We have the ongoing Wegman and the Mashey/DeepClimate “Copygate dustup” at Fairfax based George Mason University, now we have even more going on in Virginia. It seems we have dueling…
Month: January 2011
Monbiot's prediction – 1 year to go
Just one year to go to check on the accuracy of this prediction, claimed by warming proponent George Monbiot in 2002. Haunting the Library writes:
Easterbrook on the magnitude of Greenland GISP2 ice core data
MAGNITUDE AND RATE OF CLIMATE CHANGES Guest post by Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Dept. of Geology, Western Washington University The GISP2 Greenland ice core has proven to be a great…
Another "mankind as evil carbonator, even way back then" study
Last week we were treated to the ridiculous story about Genghis Khan having an impact (or apparently not enough) with his impact on humanity. This week, a “new interpretation”; it’s…
UK News: Parliamentary Committee Announces Inquiry Into Winter Transport Fiasco
The House of Commons Transport Select Committee has heeded the call by the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) for an inquiry into the UK’s winter transport fiasco. Dr Benny Peiser,…
Commentary- Hansen Draft Paper: Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change
by Dr. Martin Hertzberg As the saying goes: “If all you have in your hand is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail”. It is hopeless to expect that…
Frostbite Falls
Guest post by E.M.Smith Temperature Inversion Original Image The Event We’ve recently had some very cold days in International Falls. This posting: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/01/21/new-record-cold-tempertures-in-minnesota/ has a nice write up of the…
Open Thread Sunday
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.…
Will global warming survive a strong La Nina?
Guest post by Frank Lansner A global temperature stagnation despite warm El Nino year 2010? After the warm El Nino period 2009-2010, global temperature trends starting 1998 has generally turned…
Normal Seasons of the Sun (GW Tiger)
Guest post by Ira Glickstein PhD. We had joy, we had fun, we had Seasons of the Sun. But the mountains we climbed were but whimsies of our minds. That…
Cold Fusion Going Commercial!?
Foreword: I gave Ric Werme permission to do this essay. I don’t have any doubt that the original Cold Fusion research was seriously flawed. That said, this recent new development…
New WUWT Solar Images and Data Page
I’ve done some house cleaning and maintenance today to replace the aging SOHO image on the sidebar (which had not been updating since January 11th, thanks to Ric Werme for…
Alarming trends
Over at Bishop Hill’s blog, he posted this graph below which is an output from a special Google Labs search query. It lists the percentage of books that are about…
The Metrology of Thermometers
For those that don’t notice, this is about metrology, not meteorology, though meteorology uses the final product. Metrology is the science of measurement. Since we had this recent paper from…
New record cold temperatures in Minnesota
From NWS Duluth, MN, an old record beaten by five degrees: RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 518 PM CST FRI JAN 21 2011 …RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET…
The Air Vent closes shop
I’m dismayed to see this, but not at all surprised. People (like Jeff, like me) who own businesses and are self employed while trying to raise family have it tough…
What sort of forecast does the Met Office Supercomputer make?
WUWT readers may recall the story by the Daily Mail about the new supercomputer. The Met Office has caused a storm of controversy after it was revealed their £30million supercomputer…
An appeal to the climate science blogosphere
Can you keep an open mind on the cause of winds? Climate science needs your help! by Anastassia Makarieva Many of us who have become researchers have been attracted by…
Friday Funny
Josh from Cartoons by Josh writes: Following on from an earlier cartoon “What the Greens got wrong” this is about the plans for the next thing on the green agenda…
Shale gas boom on
IEA: Natural Gas Can Supply World For 250 Years Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:51 United Press International Supplies of natural gas could last more than 250 years if Asian and…
CSIRO – climate variability caused drought, not climate change
While this is a bit dated, from late last year, given all the attention given to the floods in Queensland supposedly being caused by global warming aka climate change, this…
Extreme cold warnings, Minnesota record lows below -40F
Brutal cold has invaded the upper-Midwest. A record low at International Falls is not an easy thing to break. No problem today (01/21/11), as temps have fallen into the minus…
New paper: Cosmic rays contribute 40% to global warming
From the Hindu Physicist U.R. Rao says carbon emission impact is lower than IPCC claim A key belief of climate science theology — that a reduction in carbon emissions will…
WMO: 2010 warmest, but no statistically significant difference between global temperatures in 2010, 2005 and 1998
See below for an interview from Dr. Bob Carter. Press Release No. 906 For use of the information media Not an official record 2010 equals record for world’s warmest year…
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