Uranium munching microbes

From Michigan State University Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste EAST LANSING, Mich. — Researchers at Michigan State University have unraveled the mystery of how microbes generate electricity…

Mann hires attorneys to halt FOIA document production

From the there’s “nothing to see here and my lawyer says so too” department, we have news that Dr. Michael Mann really doesn’t want those UVA emails to get sunlight.…

Dessler's GRL paper video

Perhaps fearing that his fast tracked no hurdles rebuttal to Spencer and Braswell wouldn’t be enough to have it the buzz of the blogosphere, highlighted in Real Climate, and blasted…

Hot off the press: Dessler's record turnaround time GRL rebuttal paper to Spencer and Braswell

UPDATE: Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. has a comment on the paper here: Comments On The Dessler 2011 GRL Paper “Cloud Variations And The Earth’s Energy Budget also, physicist Lubos Motl has…

Hurricane Katia now category 4 3 2 1

Katia, after dropping into tropical storm speeds has regained hurricane strength and has rapidly grown to a Category 4 hurricane. Fortunately, it appears it will miss the USA east coast.…

CET -vs- METO: A problem with Temperature

WUWT reader “Ari” tips us to this interesting puzzle on the Central England Temperature series and the Met Office temperature series in the UK doing some wonky diversion. Reposted from:…

Journal Deliverance: The True Story of the Climate Hillbillies

Guest post by Les Johnson (With apologies for lifting the Daily Bayonet tag line multiple times below). “Interconnected” is the theme of this post. It starts of course, with the…

Monday mirthiness: Autumn – time to test fireworks

Josh provides some insight on how Kev and Gav test “the package”of  fireworks.

The science is scuttled: Abraham, Gleick, and Trenberth resort to libeling Spencer and Christy

NOTE: This will be a “sticky”  top post for awhile, new posts appear below this one. UPDATE: Josh weighs in with a new cartoon. I was hoping to have a…

Red-shifting the oceans

Unisys Is Changing Their Color Scaling On Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Maps by Bob Tisdale A couple of weeks ago, Unisys announced they are changing the color scaling on their daily…

The Spencer and Braswell story goes viral

Earlier today I checked in to the WUWT dashboard and was surprised to see that WUWT had the #1 story on all of WordPress.com this morning: Tonight, checking in again,…

Weather amnesia

Post by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Dr. Judith Curry is quoted in a classic Seth Borenstein AP screed connecting disparate extreme weather events into a tidy AGW-narrative:  “Sometimes it seems…

Tisdale on debunking AGW intensification claims about Irene

Previously on WUWT we saw this: Now Bob Tisdale does a numeric analysis along the track, finding some interesting results. Bill McKibben’s wacky claim seen here Climate activist McKibben bizarrely…

A climate change dynamic

Guest post by Erl Happ The presumption that ‘the science is settled’ is incorrect. This post aims to give readers an understanding of the dynamics of the coupled circulation of…

Redefining the Scientific Method–Because Climate Change Science Is Special

by Indur M. Goklany Phil Jones famously said: Kevin and I will keep them out somehow – even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!” – Phil…

Open Thread Holiday Weekend

Since this is a holiday weekend, and after the bombshell Spencer and Braswell revelation today, there’s not much else besides watching tropical storm Lee and Hurricane Katia this weekend.

Tropical storm Lee and hurricane Katia status and tracking

Well it seems the Gulf coast is in for a wet and windy weekend, no joy though for Texas and rain. Katia has regained hurricane strength. Here’s the latest tracks…

Final 2011 sea ice outlook submitted to ARCUS

While I’ve sent this to Helen Wiggins at ARCUS (and have confirmation of receipt), I’m also posting it here for the record. PAN-ARCTIC OUTLOOK  FROM WUWT (acronym for WattsUpWithThat.com)

BREAKING: Editor-in-chief of Remote Sensing resigns over Spencer & Braswell paper

UPDATE: Sept 6th Hot off the press: Dessler’s record turnaround time GRL rebuttal paper to Spencer and Braswell (September 4) Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. continues his discussion at his blog: Hatchet…

UAH global temperature, down a bit in August

UAH Global Temperature Update for August, 2011: +0.33 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer The global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly for August, 2011 retreated a little, to +0.33 deg.…