A unique Iceland volcanic eruption covered by BBC. Video clips follow. The eruption split a 1km chasm in the ice Volcano erupts near Eyjafjallajoekull in south Iceland An Icelandic volcano,…
Month: March 2010
McKitrick: Toronto smog models exaggerate health issues – where are the bodies?
Laws on pollution in Toronto – failing? Pollution levels haven’t changed despite efforts as indicated by this University of Toronto study. Looking over the last decade, there has been no…
North and Booker on Amazongate: A billion dollar cash cow
Dr. Richard North of the EU Referendum sends word of this new revelation. North and Christopher Booker were the first to point out the money trail with Pachauri. Now the…
The current El Niño: still hanging on
From NASA JPL, signs that “the boy” isn’t leaving. Perhaps he’s receiving too warm a welcome. El Niño’s Last Hurrah? El Niño 2009-2010 just keeps hanging in there. Recent sea-level…
'science’s dirtiest secret: The “scientific method” of testing hypotheses by statistical analysis stands on a flimsy foundation.'
The quote in the headline is direct from this article in Science News for which I’ve posted an excerpt below. I found this article interesting for two reasons. 1- It…
Gore: Making it personal
I was sent this email (below) from Al Gore’s Repower America Campaign, with a request to “make it personal” by writing to every representative. Apparently they are worried about that…
New GOES-15 weather sat reaches orbit
From NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: NASA and NOAA’s Environmental Satellite Now GOES-15 CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO (Windows Media Player) Image above: A Delta IV launch vehicle lifts off carrying…
It's the blob (anomaly)!
With apologies to Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. and Steve McQueen, I offer this advice: run ! A giant temperature anomaly is attacking Canada and Greenland. An Example Of Why A…
Devastating non-trends in US Climate
From Warren Meyer, who was discussing the recent announcement from the White House Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. If one wonders why the climate alarmist movement is suffering from…
Popular Science archive made public – your chance to help me find something important
Since we recently had some assistance from an old 1976 copy of National Geographic which showed us some differences between temperature data then and now, it seems an opportune time…
More on the National Geographic Decline
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony has covered the National Geographic Northern Hemisphere temperature graph here. This is the graph under discussion. Figure 1. Graph from November 1976 National Geographic…
Scandal brewing in the Euro carbon credits market
This report is from Europe via The Times Online. Meanwhile back here in the USA, the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is going through a record period of low price (ten…
Weather balloon data backs up missing decline found in old magazine
Jo Nova has more from Frank Lansner on what older records, this time from weather balloons, tell us about recent adjustments to the temperature record. WUWT readers may recall Rewriting…
New planet discovered
From A University of California Santa Barbara press release: International Team of Scientists Reports Discovery of a New Planet (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– An international team of scientists, including several…
Mister Mean Green
On this green St. Paddy’s day, finally, something that explains some of the operators of, and commenters on, some other blogs. Now, if I can just find some fair trade…
Medieval Warm Period seen in western USA tree ring fire scars
Here is just one more indication that despite what some would like you to believe, the MWP was not a regional “non event”. From a University of Arizona press release,…
Another UHI effect – thunderstorms & lightning
The March-April edition of WeatherWise magazine has an interesting article in it regarding UHI (Urban Heat Island) effects of enhancing thunderstorm formation in the downwind heat plume. It Stems from…
IPCC's Pachauri swarmed by reporters – refuses to step down
This video is from Reuters India: Click image for video: Here’s the details of the story:
Sat tracking of ultraviolet light shows increase since 1979
UV exposure has increased over the last 30 years, but stabilized since the mid-1990s From NASA Goddard press release here NASA scientists analyzing 30 years of satellite data have found…
Party! ~ ctm
charles the moderator is throwing himself a birthday party this Friday in SF. I’ve decided to invite a selected few WUWT regulars to attend. Acceptance will be based on examining…
Another Look at Climate Sensitivity
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach OK, a quick pop quiz. The average temperature of the planet is about 14°C (57°F). If the earth had no atmosphere, and if it were…
Rewriting the decline
The great thing about old magazines is that once published, they can’t be adjusted. Jo Nova has a great summary of some recent work from occasional WUWT contributor Frank Lansner…
Stanford: Urban CO2 domes mean more death
I find it funny though, that this study (full PDF here) mentions urban warming related to CO2 only. The terms “Urban Heat Island” (and variants including UHI) are not found…
Spencer: Direct Evidence that Most U.S. Warming Since 1973 Could Be Spurious
by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. INTRODUCTION My last few posts have described a new method for quantifying the average Urban Heat Island (UHI) warming effect as a function of…
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