The latest IPCC synthesis report is out, and the demands made in it remind me and many other people of the very famous National Lampoon cover of the 1970’s, seen…
Independent Review Discovers that NCDC Fumbles Data Handling in GHCN Climate Data
Guest essay by Bob Koss Being an old retired guy with time on my hands, this summer I decided to find out just how well GHCN-Monthly follows their own methodology…
100 Year Snow Records broken across the South Eastern US on October 31st and November 01st
It was the earliest and heaviest snow in several places since records have been kept dating as far back as 1880. 100 Year Snow Records broken across the South Eastern…
IPCC Prediction Of Severe Weather Increase Based On Fundamental Error
Guest Opinion by Dr. Tim Ball Claims that weather forecasts are reasonably accurate up to 48 hours are based on measured results for fair weather. Results for severe weather, which…
ICSC: IPCC focus on stopping global warming and extreme weather is unscientific and immoral
Ottawa, Canada, November 2, 2014: “IPCC Chairman Dr. Rajendra Pachauri was right to advocate “a global agreement to finally reverse course on climate change” when he spoke to delegates tasked…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is Nothing More Than a…
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Anthony Watts’s post Meh, same old ‘gloom and doom’ from the IPCC over new climate report at WattsUpWithThat prompted this one. I started to write…
Meh, same old 'gloom and doom' from the IPCC over new climate report
Here is a few newsbytes about the IPCC draft synthesis report. From all indications, it’s going to be a real yawner, rehashing all the alarmism we’ve heard again and again…
TWC founder John Coleman to be on CNN this morning – tune in
John Coleman writes on his Facebook page about the CNN “Reliable Sources” interview to be aired at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 2: There is another national television interview…
New Zealand's Temperature Record challenged by new skeptical paper
Chris deFrietas sends word of a new paper, that drops the trend of the New Zealand temperature record (NZTR) to 0.28C per century, down from ~0.9C per century. This past…
Scientists replicate the tide with two buckets, aquarium tubing, and a pump
From the American Journal of Botany Inexpensive tidal simulator allows ecological studies of tidal marsh plants Rachel MacTavish is growing salt marsh plants in microcosms that replicate the tide. She…
On The Recent Unisys Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Maps and Cooling of Northern Hemisphere Ocean Surfaces
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale UPDATE 2: As of Monday November 3, 2014, Unisys is no longer updating their sea surface temperature anomaly maps. See the update at the end…
Splicing Clouds
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach So once again, I have donned my Don Quixote armor and continued my quest for a ~11-year sunspot-related solar signal in some surface weather dataset.…
Quote of the Week – climate fears in context
A dear friend sent me a note the other day that I thought was prescient, as it relates to the alarmism side of climate, where we see fear stories being…
Violent Tornadoes Are On The Decline In The US
By Paul Homewood http://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/#data As we, fortunately, head towards the end of the third quiet tornado year in a row, let’s take a closer look at the intensity of tornadoes…
Satellite captures massive smoke and haze over china
China seems to be ground zero for air pollution these days. From NASA: Smoke and haze hang over a large portion of eastern China in this image captured by the…
The 2014/15 El Niño – Part 19 – Is an El Niño Already Taking Place?
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale The recent post at WattsUpWithThat Yes Virginia (and everyone else) there is an El Niño coming was written by Joe Bastardi of WeatherBell Analytics. As…
Warmth is Good; Cold is the Killer
Letter to the Editor Watts Up With That? 31st October 2014 For decades green extremists have been spreading doomsday forecasts of global warming. But where do we find the greatest…
2014 Antarctic Ozone Hole Holds Steady
From NASA: The Antarctic ozone hole reached its annual peak size on Sept. 11, according to scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The size of…
New Paper on Sea Level Rise – Purkey et al (2014) – Examines the Sea Level Rise by Basin
Guest Post by Bob Tisdale Please see the Update at the end of the post to avoid confusion. # # # # The paper Purkey et al. (2014) Relative contributions…
New paper links warming since 1950 to ENSO and cloud cover variations
John McLean writes of a new paper about the pattern in global average temperature anomalies since 1950 and how they are linked to changes in cloud cover and ENSO: Key…
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