From a Texas A&M Press Release Is there such a thing as “weather” on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet’s atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as…
Month: November 2009
It's official – climate change beliefs now have religious equality status
While I’ve been avoiding posting on this topic for quite some time, when a UK court makes a ruling like this, and the UK Telegraph makes a headline like the…
Video of Lindzen's recent presentation
On Monday, October 26th, the Cooler Heads Coalition hosted Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The video is now…
Boxer's global warming hearing gets cold reception
Sen. Barbara Boxer went ahead with the markup hearing on her global warming bill this morning despite the absence of all but one Republican (George Voinovich). She sat alone during…
NOAA deletes an "inconvenient" kids science web page
Hadley CRU isn’t the only government agency that deletes web content related to climate. NOAA/NWS Southern Region Headquarters has gotten into the act. An interesting thing happened today. NOAA deleted…
Spencer on Lindzen and Choi climate feedback paper
Some Comments on the Lindzen and Choi (2009) Feedback Study by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. I keep getting requests to comment on the recent GRL paper by Lindzen and…
Guardian: Senate to delay climate debate 5 weeks – no deal before Copenhagen
US puts climate debate on hold for five weeks despite plea by Merkel • Senate delay means no bill likely before Copenhagen • German leader makes historic Congress address •…
Big crack in Ethiopia: beachfront property soon to be available
I’m sure we’ll see some emails from beachfront land speculators in Nigeria and Ethiopia soon. On the serious side, University of Rochester researchers have found evidence that Earth, doing what…
Report: Climate confidence falls worldwide
A survey report titled Climate Confidence Monitor commissioned in part by the Earthwatch Institute, World Wildlife Fund, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute shows that confidence that we can actually…
New study shows how local land use changes can affect surface temperature
Study gives clearer picture of how land-use changes affect U.S. climate from a Purdue University press release Researchers say regional surface temperatures can be affected by land use, suggesting that…
Sea Surface Temperature makes a jump
Bob Tisdale writes: NINO3.4 SST Anomalies Make A Surge NINO3.4 SST Anomalies have reached 1.5 deg C for the week centered on October 28, 2009. http://i37.tinypic.com/nzoyvn.png NINO3.4 SST AnomaliesSOURCEOI.v2 SST…
Oh no, not this Kilimanjaro ice rubbish again!
Gore started this. Note to journalists everywhere: IT’S THE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION STUPID! See this article to understand why linking Kilimanjaro glacier retreat to small changes in global temperature is just flat…
HadCRUT watch
Normally we see the HadCRUT monthly temperature data released by about the 20th of each month. It is now November 2nd, and the data has not yet been published. I…
Physicists send letter to Senate — Cite 160 scientists protest regarding APS climate position
Since I’m not legally allowed to show the American Physical Society logo (they complained last time) this will have to do: A GAGGLE IS NOT A CONSENSUS You have recently…
Green programs in Oregon bleeding the state books red
Oregon’s biggest problem used to be logging jobs lost from spotted owl lawsuits. A new sort problem is developing. Green jobs and green programs are going off the rails. Portland…
Australia's CSIRO tries to squelch a dissenting view on carbon trading
CSIRO bid to gag emissions trading scheme policy attack Article from: The Australian by Nicola Berkovic THE nation’s peak science agency has tried to gag the publication of a paper…
Spot the science error
Guest post by Dr. Leif Svalgaard The following abstract of a poster to be presented next month at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union caught my eye: Session…
Spencer on IPCC admission on climate feedbacks
In Their Own Words: The IPCC on Climate Feedbacks by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Despite the fact that the magnitude of anthropogenic global warming depends mostly upon the strengths…
Equatorial Volcano shows signs of imminent eruption
Colombia volcano rumbles back to life. The volcano is about 1.2 degrees north of the Equator. From AFP BOGOTA, Colombia — Officials in southern Colombia have issued a code orange…
Weather Balloon Challenge – WUWT reaches far and wide – we can win
This contest from DARPA caught my eye because it involves weather balloons, the Internet, and social networking. WUWT is poised to help due to our reach, and because we have…
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