UPDATE: 8/20/12 3:50 PM PDT The Governor’s office changes the page – see below. I’ve been sitting on this one quietly for almost a week now, and nobody seems to…
Month: August 2012
July was also the 329th consecutive month of positive upwards adjustment to the U.S. temperature record by NOAA/NCDC
I’ve noticed there’s a lot of frenetic tweeting and re-tweeting of this “sound bite” sized statement from this Climate Central piece by Andrew Freedman. July was the fourth-warmest such month…
Climate Craziness of the Week: Poo Power from your dog
Bobko D writes in Tips and Notes Anthony, One of the more ridiculous schemes how to save the world – a candidate for your “Craziness of the week”, perhaps –…
The reason for the polarization of the global warming issue
Via The Corner, something I always knew deep down, but never had succinctly coalesced into a single paragraph. In 1999, Cass Sunstein wrote an article in the Harvard Law Review…
How not to measure temperature, part 93: the hottest weather station in the UK cited by the BBC has some interesting exposure
Over at Tallbloke’s Talkshop, moderator Tim Channon wondered about this regularly hot station reported in the news: An often appearing name in the BBC news as the hottest place in…
McIntyre's talk in London – Plus, the UK's tilting at windmills may actually increase CO2 emissions over natural gas
At The Register, Andrew Orlowski attended the talk and has a news article describing Steve McIntyre’s talk at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, which was an event hosted…
Apocalypse Not: I love the smell of skepticism in the morning
Matt Ridley has just had a tremendous essay published in WIRED magazine, one that everyone should take a few minutes to read, because it sums up the issues of all…
Friday Funny – pissing away the CO2 alarm
From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology comes this hilarious bit of news pushed as serious science. I like the idea of a “potion”. It fits right…
Beefing up security on skeptical blogs
It has been noted that in the past week we have seen two prominent skeptic websites attacked: Jo Nova and The GWPF, the latter of which has been overtaken, and…
2012: The Year Greenland Melted (AKA Alarmists Gone Wild) and Manhattan-sized Icebergs!
Guest Post by David Middleton “Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt… Right On Time” I guess Professor Tedesco missed this… “Ice cores from Summit show that melting events…
Climate and Drought Lessons from Ancient Egypt
From the USGS: Using Fossil Pollen to Augment Historical Records Ancient pollen and charcoal preserved in deeply buried sediments in Egypt’s Nile Delta document the region’s ancient droughts and fires,…
Blog Memo to James Hansen Regarding GISS Southern Hemisphere Land Surface Temperature Data
Guest post by Bob Tisdale Date: August 16, 2012 Subject: Southern Hemisphere GISS LOTI Land Surface Temperature Anomaly Data From: Bob Tisdale To: James Hansen – GISS Dear James: I…
Never before published paper on UHI and siting – Goodridge 1987
Plus answers to yesterday’s Fun puzzle: Name these official stations. Given that California Governor Jerry Brown has recently setup a website at the governor’s office basically telling skeptics to “shut…
Josh's livetooning of Steve McIntyre's talk in London
Josh writes via email: Here are the cartoon notes from Steve’s talk – it went very well, a great turnout too. All the best. Josh Enjoy the humor.
Climate Craziness of the Week – global warming causing helium shortage
Oh, the stupid, it burns. Helium shortage threatens time-honored Nebraska tradition | Dr. Saturday – Yahoo! Sports http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/helium-shortage-threatens-time-honored-nebraska-tradition-152527242–ncaaf.html Face palm! Unfortunately, there’s this nagging little detail about the noble gas,…
Newsflash: tropical species adapt to temperature changes
From Wiley Sciences, some interesting admissions, though I have to think that insects are far more tolerant than they give them credit for. But, take it all with a grain…
A personal note of thanks
It has been a difficult week. I thought it appropriate to share some thoughts and some thanks. WUWT moderator Bob Phelan was laid to rest this morning. RIP REP.
Quote of the week – what planet does Michael Mann live on?
Via Tom Nelson: Dr. Michael Mann, author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, responds to last week’s attacks from Dr. Richard Muller. On the Green Front – Dr.…
Fun puzzle: Name these official stations
Here’s a fun little puzzle for you, two older station siting photographs from former California State Climatologist, Jim Goodridge, circa the 1980’s. I had Jim find these because I was…
More hype on Greenland's summer melt
You may recall the bogus claim of “97% of Greenland Ice melted”, that was dialed back (REP’s last story on WUWT). Now there’s more of the same sort of stuff.…
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