It is because of beyond stupid fear mongering like this: Are Category 6 Hurricanes coming soon? Really? Lest people think this is some sort of “new” fear, I’ll remind them…
Month: August 2011
More evidence La Niña will return
Following WUWT’s story on 8/22, we have this from the University of Arizona Evidence Suggests La Niña Will Return This Winter By Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins, CLIMAS, August 23,…
BREAKING NEWS – CERN Experiment Confirms Cosmic Rays Influence Cloud Seeds
UPDATE: see some reactions to this announcement here From the GWPF This refers to the CLOUD experiment at CERN. I’ll have more on this as it develops (updated twice since…
Mann UVA emails released
Via email I’m getting reports that the American Tradition Institute has a CD ROM of the Mann University of Virginia emails in hand and are evaluating them. They are in…
NASA notes sea level is falling in press release – but calls it a "Pothole on Road to Higher Seas"
From the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab NASA Satellites Detect Pothole on Road to Higher Seas An Update from NASA’s Sea Level Sentinels: Like mercury in a thermometer, ocean waters expand…
Attack of the killer clothes dryer
From the University of Washington comes news of a terrible scourge of air pollution coming from America’s suburban wasteland. Yes, it’s the unregulated clothes dryer vent. I see a whole…
"Apollo 18" – possibly the worst science fiction film of the 21st century
I suppose it has come to this. We have no manned space program anymore, Muslim outreach is a NASA priority according to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, and a recent paper…
I can drive to Russia from my house
Something I never expected, worth sharing. I wonder if they’ll have an exit for Yamal? From Slashdot, news that leads me to think that someday I’ll be able to put…
Row to the Pole photo caption contest
The image below is from the Whisky powered Row to The Pole publicity stunt. It needs a caption. I’m sure WUWT readers will be able to provide several.
Imaging Hurricane Irene
From the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center TRMM gets a look at Irene, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has been busy measuring rainfall…
5.9 Earthquake in Virginia
Note: USGS upgraded to 5.9 from the 5.8 preliminary estimate Between Richmond and Charlottesville (h/t Corey S) More:
Icebreaker at the North Pole
From the Alfred Wegener Institute news that a ship that reached the real geographic North Pole, unlike the hapless group of Whisky sponsored rowers (Row to the Pole) who are…
Get that uncertainty off the road, we have adapting to do!
From Vanderbilt University , damn the torpedoes uncertainty and full speed ahead, there’s a trillion dollars at stake: Time to begin anticipating and adapting to climate change Despite the uncertainties…
NASA Research Leads to First Complete Map of Antarctic Ice Flow
First complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica, derived from radar interferometric data. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCI › Full image and caption › Related video PASADENA,…
The pathway to go after farming and fertilizers
Reading this, especially with the climate doom opening paragraph, I’m left with the idea that it will be used as a tool to limit modern farming practices by going after…
Britain's Wind Farm Scam Threatens Economic Recovery
From Benny Peiser at The GWPF: In a sane world, no one would dream of building power sources whose cost is 22 times greater than that of vastly more efficient…
North Atlantic spawns 9th storm of season: Irene
Update: Monday, August 22: Hurricane Irene will likely rapidly intensify at some point over the next couple days becoming a major hurricane (maximum probably Category 4). It is a large-storm…
Quote of the week – Gore and carnage
The punch line from Rex Murphy’s recent editorial in the National Post will upset sensitive readers who still think Gore is the messiah rather than a barker.
La Niña returns
While we wait for NOAA to update their ENSO meter on the WUWT sidebar, Bob Tisdale is way ahead of them. Visually, the La Niña seems rather obvious in the…
Climate predictions in 1974 – Famous glaciologists predicted the world going colder from 1974 until 2010
Story Submitted by Geir Hasnes While we were going through the heaps of papers after a deceased family member some days ago, I noticed a newspaper clipping from the Norwegian…
Weekly Climate and Weather Roundup
Quote of the Week: “Why should we have anybody spend money on a program that nobody’s thought through?” – – – – – – – – – – – –…
My surfacestations project at the AMS conference
Co-author Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon (and subbed at the last minute by John Christy) presents the results of the SurfaceStations project to the 19th Conference on Applied Climatology 18–20 July 2011,…
Currents and climate – still not settled
From Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via Eurekalert Newly discovered Icelandic current could change North Atlantic climate picture An international team of researchers, including physical oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic…
Locked up: US Park police transport Tar Sands protesters to the pokey
News update by Ryan Maue Update: The jails were emptied Monday morning. Also, Daryl Hannah has announced that she is heading to the White House oil-sands protest. Update: New York…
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