Guest essay by Chris Yakymyshyn Vermonter Bill McKibben was recently quoted in Salon Magazine: “The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I’m home, I’m a pretty…
Month: October 2013
Monday Mirthiness: Crock-on (UPDATED)
Josh sends this cartoon along (and now an updated version) in reference to Paleoscientist: Mann’s recent work was a ‘crock of xxxx’ Philip Bratby was the inspiration with this comment…
Paleoscientist: Mann’s recent work was a ‘crock of xxxx’
From the soon to be a Climate Crock of the Week department, Barry Woods writes to me in an email: One of the insights in the climategate emails was perhaps…
Radiative Forcing, Radiative Feedbacks and Radiative Imbalance – The 2013 WG1 IPCC Report Failed to Properly Report on this Issue
Guest essay by Roger A. Pielke Sr. Main Points 1. The difference in ocean heat content at two different time periods provides the global average radiative imbalance over that time…
The Oceanic Central Heating Effect
Guest essay by Philip Mulholland In my previous essay We Must Get Rid of the Carboniferous Warm Period I discussed the role of the polar seas around Antarctica in generating…
Antarctic Sea Ice Didn't Get The Memo That It Was Supposed To Melt
Image Credit: Cryosphere Today – University of Illinois – Polar Research Group By WUWT Regular Just The Facts Per the graph above, Antarctic Sea Ice Extent has remained above the…
Weekend Open Thread
I’m taking the weekend off, as I need to do some climate unrelated work, which is physical, and always good for the soul, and I need to spend time with…
Scientific Critique of IPCC's 2013 'Summary for Policymakers'
(PDF of this report also available below) by Craig D. Idso, Robert M. Carter, S. Fred Singer, and Willie Soon* Introduction The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…
Life in a climate cataclysm box
Like hermit crabs, climate alarmists scramble to find new ways to hide, when put in a box Guest essay by Dennis M. Mitchell and David R. Legates As children playing…
Weekly Area of Snow Extent
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I got to thinking about snow the other day. It was occasioned by my look at the correlation (both positive and negative) of temperature and…
Friday Funny – Stopping Global Warming with 'bling'
People send me stuff. This was in my Inbox this morning: Hi Anthony, My name is Wren and I’m a physics and applied math major at the University of North…
Walport’s UK Energy Fantasy Does Not Add Up
By Paul Homewood Bishop Hill had a post the other day, about a presentation on climate change given to the cabinet by Chief Scientist, Sir Mark Walport, seen at right.…
Dana Nuccitelli Can’t Come to Terms with the Death of the AGW Hypothesis
Dana Nuccitelli published an article today in The Guardian Does the global warming “pause” mean what you think it means?…a play off a line by Inigo Montoya from “The Princess…
New study shows Pacific Decadal Oscillation and sea surface temperature drive US tornado strength
From the University of Missouri-Columbia, one more example of how natural variation has trumped the supposed forcing of CO2 to make ‘bad weather’. Pacific ocean temperature influences tornado activity in…
This is like asking 'could hurricane Hazel strike again' ?
From Tufts University , and the department of industrial strength grant funded worry, comes this “could” question coached in caveats: Could Sandy happen again? Maybe, says Tufts geologist Due to…
The good side of climate change
Why climate change is good for the world Don’t panic! The scientific consensus is that warmer temperatures do more good than harm By Matt Ridley: Climate change has done more…
Al Gore's Climate Reality Project is set to do another 24 hours of alternate reality – nobody cares
This year, October 22/23, they are bringing in a comedian (no relation): Carbon pollution is not only disrupting our lives, it’s hitting our wallets. Comedian and musician Reggie Watts shows…
Another plonker from Lewandowsky
UPDATE: It seems another poll/study flies in the face of what Lewandowsky claims about “Free Market Thinkers” Ouch, that’s gotta hurt. See below. NOTE: The section after the graphic has…
The Global Warming Cause – one man's quest for victimhood
Tim Blair writes at The Telegraph blogs about weepy Bill McKibben as examined by a specialist. Blair writes: Stanley Kurtz examines our old pal Bill McKibben, whose warming obsession evolved…
Another modeling shortcoming…
From the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Carbon cycle models underestimate indirect role of animals Animal populations can have a far more significant impact on carbon storage and…
Forecast for Dallas: 160°F with a chance of showers
Yes, this is a real current temperature presented by NOAA/NWS for the forecast of Addison, TX near Dallas. I checked the airport ASOS at Dallas Addison Airport (KADS) and sure…
Climate Craziness of the Week: Plants blamed for us not roasting since 1950
From the Department of irrelevant “what ifs”, and Princeton University, comes this story about what Earth would be like if we didn’t have plants pumping the carbon cycle since the…
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