In honor of Jeff Id closing The Air Vent, I’m going to take the day off and spend more time with my kids.
Be civil and keep the topics germane. Don’t make me come back here. – Anthony
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An excellent idea, Anthony! Enjoy.
Go Pack, go!
Yes Boss, We wont set anything going— Honest! you know us!
Have a lovely day and enjoy the love of your family
cheers
Adrian
Enjoy your ‘escape’ Anthony.
But, in the meantime, breaking “news”!!!
“For Many Species, No Escape as Temperature Rises”
“Over the past two decades, an increasing number of settlers who have moved here to farm have impinged on bird habitats and reduced bird populations by cutting down forests and turning grasslands into fields. Now the early effects of global warming and other climate changes have helped send the populations of many local mountain species into a steep downward spiral, from which many experts say they will never recover.
Over the next 100 years, many scientists predict, 20 percent to 30 percent of species could be lost if the temperature rises 3.6 degrees to 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit. If the most extreme warming predictions are realized, the loss could be over 50 percent, according to the United Nations climate change panel.
Polar bears have become the icons of this climate threat. But scientists say that tens of thousands of smaller species that live in the tropics or on or near mountaintops are equally, if not more, vulnerable… ”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/science/earth/22kenya.html?_r=1&hpw
In honour of Anthony’s time off and to the earliest study of cosmic rays, here is a link to Auguste Piccard’s climb to the stratosphere. Hell’s teeth, but they were brave men!!!
http://engwonders.orgfree.com/e026.html
AdrianS says:
January 23, 2011 at 11:03 am
“Yes Boss, We wont set anything going— Honest! you know us!”
Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
Best laugh I’ve had in ages!
But I agree with you, AdrianS.
Anthony: take a day off to enjoy time with your family and even if we do get rowdy, it’ll be contained to this thread and will be no reflection on you or the WUWT site.
(We’ll drive ctm, robt., evean, et al crazy, just for grins ‘n giggles.)
And AGW is causing the expansion of coral habitat?
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/69060/title/Corals_moving_north
And re-reporting old crap makes it seem even worse.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/67647/title/Climate_action_could_save_polar_bears
James Barker says:
January 23, 2011 at 11:18 am
“And AGW is causing the expansion of coral habitat?”
Interesting link, but those corals might be in for a surprise over the next twenty years, eh?
Just found this site for the first time. Very interesting.
http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/number%20watch.htm
The other day somebody wrote, “Anthony, do you ever sleep?” How much time does he spend moderating all this? I donated the other day. I really spend too much time reading WUWT. I can’t imagine the hours it takes to make it all go. Thank you so much Mr. Watts.
James Barker says:
January 23, 2011 at 11:26 am
Yes it is good & let us hope John Brignell recovers his health soon.
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Runaway global warming 250 million yeas ago? Aren’t they forgetting that all the SO2 and ashes in the atmosphere would have a cooling effect?
“World’s Largest Extinction Explained by World’s Largest Volcanic Eruption”
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/23/evidence-planets-largest-extinction-discovered/?test=latestnews
Ah…I remember my father saying, “Don’t make me get outta this chair,” when I was practicing “karate moves” on my younger brother.
I was looking at the newest addition to the WUWT Reference Pages (solar is a great addition) and was intrigued by the Latest UAH global temperature anomaly graph.
I realize one shouldn’t put to much stock in global averages and global anomaly charts but I keep trying to resolve NOAA’s calm that 2010 was tied with the warmest year on record.
If you look at the UAH graph in context to a 12 month “year”, it seems reasonable to say 1999 contains a short lived spike in temperature even though 1999 temperature was actually a net negative change.
The trend in 2009 was more significant in terms of net change than 2010 and 2010 doesn’t come close to the spike in early 1999.
If NOAA is simply saying 2010 contained a single record equal to the highest recorded temperature, whats the big deal?
Is it any wonder the general public is so confused by the meme — or am I missing something obvious?
Take the day off? Take the entire day entirely off??? Is this what we pay you for?
And again Anthony, you have shown why this site is so popular. A post on Cold Fusion? But of course! not only does this make the site more interesting, but what really grabs me about that post, is all the new names that are popping up, AND the expertise that these people have. Anthony, the CF post just goes to show how many VERY smart people actually read your blog.
You should be PROUD!
Just found this beauty via Steven Goddard’s RealScience site:
“Fish threatened by global warming to be moved north
Scores of radical measures planned to help us and our wildlife cope with climate change”
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/fish-threatened-by-global-warming-to-be-moved-north-2192001.html
Lots of well deserved ridicule in the comments at the so called “independent.”
My question: will a massive government program be required to move the Loch Ness monster north as well?
John from CA says:
January 23, 2011 at 11:55 am
trying to resolve NOAA’s calm s/n trying to resolve NOAA’s claim
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I guess I’m not seeing how overall annual temperature oscillation relates to hottest or warmest on record.
We know that plants reach their optimum production at carbon levels far in excess of current levels, I assume all coal, oil, gas and turf are carbon removed from the athmosphere in previous climate events, if so, is there a study that corelates the evolution of plants and the carbon levels present at the time?. Does evolution optimise production at optimum/natural carbon levels, answer anyone?.
Open thread – If you got an hour good program on reality by the BBC(yer i know), just watch parts 1 to 6 ‘What is reality’. At least it’ll make you think about soemthing other than the end of the world by CO2.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bbc+horizon+reality&aq=0
Sounds like an excellent plan Anthony!
You certainly deserve some well earned time off, and you only get one chance to spend time with your family — never put work ahead of that on a continuing basis, the time is too precious.
I’m sure we can keep the water fights and hair pulling to a minimum while you take a breather.
Your blog is my one window on sanity and intelligent discussion in a world poisoned by sensationalism and just plain mindless babble. Thank you!!
Larry
Related to the notion that anthropogenic GHG’s and their related feedback’s could affect some of the natural ocean cycles, here’s a small sample of some of the studies being done:
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JCLI3834.1
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JCLI4001.1
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0442%282001%29014%3C4113%3ATCCRTE%3E2.0.CO%3B2
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2008JCLI2324.1
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0442%281997%29010%3C0138%3ASEIAGC%3E2.0.CO%3B2
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/EI224.1
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JCLI3683.1
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JCLI3853.1
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/2010JCLI3434.1?prevSearch=%5Ball%3A+changes+in+ENSO+CO2%5D&searchHistoryKey=
But it seems some AGW skeptics are somehow certain that there is absolutely no relationship between anthropogenic GHG build-up and changes in natural ocean cycles. How do they know this? It seems a matter of “faith”, and as such, would be similar to a religious conviction.
Great idea — you should make it a weekly pattern. Your kids deserve you!
Panic! Panic! Panic! How warm will we get when Betelgeuse goes supernova, which is GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR??? OR TOMORROW??? OR RIGHT NOW!!!!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1349383/Betelgeuse-second-sun-Earth-supernova-turns-night-day.html
Oh, never mind… if you read past the first few paragraphs, you find it’s due to happen sometime in the next million years.