Quote of the week – shooting blanks in The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars

Russell Cook writes of a radio interview with Climate Depot’s Marc Morano: Fabulous interview as usual with Jan Mickelson yesterday, but if you didn’t catch it, the line by caller…

Global Temperature Report: January 2015 – not much change from December

From University of Alabama, Hunstville: Northern non-tropics see warmest January Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C per decade January temperatures (preliminary) Global composite temp.: +0.35 C (about…

Nutty claim: Our ability to think inhibits our climate response

“… humans … are bogged down by their unique ability to rationalize and reason.” Guest essay by Eric Worrall Raghu Murtugudden, executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Forecasting System at…

Sea Ice Climate Schizophrenia?

Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism I just finished…

Climate Craziness of the Week: 'climate denial is a form of murder'

Yes, really, some hopelessly brainwashed person named Barry Aubin (@SaintAubinN) really thinks this, and actually put that thought into words on his Twitter feed. h/t to Foxgoose for spotting this…

Only Satellites Show Pause, WUWT? (Now Includes December Data)

Guest Post by Werner Brozek, Edited by Just The Facts: The above graphic shows that RSS has a slope of basically zero since October 1996, or a period of 18…

Shock study results: Calling climate skeptics 'deniers' just pisses them off

Academics discover civlity – Guest essay by Eric Worrall A study into why skeptics are not persuaded by the apocalyptic predictions of broken climate models has concluded that the solution…

UI researchers link smoke from fires to tornado intensity

Can smoke from fires intensify tornadoes? Study finds smoke from Central America intensified 2011 tornadoes “Yes,” say University of Iowa researchers, who examined the effects of smoke–resulting from spring agricultural…

Groundhog Day – Al Gore edition

Today, February 2nd, is groundhog day. From the “Monday Mirthiness” Department: Political cartoonist Rick McKee of the Augusta Chronicle sends this cartoon this way. Originally from 2009, it is just…

Super soaker 'Pineapple Express' organizing for heavy rain in California this weekend – as much as 20 inches in some areas

WUWT contributor Dr. Ryan Maue writes on his Twitter feed: Can’t ask for better setup for enormous rainfall totals over NorCal & now linto Bay Area in 5+ days Looking…

The end of Tabloid Climatology? Study says global warming won't mean more stormy weather

University of Toronto study finds atmosphere will adapt to hotter, wetter climate TORONTO, ON – A study led by atmospheric physicists at the University of Toronto finds that global warming…

About the Claims That Northeast U.S. Blizzards Have Been Amplified by Human-Induced Global Warming

Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The media has been abuzz with claims that the January 2015 New England Blizzard was worsened by human-induced global warming. One of the outspoken activist…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #166

The Week That Was: 2015-01-31 (January 31, 2015) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy…

Uncertainty Ranges, Error Bars, and CIs

Guest Post by Kip Hansen This post does not attempt to answer questions – instead, it asks them. I hope to draw on the expertise and training of the readers…

Pope Francis Apparently Doesn’t Know IPCC Climate Objective Contradicts Catholic Doctrine.

Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball Pope Francis advocates the global warming agenda of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with the help of the Obama White House. Apparently,…