Excerpts from the: Murkowski tries anew to block EPA regulators By ERIKA BOLSTAD WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski took her battle with the Environmental Protection Agency to the floor of…
Month: January 2010
Tiny bubbles…in the brine…affects the climate…all the time
URI bubble physicist counts bubbles in the ocean to answer questions about climate, sound, light From a University of Rhode Island press release NARRAGANSETT, R.I. – January 21, 2010 –…
Climategate Analysis From SPPI
by John P. Costella | January 18, 2010 From SPPI INTRODUCTORY ESSAY Why Climategate is so distressing to scientists by John P. Costella | December 10, 2009 The most difficult…
EU MPs get the message (an earful)
One thing about British politicians, they tend to deliver fiery speeches. Here’s one just like that. He must have had some experience with an MP bench position in London. This…
U.N. abandons Copenhagen deadline – countries not signing on – spokesman says the deadline has gone "soft"
The COP15 balloon appears to have lost all it’s air. Nobody’s signing up. Excerpts from reports in the Guardian and the Financial Times From the Guardian Copenhagen deal falters as…
NASA GISS a temperature outlier again – this time for the southern hemisphere
Bob Tisdale shows us that GISS is once again, “way out there” in 2009 compared to other global temperature data sets. It is not surprising, we’ve come to expect it.…
IPCC admits error on Himalayan glacier melt fiasco
But…there’s that word again, “robust” used in the context of error admission. Now all we need is an apology from Chairman Dr. Rajenda Pachauri for statements that claims that this…
NASA to hold live web briefing on the SDO mission to the sun
WUWT readers may want to watch this webcast. From a media advisory – NASA to Hold Briefing on Advanced Mission to Study Our Sun WASHINGTON — NASA is scheduled to…
Scripps Institution of Oceanography cheapens itself by using the "D" word
Well, now there will never be any question about whether Scripps is political or not. They even made up a graphic to go with the story here. When a prominent…
Just crazy enough to work – shipping containers for emergency shelters in Haiti
I realize this is a bit OT of my normal fare here, but I thought it was interesting. Apparently island nations tend to have a surplus of these (more imports…
Save the planet from GHG's – use astroturf?
Now according to this press release from UC Irvine, green spaces in cities are bad for the planet….but wait, what about the UHI offset? Can I buy grass credit certificates?…
Quote of the week #26
It’s been awhile since I posted this feature, Climategate got into the mix and there was so much going on I simply forgot to look for interesting quotes. This week’s…
Brookhaven National Laboratory: Why Hasn't Earth Warmed as Much as Expected?
From the BNL press release, some serious questions about climate sensitivity and aerosols. Why Hasn’t Earth Warmed as Much as Expected? New report on climate change explores the reasons January…
Sensor problems with ship based CO2 flux measurements – readings too high, affected by humidity
From a National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) press release Measuring carbon dioxide over the ocean Reliable measurements of the air-sea flux of carbon dioxide – an important greenhouse gas –…
What Does it Take to Be a Science Expert?
Source : Daily Mail Parents, please encourage your children to become “science experts.” The perks are excellent – prestige, travel, publicity, conferences – your fifteen minutes of fame. And all…
New GOES-P weather satellite getting prepped for launch
The GOES-P spacecraft is being processed for launch in Florida. I’m rather excited about it since it will sport some new features that will directly enhance weather forecasting and public…
The IPCC: Hiding the Decline in the Future Global Population at Risk of Water Shortage
More Insidious than the Himalayan error Guest post by: Indur M. Goklany Jonathan Leake and Chris Hastings of the Times of London this weekend spotlighted an IPCC error of Himalayan…
Pachauri used TERI email account to conduct official IPCC business
There’s quite a big story developing over Dr. Rajenda Pachauri, chairman of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and how it botched it’s fourth IPCC assessment report (AR4)…
Climategate: The CRUtape Letters now online at Amazon.com
If you tried earlier and could not purchase this great book, it is online now at Amazon and ready for purchase. UPDATE : Kindle version now available for purchase online…
Searchable PDF created for NASA GISS FOIA documents
As we reported earlier: Newly released FOIA’d emails from Hansen and GISS staffers show disagreement over 1998-1934 U.S. temperature ranking Now thanks to the efforts of Richard Henry Lee, a searchable…
Summer snow in Australia
More from the “weather is not climate department”. Flurries hit southeast Australia as towns record their first-ever summer snowfalls excerpts from the story by: Rod Mcguirk, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA,…
Told ya so…IPCC to retract claim on Himalayan Glacier Melt – Pachauri's "arrogance" claim backfires
WUWT first reported on this issue on 11/11/2009 and again on 12/22/2009,with Pachauri claims Indian scientific position “arrogant” The head of the IPCC Dr. Rajenda Pachauri had said: India was ‘arrogant’…
Spencer: Hide the incline?
Is Spencer Hiding the Increase? We Report, You Decide by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. One of the great things about the internet is people can post anything they want,…
Pielke Senior: NASA GISS Inaccurate Press Release On The Surface Temperature Trend Data
From Dr. Roger Pielke Senior’s blog: UPDATE PM JANUARY 16 2010 – Jim Hansen has released a statement on his current conclusions regarding the global average surface temperature trends [and…
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