From the American Association for the Advancement of Science, more ideas on geoengineering: PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA—In an effort to curb global warming, scientists have proposed everything from launching sunlight-blocking dust…
Month: March 2010
Earth Hour in North Korea a stunning success
The WWF sponsored Earth Hour has already come and gone in the Korean time zone, and the North Korean proletariat has claimed a stunning victory over its evil capitalist neighbor,…
Belief in climate change tumbles in Germany
Leading German magazine SPIEGEL Online has conducted a representative survey about climate change. The (not so surprising) result is that now only a minority (42%) are afraid of the climate…
Tracking Earth Hour in the Greenest State
Earth Hour comes to every time zone at 8:30 PM today. Will it make a difference? Their website says: On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people around the world…
Energy Star-t Your Engines
Massive fraud in the EPA/DOE Energy Star Program. Automated system allows fake products to get approval. WASHINGTON — Does a “gasoline-powered alarm clock” qualify for the EnergyStar label, the government…
Tropical England
Guest post by Steven Goddard National Trust image by Rob Collins The UK National Trust is warning of a 2-4C rise in summer temperatures by the end of the century.…
Catlin Team Averaging 1.7 Miles Per Day – Only 295 Miles Left to Go!
The Catlin team has been on the ice for 10 days, and has traveled a total of 17 miles so far as the crow flies. At that rate, they will…
WUWT Status report – 40 million
Overnight, another milestone occurred. As of 6:20 AM PST, the WUWT hit counter shows: Thank you readers, thank you moderators, thank you guest contributors. Traffic has slowed from about half…
Earth follows the warming: soils add 100 million tons of CO2 per year
From the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Soils release more carbon dioxide as globe warms The researchers overlaid the soil respiration database — which is openly available for the scientific community…
GISScapades
Guest post by Willis Eschenbach Inspired by this thread on the lack of data in the Arctic Ocean, I looked into how GISS creates data when there is no data. GISS…
Ice Station Ztupid
Well I’ve ignored the “new” Catlin Arctic survey as long as I can. Like last year, they’ve gone off the deep ends of the earth with wacky claims. Apparently the…
Arctic sea ice continues to rise past the normal peak date
I’ve been watching this NSIDC graph for a few days, figuring it was just noise. Now, it looks like “something worth blogging about“. The Arctic sea ice extent is continuing…
Spoofing the climate of news
Heh. Everybody gets equal treatment in this parody of the state of climate change. When you step back and look at it all, it is pretty funny. -A New Study…
Skeptic-Warmer networking update with no update?
Richard North, of the EU Referendum, the only player in the map below to have three balls, points out that Profero has made an “update” on their website. But there’s…
Bengal Island succumbs to global warming nonsense – AP gets nutty over the loss of a sandbar
By Steven Goddard and Anthony Watts From the New York Daily News via Associated Press reports : Global warming resolves 30-year land dispute between India, Bangladesh: Coveted island sinks By…
WUWT makes a difference – London Science Museum changes their climate change exhibit
Remember this post before the heady days of Climategate? And then what happens? Another online poll that might go horribly wrong And this one? Data adjustments in the UK Science Museum…
The UK Met Office appears to have 'disappeared' their winter forecast
Guest post by Steven Goddard On July 23, 2009 the UK Met Office issued their infamous winter forecast, ahead of the coldest winter in 50 years. It read: “…Early indications…
Complaint issued on Amazongate reporting
Excerpts from the Guardian: Forests expert officially complains about ‘distorted’ Sunday Times article Press Complaints Commission told that newspaper story gives impression that IPCC made false Amazon rainfall claim A…
Why Joe Bastardi sees red: A look at Sea Ice and GISTEMP and starting choices
AcuuWeather meteorologist Joe Bastardi has a question about two datasets and asks: If it is darn warm, how come there is so much sea ice? Bastardi asks a simple question:…
French give up on carbon tax plan – for now
In a move sure to set off a tirade from Joe Romm, we have this story from the BBC: French government backs down on carbon tax plan The French government…
You must be logged in to post a comment.