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…
Month: February 2014
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…
Finally A Real Scientific Consensus – Everyone Agrees That The Recent Displaced Polar Vortex Wasn't Caused By Global Warming
Image Credits: Soft Pixel – clker.com – Cagel.com By WUWT Regular “Just The Facts” For anyone who was witness to the absurdity of the recent warming makes it cold meme,…
Steyn countersues Mann for 10 millon dollars
Mark Steyn has decided to countersue Michael Mann for $10 million. The legal document reads like a drama. See below.
Newsbytes: "Dry Winter" Could the Met Office Have Been More Wrong?
Met Office Warning (2012): Climate Change Linked To Colder, Drier UK Winters The Met Office’s ‘pitiful’ forecasts were under fire last night after it was revealed it told councils in…
'I'm Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State, Ask Me Almost Anything!'
Above: Actual photo from Dr. Mann’s Facebook page courtesy Mark Steyn writing in: “The Mann I love” LOL, gotta love the caveat “almost” anything. Redditers are welcome to ask Dr.…
Friday Funny – try eating this 'crop' threatened by 'climate change'
Apparently, all that work in selective crop breeding won’t overcome ‘climate change’ This is the headline and story summary from Eurekalert: Crop species may be more vulnerable to climate change…
January 2014 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) Temperature Anomaly Update
Initial Notes: This post contains graphs of running trends in global surface temperature anomalies for periods of 13+ and 16+ years using GISS global (land+ocean) surface temperature data. They indicate…
Claim: Extreme weather decides distribution of insects
Another modeled result, extrapolated all the way from 10 common fruit fly species to everything else in the insect world. Extreme weather caused by climate change in the coming decades…
Quote of the week – Gore gets tipper, er tippy, er whatever
It’s the same old tired stuff, Koch, anti-science, big fundraisers while claiming skeptics are well funded, etc., but at least there’s a new humorous label from Gore. ========================= Former Vice…
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