Now if they could only provide a solution for Mannian emissions, they’d really have something. It does seem better though than the Bovine Fish Oil Methane Cure and certainly less ridiculous…
Month: September 2010
Climate Craziness of the Week: Global scale nanosphere nuttiness
Let’s see, what would we make those nano-disks out of? He says (see PNAS paper below): Silica-alumina ceramic hollow microspheres with diameters of 1 μm. (aka 1 micron) Do you…
Atlantic hurricane season halfway point
Tropical Storm Hermine rapidly developed and has moved into South Texas soaking rather moist ground from previous Hurricane Alex and TD2. Scattered areas of interest in the Atlantic include the…
The Unbroken Record of Broken Icons
Guest post by Thomas Fuller and Tony Brown When we separate what scientists have actually said from what messages are carefully prepared and communicated to us through the media, one…
Climate Change = Erratic Rainfall= 'big dam dilemma'
Hmm. Since all weather and hence climate on a longer scale is essentially chaotic, isn’t rainfall generally erratic as a consequence of that chaos?. Isn’t that why we have some…
UEA/CRU responds to Climategate "inquiries"
h/t to Bishop Hill who writes: UEA has issued a response to the various inquiries. The timing is odd, to say the least. Perhaps they’ve all been on holiday. See…
GRACE under fire
Guest post by Thomas Fuller It is hard to understand many of those who are convinced that climate change will destroy civilization. Previous ideas about massive sea level rise or…
Reminder: Labor Day – Fly our flag
From the Washington Post: Things you should know about Labor Day Labor Day is the perfect day to explain to kids complaining about going back to school just how much…
Sea Ice News #21
This week was a true roller coaster ride with Arctic Sea Ice. It is best summed up by looking at the JAXA graph for extent, shown below: Below, see the…
New gadget finally kills the power vampires in my home
I’m back home. Thanks to everyone who helped while I was offline with family medical issues. There are larger challenges ahead but for now things are back to near normal.…
Climate Change Is Not a Forever Problem
Guest post by Thomas Fuller Okay, all–this is a slow developing post. I hope you can stick with me to the end here. If you’re reading this, the chances are…
Analysis: CRU tosses valid 5 sigma climate data
Above: map of mean temperature and departure by state for February 1936 in the USA, a 5 sigma event. Source: NCDC’s map generator at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html Steve Mosher writes in to…
Failure to forecast morphs to criminal investigation
From an AGU press release, potential charges for failure to forecast an earthquake. h/t to Dr. Leif Svalgaard. Scientists May Face Manslaughter Charges After Earthquake 22 June 2010 AGU Science…
The gusto that wasn't
I heard on my car radio a news report interviewing hotel and resort property owners on the East Coast that lost virtually all their bookings this holiday weekend due to…
The North Pacific & Solar Cycle Change
Guest post by Paul Vaughan, M.Sc. Awhile back I drew attention to temporal patterns shared by the <i>rate of change</i> of solar cycle length (SCL’) and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation…
We Talk About Politics Because The Science Is Uncertain
Guest Post by Thomas Fuller You readers here at Watts Up With That have been very kind to me during my guest-blogging stint here, and I’d like to express my…
In Search of Cooling Trends
by Verity Jones and Tony Brown (Tonyb) Back in October Tony asked me to help with a big idea. Searching Norwegian climate site Rimfrost (www.rimfrost.no) Tony had found many climate…
And the hits just keep on coming: 'The Book the IPCC Plagiarized'
I have a bit of time free and a connection available so I just had to get this story up that I’ve been reading on my cellphone. I have to…
Earl sputters and the Atlantic quiets down a bit
Hurricane Earl is quickly losing steam as it barrels northward and begins its recurvature in the middle latitudes. The main threat to New England will be a broad area of…
Open Thread
[posted by autoscheduler] I’ll be offline most of today and tomorrow, but may check in via my cellphone. If you have story ideas, news, etc be sure to flag the…
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