From this Georgia Tech article: In 1657, Christiaan Huygens revolutionized the measurement of time by creating the first working pendulum clock. In early 1665, Huygens discovered “..an odd kind of…
Category: Climate_change
Global warming has killed the finest violin music
From Wikipedia: A Stradivarius is a stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari. According to their reputation, the quality of their sound has defied attempts…
If You Can't Explain It, You Can't Model It
Guest Post by Steven Goddard Global Climate Models (GCM’s) are very complex computer models containing millions of lines of code, which attempt to model cosmic, atmospheric and oceanic processes that…
Gallup Poll: New high – 41% of Americans 'now say global warming is exaggerated'
EXCERPTS FROM GALLUP – complete poll story here PRINCETON, NJ — Although a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news or…
The Great Lakes and Global Warming
Our recent story about the freeze over on Lake Superior prompted a lot of discussion. Steven Goddard has submitted this article on the Great Lakes for consideration. – Anthony Guest…
Day 1 of the ICCC conference
UPDATE: see an additional report from Prof. Bob Carter below the “read more” line. ALSO: See this announcement at Climate Audit Photo by Evan Jones I don’t have a lot…
Cooler heads at NOAA coming around to natural variability
Guest Post by Steven Goddard It appears that global cooling recognition may be starting to make headway in the scientific community. We have this Discovery/MSNBC article about a NOAA scientist…
Jim Hansen's newfound peers at the Capitol Climate Action
The Capital Climate Action protest went on today in Washington DC with a march on the coal fired power plant. Amazingly, NASA’s Dr. James Hansen actually showed up and took…
”Climate flicker” at the end of the last glacial period
From ETH in Zurich, this interesting essay on the last glacial period has some interesting points to ponder. h/t to Sid Stafford – Anthony The last glacial period was characterised…
Ice Ages and Sea Level
Guest post by Dr. David Archibald The Earth is currently in an interglacial period of an ice age that started about two and a half million years ago. The Earth’s…
CO2 Does Not Drive Glacial Cycles
Guest post by Steven Goddard There are still people who insist that changes in CO2 can explain the pattern of glacial and interglacial periods. This article will present several arguments demonstrating that is incorrect,…
William Schlesinger on IPCC: "something on the order of 20 percent have had some dealing with climate."
This is a bit disturbing, though in retrospect, not surprising. One of our local IPCC wonks at Chico State University, Jeff Price, is a biologist, but lectures me about climate…
The BBC Attempts to Patch Up the Cracks – botches it, citing AGW could set off "negative feedback"
UPDATE2: “404 Page not found” now at the BBC for this video on Monday Feb16th. It seems they’ve pulled it. Too much “negative feedback” I suppose. Readers be on the…
Floridatrend: It's Hot But Don't Blame Global Warming
It’s Hot But Don’t Blame Global Warming By Cynthia Barnett – 2/1/2009 FloridaTrend Magazine Morton D. Winsberg fell in love with Florida more than 50 years ago, but the Illinois-born geographer never…
Daily Kos whips up an email campaign against meteorologist who spoke candidly about climate change
Lest readers think I’m the only TV meteorologist to speak my mind on climate issues, there are others, such as Jym Ganahl in Columbus Ohio. The Daily Kos posted an…
WaPo pundits the Goracle
This is not the sort of op-ed we are used to seeing in the Washington Post. But I found it funny nonetheless. – Anthony With Al Due Respect, We’re Doomed…
Mature Arctic Ivory Gull Seen in Massachusetts – first time in over a century
One of the claims about “global climate change” is that it will affect the normal ranges of flora and fauna of our planet. Well, with a very cold northern hemisphere…
Forecasting Guru Announces: "no scientific basis for forecasting climate"
It has been an interesting couple of days. Today yet another scientist has come forward with a press release saying that not only did their audit of IPCC forecasting procedures…
James Hansen's Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic – Says Hansen 'Embarrassed NASA', 'Was Never Muzzled', & Models 'Useless'
UPDATE 1/28: Full text of Dr. Theon’s letter has been post on the Senate website and below. This is something I thought I’d never see. This press release today is…
New Study Shows Climate Change Largely Irreversible, Climate Modelers Given $140 Million Bonus
From NOAA News, Susan Solomon predicts the future with certainty. In other news, on the same day Caterpillar, Sprint, Texas Instruments, and Home Depot announce massive layoff plans to the…
Philadelphia's Climate in the Early Days
Guest Post by Steven Goddard January, 1790 was a remarkable year in the northeastern US for several reasons. It was less than one year into George Washington’s first term, and…
Antarctic Warming? Part 2 – A letter from a meteorologist on the ground in Antarctica
UPDATE 1/25: Mr. Hays has has provided a follow up letter, posted at the bottom of this article. – Anthony This letter below, reprinted with permission, is from Ross Hays.…
Antarctica warming? An evolution of viewpoint
Above: Mt Erebus, Antarctica picture by Sean Brocklesby A press release today by the University of Washington makes a claim that Antarctica is warming and has been for the last…
Meet "deep black" the Met Office supercarbon footprint climate computer
The original press release from the Met Office that started this story is here. There’s no mention of a carbon footprint in it, but they did manage to provide a…
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