Alan Reynolds, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute DeSmogBlog contributor Farron Cousins writes, “Newsweek Gives Cato Institute Climate Denier A Platform.” That means my piece, “Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Can’t Be Blamed…
Category: Sea Surface Temperature
El Niño WATCH cancelled; ENSO neutral likely for 2017
From the “now the warmest year on record hopes are dashed” department: Via Bloomberg: All eight climate models surveyed by Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology suggest tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures are…
Claim: El Niño and global warming combine to cause record-breaking heat in Southeast Asia
From the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN and the “what if it’s only El Niño, then what?” department: Scientists at The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have found that a…
Stokes and the "somehow" theory of ocean heat
A Correction – And Much More of the Answer Guest essay by Mike Jonas I think this post is a big deal. It’s not quite the answer to everything but,…
Mainstream Media Ignores New Study: Present Sea Surface Temperatures “Indistinguishable” From Those During Last Interglacial…
…When Sea Levels Were Roughly 20 to 30 Feet Higher than Today Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Science recently published Hoffman, et al. (2017) Regional and global sea-surface temperatures during…
Because of the GISS and NOAA Press Conference about 2016 Global Surface Temperatures…
…A Reminder of How Horribly Climate Models Simulate the Surface Temperatures of Earth’s Oceans. Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This post serves as the annual model-data comparison for sea surface…
The "blob" in the Pacific turns from warm to cold – and it's even bigger
Thanks to Bob Tisdale, we’ve covered the evolution, peak, and demise of the sea surface temperature phenomenon labeled as “The Blob” in the North Pacific for awhile now. According to…
Something to Keep an Eye On – The Large Blue Ribbon of Below-Normal Sea Surface Temperatures in the North Pacific
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The weather pattern that created Siberia’s well-below-normal land surface air temperatures in October 2016 … October 2016 Land Surface Air Temperature Anomalies (GHCN-CAMS through KNMI…
THE BLOB Has Dissipated
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Animation 1 – Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Maps from the CMC Environment Canada (September 17, 2016 and October 27, 2016) The Blob was the name…
Nothing Unusual about the Sea Surface Temperatures and Anomalies for the Hurricane Main Development Region at the 2016 Season’s Start
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale During the hurricane season, I’ll be adding the sea surface temperatures and anomalies of the Main Development Region of hurricane development in the North Atlantic…
Hurricane Main Development Region of North Atlantic – Climate Model-Simulated Sea Surface Temperatures Are Too Cool
And Those Too-Cool Surface Temperatures Create Obvious Problems for Researchers Guest Post by Bob Tisdale UPDATE: The closing has been revised. The sea surface temperatures of the tropical North Atlantic…
Modern Scientific Controversies Part 2: The Great Barrier Reef Wars
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Prologue: This is the second in a series of several essays that will discuss ongoing scientific controversies, a specific type of which are often…
Do the Adjustments to Sea Surface Temperature Data Lower the Global Warming Rate?
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Quick answer: Over the long term, the answer is yes, but for shorter terms it depends on the sea surface temperature dataset and time period.…
Tracking 'marine heatwaves' since 1950 — and how the 'blob' stacks up
From the University of Washington Unusually warm oceans can have widespread effects on marine ecosystems. Warm patches off the Pacific Northwest from 2013 to 2015, and a couple of years…
Global Sea Surface Temperature Responses to the 1997/98 and 2015/16 El Niño Events
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Alternate Title: Just in Case You Thought Sea Surface Temperatures around the Globe Responded Similarly to Strong El Niños This post will illustrate quite clearly…
Climate Models Are NOT Simulating Earth’s Climate – Part 2
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This post will serve as part 2 of the 2015 update of the model-data comparisons of satellite-era sea surface temperatures. The 2014 update is here.…
Climate Models Are NOT Simulating Earth’s Climate – Part 1
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This post will serve as part 1 of the 2015 update of the model-data comparisons of satellite-era sea surface temperatures. The 2014 update is here.…
"Phytoplankton rapidly disappearing from the Indian Ocean" or not.
Guest post by David Middleton, feature image borrowed from iHerb. A rapid loss of phytoplankton threatens to turn the western Indian Ocean into an “ecological desert,” a new study…
On the Monumental Differences in Warming Rates between Global Sea Surface Temperature Datasets during the NOAA-Picked Global-Warming Hiatus Period of 2000 to 2014
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale UPDATE: See the 2 updates under the heading of A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SHIP-BUOY BIAS ADJUSTMENTS. # # # Alternate Title: NOAA Has a Sea…
THE BLOB Seems to Be Disappearing at the Surface – But Will It Reemerge?
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Sad to say, I suspect it may reemerge at the surface…maybe not as strong as in the past, but I don’t think it’s going to…
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