G.P. Bear goes to Washington – Part 10

By Bill Steigerwald “Junior saves the day” U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING Senator Boxer had to bang her gavel 15 times before she could stop the riotous laughter and regain order in…

Aviation pioneer and master engineer Burt Rutan on Global Warming

Jeff Id of the Air Vent reminds me with a video recently made available that that Burt Rutan has been giving active lectures on his view of global warming. WUWT…

Climate change: proposed personal briefing

A letter sent from: The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley 1 January 2010 His Excellency Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister, Commonwealth of Australia. Prime Minister, Climate change: proposed personal briefing Your…

Dr. Neil Frank on Climategate: "you should be steamed"

Climategate: You should be steamed By NEIL FRANK, HOUSTON CHRONICLE Jan. 2, 2010 Now that Copenhagen is past history, what is the next step in the man-made global warming controversy?…

Swiss ETH: Glaciers melted in the 1940's faster than today

From ETH Zurich: The stupefying pace of glacier melt in the 1940s The most recent studies by researchers at ETH Zurich show that in the 1940s Swiss glaciers were melting…

G.P. Bear goes to Washington – part 9

By Bill Steigerwald “Boxer blows her top” U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING “Senator Boxer,” Grandpa began, his powerful voice shaking the room, “I want to thank you for this opportunity to tell…

Spencer: Earth sans greenhouse effect – what would it be like?

What If There Was No Greenhouse Effect? by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The climate of the Earth is profoundly affected by two competing processes: the greenhouse effect, which acts…

The Met Office getting a clue? – "one of the coldest winters in 100 years"

It’s not like there haven’t been clues. Like for example as I pointed out the Arctic Oscillation has gone strongly negative. The article says: “The cold weather comes despite the…

Record cold weather roundup – hundreds of new cold and snow records set in the last week

From the “weather is not climate department. Oh the weather outside is frightful…. Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capitol Here’s the roundup of cold and snow records for the…

G.P. Bear goes to Washington – part 8

By Bill Steigerwald “Al Gore, star witness” U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING At the entrance of the U.S. Capitol Building Grandpa showed a security guard the invitation from Senator Al Franken inviting…

A good meteorological omen, and a great way to start the new year

Today I stepped outside and was greeted with this image just after the clouds parted. Fortunately I had my camera ready to go. This view is at the Sierra Nevada…

No Increase of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction in Past 160 Years

I’ve been getting a lot of requests to cover this story, probably 20 or so now with wonderings about “why haven’t you covered this yet?” How quickly you all forget.…

A new month, new year, new decade, and a new record

Not much to say, except “thanks”. The graph tells the story. Happy New Year to all!