“Barycentric” influence of the planets on the sun is just statistically insignificant, and a previous paper that claims to find a signal in isotopic records is proven to be nothing…
Month: September 2013
A question for Oreskes – But what do we mean by consensus?
Guest essay by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Politicians pay for science, but scientists should not be politicians. Consensus is a political concept. Unwisely deployed, it can be damagingly anti-scientific. A…
Australia liberated from their long national green nightmare
Today is a great day not only in Australian history, but also in world history. It marks the day when people of character and sensibility pushed back against an overwrought…
Rolling With The Sarsen Stones
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I woke up this morning in London to a gentle rain, and was reminded of a comment by Mark Twain. When Twain was living in…
Scientists confirm existence of largest single volcano on Earth – Massive underwater volcano rivals biggest in solar system
From the National Science Foundation newsroom: September 6, 2013 The summer blockbuster movie Pacific Rim told a fanciful tale of giant monsters rising from the deep in the middle of…
JAXA timing worst ever – switching Arctic Sea Ice software, right as the minimum is about to happen
It looks as if we are about to see the turn in Arctic sea ice, and if so it will be earlier than last year. But right at that same…
The WUWT Hot Sheet for Friday September 6th, 2013
New book on the IPCC coming: A new book about the IPCC will be revealed soon by Donna Laframboise, the title is inspired by this statement from Dr. Judith Curry:…
Does your weather station get the wind? How station siting compromises temperature measurements via wind issues
Guest essay by Bob Fernley-Jones Well Melbourne (Oz) sure does, (and we are the butt of a few intercity jokes, a polite one being; we can have “four seasons all…
A descent into the maelstrom – 'black hole' whirlpools seen for the first time in the South Atlantic
More settled science: these whirlpools transport vast amount of water and heat vertically in the ocean, somewhat like hurricanes do for the atmosphere. It is fun to imagine “Trenberth’s missing…
NOAA goes full alarmist with new publication, seeing AGW in extreme weather events
This NOAA report was released today, and it claims to see an AGW link in half of the severe weather events of 2012 they studied. I’ll comment in detail later,…
Going Around In Great Circles
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’m sure many people know this, but a “great circle” is a circle that goes clear around the entire globe, and whose center is at…
The 'Diffenbaugh Delusion' – refuted with a single graph of temperature
From Stanford University, a claim easily refuted with a single graph of Tmax. See below. Global warming has increased risk of record heat, say Stanford scientists Drought shriveled crops in…
Statistical proof of 'the pause' – Overestimated global warming over the past 20 years
Commentary from Nature Climate Change, by John C. Fyfe, Nathan P. Gillett, & Francis W. Zwiers Recent observed global warming is significantly less than that simulated by climate models. This…
Black Carbon Soot shrank the 19th century glaciers – but why isn't it listed as a culprit today?
From the University of Colorado at Boulder comes this press release and accompanying photo. The photo, showing hazy pollution laden air in the Bernese Alps, makes me wonder why they…
The bottom falls out of major US newspaper coverage of climate
From Dr. Roger Pielke Jr’s Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/RogerPielkeJr/status/375310167916560385 One graph says it all, especially after I annotated it for climate news spike events.
Svensmark's cosmic ray theory of clouds and global warming looks to be confirmed
Note: Between flaccid climate sensitivity, ENSO driving “the pause”, and now this, it looks like the upcoming IPCC AR5 report will be obsolete the day it is released. From a…
The WUWT Hot Sheet for Wednesday September 4th, 2013
Reducto Al absurdium? The former vice president [Al Gore] set out to create the Apple Computer of climate change — but instead he’s running the Microsoft. From a sweeping, expensive…
The bull and the Borg
NOTE: This satirical piece is rooted in facts. Having been to Australia on tour myself, I also heard the claims of bureaucratic abuse from many of the farmers who attended…
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