The crisis is due not to climate change, but to actions taken in the name of preventing change Guest Post by Paul Driessen In his first address as Secretary of…
Month: March 2013
Quote of the Week – blaming Nature for poor model performance
There’s not much I can say about this quote from the Washington Post’s Joel Achenbach as it stands on its own quite well. The context of this quote is article…
Another solar manufacturer gives up
It seems to be a trend now, last October it was Siemens who gave up on solar, now it is British Petroleum, who has been in the solar business nearly…
Another hockey stick – this one billed as 'scarier' than Mann's
I had to chuckle at the cacophony of Twitfests going on today over this new study from Marcott et al. I especially liked the Mother Jones headline being Tweeted: “The…
Study: Black carbon aerosol forcing may be an important factor affecting the snow & ice cover in the Northern Hemisphere
We’ve had several essays here at WUWT on the role of Black Carbon soot and its role in affecting surface albedo. Anyone who has ever witnessed “dirty snow” knows that…
Warmist Bob Ward argues that former IPCC lead author Richard Lindzen isn't qualified to talk about climate science
Bishop Hill reports: …there was a debate at the Fisher House / Von Hugel Institute seminar “Global Warming & Equitable Development: the Ethical and Political Priorities” last night, and MIT’s Dr.…
California to quantify UHI statewide
From the if we can quantify it we’ll figure out a way to tax it department comes this short press release (h/t Kakatoa) The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research…
Notes on the February Global Temperature Anomaly
Guest post by John Kehr With two completed months of the year there is starting to be discussion of how 2013 is shaping up for the annual anomaly. Several comments…
NASA satellite data shows a decline in water vapor
Guest post submitted by Ken Gregory, Friends of Science.org An analysis of NASA satellite data shows that water vapor, the most important greenhouse gas, has declined in the upper atmosphere…
Dr. Roy Spencer's Sea Surface Temperatures
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Over at Roy Spencer’s excellent web site, Dr. Roy has a post up showing a sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly calculated from AMSR-E, TMI, and…
Hump day hilarity: Science by astroturfing
Josh writes: A bit of an anniversary cartoon as it was a year ago this month that The Tree Hut Gang (Skeptical Science) were exposed in Opengate. Now they have branched…
February solar data shows the Sun to still be slumping – but NASA says 'twin peaks' may happen
The data from SWPC is in, and it is lethargic at best. Sunspot numbers took a hit, down to about 42, a delta of ~50 lower compared to the red…
‘Ground Zero for Global Warming’? State of Alaska temperatures in 2012 refused to cooperate
People send me stuff. While some claims have been made that “Alaska is Ground Zero for Global Warming” it turns out that the state of Alaska was significantly below normal…
The ScAm Gets Worse—An Open Letter To Bora Zivkovic
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Dear Bora; I know, I know, like many people I didn’t think it was possible for Scientific American magazine to sink any lower. I loved…
How long to the 24/25 solar minimum?
Guest post by David Archibald Climate has real world consequences, and those operating in fields that will be affected by changing climate bring a different perspective to the problem of…
"A [Junk] Scientist’s Misguided Crusade" Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
Guest Post by David Middleton More improper activity from the Million Dollar Bureaucrat… A Scientist’s Misguided Crusade By JOE NOCERA Published: March 4, 2013 Last Friday, at 3:40 p.m., the…
Lucia drops some reality on the Gorebots – Update: The astroturfing is from Skeptical Science
UPDATE: Apparently, they didn’t like Lucia’s version of reality, she writes: lucia liljegren (@lucialiljegren) says: March 5, 2013 at 11:45 am They suspended my account. And I wanted #1 on…
Has Global Warming Stalled? (Now Includes January Data)
Guest Post By Werner Brozek, Edited By Just The Facts In order to answer the question in the title, we need to know what time period is a reasonable period…
Irony Hypocrisy on steroids–UVa plugs new “Open Science Center” while simultaneously keeping Michael Mann’s science notes away from the public
Readers may recall that UVa has spent north of a half million dollars to fight Freedom of Information requests surrounding Dr. Mann and his infamous hockey stick science. – Anthony…
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