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…
Month: March 2010
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…
Indianapolis wind power contract canceled
In a statement made last Friday by EDF Energies Nouvelles (French Green Power Company), a power purchase agreement was terminated without explanation by Indianapolis Power and Light Company regarding the…
Response to Ravetz and post-normal science
People send me things. Here’s one from today’s mail. It is a response by Dr. Jaap Hanekamp to the essays by Oxford Professor Jerome Ravetz carried here on WUWT recently.…
Corned grief: biofuels may increase CO2
From the “damned if you do, damned if you don’t department”. More Maize Ethanol May Boost Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the American Institute of Biological Sciences Read the full article…
McIntyre accused by University of Queensland Prof of CRU break in
Image source here From Andrew Bolt’s blog at the Herald Sun: Professor John Quiggin complains of smears by sceptics: In recent years, science and scientific institutions have come under increasingly…
Academics fight back on climate issues
Readers may recall this story last week: Ad hoc group wants to run attack ads Here’s their formal response. I’m providing this from: http://www.openletterfromscientists.com for all to see here and to…
Gliese's Pieces
Forget global warming and 2012, the real worry is a solar system gravity death match between Sol and Gliese 710. From Russia’s RT News Star on course to meet Solar…
Dr. Nicola Scafetta summarizes "why the anthropogenic theory proposed by the IPCC should be questioned"
Dr. Nicola Scafetta has written an extensive summary of the state of climate science today. He’s done some very extensive analysis of the solar contribution that bears examination. Pay particular…
Hockey Stick Illusion: “Shut-eyed Denial”
By John A A shout-out for a review of Andrew Montford’s “The Hockey Stick Illusion” by Matt Ridley in Prospect Magazine. Andrew Montford’s The Hockey Stick Illusion is one of…
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