An Open Letter to Dr. Michael Mann

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Dear Dr. Mann: I just read your piece in the Washington Post. First, let me say that I disagree entirely with Cuccinelli’s legalistic approach. It…

Animal, Vegetable, or E. O. Wilson

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Buoyed by the equal parts of derision and support I received for writing in “I am So Tired Of Malthus” about how humans are better…

I Am So Tired of Malthus

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Daily we are deluged with gloom about how we are overwhelming the Earth’s ability to sustain and support our growing numbers. Increasing population is again…

Is Armagh Burning?

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony has highlighted a study by Coughlin and Butler. Their study says that there is little or no urban warming (urban heat island, or UHI) in the…

Ecological Footprints – a good idea gone bad

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In “Another day, overshot to hell” Anthony Watts commented on the “Overshoot Day” promoted by Mathis Wackernagel and the Global Footprint Network (GFN). This is…

Dr. Curry Warms the Southern Ocean

UPDATE: 8/18 10:30AM I spoke with Dr. Judith Curry by telephone today, and she graciously offered the link to the full paper here, and has added this graphic to help…

Plankton Cause Hurricanes! Urgent Action Required!

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach When people say that we understand the unbelievably complex climate system well enough to project scenarios out a hundred years, I point out that new…

Of Rice and Men

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony has posted on a recent study (behind a paywall) of rice production in Rice yields, CO2 and temperature – you write the article. The…

More Gunsmoke, This Time In Nepal

Note to Readers: This is an important post, as Willis demonstrates that NASA GISS has taken a cooling trend and converted it into a warming trend for the one GHCN…

Walking the Plank-ton

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Following on from Anthony’s article, here are my thoughts about the phytoplankton paper “Global phytoplankton decline over the past century”, by Daniel G. Boyce, Marlon…

Border Transgressions

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There is a new paper out in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences called Linkages among climate change, crop yields and Mexico–US cross-border…

Ponderous Pachyderms Prevent Permafrost

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony Watts has pointed to a curious new paper in his article “Climate Craziness of the Week: The AGU peddles a mammoth climate change theory”…

Waxman Malarkey 4: Impact Zone Ireland

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In part 4 of this series, I take a look at the Waxman Markey claims about the Emerald Isle, Impact Zone Ireland. My previous analyses…

Waxman Malarkey 3: Impact Zone Alaska

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Once again, I return to that endless font of misinformation, the Waxman Markey website. In this case, I look at their claims about Alaska. This…

Waxman Malarkey 2: Impact Zone Australia

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Having spent a reasonable amount of time there, I have the highest regard for Australia and Australians. In general they are good, level-headed folks. Unfortunately,…

Waxman-Malarkey: Impact Zone US Northeast

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In the US House of Representatives, there is something curiously yclept the “Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming” despite the lack of connection…

Out in the Ama-zone

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There have been lots of articles lately discussing the retraction by the UK Sunday Times of their claims about Amazongate. Folks like George Monbiot are…

Before One Has Data

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony Watts has posted up an interesting article on the temperature at Laverton Airport (Laverton Aero), Australia. Unfortunately, he was moving too fast, plus he’s…

The Electric Oceanic Acid Test

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’m a long-time ocean devotee. I’ve spent a good chunk of my life on and under the ocean as a commercial and sport fisherman, a…

Antarctic Agreements and Disagreements

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Steven Mosher has pointed out a Science Magazine article (subscription only) about Antarctica. It is a discussion of the temperature changes in the West Antarctic…