EPA Agrees to Limit Emissions From Power Plants, Refineries From the NY Times: the headline would make it sound like there was some sort of debate going on inside the…
Year: 2010
Solar Geomagnetic Ap Index Hits Zero
This is something you really don’t expect to see this far into solar cycle 24. But there it is, the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite shows the sun as a cueball:…
3% of Earth's landmass is now urbanized
This study, from 2005, is not one I’ve covered here before, but I thought it was relevant to have a look at as a logical followup to the recent announcement…
Where Did I Put That Energy?
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [UPDATE 2 AM Christmas morning, and of course Murphy is still alive and his Law is still in operation. I find a decimal point error…
It's official: Polar bear not an endangered species
The word comes from the Obama Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, no less, and some enironmentalists heads are exploding right about now. This pretty well slams the door on…
Confirmation of Solar forcing of the semi-annual variation of length-of-day
This essay by Paul Vaughn is very interesting because it shows correlation between cosmic rays (via neutron count), terrestrial angular momentum, and length of day. – Anthony Semi-Annual Solar-Terrestrial Power…
Call for guest authors
WE HAVE ENOUGH – Thanks I have been blogging mostly non-stop since I started this blog in November 2006, with a couple of breaks over weekends, illnesses, and during some…
The Madden – Julian Oscillation
In a recent discussion in comments regarding the AO (Arctic Oscillation), this subject was brought up by R. Gates (IIRC) I thought I would make it prime time for the…
Cryosat ice mission returns first science data
NOTE: The image below is NOT sea ice thickness, but ocean topography. Radar data from the European satellite has been used to make a map of ocean circulation across the…
Red Faces At The Met Office
From the GWPF, here’s a collection of articles that are collectively ripping the Met Office a “new one”. And, it is easy to see why. Here’s the Met Office supercomputer…
SORCE's Solar Spectral Surprise – UV declined, TSI constant
From NASA’s website (h/t to David Archibald) By Adam Voiland NASA’s Earth Science News Team Two satellite instruments aboard NASA’s Solar Radiation & Climate Experiment (SORCE) mission — the Total…
Quote of the Week – Total Ecplise of the Moonbat
Dr. Richard North of the EU Referendum has few words for George Monbiot regarding his recent claim that cold snowy winters are the result of “global warming”. North writes:
Wow, that's a lot of water – major rainfall in SoCal
Southwestern USA, 7 day cumulative percent of normal, shown below: Source from water.weather.gov Have a look at the 7day totals:
You know it's bad California when green companies move out of Berkeley
Excerpts via Bloomberg: Wind energy company moving headquarters to KC By BILL DRAPER The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. A California-based wind turbine manufacturer is moving its headquarters and production…
Polar bears no longer on 'thin ice': researchers say polar bears could face brighter future
From the:USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station via Eurekalert Polar bears no longer on ‘thin ice’: researchers say polar bears could face brighter future VIDEO: Science team placing radio…
Total Lunar Eclipse on the Solstice – way cool
From Spaceweather.com TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE: Earlier today, for the first time in 372 years, a total lunar eclipse occurred on the date of the northern winter solstice. Observers in North…
Sea Ice News #32 – Southern Comfort
I’ve been remiss at posting regular entries of this feature, and there hasn’t been much happening on the way to peak Arctic Ice this year. The action seems mostly down…
You must be logged in to post a comment.