The eruption of a volcano in Iceland has the skies over the UK and Europe filled with ash. Like what happened on 9/11 in the USA, planes are landing everywhere…
Iceland's volcanic ash cloud – airports closed in UK, Europe
This image, acquired on 15 April 2010 by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS), shows the vast cloud of volcanic ash sweeping across the UK from the eruption in Iceland,…
Large fireball in the Midwest
From various sources. From the NWS in Milwaukee, video links and radar images follow. MANY REPORTS OF A BRIGHT FIREBALL HAVE BEEN FLOODING COUNTY SHERIFF DISPATCH CENTERS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN…
'Hockey stick' graph was exaggerated – McIntyre gets props
From the Telegraph: The ‘hockey stick’ that became emblematic of the threat posed by climate change exaggerated the rise in temperature because it was created using ‘inappropriate’ methods, according to…
Lockwood demonstrates link between low sun and low temps
Solar Science Bipolar Disorder Guest post by Steven Goddard About once every 11 years, the sun’s magnetic poles reverse. However some high profile solar scientists reverse their own polarity more frequently. The BBC…
It's us against phlegm – global warming makes you sneeze
Allergies Worse Than Ever? Blame Global Warming By Bryan Walsh Allergy sufferers like to claim — in between sniffles — that each spring’s allergy season is worse than the last.…
From Bonn with Love
The intolerability of tolerance From The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley in Bonn via the SPPI blog The UN’s international climate conference here in Bonn has decided that the wealthier nations…
IPCC AR4 also gets a failing grade on 21 chapters
While Oxburgh writes a 5 page book report that most college professors would likely reject due to incompleteness, we have this report from Donna Laframboise of Toronto and a team…
Oxburgh's 5 page Climategate book report gets a failing grade
I’ve read blog posts longer than this report. The Global Warming Policy Foundation of London has this to say about it: Another Unsatisfactory Rushed Job Press release LONDON, 14 April…
IPCC sea level prediction – not scary enough
From the Niels Bohr Institute – Studies agree on a 1 meter rise in sea levels New research from several international research groups, including the Niels Bohr Institute at the…
The insanity of greenery
First, let me say I’m a fan of solar power when done correctly and without financial carrots hung out for electricity generation that entice abuse of the system. I put…
See Gore Run: "I'm having lunch!"
UPDATE: Some commenters seem to think Al is being treated unfairly. Gore press policy might be the reason we see this sort of thing happening. See the update below the…
More Wisdom via Solomon: Global Warming Has Passed The Point Of No Return
Guest Post by Steven Goddard Steve McIntyre points out that NOAA’s Susan Solomon saw fit to exclude a statement of measurements from IPCC WG1. With such certainty then, it’s no…
CryoSat passes first operational tests
From the European Space Agency, it looks like CryoSat-2 is working well. I’m sure we are all looking forward to seeing what the results are. ESA’s ice mission delivers first…
Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics … and Graphs
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I got to thinking about how the information about temperatures is presented. Usually, we are shown a graph something like Fig. 1, which shows the…
Dr. Ravetz Posts, Normally
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Dr. Ravetz, welcome back to the fray with your new post. My congratulations on your courage and willingness to go “once more unto the breach,…
AAAS Delta Force
This in my inbox today from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are soliciting ideas. The WUWT readership may want to send some along. Here’s the political…
The new math – IPCC version
From Global Warming Questions -IPCC How the IPCC invented a new calculus A new form of calculus has been invented by the authors of the the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report…
Levy walks, solar flares, and warming
Scientists find errors in hypothesis linking solar flares to global temperature From Physorg.com. h/t to Leif Svalgaard who offers this PDF with this diagram that makes it all clear. Enlarge…
Dr. Jerry Ravetz – on Willis, epidemics, rough & tumble debate, and post normal science
Jerome Ravetz, of Oxford University in the UK. First I must apologise for the long delay in my making a contribution to WUWT. I confess that I was overwhelmed by…
One more thing to worry about – undersea supervolcanoes
From the National Science Foundation via press release: Scientists explore origins of ‘supervolcanoes’ on the sea floor Ancient goliaths blamed for multiple mass extinctions “Supervolcanoes” have been blamed for multiple…
Pilgrimage to Montana
By Steven Goddard Now that Arctic ice area is normal, Antarctic ice area is normal, sea level rise is failing to accelerate, temperatures are below all of Hansen’s scenarios, and…
Visualizing Changes In The Arctic Summer Minimum Since The 2007 Low
After writing my earlier piece showing changes in the Arctic maximum since 2007, Willis requested the same image for the minimum. NSIDC does not archive extent images, but fortunately UIUC does…
WIRED Science: Tipping Point Not Likely for Arctic Sea Ice
While this article is encouraging when looking at the title, they are still pushing that “ice-free summer” meme. A late-winter expansion of Arctic sea ice is a good example of…
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