WUWT Will Be Down for Maintenance this Weekend

Starting Saturday Morning, Dec 27th, WUWT will be put into “Maintenance Mode” to allow some much needed upgrades in the background. The work might be quick, less than a day, but I’m also reserving Sunday, just in case. Unlike our previous attempt where we switched the entire system over, this one will be more subtle, simply installing a new modern theme that properly supports mobile, tablets, as well as traditional browsers. In fact, once everything is back online, you might not notice any significant change since we are keeping the same color scheme.

This will make the site faster, and better suited for SEO rankings to help us. Of course, nothing will overcome the Google blacklist we are on, but anything helps.

To the Readers of Watts Up With That,

I want to take a moment to offer a sincere thank-you to all of you who read, comment, share, and support Watts Up With That. When I started this site back in 2006, the goal was fairly simple: provide a place where climate claims could be examined critically, data could be discussed openly, and questions could be asked without fear of being shouted down for violating some supposed “consensus.” I never imagined it would grow into what it has become today.

WUWT exists because of you. The readers here bring an extraordinary range of expertise—engineers, scientists, meteorologists, statisticians, economists, farmers, pilots, and informed laypeople who simply refuse to accept claims without evidence. Many of you regularly spot errors the mainstream media misses, dig up original source material, run independent analyses, and contribute thoughtful comments that elevate the discussion far beyond what passes for climate debate elsewhere.

That kind of engagement matters. In an era when climate science has become deeply politicized, transparency and accountability are more important than ever. Models are treated as oracles, uncertainty is brushed aside, and dissent is often caricatured rather than addressed. Yet science does not advance by slogans, press releases, or appeals to authority—it advances by skepticism, replication, and honest debate. You help keep those principles alive.

I’m also grateful for your patience and good humor. Despite frequent attacks, mischaracterizations, and the occasional attempt to silence discussion altogether, the WUWT community has largely remained civil, data-focused, and grounded in reality. A little wit doesn’t hurt either—sometimes the best way to expose an absurd claim is simply to let it collapse under its own weight.

Finally, thank you to those who support the site financially, submit guest posts, send tips, or simply read quietly in the background. Every visit, every comment, every shared article helps ensure that alternative viewpoints don’t disappear in an increasingly narrow media landscape.

WUWT will continue to do what it has always done: question assumptions, follow the data, highlight uncertainty, and push back against claims that don’t stand up to scrutiny. None of that would be possible without you.

Thank you for being part of this community. Merry Christmas!

— Anthony Watts