G.P. Bear goes to Washington – part 9

By Bill Steigerwald “Boxer blows her top” U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING “Senator Boxer,” Grandpa began, his powerful voice shaking the room, “I want to thank you for this opportunity to tell…

Spencer: Earth sans greenhouse effect – what would it be like?

What If There Was No Greenhouse Effect? by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The climate of the Earth is profoundly affected by two competing processes: the greenhouse effect, which acts…

The Met Office getting a clue? – "one of the coldest winters in 100 years"

It’s not like there haven’t been clues. Like for example as I pointed out the Arctic Oscillation has gone strongly negative. The article says: “The cold weather comes despite the…

Record cold weather roundup – hundreds of new cold and snow records set in the last week

From the “weather is not climate department. Oh the weather outside is frightful…. Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capitol Here’s the roundup of cold and snow records for the…

G.P. Bear goes to Washington – part 8

By Bill Steigerwald “Al Gore, star witness” U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING At the entrance of the U.S. Capitol Building Grandpa showed a security guard the invitation from Senator Al Franken inviting…

A good meteorological omen, and a great way to start the new year

Today I stepped outside and was greeted with this image just after the clouds parted. Fortunately I had my camera ready to go. This view is at the Sierra Nevada…

No Increase of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction in Past 160 Years

I’ve been getting a lot of requests to cover this story, probably 20 or so now with wonderings about “why haven’t you covered this yet?” How quickly you all forget.…

A new month, new year, new decade, and a new record

Not much to say, except “thanks”. The graph tells the story. Happy New Year to all!