I have some work to do today that will take me away from being online, so it seemed like a good time for an open thread. All topics within the…
Month: March 2014
Friday Funny – A Nurses Guide to the Apocalypse
People send me stuff. Today I got this cartoon from an unexpected source; a website dedicated to medical nursing professionals. Apparently, they take the same sort of dim view about…
IPCC Scientists Knew Data and Science Inadequacies Contradicted Certainties Presented to Media, Public and Politicians, But Remained Silent
Guest essay by Dr. Tim Ball I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit…
Lewandowsky paper flushed, then floated again
Today has been entertaining to say the least. On Twitter, Ben Pile of Climate Resistance has been telling us all about how he learned that the Lewandowsky-Cook Paper#2 – titled…
Linking storms to climate change a 'distraction', say experts
From the University of Manchester, some sanity on extreme weather at last, even though they are still fully engaged in GHG reduction issues. Linking storms to climate change a ‘distraction’,…
Steyn discovers the 'essence of Mann': Eau de weasel
Well, we knew it would happen, it was just a matter of when. Dr. Michael Mann is trying to weasel out of discovery in the Mann-Steyn Steamroller case. Steyn reports…
Nominate somebody for an SPJ honor
I’ve gotten several emails from The Society of Professional Journalists asking me to spread the word, so I’m happy to help just before the deadline tomorrow. See below. The “sunshine…
Climate confessions as SPAM (please send money)
People send me stuff. Today I got a true confessions style email with an emotional tear jerker, and a telling graph for which they claim credit, something we predicted would…
NOAA issues spring outlook, predicts flooding in the usual places, more drought for Cali and the Southwest
NOAA predicts moderate flood potential in Midwest, elevated risk of ice jams; California and Southwest stuck with drought March 20, 2014 According to NOAA’s Spring Outlook released today, rivers in…
That noise you can hear in the distance is the sound of John Cook's, Dana Nuccitelli’s, and Joe Romm's heads exploding
Lindzen, Christy and Curry appointed to APS climate statement review panel Simon from Australian Climate Madness reports: The American Physical Society, which previously issued a highly alarmist statement regarding climate change,…
The Goldilocks principle: New hypothesis explains earth's continued habitability
From the University of Southern California Geologic cycles act as a climate control, releasing and absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide in a balance that helps keep the planet not too hot…
CNN's dumbest news question, evar
And we thought this one was bad: CNN talking empty head (Feyerick) asks Bill Nye if approaching Meteor was a result of global warming…. OK that set the stage, what…
Claim: Future heat waves pose threat to global food supply
But there seems to be no signs of a major slowdown despite heat waves of the past 60 years. From the Institute of Physics Heat waves could significantly reduce crop…
Mystery plume radar image near Nuclear Test Site – solved
Occam’s Razor – the simplest explanation is most likely People ask me to look into weird things all the time. Since I operate a weather business that specifically offers weather radar…
GISS LOTI & NCDC Global Temperature Data Drop in February 2014
This post will serve as February 2014 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) Temperature Anomaly Update First GISS: Global surface temperatures, as represented by the GISS Land-Ocean Temperature Index (LOTI) data, dropped about…
Quote of the Week – get your war crimes trial tickets now!
Sometimes you just have to laugh. One of my blog spawn (a not so anonymous academic at a “respected institution of higher learning”) decided to have a go at our…
New 'impossible to ignore' climate data spin initiative announced by the White House
From the White House, courtesy of John Podesta and John P. Holdren, comes this announcement of a new initiative to provide repackaged NOAA/NCDC data in a way that supposedly helps “state…
Un-cherry-picking and the Singer Event
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley The dwindling number of paid or unpaid trolls commenting here – dwindling because the less dishonest and less lavishly-funded ones realize the game is up…
AAAS’s Guide to Climate Alarmism aka 'What We Know'
By Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger Back in the Bush II Administration, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) nakedly tried to nudge the political…
Turning airliners into flying weather stations
From Scripps Institute New Airborne GPS Technology for Weather Conditions Takes Flight First-time demonstration led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography captures key meteorological data from aircraft, along with the potential…
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