By Steve Goddard ESA’s Venus Express mission has been studying the planet and a basic atmospheric model is emerging. Venus has long been the CO2 bogeyman of climate science. In…
Month: May 2010
Climate Actually Changes! Film at 11:00!
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Last month (April 2010), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) put out a study called “Climate Change Indicators in the United States” (13 Mb PDF).…
Spencer: strong negative feedback found in radiation budget
Strong Negative Feedback from the Latest CERES Radiation Budget Measurements Over the Global Oceans By Dr. Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Arguably the single most important scientific issue – and…
Drill spill kills bill?
In the greatest of ironies, it appears the BP oil drilling spill may kill the chances for the Kerry-Lieberman sans Graham (pick one:climate, energy, jobs, flavor of the minute) bill…
"The decrease in upper ocean heat content from March to April was 1C – largest since 1979"
Recent Variations In Upper Ocean Heat Content – Information From Phil Klotzbach By Dr. Roger Pielke Senior Phil Klotzbach has graciously permitted me to post an update on upper ocean heat content…
Marketing Advice For Mad Scientists
By Steve Goddard and Anthony Watts They are mad, maybe not the crazy kind of mad scientist, but mad nonetheless. When people are mad, sometimes good judgment goes out the…
Hotness is in the eye of the beholder
I’ve mentioned before how chosen color schemes greatly influence how people see surface temperature data. Frank points out that sea surface temperature presentations suffer from the same problem. – Anthony…
Hyperventilating on Venus
By Steve Goddard The classic cure for hyperventilation is to put a paper bag over your head, which increases your CO2 levels and reduces the amount of Oxygen in your bloodstream. Global…
Sensenbrenner Report Challenges EPA Greenhouse Finding
This morning, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), ranking member of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, will release a staff report on the scientific issues that tend to…
Pielke Sr. on Revkin's question
Update To Andy Revkin’s Question In 2005: “Is Most Of The Observed Warming Over The Last 50 Years Likely To Have Been Due To The Increase In Greenhouse Gas Concentrations”? By…
Gavin's sensitive side
Sensitive side (from the NASA Global Climate Change Website) By Rosemary Sullivant, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory A little extra carbon dioxide in the air may, unfortunately, go further towards warming…
UAH global temperature anomaly, a bit cooler in April
APRIL 2010 UAH Global Temperature Update: +0.50 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer The global-average lower tropospheric temperature continues warm: +0.50 deg. C for April, 2010, although it is 0.15…
New paper: Tropical cyclone response to solar UV
Daily tropical cyclone intensity response to solar ultraviolet radiation J. B. Elsner, T. H. Jagger, and R. E. Hodges GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 37, L09701, doi:10.1029/2010GL043091, 2010 Abstract: An inverse…
Sun's magnetics coming alive again
When I last looked at the Ap geomagnetic index back in January, it looked pretty grim. Solar geomagnetic index reaches unprecedented low – only “zero” could be lower – in…
AGW to reach…"The Edge of Wetness"…
Johnny Carson of the Tonight Show used to do a schtick called “The Edge of Wetness” which was a parody of a soap opera called “The Edge of Night” It…
Fox News uses WUWT
I got an email over the weekend from a Fox News reporter whose executive producer had seen the photos of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster and wanted to use…
500,000 km2 Discrepancy Between NSIDC and NORSEX
NOTE: there are some animated GIF’s in this post that may take time to fully load. Patience please. By Steve Goddard Monday’s NSIDC Arctic ice extent graph took a turn…
Seeing red: jobs initiative to limit California's AB32 greenhouse gas law will be on the November ballot
With a map like this, is it any wonder that AB32 doesn’t make any sense right now? From the Grass Valley Union A plan to block a law cutting state…
Scripps plans for saving the planet
From press release: Scripps researchers outline strategy to limit global warming Fulfilling Copenhagen Accord will require variety of efforts ranging from ‘Herculean’ to the readily actionable, scientists say Image: Fast-action…
WUWT Arctic Sea Ice News #3
Wikipedia : Traditional Santa Claus Arctic ice extent continues downwards on the trend line started at the end of March, having lost a little over 1,000,000 km2 during April. If…
A multi question poll on Real Climate
Jeff over at the Air Vent has made up a multi question reader poll that I think pretty well probes the effectiveness of Real Climate and the people who run…
"Catastrophic" retreat of glaciers in Spitsbergen
I’ve been given a report on glaciers and sea ice in the Arctic that I want to share with readers. There’s some compelling evidence of glacier melting and open water…
WUWT Radio
NOTE: I’ve added some additional polls based on early input. I’ve been toying with this idea for a few months. As many of you know, I currently work in radio,…
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