Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach On an average day you’ll find lots of people, including NASA folks like Gavin Schmidt and James Hansen, evaluating how well the climate models compare…
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The Pseudonymous Poll Trailer
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach [NOTE: This is not the poll, it is preparation for the poll.] Well, I have to say that I have learned a whole lot already…
The Ocean Wins Again
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I took a lot of flak last year for my post saying that the global 50% drop in phytoplankton claimed by Boyce et. al was…
Upcoming Anonymous Poll on Anonymity
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Why do people not sign their own names to what they write on the internet, and in particular on this blog? I thought I’d ask…
Kilwa Kisiwani Gereza
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I love African names. I mean, could there be a more euphonious name than “Dikembe Mutumbo”? That’s just poetry. In any case, this post is…
Between Wind and Water
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach “Between wind and water: (Nautical) In that part of a ship’s side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship,…
Second BEST
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Professor Muller of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project is always interesting, but he just keeps digging his personal hole deeper. He recently gave…
A Pox on Both Their Houses
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I don’t usually wander too far off of the climate reservation, but this excellent cartoon by Michael Ramirez deserves wider publication, as it addresses a…
The Nuclear Winter of our Discontent
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony recently discussed a recent paper called “The Role of Atmospheric Nuclear Explosions on the Stagnation of Global Warming in the Mid 20th Century” (PDF, author’s…
Expect the BEST, plan for the worst
RELATED ARTICLES, highly suggested: Clarification on BEST submitted to the House Pielke Sr. on the Muller testimony Independent company station siting analysis demonstrates the problem Quote of the Week – other scientists…
Mental Sloth and Joshua Trees
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach “Out of passions grow opinions; mental sloth lets these rigidify into convictions” Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900 Anthony discussed the press release about the paper Past and…
Farmers versus Famine
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Bill McKibben, the skeptics best friend, can always be depended on to provide interesting claims. Never one to let a good crisis go to waste,…
Not Whether, but How to Do The Math
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) team is making a new global climate temperature record. Hopefully this will give us a better handle on what’s…
An Open Letter to Google
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Dear Googlefolk; Recently, you have decided to take sides in a scientific debate. That in itself is very foolish. Why would Google want to take…
Why a "Revenue Neutral" Energy Tax Isn't
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Over at her excellent blog, Judith Curry is hosting a discussion that in part is about “revenue-neutral” carbon (in reality energy) taxes. This is another…
Not Evil, Just Destructive
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, the Joe Romm saga continues. He’s been discussing the paper “Evidence for super-exponentially accelerating atmospheric carbon dioxide growth“. After I pointed out the problems…
Not Evil, Just Romm
UPDATE: Romm at CP makes some significant concessions to error with additions, but can’t bring himself to mention WUWT, credit Willis, or allow any commenters to do so either. He…
Which Group Is Smarter?
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony has discussed a paywalled study in the new reality-based Nature Magazine production, Nature Climate Change magazine. Unlike Anthony, they approved my application for a…
How Much Would You Buy?
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is imposing the first US rules on CO2. I thought I’d take a look at the EPA’s…
It Was The Worst of The Times
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I did jail time in the Sixties for a peaceful sit-in against the Vietnam War. So (as with many things) my understanding of the issues…
Models All The Way Down
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A learned man was arguing with a rube named Nasruddin. The learned man asked “What holds up the Earth?” Nasruddin said “It sits on the…
The Empire Strikes Out
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I guess having electricity when you need it is sooooo last century … UK families will have to get used to “only using power when…
In Which I Talk to the Thunderstorms
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Thunderstorms are great majestic beasts. If you had never seen one or heard of one in your life, imagine your surprise if a lovely peaceful…
News The Media Missed
Guest post by Willis Eschenbach Based on a model, unfortunately. Behind a paywall, unfortunately. Posted without comment, emphasis and formatting mine. The abstract says: Recovery mechanisms of Arctic summer sea…
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