The ANU “Climate scientists get death threats” story fabrication continues to unravel. Again, paging David Appell and Nick Stokes, your second helping of crow pie is served. And Mr. Appell,…
Month: May 2012
Crying over the carbon footprint of spilt milk
From the University of Edinburgh via Eurekalert, just scratching the surface of this press release suggests something’s gone sour, the numbers they cite don’t make for much concern in the…
Sunday Open Thread
I’m caught up in Mothers day duties as well as reviewing data for a new paper, so please talk quietly amongst yourselves and don’t make me come back here.
"…the Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free at the end of summer by 2012"
Its always important to remember what has been predicted by the elders of science, and to review those predictions when the time is right. In four months, just 132 days…
The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There’s an interesting study in Science magazine, entitled “Ocean Salinities Reveal Strong Global Water Cycle Intensification During 1950 to 2000” by Durack et al. (paywalled…
Tisdale: An Unsent Memo to James Hansen
This may be the only entry ever made by Bob Tisdale that doesn’t contain a graph. I thank him for the unsolicited notice he gives to WUWT – Anthony Date:…
Newsbytes: Germany Faces Green Energy Crisis
From Dr. Benny Peiser at The GWPF Network Agency Calls For Suspension Of Emission Laws For Old Coal Plants Last winter, on several occasions, Germany escaped only just large-scale power…
Tracking the ash from the 'unpronounceable' volcano
From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology Scientists ‘read’ the ash from the Icelandic volcano 2 years after its eruption In May 2010, the ash cloud from…
'Death threats' against climate scientists story deader still – the source of one of the 'threats' speaks out
UPDATE: Is is now totally unraveled. The person related to the culling license speaks out, see below. I feel there will be more crow pie coming on the menu for…
Friday Funny – if I were running a billboard campaign…
There’s been a lot of spoof/satire images poked at the Heartland Billboard. For example these being run by Michael Tobis, who desperately needs traffic: http://planet3.org/2012/05/04/the-correct-response-to-heartlands-disgusting-billboards/ …here’s the kind of billboard…
Sunspot AR1476 takes aim on Earth
From Spaceweather.com NOAA forecasters estimate a 75% chance of M-class solar flares and a 20% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours. Any eruptions are likely to be geoeffective…
Revkin's NYT article disputes the 'severe weather is climate' meme, but balance problems remain
I criticized Andrew Revkin yesterday for lack of an irony detector. Today I’ll point out that he’s got a well balanced article on the new meme being pushed in the…
Gavin's big wild Yamal yawner
I think Gavin Schmidt got up on the wrong side of the bed today, either that or he was so mad when he wrote the latest piece on Yamal at…
A Blast From The Past: James Hansen on 'The Global Warming Debate' from 13 years ago
Guest post by Floyd Doughty Some years ago when I was investigating the climate change issue in my spare time, I ran across a short article by James Hansen on…
On the climate, the holocaust, denial, billboards, and all that
Over at Climate Depot, Marc Morano wonders why Andrew Revkin is calling attention to an article linking Holocaust denial to “climate denial”. He writes: What’s up with NYT’s Revkin? He…
Palrimentary procedure
Josh captures The ‘not so great and not so good’ essence highlighted by Steve McIntyre. Bishop Hill writes in Acton and parliamentary privilege: Steve McIntyre notes UEA’s recent submission to an…
Hansen’s ‘Game Over for the Climate’ op-ed
This op-ed appeared in the New York Times today, and since it was written by a government employee, using his NASA title at the end of the article, I consider…
New ice loss unit – the New Jersey
From the University of Texas at Austin, an ice shelf as big as New Jersey might collapse, if conditions are right. Tipping points and all that. I suspect this gives…
Solar cycle update for April – sun still slumping
Got a bit sidetracked earlier in the month, this is overdue for an update. Earlier we reported that Hathaway had updated his solar cycle prediction saying “…the predicted size makes…
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