GEOMAR researchers show limitations and side effects of large-scale climate intervention With global greenhouse gas emissions continuing to increase proposals to limit the effects of climate change through the large-scale…
Month: February 2014
Strongest X class solar flare since March 2012
From NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center and spaceweather.com: Strong Solar Flare Radio Blackout Newly numbered Region 1990 (the return of old Region 1967), just now rotating into view, produced an…
A follow up on ‘I’m Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State, Ask Me Almost Anything!’
People send me stuff. Readers will surely recall ‘I’m Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State, Ask Me Almost Anything!’. A reader who does not wish to…
Government Weather and Climate Forecasts Are Failures
Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball In general, we look for a new law by the following process: First we guess it; then we compute the consequences of the guess…
Mann apologizes for defamation (sort of) after lawsuit threat
It’s a “jump the shark” moment for Mann. As if taking a cue from yesterday’s essay The Merchants of Smear in deciding “enough is enough”, Herald Sun Journalist Andrew Bolt…
Why didn't the Bible mention blizzards?
Guest essay by Fred F. Mueller While many people will agree that some of the stories recorded in the Old Testament might not be taken too literally, this book nevertheless…
Preliminary results on skeptic survey
Readers may recall this survey announced at WUWT: An AGW opinion survey for your participation. Some preliminary results were announced Monday. From Mike Haesler: The Scottish Climate & Energy Forum has…
Volcanoes Erupt Again
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I see that Susan Solomon and her climate police have rounded up the usual suspects, which in this case are volcanic eruptions, in their desperation…
A look at the behind the scenes legal battle with the EPA over the 'social cost of carbon' and looming carbon tax
WUWT has been granted exclusive first access to this new legal document challenging the EPA’s proposed use of calculations on SCC. While this submission to OMB from Attorney Menton may…
Another thing more worrying than global warming aka 'climate change'
Volcanoes, including Mount Hood in the US, can quickly become active Magma stored for thousands of years can erupt in as little as two months New research results suggest that…
The Merchants of Smear
The sanctioned punishment of climate skeptics becomes more than just a few aberrant ideas, and is following some historical parallels First, I loathe having to write essays like this, but…
Pine Island Glacier underwent rapid melt 8000 years ago
Current ice melt rate in Pine Island Glacier may go on for decades From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A study of the Pine Island Glacier could provide insight into the…
Study: Volcanoes contribute to recent warming ‘hiatus’
Researchers find models must account for volcanic eruptions to accurately predict climate change. From:MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change By the late 1990s, scientists had…
NYT suggests 'deniers' should be stabbed through the heart – like vampires
So, as WUWT readers well know, I have a different opinion about global warming. Do you think the New York Times should endorse stabbing me (and others with similar opinions)…
Historical Note: Greenwich, England Mean Temperature, 35-yr Daily Averages 1815-1849
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen While researching for a future essay tentatively titled “Whither Original Measurement Error?”, I have been reading up on the origins of the modern meteorological thermometer.…
El Niño and La Niña Basics: Introduction to the Pacific Trade Winds
[UPDATE: I corrected the dates in the title blocks of Figures 10 and 11. My thanks to blogger Bob.moe for finding the typos.] England et al. (2014) Recent intensification of…
Usoskin Et Al. Discover A New Class of Sunspots
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There’s a new post up by Usoskin et al. entitled “Evidence for distinct modes of solar activity”. To their credit, they’ve archived their data, it’s…
Andrew Revkin Loses The Plot, Episode XXXVIII
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I went over to Andy Revkin’s site to be entertained by his latest fulminations against “denialists”. Revkin, as you may remember from the Climategate emails,…
Michael Mann's legal case caught in a quote fabrication fib
UPDATE: it seems the language was lifted from a “Skeptical Science” web page, see below. Steve McIntyre had a busy day yesterday. While yesterday there was an incorrect story called…
Cowtan and Way (2013) Adjustments Exaggerate Climate Model Failings at the Poles and Do Little to Explain the Hiatus
We’ve already discussed Cowtan and Way’s infilling of HADCRUT4 data in the post On Cowtan and Way (2013) “Coverage bias in the HadCRUT4 temperature series and its impact on recent…
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