Eh, even when I try to get away from it on weekends it follows me via email. But, I decided I’d take a moment to post this comment from Joe…
Month: October 2011
World is warming. Pope is Catholic.
Guest post by Maurizio Morabito Quite an effort has been made by many people (including Dr Richard Muller) to portray the BEST pre-pre-pre-papers as some kind of death blow against climate…
Weekend open thread
I’ll be offline most of this weekend, as I got virtually no work done for myself this week thanks to the BEST “PR before peer review shenanigans” and the compliant…
The Public Trust – Climate
Guest post by William McClenney This piece is advisory in nature to the many state Attorneys General, Eric Holder and any attorneys that may be involved in joining any…
BEST: What I agree with and what I disagree with – plus a call for additional transparency to prevent "pal" review
There’s lots of hay being made by the usual romminesque flaming bloggers, some news outlets and the like, over my disagreement with the way data was handled in one of…
A mathematician's response to BEST
Doug Keenan, who readers may remember doggedly pursued and won some tree ring data that Queens University held back, was asked to comment of the BEST papers by the Economist.…
Sceptical Berkeley Scientists Say, “Human Component Of Global Warming May Be Somewhat Overstated”
From Dr. Benny Peiser and the Global Warming Policy Foundation via email. The Observatory, 21 October 2011 David Whitehouse The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project has released its preliminary findings…
Friday Funny – This is London: "make China bend to our will"
Josh writes: There was a debate last night at the Royal Society entitled “London’s Policy on Climate Change Should begin in Beijing“. Event info: If a windmill is about to…
The Durban ramp-up begins – now the Earth only warms by hemispheres, and not simultaneously – until now
From Lund University, a new way to blame modern man. Look for more nuttiness like this as the Durban climate conference approaches. Read the conclusion of the paper below, which…
California commits business suicide
A mass exodus of business and jobs out of California will be the likely result of this madness. From the San Franscisco Chronicle:
Dr. Ben Santer speaks on climate modeling, and everything else
Today is a day I got not one thing done for myself due to the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature release sucking all the oxygen out of the climate debate with…
The Alligator Model
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I wrote my first computer program in 1963. It was an implementation of the Sieve of Erastosthenes, used to find prime numbers. I haven’t stopped…
Pielke Sr: No surprise about BEST
Dr. Roger pielke confirms a point made in comments in my earlier post on BEST about all data coming from a single source, which is the National Climatic Data Center.…
Browner, Colbert, the EPA, and Broken Windows
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Last night I saw Carol Browner, ex-head of the EPA, make an astounding statement on the Colbert Report TV show. I was so amazed, I…
The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project puts PR before peer review
UPDATE: see this new story BEST: What I agree with and what I disagree with – plus a call for additional transparency to prevent “pal” review ======================================================= Readers may recall this…
NOAA releases winter outlook, Texas drought to continue
Contact: Maureen O’Leary 301-713-6022 maureen.oleary@noaa.gov Oct. 20, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. dealt another La Niña winter but ‘wild card’ could trump it Devastating drought in Southern Plains likely to…
Congratulations to Dr. Gavin Schmidt
While we are polar opposites, and Dr. Schmidt can’t find it within himself to respond to any of my emails or to allow my comments and many others to appear…
D'Aleo on ozone hole: "It is very likely to have been there forever"
Ozone holes in Antarctic and Arctic relate to cold rebounds from warming events By Joseph D’Aleo, Weatherbell.com The ozone hole above the Antarctic has reached its maximum extent for the…
Only a Century? Ya Wimps!
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach You’ve heard of “Post Normal Science”? I investigate “Para Normal Science”. That’s the kind of science that is based on the willing suspension of belief…
Carbon capture scrapped in the UK, "…descended into farce"
All they needed was unlimited money and it would have worked… From the BBC:
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