Concentration vs. Extent

By Steve Goddard The sea ice concentration game. Arctic Ice is more concentrated in 2010 than in past years The record low Arctic Oscillation during the past winter led to…

Quote of the Week: Sen. Lindsey Graham's 180° view of climate science

Wow. This one is really something. Graham goes from supporter to skeptic in the space of a few weeks. Here’s the quote:

Climate Craziness of the Week – cool (E)motional Icebergs

A group called http://www.coolemotion.org/ got funding from WWF to build a giant sculpture on an iceberg. As of May 6th the iceberg was still trapped in pack ice; http://coolemotion.blogspot.com/2010/05/iceberg-still-stuck.html But…

That solar sinking feeling

When I last wrote about the solar activity situation, things were (as Jack Horkheimer used to say) “looking up”. Now, well, the news is a downer. From the Space Weather…

NOAA GOES weather satellite communications at risk due to proposed FCC spectrum auction

The FCC (like many Federal agencies) has gone looking for available frequencies and money as part of this: Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, Recommendation 5.8, p.86 (FCC, 2010). The…

IPCC review: friend or foe?

From the BBC By Richard Black. This is a fine opportunity for WUWT readers to make comments to the committee reviewing the IPCC. My suggestion: be polite; be constructive. “Now…

When you don't like the poll numbers, make up your own poll

Stanford and Woods Institute didn’t like the recent polls like these: Pew poll: 2 of 3 Americans think Congressional action on climate change is not a priority Gallup: Americans’ Global Warming…