Stronger winds explain puzzling growth of sea ice in Antarctica From University of Washington press room by Hannah Hickey Much attention is paid to melting sea ice in the Arctic.…
Month: September 2013
Hump Day Hilarity – looks like a tipping point to me
This bit of humor is courtesy of Dr. Roy Spencer, who made it a lead in for his recent blog post: A climate modeler increasing his model’s sensitivity.
50:1 should now be 100:1
Low ECS doubles the cost:benefit shortfall Guest essay by Barry Brill Topher Fields’ excellent documentary video http://topher.com.au/50-to-1-video-project/ explains that the overall costs of any global effort to reduce greenhouse gas…
IPCC to Once Again Illustrate Climate Model Failings in AR5 Summary for Policymakers
The IPCC appears to be ready to make the same presentation of climate model failures as they have in past reports. Figure SPM.5 from the leaked draft of the Summary…
Claim: simulated satellite data back to 1860 proves global warming caused by humans
This is just nuts, sorry, I just don’t have any other words for it. Computer modeling and simulations are not hard data nor empirical proof, especially when trying to hindcast…
The WUWT Hot Sheet for Tuesday September 17th, 2013
From JunkScience.com Joe Romm squeals like stuck pig over WaPo, NYTimes publishing anti-alarmist pieces Joe Romm squeals at Climate Progress: In a collective act of media irresponsibility, the New York Times…
Dodgy statistics and IPCC Assessment Reports
Guest essay by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley In the 19th century, British Prime Ministers used to say there were “lies, damned lies, and statistics”. In the 21st century, we may…
The end is near down under! Australia dissolves their Climate Change Ministry
From Reuters Point Carbon: Australia axes ministerial role for climate change The new Australian Cabinet will be the first in six years to not have a ministerial role for climate…
Scots, Scottish, and Scotch
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Edinburgh is not only enough to confuse your average humanoid. It drives the GPS crazy. Why? Because the city exists on two levels, one of…
Ridley's Riposte to John Abraham
Guest essay by Dr. Matt Ridley On a blog called Desmog Blog, John Abraham has criticized my recent article in the Wall Street Journal on climate sensitivity. Here’s my piece…
A Quick Look at the HADGEM2-ES Simulations of Sea Surface Temperatures
There’s been an online disagreement between skeptics and the UKMO in recent days. See Bishop Hill’s post here, and Nic Lewis’s full discussion here. Nic’s discussion was also referenced in…
Quote of the week- the recasting of the argument begins
Every once in awhile a window opens and shows us the dark, illogical souls of the bureaucrats in the climate cabal. This is one of those times.
What People Will Read and See with the IPCC’s Lead-Off Illustration from the AR5 SPM
Anthony Watts published an illustration and an excerpt of the draft of the IPCC’s Summary for Policymakers due out later this month. See the WUWT post Excerpts from the Leaked…
Getting a second opinion on IPCC's view of climate change
A common argument in warmist circles goes like this missive from Prince Charles: “If a doctor sees a child with a fever, he can’t wait for [endless] tests… The risk…
Sea Ice News Volume 4 Number 5: No ice free Arctic this year – it appears that Arctic sea ice has turned the corner
It looks like the Maslowski Countdown has ended early and there will be no “ice free Arctic” as predicted this year. From NSIDC, which has a 5 day average in…
Excerpts from the leaked AR5 Summary for Policy Makers
I’ve been given a copy of the “leaked” AR5 SPM, which has been widely circulated and cited in advance in the MSM, but I’ve just now been able to get…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup
The Week That Was: 2013-09-14 (September 14, 2013) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: “What is wanted is not…
Lomborg: climate models are running way too hot
Guest essay by Bjørn Lomborg The current climate models are running way too hot. Over the past 30 years, they are at least predicting 71% too much heat. Maybe 159%.…
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach David Rose has posted this , from the unreleased IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5): ‘ECS is likely in the range 1.5C to 4.5C… The lower…
The state of climate science: 'fluxed up'
Science not settled, still in a state of flux – IPCC AR5 in disarray. It is looking like my single word quote in Rolling Stone “stillborn”, will be accurate. The…
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