WUWT comes in at the median value of 4.6 million square kilometers (they rounded up from our 4.55 submission) . It is important to note that even with the large…
Month: July 2012
Viruses linked to coral bleaching
I found this interesting: “If viruses are causing disease or bleaching of colonies, it’s also unknown whether this is happening now more than in the past.” Sort of like ocean…
Some progress on the skeptic -vs- denier ugliness
Readers may recall this WUWT story: Nature’s ugly decision: ‘Deniers’ enters the scientific literature. Meanwhile, the discussion continues at John Nielsen-Gammon’s Climate Abyss website on Skeptics are Not Deniers, with…
Another mooooot press release – cows and climate change
From the University of Washington, another press release making gloom where there is none. I had to laugh at this statement: The authors also found that dairy farmers are already…
ABR pulls Karoly's review of Michael Mann's book
Perhaps responding to some of the concerns published yesterday on WUWT about how Steve McIntyre was treated by David Karoly, or perhaps reacting to his reactionary stance at a recent…
NASA: High-Altitude Haze and Vortex At South Pole of Saturn's Moon Titan
PASADENA, Calif. — Images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show a concentration of high-altitude haze and a vortex materializing at the south pole of Saturn’s moon Titan, signs that the seasons…
NOAA cites La Niña as severe weather factor in the 2011 State of the Climate report
Back-to-back La Niñas cooled globe and influenced extreme weather in 2011 New NOAA-led report examines climate conditions experienced around the world Worldwide, 2011 was the coolest year on record since…
NW passage not so busy after all
Guest post by Robert Phelan One of our commenters last week was going on about how the Northwest Passage was opening up and ships were making the passage… there is…
Dark matter mapped in the universe for the first time
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Scientists have, for the first time, directly detected part of the invisible dark matter skeleton of the universe, where more than half of all matter is believed to…
More modeling madness: increased temperature 'may' cause more violent thunderstorms – but other studies show what they missed
From Tel Aviv University, another science press release with “could and may” qualifiers: Climate Change May Lead to Fewer — But More Violent — Thunderstorms Number of flash floods and…
Hell and High Histogramming – Mastering an Interesting Heat Wave Puzzle
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony Watts, Lucia Liljegren , and Michael Tobis have all done a good job blogging about Jeff Masters’ egregious math error. His error was that he…
New gadget: remote WiFi Temperature & Humidity Data Logger
Measurment of temperature is getting so much easier these days. Some of you may have a need for this WiFi Temperature / Humidity Data Logging Sensor, so I thought I’d…
Skeptics Are Not Deniers part 2
John Nielsen-Gammon has his second part up. I introduced part 1 here Skeptics Are Not Deniers: A Conversation (part 2) This is Part 2 of his six-part discussion with Robert…
A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – 2nd Quarter, 2012 – "What Global Warming Looks Like" Update
By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” In the US we are currently being bombarded with claims that “this summer is ‘what global warming looks like’” from the Associated Press and…
'Extreme weather is an integral part of the Earth's climate'
Extreme caution best in assessing future weather By Madhav Khandekar. Published in The Starphoenix July 6, 2012 In the viewpoint article Extreme weather becoming norm (SP, June 28) Lidsay Olson,…
Quote of the Week – Master meteorologist heat wave FAIL
I had started on an essay to describe this meteostatistical failure last night, but Lucia beat me to it, so the credit goes to her. She’s a sharp lady. Besides…
Unexplored Possible Climate Balancing Mechanism
Effect of CO2 levels on phytoplankton. Story submitted by Don Healy This article opens up a whole new vista into the relationship between CO2 levels, oceanic plant growth and the…
John Nielsen-Gammon: Skeptics Are Not Deniers
From his Climate Abyss blog at the Houston Chronicle, Texas State Climatologist Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon takes an extended interest in Dr. Robert Brown’s comment-turned-essay on WUWT. Skeptics Are Not Deniers:…
This is what global cooling really looks like – new tree ring study shows 2000 years of cooling – previous studies underestimated temperatures of Roman and Medieval Warm Periods
Since Princeton’s Dr. Michael Oppenheimer conflated weather with climate last week, proclaiming a short lived heat wave as “This is what global warming really looks like” in a media interview, it…
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