Guest post by David Middleton (Featured image borrowed from http://www.hockeyministries.org/rwt-blog-52316) Unfortunately this article is behind a pay wall. While some of the points in the abstract are reasonable, these two…
Category: Marcott et al proxy paper
Climate.gov embraces the "cartoon science" of Mann and Marcott
From climate.gov, making two debunked papers into “cartoon science”, I think Josh could do a better job than this. Mann’s hockey stick is like zombie science, it’s dead, it keeps…
Kenji gets mail – 'Union of Concerned Scientists' wants a one-sided Senate hearing panel, asks for money
Kenji got this in his inbox today (donation links redacted): ============================================================= UCS supporter— It’s bad enough that climate deniers get elected to Congress. But it gets much worse: some purveyors…
The Amazing Mann gives no pause
Robert Scheaffer reports from the meeting via email: Mann just told TAM (The Amazing Meeting of the Skeptics Society) that there has been no pause in Global Warming, and says…
These guys could use some help with slapstick
People send me stuff. Robert Sheaffer sent part of a blog post titled: The “hockey stick” slaps back by Donald Prothero After reading it, this is what I mailed back:
Those who don't learn from Yamal, are condemned to repeat it – Marcott’s YAD061
You’d think academics in the upside down Mann climate proxy world would pay attention, and not repeat the same mistakes of the past. Apparently not. WUWT readers surely recall the…
Questions for Marcott et al? – submit them here
Skiphil writes: Andy Revkin of Dot Earth/NY Times blog is inviting questions to be submitted to the authors of Marcott et al. (2013). Since Revkin is one of the only…
Proxy spikes: The missed message in Marcott et al
Story submitted by WUWT reader Nancy Green There is a message in Marcott that I think many have missed. Marcott tells us almost nothing about how the past compares with…
The Marcott gong show – before in the unquestioning press and after the blogosphere review as told by Ross McKitrick
Just last month, these were the claims: We’re screwed: 11,000 years’ worth of climate data prove it. It’s among the most compelling bits of proof out there that human beings…
Introducing the anti-hockey stick – 'The Scythe"
We already are well familiar with the shape of the hockey stick, so familiar in fact it has become an icon. Josh writes: It has already been concluded by Marcott…
Well said – the central issue to Marcott et al
I’m reminded of this quote: “No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.” ― James Baldwin, Nobody Knows…
Monday Mirthiness – not the mod squad
Josh writes: The Marcott FAQ at Real Climate has been causing comment over the Easter weekend, particularly at Climate Audit. Roger Pielke Jr also has an excellent post, aptly titled Fixing the Marcott…
Quote of the week – 'bad eggs' in the Marcott et al non-stick omelete recipe
This is a scathing and revealing comment from another scientist regarding the Marcott et al affair. The context of it all has an odor of hydrogen sulfide about it.
Marcott issues a FAQ on their paper
This is from Real Climate, who played the “he who must not be named” game again in not pointing out criticisms. Gavin dissapoints. UPDATE: McIntyre responded earlier today with The…
Where's the hockey stick? The 'Marcott 9' show no warming past 1950
More on the Marcott et al “hockey stick”. All of the ‘Marcott 9’ had altered dates. Guest post by John Kehr While it took me a while to get the…
Uh oh, there be grafting in Marcott et al
Skiphil writes in comments: “…there are some interesting developments in the “Marcott curve” which puts more of the circus in jeopardy. In addition to a new post on CA detailing…
Monday Mirthiness – Watch the genesis (and retraction) of a smear
This is hilarious, I finally got a retraction out of Dr. Michael Mann. The AGW proponents must be reeling from McIntyre’s takedown of Marcott et al, because I watched the…
McIntyre finds the Marcott 'trick' – How long before Science has to retract Marcott et al?
Steve McIntyre has made what I can only describe as a stunning discovery as to why there is a sharp uptick in the main Marcott et al graph being touted…
Tick, tick, tick – how long will the new Marcott et al hockey stick survive?
Steve McIntyre writes of the curious uptick in the 20th century, which doesn’t seem to be rooted in reality, or to have been in Marcott’s PhD thesis: While one expects…
Marcott's hockey stick uptick mystery – it didn't used to be there
At Climate Audit, Something odd has been discovered about the provenance of the work associate with the Marcott et al paper. It seems that the sharp uptick wasn’t in the…