WUWT Now Updated – New Features Enabled

GOOD NEWS: The update planned for this weekend went far smoother than expected, requiring only about an hour of time, with about 15 minutes of that in “maintenance mode” where the home page was hidden. I spent the last week testing the updates on a sandbox site, and all those tests and preparations made the update today go super smoothly. This method worked far better and with less headache than trying to backup the entire site, make changes, then port it over like we tried and failed to successfully do before. Lesson learned.

You may not notice changes right away, but they are there. I tried hard to keep the look and feel mostly the same, but fix a lot of stuff on the backend that has been troublesome.

WHAT YOU WONT SEE:

• Changes in the colors or site formatting.
• Changes in how the content is displayed.
• Changes in commenting procedure or display.
• Loss of any content.
  

WHAT YOU WILL SEE:

• New header image – I decided to retire the old one we’ve had for a decade – new one is similar.
• Improved page loading speed on Desktop browsers, especially the main/home page.
• Improved Mobile/Tablet loading speed, and better compatibility.
• A slight fade transition between clicking a link and a new page/story appears.
• Improved load speed when you press the BACK button or back arrow in your browser.

Coming up –

• Improved version of the Failed Climate Predictions Timeline.
• Improved version of the Climate TV page.
• Incremental speed improvements (now that we are using a modern theme that is supported.
• Changes/Updates to some of the right sidebar items to improve page load times.
• Updates to the Reference Pages, which have long-been neglected.

Thanks for your patience. If you like these improvements, consider either leaving a tip, or becoming a subscribing member of WUWT.

-Anthony Watts

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