From NASA Goddard/GISS: same-o, same-o Paleoclimate Record Points Toward Potential Rapid Climate Changes New research into the Earth’s paleoclimate history by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies director James E.…
Chevy Volt problems may have been deferred by NHTSA to protect "fragility of Volt sales" – FOIA demands launched
Here’s an interesting BBC story about the safety hazards associated with the Chevy Volt — specifically, the risk that its battery pack could catch fire after even a minor impact.…
"Very wet rain events" from tropical cyclones linked to earthquakes
From the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science , an interesting groundbreaking paper, ahem…but, wait for it, we’ll soon hear “Climate disruption causes more hurricanes and…
The BBC and Climate Change: A Triple Betrayal (ho ho)
From Dr. Roger Pielke Sr.some comments on the recent scathing report on BBC’s impartiality (ho ho) when it comes to reporting climate change. He writes: Comments On The Global Warming…
Goreathon – now in a living color poster
WUWT readers likely remember the 24 hours of the Goreathon on WUWT, one of our most viewed days ever. Josh of CartoonsbyJosh.com put in a herculean effort to come up…
Windsplode in Scotland – plus some turbines can't handle 50mph
I wonder what the incident frequency is for wind turbine fires versus say coal, hydro, or nuclear plants? From STV Scotland:
Birds apparently can't outfly climate change
From Duke University , another Durban doozy, yes we’ll have roasted fowl in the trees because they may not be moving fast enough. Climate change driving tropical birds to higher…
UCAR on Blocking Highs, heat waves, and modeling limits
Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. writes: Candid Admission By UCAR – “Blocking The Way – Predicting The Atmospheric Detours That Lead To Weather Troubles” There was an interesting article in the Fall…
In China, there are no hockey sticks
Reposted from Jo Nova’s site Chinese 2485 year tree ring study shows shows sun or ocean controls climate, temps will cool til 2068 A blockbuster Chinese study of Tibetan Tree…
Climate FAIL from A to Z presented at Durban
This might be a bit overzealous per Morano’s unique writing style, but compared to some of the stuff we’ve seen from warmists, pretty mild. Lots of useful links and notes…
Climate Craziness of the Week – let the kids freeze, all I want for Christmas is a zero carbon footprint
This guy (Headmaster Rob Benzie) has become Scrooge in England, except he doesn’t provide even one lump of coal, because, well that would mess up his “carbon footprint”. This is just…
Tisdale schools the website "Skeptical Science" on CO2 obsession
On the SkepticalScience Post “Pielke Sr. Misinforms High School Students” By Bob Tisdale OVERVIEW I rarely visit the website SkepticalScience, which is run by proponents of anthropogenic global warming, because most…
Public Support For Tackling Climate Change Declines Dramatically in UK
We’re Winning The Battle For Hearts And Minds Newsbytes from Dr. Benny Peiser, The GWPF There has been dramatic decline over the past decade in the public’s support for tackling…
NGOs: It's Worse Than We Thought
The official numbers of partygoers to the 17th Conference of Parties in Durban, South Africa, shape up like this: Figure 1. Theoretical distribution of the 14,570 partygoers at the Durban…
The flying Monck
Lord Monckton parachutes into Durban At first I thought this was a joke. Then I see Monck flying through the air via live cam during freefall, grinning no less. Marc…
November Solar Activity Report – sunspots and 10.7cm radio flux up, but the solar magnetic Ap index crashes
This is strange. Usually we see the geomagnetic Ap Index increase with increasing sunspots and 10.7 cm radio flux. But the Ap index (the third graph below) has crashed to…
MANNx TEDx and all that
The Mann at TEDx PSU (Penn State) video is now available. There’s no political content warning unfortunately, as Mann spends more time standing if front of giant faces of politicians…
WWF and Oxfam pushing for a shipping tax at Durban COP17 – since when do NGO's get to write tax laws?
People send me stuff. This one had an IP address originating in Durban today, but it lists as a proxy server, so the person may/may not be there. From WUWT…
RealClimate's Steig: Pacific SST's influencing Antarctic melt, no link to human causes demonstrated
WUWT readers may recall the Nature cover with this picture of Antarctica at left, followed by the subsequent falsification of the Antarctic warming claims made by Steig et al using…
Who gets the most access to network data (like emails at CRU)?
Post updated – see below. Climategate – whodunnit? Well, according to this story in Help Net Security, the Information Technology people might be good candidates to see what has been…
The Impact of Urbanization on Land Temperature Trends
by Zeke Hausfather , Steven Mosher, Matthew Menne , Claude Williams , and Nick Stokes [Note: this is an AGU poster displayed at the annual meeting, available here as a…
Common link in extreme weather events found – and no, it isn't AGW
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison something you’ll never see posted on Climate Progress or mentioned by weepy Bill McKibben because it mellows their harshness. Global winds could explain record rains,…
New hurricane record – 2232 days and counting since major Hurricane made landfall on the USA – last record was year 1900
While the alarmists squall over trying to control what they perceive as “extreme weather” driven by global warming at Durban COP17, urging immediate action in the form of coughing up…
Chinese Deal Breakers
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The lead Chinese negotiator at the 17th UN COP (United Nations Conference of Partygoers) being celebrated in Durban is a man named Xie Zhenhua. He…
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