I attended John Cook’s talk at the University of Bristol Victoria rooms last night at 6 PM. Besides myself, about 20 other climate skeptics also attended the talk, making up…
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent sets new record, pierces 20 million square kilometer barrier
Sunshinehours reports that the Antarctic Sea Ice Extent for September 19th, 2014 is 20.11297 million square kilometers, which is 1,535,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 climatological mean. Another 58,000 sq…
Laki caused 1783 – could Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano trigger another 'Year Without a Summer'?
Eric Worrall writes: The British and Icelandic MET offices are expressing concern about the possible effect on the climate, of a potentially enormous volcanic eruption in Iceland. According to The…
The Federalist: Neil deGrasse Tyson and the Science of Smug Condescension
Excerpt: So what harm does it do if Tyson makes up stories to fit his rhetorical needs? As an elite celebrity scientist who gets plum appointments, attracts a cult of…
Statement from the Open Atmospheric Society on the paper 'Peak tornado activity is occurring earlier in the heart of "Tornado Alley"'
From The Open Atmospheric Society http://theoas.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Sept 19th, 2014 Statement from the Open Atmospheric Society on the paper ‘Peak tornado activity is occurring earlier in the…
Help launch 'Tar Sands Messiah'- A film by Tim Moen
Tar Sands Messiah- A film by Tim Moen – September 19th In which a Fort McMurray environmentalist goes to Los Angeles to render judgement on the movie industry and shut…
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…
Claim: Fall foliage season may be later, but longer on a warmer Earth
From Princeton University we’ll have to put up with fall colors longer, damn that global warming! Oh, wait, they said “could” and “possibly”. The fall foliage season that prompts millions…
Open Thread
I’m on travel today, and will be away from email for quite some time (unless the flight has WiFi). I’ll be attending both the Cook and the Mann lecture at…
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon blinks, responds to WUWT story
This WUWT story from two days ago: Obama’s Lonely Climate Summit – world leaders are staying home went viral after being linked to by the Drudge report, earning WUWT its…
Claim: Global shift away from cars saves US$100 trillion, eliminates 1,700 MT of CO2 pollution
From Burness Communications via Eurekalert Urban transportation systems an emerging priority ahead of UN climate and sustainable development meetings NEW YORK (17 September, 2014)—More than $100 trillion in cumulative public…
Quote of the week: The link between 'defending Michael Mann is defending climate science' seems to have been broken
Mark Steyn writes: [Tuesday] marked a not unimportant court deadline in the upcoming Mann vs Steyn trial of the century, and I wouldn’t want to let it pass without comment.…
Another benefit of climate change and increased CO2 – trees continue to grow at a faster rate
WUWT readers may recall this WUWT story from 2011: The Earth’s biosphere is booming, data suggests that CO2 is the cause, part 2 Now there is even more evidence. From From…
Sierra Club and Sierra Club Foundation Accused of Tax Law Violations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – E&E Legal Files Referral With IRS Regarding Sierra Club and Sierra Club Foundation Tax Law Violations Washington, D.C. – Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute…
Claim: Tornadoes occurring earlier in “Tornado Alley”
From the American Geophysical Union | WASHINGTON, D.C. – Peak tornado activity in the central and southern Great Plains of the United States is occurring up to two weeks earlier…
NCSE: Texas schoolbooks should stick to the climate dogma
Story submitted by Eric Worrall | The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) has published a critique which expresses deep concerns about the latest McGraw Hill Education, World Cultures &…
Decrying “Wishful Science” on NPR(!)
Guest essay by Dr. Patrick Michaels | First, a disclaimer. I don’t listen to NPR. “State radio” bugs me. But I have friends who do, and I was bowled over…
A new professional society for meteorology and climatology is announced
The Open Atmospheric Society takes a new approach to atmospheric science, becoming the first international society of its kind to be a cloud-based online organization FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16,…
Obama's Lonely Climate Summit – world leaders are staying home
Eric Worrall writes: The imminent climate summit in New York is rapidly turning into an utter embarrassment for President Obama and UN Secretary General Bank Ki-Moon, in addition to becoming…
August 2014 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly Update
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This post provides an update of the data for the three primary suppliers of global land+ocean surface temperature data—GISS through August 2014 and HADCRUT4 and…
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