BBC: Richard Black’s Farewell Let’s hope the reporter who replaces him is more balanced.
Month: August 2012
Recent paper demonstrates relationship between temperature and population density in the UHI of New Delhi
This gives credence to Dr. Roy Spencer’s population adjusted ISH surface temperature data for the USA Impact of population density on the surface temperature and micro-climate of Delhi Javed Mallick1…
An independent constraint on climate sensitivity
Guest post by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Abstract Global CO2 emissions per unit increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration provide an independent constraint on climate sensitivity over the timescale of the…
Errors in Estimating Temperatures Using the Average of Tmax and Tmin—Analysis of the USCRN Temperature Stations
Guest post by Lance Wallace Abstract The traditional estimate of temperature at measuring stations has been to average the highest (Tmax) and lowest (Tmin) daily measurements. This leads to error…
"North American energy independence by 2020"
Guest post by David Middleton GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently released an outline of his plan to achieve “North American energy independence” by 2020. While the white paper (1)…
Important paper strongly suggests man-made CO2 is not the driver of global warming
Reposted from the Hockey Schtick, as I’m out of time and on the road.- Anthony An important new paper published today in Global and Planetary Change finds that changes in…
Single dose Malaria cure has high potential
From the University of Cape Town comes some bad news for global warming alarmists, Malaria deaths may soon be a thing of the past and their attempts to link such…
New film: The Boy Who Cried Warming
From the producer: I wanted to reach out and inform you that the film was recently completed and virtually launched on our website, August 24th, 2012. Every Global Warming prediction,…
Hurricane Isaac's Stats
Don’t Underestimate a Cat. 1 State College, Pa. — 29 August 2012 — AccuWeather.com reports before pummeling Florida and the Gulf Coast of the U.S. with flooding rain, Isaac first…
New paper finds deep Arctic Ocean from 50,000 to 11,000 years ago was 1–2°C warmer than modern temperatures
Reposted from the Hockey Schtick A new paper published in Nature Geoscience finds “From about 50,000 to 11,000 years ago, the central Arctic Basin from 1,000 to 2,500 meters deep was … 1–2°C…
Follow the warming money
This might make you mad. That’s even more reason to read about it. $1.9 million in environmental justice grants 10th May 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded…
Josh on Catastrophic reporting
Josh brings attention to this George Monbiot piece today in the Guardian today: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/27/arctic-ice-rich-world-disaster Noting that: Something of an annual event… sea ice alarm. After reading Monbiot’s essay, the cartoon will…
Offline
I’m traveling today, so new posts won’t be happening until perhaps the evening. Open thread, moderators please help where you can – Anthony
Germany’s new “renewable” energy policy
Wind and solar power + soaring electricity prices = outsourced jobs + more coal burning Meanwhile, eco activists demand “sustainable lifestyles” – for other people Guest post by Kelvin Kemm…
Cool clean coal – just add refrigeration
From the University of Oregon a wacky idea to refrigerate smokestacks. Cooled coal emissions would clean air and lower health and climate-change costs EUGENE, Ore. — (Aug. 27, 2012) —…
Hurricane Isaac tracking
After battling the “dry” tropical air along its route from Haiti, Cuba, Florida, to Louisiana, Isaac has finally become a hurricane with the required 64+ knots 1-minute sustained near-surface winds.…
How ocean currents affect global climate is a question oceanographer may be close to answering
From Florida State University: Kevin Speer has a “new paradigm” for describing how the world’s oceans circulate — and with it he may help reshape science’s understanding of the…
Sea Ice News – Volume 3 Number 11, part 2 – other sources show no record low Arctic ice extent
Earlier today in part1, I posted about the new record low claimed by NSIDC: Sea Ice News – Volume 3 Number 11, part 1 – new Arctic satellite extent record.…
Pielke Sr., Curry, and Singer on the new AMS climate statement
Dr. Roger Pielke Senior has weighed in on the new AMS climate statement: Contradictory Statements By The American Meterological Society – Comments On The New Statement Titled “Climate Change” The American…
'Reach for the Stars' now becomes 'Retreat to the Past'
Guest post by Viv Forbes The deaths of Steve Jobs and Neil Armstrong could signal the end of a remarkable era of scientific and engineering achievement that started about 200…
New AMS statement on Climate Change
Seems almost a planned effort this week, Sea Ice, Iasaac, and now the AMS statement. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 617-227-2426 ext. 3901 August 27, 2012 kseitter@ametsoc.org American Meteorological Society Releases…
Sea Ice News – Volume 3 Number 11, part 1 – new Arctic satellite extent record
PART1 – (part 2 comes later today is NOW ONLINE HERE) I’ve been noting with some humor the anticipation of a new Arctic sea ice extent minimum in the Alarmosphere.…
One benefit of the midwest drought
From Texas A&M University Good news from the bad drought: Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ smallest in years, says Texas A&M expert The worst drought to hit the United States in at…
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