Hydrothermal vents may contribute more to the thermal budget of the oceans than previously assumed

From the Max Planck Society New deep-sea hot springs discovered in the Atlantic Scientists from the MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology…

Mashey Potatoes, Part 1

Guest post by Thomas Fuller In the past few months we have seen a number of amateurish attempts to counter skeptical arguments that gained traction in what public space there…

New Zealand's NIWA temperature train wreck

This is an old argument, adjusted data versus non adjusted data, and why does the adjusted data show a trend and the unadjusted data does not? We’ve battled this here…

Wordsmithing

Looks like the word is going to be Copygate for the Wegman report investigation. I concur with Lucia who writes: Skepticgate. Keith [Kloor] campaigns in favor of his skepticgate writing:…

"Dangerous Carbon Pollution" – an example of Climatism

Guest post by Steve Goreham, Climate Science Coalition of America In an address to Green Mountain College on May 15, Carol Browner, Director of Energy and Climate Change Policy, stated…

Oil company geologist helps find new asteroid crater

From Australian National University Sciencewise Magazine A big impact on climate: Examining a new asteroid crater found in the Timor Sea As new land-based oil deposits become increasingly scarce, oil…

On Wegman – Who will guard the guards themselves?

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Guest post by Thomas Fuller Regular readers will remember that the fuss generated by Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick chart caused an investigation. A U.S. Congressional committee,…

UK Government shovel ready snow program: "dig yourselves out"

From the Mail Online: (h/t to Richard North of EUReferendum) But the forecast is the bigger worry, not the lame-o self help from the local government: Council chiefs have sparked…

Modeling Pakistan's flooding

But read on to the end to find out what US government agency is doing the research. Your tax dollars at work. Caption: Residents flee the rising floodwaters in Pakistan.…

Avoiding the guilty pleasures

Guest post by Thomas Fuller Like mountain fruits enjoyed out of season and shipped long distance, there are climate pleasures I need to avoid, such as piling on with criticism…

Friday Funny #2

Oh this is rare, two Friday Funnies. This one is still rooted in the same humor sources as the new cartoon by Josh posted here.

Friday Funny

More explosive humor from Josh…

Global Tropical Cyclone activity is at 33-year lows

Dr. Ryan N. Maue’s 2010 Global Tropical Cyclone Activity Update Update to include Rush Limbaugh’s discussion on his radio show of this posting … With the 2010 North Atlantic hurricane…

Worse than we thought: "unpredictability of the weather" and crops

    From the University of Leeds, the Met Office Hadley Centre and University of Exeter via Eurekalert. No mention of the blueberry crop though. Crop failures set to increase…

BREAKING: SFO Chronicle says "Faulty science behind state's landmark diesel law" – an error of 340%

I wouldn’t have believed it if it were in any other newspaper but the very liberal San Francisco Chronicle – h/t to WUWT reader “crosspatch” who writes: Was AB32 based…

Franny's "guilty pleasure"

NEW UPDATES POSTED BELOW: I was link surfing today over at Dellers, and I found myself looking at the long list of bios for the 1010 team on their website.…

Roger Sowell: Pro and Con on California's AB32 Global Warming Law

Our commenters have been on a roll lately. Yesterday we had this excellent point-counterpoint by commenter D Patterson on the Cucinelli issue. Today commenter Roger Sowell put forth the arguments…

If you ever needed an example of "liberal media bias" in the USA, here it is.

Full disclosure. I’ve worked in television and radio for 30 years, and I’ve seen many examples of bias in my time. Bernard Goldberg, who was a reporter for the CBS…

California's AB23 – a litmus test for climate law

Calif. initiative a test for national climate law By: CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — If the supporters of Proposition 23 prevail in the Nov. 2 election, California’s landmark…

Another 10:10 Cartoon by Josh

Josh is just getting warmed up.

Comment of the week – counterpoint to Fuller on Cuccinelli

This rebuttal comment to I’ll Trade You Cuccinelli For Splattergate With A Player To Be Named Later was so well written, and so extensive, I felt that it deserves the honor…

Study sheds new light on how the sun affects the Earth's climate

This story was previously covered on Sept 24 on WUWT, but because it appeared in Nature today, everybody is exploding my inbox like maybe I’ve never seen it before. Thanks.…

Archibald On Dr. Hathaway’s Most Recent Solar Cycle 24 Prediction

The Gods punish excessive hubris, but Anthony has invited me to comment on Dr Hathaway’s most recent Solar Cycle 24 prediction: The number is still wrong. Hathaway’s number is 64.…

Bottom of the barrel: devastating assessment of administration competence and honesty

The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling has issued several drafts of Staff Working papers.  Inside the text is a devastating assessment of the…