Josh writes: Following the hilarious post on how Climate Change now causes volcanoes to erupt “everywhere”, Josh opines, “What next, anthropogenic sunshine?” Cartoons by Josh
Month: January 2015
Greg Laden, and his 'cowardly unethical asinine foolhardy pig-ignorant act'
This is a guest post about the execrable Greg Laden, and his calls for firing Dr. Willie Soon without having one iota of proof of his assertions. I’ve had run…
Saturday silliness – the BEST adjustments of temperature
Josh writes: There has been much discussion recently about the adjustments made to past temperatures: see Paul Homewood’s excellent posts on Paraguay, Bolivia and around the world; also from Shub; Brandon at WUWT and on his own blog;…
Time Magazine's Jeffrey Kluger writes what might possibly be the stupidest article about climate ever – climate change causes volcanoes
The stupid, it burns like a magnesium flare. Excerpt from the article: Now, you can add yet another problem to the climate change hit list: volcanoes. That’s the word from…
Friday Funny – for whom the bell Tols
Josh writes of this latest hilarious drawing: Richard Tol says that Bob Ward is ‘engaged in a smear campaign’ against him. Reading quite a bit of what Bob has written…
What are Your Fears about Global Warming and Climate Change?
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The title question is rarely, if ever, asked of people who are skeptical of human-induced global warming and climate change…for obvious reasons. If persons are…
87 Is The New 97
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There’s a new survey out by the Pew Research Center folks that’s getting lots of press. Much of the coverage mentions the following claim that…
A Sin Of Commission
Guest essay by David Archibald One Senate inquiry is addressing Australia’s drift towards a fuel crisis, a sin of omission on the part of the Rudd/Gillard government and the current…
Claim: 'global warming has been amplified in cities', ignores infrastructure increase
Heat waves becoming more prominent in urban areas, research reveals For past four decades, global warming has been amplified in cities, warns UCLA geographer From the University of California –…
BEST practices step uncertainty levels in their climate data
Brandon Shollenberger writes in with this little gem: I thought you might be interested in a couple posts I wrote discussing some odd problems with the BEST temperature record. You…
NSIDC Mark Serreze's sea ice 'death spiral' no longer 'screaming' on the way down, now termed to be 'erratic & bumpy'
From the University of Colorado at Boulder, where they are apparently attempting to explain away why Arctic sea ice isn’t living up to previous wild claims such as those made…
Improving Climate Literacy: 'Temperature Homogenization Activity'
Guest essay by Jim Steele In 2012 the National Academies of Science published A Framework For K-12 Science Education Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Although the framework often characterizes…
Global warming is still on the 'Great Shelf'
Annual report on global temperature change to December 2014 By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Global warming is not happening at anything like the predicted rate. The divergence between prediction and…
New Paper Claims Extreme La Niñas to Become More Frequent under Global Warming
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The new 2015 paper by Cai et al Increased frequency of extreme La Niña events under greenhouse warming has been getting a lot of alarmist attention…
How to reduce the amount of air in a football without letting any air out
Guest post by Alec Rawls Just fill the ball with warm humid indoor air, then when it temperature-equalizes with the 25°F cooler outdoor air on your AFC Championship playing field…
Mental Midgets Try To Bite Dr. Willie Soon's Ankles
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach According to a biased article in the Boston Globe, a man named Kert Davies, the Executive Director of something called the “Climate Investigations Center” (CIC) has…
UK Met Office says 2014 was NOT the hottest year ever due to 'uncertainty ranges' of the data
Met Office Confirms 2014 Continues Global Warming ‘Pause’ Guest essay by Dr David Whitehouse, via The GWPF With the release of the 2014 HadCRUT4 data by the UK Met Office,…
Study: Siberian permafrost has been warming for 7000 years
Winters in Siberian permafrost regions have warmed since millenia For the first time, researchers have reconstructed the development of winter temperatures in Russia’s Lena River Delta based on old ground…
Methane deceptions
Deception, agenda and folly drive latest Obama EPA anti-hydrocarbon rules. Are farmers next? Guest essay by Paul Driessen First they came for the coal mining and power plant industry,…
IPCC Climate Science As A Gestalt Theory Problem
Guest opinion: Dr. Tim Ball The proverb that “they can’t see the forest for the trees” means, they are so consumed with detail, they don’t understand the larger situation. This…
Tracking the Blizzard of 2015
National Weather Service forecasters have been tracking a low pressure area that moved from the Midwest into the Atlantic Ocean today, and is expected to become a strong nor’easter that…
Study: Climate models disagree on why temperature 'wiggles' occur
Inconsistencies may undermine model’s reliability for projecting decade-to-decade warming and lead to misinterpretation of data From Duke University: DURHAM, N.C. — A new Duke University-led study finds that most climate…
Outed by FOIA – EPA strategy memo reveals deep flaws in the integrity of the agency, and lack of integrity of the press
Attorney Chris Horner writes in with this bombshell which shows how “evangelism” has replaced factual analysis at the EPA, which is helped along by a compliant mass media. See the…
Monday Mirthiness – polar melting test
WUWT reader Warren Smith writes in with this quiz: TEST YOURSELF: What is your knowledge of how fast the polar ice caps are melting? 1) According to data from the…