Long debate ended over cause, demise of ice ages – solar and earth wobble – CO2 not main driver

From an Oregon State University Media Release (h/t to Leif Svalgaard) Long debate ended over cause, demise of ice ages – may also help predict future The above image shows…

NCAR: Solar cycle linked to global climate

Basil Copeland and I also found linkages between surface temperature and solar cycles in two articles we published in the last year. We were roundly criticized and ridiculed by warmists…

Message in the CLOUD for Warmists: The end is near?

You’ve probably all heard of Svensmark and the Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) to cloud cover modulation theory by now. Lot’s of warmists say it is “discredited”. However, CERN in Switzerland…

New paper – Global dimming and brightening: A review

Global dimming and brightening: A review Martin Wild Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland There is increasing evidence that the amount of solar radiation incident at…

The Thermostat Hypothesis

Guest Essay by Willis Eschenbach Abstract The Thermostat Hypothesis is that tropical clouds and thunderstorms, along with other emergent phenomena like dust devils, tornadoes, and the El Nino/La Nina alteration,…

Another scientific consensus bites the dust

It has been said that “the science is settled” regarding what we know about Earth’s atmosphere and climate.  But recently scientists discovered that something we had accepted as a basic…

Gavin Schmidt's new climate picture book: Anti-Science?

Reprinted here by request from Harold Ambler – Anthony What follows is an open letter to the Salon writer Peter Dizikes, who recently published an article about a new book…

Divining images in the clouds

Everyone see things in the clouds. People, animals, Christ on the cross,  UFO’s, angels, and even schizophrenically imagined chemical attacks by contrails. You name it, somebody has seen it. So…

Geothermal Ice Circles in Russia’s Lake Baikal?

In the “Steig et al – falsified” thread, since we have been discussing geothermal activity along the Antarctic peninsula, I thought I’d pass along these images that show other parts…

MIT: Global Warming of 7°C 'Could Kill Billions This Century'

By Steven Goddard Some readers may remember the 1961 film “The Day the Earth Caught Fire”. It could be viewed as the original “climate alarmist” film as it contains all…

'90% of the last million years, the normal state of the Earth's climate has been an ice age'

From the American Thinker The Coming Ice Age By David Deming Those who ignore the geologic perspective do so at great risk.  In fall of 1985, geologists warned that a…

IBD Earth Day Editorial: The Late Great Planet Girth

From Yahoo News Feed Earth Day: We are now told that obesity causes global warming. Maybe that’s why belief in human-caused climate change is at an all-time low. That and…

A brick through Australia's AGW window

This article from the Sydney Morning herald came with the message from Bruce saying:  “a brick through the AGW window in Australia”. After reading it, and seeing that it is…

The 1998 Super El Niño: possibly a "rogue wave"?

In comments on WUWT, people often think freely and throw out all sorts of ideas. Like in any collection of people, some are bad, some are average, a few are…

Compared to the Sun's power, we are a fly speck on an elephant's butt

Note: A number of people sent this to me. This is a fictional account of what might happen if we get a large solar event, such as a Coronal Mass…

Undersea Volcanic Eruption In Tonga

Guest post by Steven Goddard The Washington Post reports today: An undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga, tossing clouds of smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters)…

Wind shifts may stir CO2 from Antarctic depths

Releases may have speeded end of last ice age — and could act again IMAGE: This pictures shows the locations of cores showing Antarctic upwelling. Click here for more information.…

La Niña conditions: still there

Click for larger image. I don’t have tome to do a pixel analysis (anyone is welcome to do so and post in comments) but it appears by eyeball analysis that…

Basic Geology Part 3 – Sea Level Rises During Interglacial Periods

Guest post by Steven Goddard One of the most cited “proofs” of global warming is that sea level is rising, as can be seen in the graph below. http://sealevel.colorado.edu/current/sl_noib_global_sm.jpg This…

”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…

Watching CO2 for the last 12 years by hemisphere

I’ve been doing some more than usual research as of late to answer for myself a specific question about CO2 respiration and the amount of man-made CO2 that is reatined…

Vacationing on Venus Basic Geology Series Part 1

Vacationing on Venus Basic Geology Series Part 1 Guest post by Steven Goddard Magellan radar imaged Venus – NASA Image In some ways, Venus is similar to earth.  It is…

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…

"The good news is, if this sucker blows, global warming is not going to be a problem. "

Some worrisome news from Greg Laden’s Science blog, also in the running for Best Science Blog Note: Image below was not part of the original story Seismic Activity at Yellowstone…