Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This post provides an update of the data for the three primary suppliers of global land+ocean surface temperature data—GISS through May 2015 and HADCRUT4 and…
Month: June 2015
Full copy of the Pope's expected "climate encyclical" leaked, with translated sections
A copy of the Pope’s expected “climate encyclical” (in Italian) was leaked to the Italian press today. Our friend Maurizio Morabito (who speaks Italian) translates and advises via email that…
Solar Fossil Fueled Fantasies
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach. Sometimes when I’m reading about renewable technologies, I just break out laughing at the madness that the war on carbon has wrought. Consider the Ivanpah…
Medieval Warm Period confirmed via cave study of 3000 years of climatic variations
Remote cave study reveals 3000 years of European climate variation From the University of New South Wales: SYDNEY — University of New South Wales Australia-led research on limestone formations in…
Twin peaks – twin prevarications
Supposedly record-high temperature and carbon dioxide levels supposedly bring record chaos Guest essay by Paul Driessen and Tom Tamarkin A recent NOAA article is just what Doctor Doom ordered. It…
Claim: Increased carbon dioxide levels in air restrict plants' ability to absorb nutrients
From the University of Gothenburg and the “this is why we buy CO2 generators for greenhouses“ department. The rapidly rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect plants’ absorption…
Claim: Paris climate pledges only delay Climageddon by 8 months
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A report by the International Energy Agency claims that emissions which will be saved by COP21 / Paris climate pledges currently on the table, will…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #183
The Week That Was: 2015-06-13 (June 13, 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…
Precipitable Water in the Tropics
Guest essay by Charles Samuels A recent article in the WUWT, The Daily Albedo Cycle, by Willis Eschenbach caught my eye when the author postulated that daily thunderstorm development was…
Journalistic Failure: Revkin on Watts/Peterson
Guest Opinion by Kip Hansen Foreword: It pains me to write this opinion piece. As long-term readers here know, I have often defended Andy Revkin, ex-NY Times Environmental Journalist turned…
Despite attempts to erase it globally, "the pause" still exists in pristine US surface temperature data
As readers know, the recent paper Karl et al. 2015, written by the head of the National Climatic Data Center now NCEI, went to great lengths to try to erase…
Claim: Melting Antarctic Ice is depleting whale food sources
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The University of Western Australia, former home of Professor Lewandowsky, has published a new report which claims that whales are suffering, because their food sources…
Presentation of Evidence Suggesting Temperature Drives Atmospheric CO2 more than CO2 Drives Temperature
Note: I present this for discussion, I have no opinion on its validity -Anthony Watts Guest essay by Allan MacRae Temperature, among other factors, drives atmospheric CO2 much more than…
Another me-too climate statement by a non-climate body
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Several concerned senior members of the medical profession in Australia have contacted the Lord Monckton Foundation to express their disappointment at an opinion survey on…
'Climate Hope City' – The Guardian's Attempt to Influence Young Minds with Minecraft
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Guardian has opened a new front in the green effort to bypass parental controls on what their kids experience, with the launch of “Climate…
Early Hansen Co-authored Paper Notes “global mean temperature was perhaps 1 deg C warmer than today”
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale While doing some research for my upcoming book, I was rummaging through early papers on sea level data at the CU Sea Level Library. I found…
12 Monkeys – my new favourite TV series
What could motivate someone to try to kill 7 billion people? The new hit TV series 12 Monkeys has a possible answer to this question. Mild spoiler alert The original…
Uh, Oh. Steyn got tired of being "Mann-handled" and is doing some of his own
It seems Mark Steyn got tired of waiting for Dr. Michael Mann to finish the required legal discovery in that defamation lawsuit and has struck a blow in the form…
#ICCC10 Climate Conference, Day 2, Streaming Live from Washington
The #ICCC10 Climate Conference is online at 7:30AM EDT, available for free viewing and a schedule of events is posted below. Grand Ballroom (Scroll down for Atrium Ballroom) Schedule: Friday,…
Governor Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown's plan to recycle urine
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Governor Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown has a plan to combat climate change, and to help the State of California absorb an extra 10 million residents: Implement…
Le spin! Cartoon notes by Josh
Josh writes: Last night a few of us sceptics bravely attended the UK’s Walker Institute Annual Lecture given by Sir David King which was titled “The Paris Climate Summit – hopes…
Open Letter to Tom Karl of NOAA/NCEI Regarding “Hiatus Busting” Data
UPDATE: See the note at the end of the post. Date: June 10, 2015 Subject: Karl et al. (2015) Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming…
Climate Skeptics gather in Washington, D.C. for #ICCC10
By Alan Caruba On Thursday and Friday, June 11-12, there will be a gathering of some of the nation’s and the world’s leading climate change “skeptics” in Washington, D.C. and…
Astonishing finding: coral reef thriving amid 'ocean acidification'
Diverse coral communities persist, but bioerosion escalates in Palau’s low-pH waters From Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute : As the ocean absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) released by the burning of…
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