David Archibald forwarded me this PowerPoint presentation from Jan Janssens which he presented on October 22nd. It has some very interesting slides and is a good summary of the current…
Month: November 2009
Antimatter signature spotted in Earth's lightning
Personally, I think this has to do with thunderstorms being essentially linear accelerators, vertical SLAC’s if you will. Huge charge differentials from top of cloud to bottom makes for a…
A tale of two overkills
The pyramid of aluminum shown in the photograph figures greatly in our nation’s history. This once rare metal was so prized that it was placed into a national monument by…
Chilled Kiwi's: Coldest October since 1945
From the weather is not climate department, it seems that the USA is not the only country experiencing an October cold snap. Coldest October in 64 years LATEST: It will…
Quote of the week #22 – Experts say that fears surrounding climate change are overblown
The Times posted a surprising story this weekend that has skeptics cheering and alarmists hopping mad. It’s deja vu all over again. (See QOTW#21) Roger Pielke Sr. will be happy,…
Close call – Asteroid near miss for Earth yesterday
From NASA’s Spaceweather.com and NASA JPL Twitter feed. It only takes one missed space rock to ruin your day. On Friday November 6th at 2132 UT (16:32/ 4:32PM EST) asteroid…
October 2009 3rd Coldest for US in 115 Years, What about the Upcoming Winter?
Guest post by Joseph D’Aleo AMS fellow, CCM NCDC has compiled the October temperatures and it ended up the 3rd coldest in 115 years. As we have shown it was…
Why Copenhagen Will Achieve Nothing
Guest post by Willis Eschenbach The upcoming Copenhagen climate summit, officially and ponderously named “COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009”, is aimed at reducing the emissions of the…
Boxer-Kerry: "climate" bill or green jobs program?
It seems difficult to figure out just what the Boxer-Kerry bill is these days. If nothing else, its a sloppy rush job, beyond that, is it climate, or something else?…
More "unprecedented" warming in the Antarctic
Via a Euerekalert press release Past climate of the northern Antarctic Peninsular informs global warming debate IMAGE: The American icebreaker RV/IB Nathanial B. Palmer is shown off the South Shetland…
Copenhagen – not happening
A summary from Dr. Benny Peiser’s daily newsletter: Delay is preferable to error. –Thomas Jefferson A world treaty on climate change will be delayed by up to a year and…
2009 Weblog awards – nominations open
Well, it is that time of year again. Blog awards. Time to honor your favorites in many categories. The way it works is that we start with nominations. The blogs…
UAH Global Temperature for October, down significantly
October 2009 UAH Global Temperature Update +0.28 deg. C by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. YR MON GLOBE NH SH TROPICS 2009 1 +0.304 +0.443 +0.165 -0.036 2009 2 +0.347…
October's significant chill – take your pick on descriptors
October, a time for great pumpkins, but not higher US temperatures this time around. In our last climatic episode from NCDC we had: NOAA: September Temperature Above-Average for the U.S. The…
Semi-truck Boat Tail Improves Fuel Efficiency 7.5%
I’m always for energy saving ideas when they payback the effort. Here’s one that would be an advantage for our long haul American Interstate trucking companies. This semi has both…
HadCRUT for September out – finally – but has data holes
Lucia beat me to a post on this, so I’ll give her the honor here. Interesting thing though, the delay of Hadley may have provided a better data presentation. –…
The Sun's magnetic funk continues
I’ve looked at the Ap Index on a regular basis, as it is an indicator of how active the solar dynamo is. When we had sunspot 1029 recently, the largest…
Arctic warming goes with the floe
Past Arctic Warming Also Created by Currents Guest posted by Jeff Id of The Air Vent I’ve stated here on several occasions that the ‘Recent’ Arctic ice thinning is more likely…
US Chamber of Commerce reverses stance
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 U. S. Chamber Caves to Special Interests on Energy-Rationing Legislation CEI Invites Small Businesses to Join With CEI to Fight Kerry-Graham Washington, D.C.,…
Study – Solar winds magnetically driven
From a University College, London Press Release – Solar winds triggered by magnetic fields Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields,…
You must be logged in to post a comment.