professional. It’s time to purge the rotten apples.
Why are these ‘Warmists’ so keen on all their jollies to Tahiti and Hawaii? One law for us and one for them, eh? I travel occasionally to visit family around the globe, not for jolly long-haul weekends. What a bunch of hypocrites they are, to be sure!
What about the ‘cost’ to the planet of all their incredible over-sized conferences, including the planned binge in Copenhagen?
Wow Anthony. I had my first experience with what I call big traffic and it’s nothing compared to your blog. I’ve got no idea how you do it. I’m completely swamped.
Great work and thanks for the links.
Great work. As to someone being in the pay of someone else, how about those who are in the pay of governments? Governments which decide just who gets the government grants in huge amounts? Governments wanting to find something or other to collect huge taxes by way of? Governments which will have been collecting large amounts of taxes regarding the fraud of AGW? And governments which were certainly wanting to tax people out of their eyeballs with AGW as a reason? A den of thieves comes to mind, and a large den of thieves indeed.
Again, great thanks, Anthony. You are indeed a credit to your profession.
I find the data used for this graph to be extremely robust! There should be no problem getting this through peer review. Good job Anthony.