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WUWT reader David Summers sends this photo along taken a few days ago in 2007 in Australia from a colleague that “returned there for the summer”. I thought it might…

Quote of the week #7

Image from WUWT reader “Boudu” WUWT commenter “philincalifornia” writes about Lockwood’s comment in National Geographic about the state of our sun and predictions of a quiet period and possibly a…

Quote of the Week #6

Image from WUWT reader “Boudu” Speaking about Australia and Kevin Rudd’s turnabout in delaying a carbon trading scheme, this quote from WUWT commenter “hareynolds” comes to mind: In this case,…

WUWT Poll: What should we call the current solar minimum?

Although we’ve been covering this quiet sun issue for over a year on WUWT, the light bulb seems to have gone on for mainstream media right about now. There is…

Quote of the week #4

Image from WUWT reader “Boudu” This QOTW is from Pen Hadow, leader of the now farcical Catlin Arctic Ice Survey: “It’s never wise to imagine that either man or technology…

Quote of the Week #2

From “Pragmatic”, on the Lindzen on negative feedback thread: “What most alarmists don’t seem to fathom is that real people want balance in their decision/learning process. Balance arrives on the…

What's that smell? Bovine Fish Oil Methane Cure

Sometimes, you really don’t need to make up an April Fools joke. Truth can indeed be stranger than fiction, except for the part about “four gallons” which is part of…

CA Academy of Science AGW display apparently not very popular

What are we teaching our children? Guest post by Russ Steele, NCwatch Ellen and I spent the day at the new California Academy of Science building yesterday and really enjoyed…

WUWT Poll: What are you going to do for "Earth Hour"?:

Earth Hour hopes to shed light on climate By James Bruggers, USA TODAY New York City’s Empire State Building is scheduled to go dark for one hour Saturday night. So…

Solar Cycle 24 has ended according to NASA

Solar Cycle 24 has ended according to NASA. Yes you read that right. Somebody at NASA can’t even figure out which solar cycle they are talking about. Or, as commenters…

Update on the "Chu Effect"

Guest post by Steven Goddard One month ago, Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu warned of apocalyptic drought in California. “We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture…

Boston Globe asks: Where's the global warming?

For those too young to remember (such as Jim Hansen’s coal protesters in Washington this past week), Clara Peller, pictured above, started a national catchphrase with “Where’s the beef?” that…

A Curiosity: Hot Peppers – Why Are They Hot?

Once in awhile I find something that piques my interest that is different from the usual WUWT fare. This was one of those. I like this fellows blog because 1)…

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…

Hansen's Coal and Global Warming protest may get snowed out

Many WUWT readers have heard about this: UPDATE: Video report on the DC snow here h/t to Stefan P Here is my IntelliWeather Monday and hour by hour forecast for…

Another promise of a flying car – sigh

All thorough my childhood and adolescence I was a keen fan of all sorts of science magazines including Scientific American (the Amateur Scientist was my favorite SciAm column because it…

My picks for the weblog awards

This weblog awards contest has few people up in arms because WUWT is currently leading. Lucia points out some of the dynamics of silliness that go on related to it.…

From Belgium: New twist on the 'Gore Effect'

Jos, one of WUWT’s readers abroad writes: “It is very cold here in Beligium. This is from today’s edition of the flemish newspaper ‘De Standaard’:” You can find in online…

The 12 Days of Global Warming

Courtesy of Minnesotans for Global Warming, this entertaining video for today. Merry Christmas everyone, stay warm!

Maybe not so much, now that gas is $1.64 a gallon

I snapped this photo while driving southbound on California’s Interstate 5 recently. We all know that Prius owners tend to be a bit smug, but this vanity plate takes the…