Snow totals for Washington DC storm

The storm is over, the totals and reports are in. Here’s the lowdown on the snowfall records from the Baltimore NWS:

IPCC's "Africagate" blunder as told by Dr. Richard North

Dr. Richard North, who does investigative journalism at the EU referendum blog, has a comprehensive analysis and backgrounder on the latest in a series of blunders by the IPCC that…

The Times: Top British scientist says IPCC is losing credibility

Scientist says IPCC claims about African rainfall reductions due to global warming have no supporting data. By Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor Excerpt: A LEADING British government scientist has warned the…

Blizzard Warning for DC, NYT: "Capital Is Crippled as Blizzard Continues "

Let it snow… let it snow… let it snow…biggest snowstorm since 1922, and still not over. From the New York Times, a crippled government. Even the post office gave up.…

Inconvenient truth in Britain – scepticism on the rise – only 26% believe climate change to be man-made

Climate scepticism ‘on the rise’, BBC poll shows The number of British people who are sceptical about climate change is rising, a poll for BBC News suggests. The Populus poll…

NOAA: All time record snowfall for DC and Baltimore?

From the “weather is not climate department”, it seems that the biggest snowstorm of all time is targeting the nation’s capitol. Here’s the current radar image: via NOAA/NWS SPECIAL WEATHER…

Flashback to 2007 – SST to plunge again?

Steve Goddard points out that warm SST events often have a downside. My view: something like capacitor discharge in an RC circuit. – Anthony Dr. Roy Spencer reported that January,…

Spencer: Record January warmth is mostly sea

NASA Aqua Sea Surface Temperatures Support a Very Warm January, 2010 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. When I saw the “record” warmth of our UAH global-average lower tropospheric temperature…

More on Ocean Heat Content and recent revisions to the data

OHC Linear Trends and Recent Update of NODC OHC (0-700 Meters) Data Guest post by Bob Tisdale [This is a follow up post to the first one on WUWT where…

Israeli study shows variable sea level in past 2500 years

From the University of Haifa via Eurekalert The sea level has been rising and falling over the last 2,500 years IMAGE: Rising and falling sea levels over relatively short periods…

Ummm Charles, about that train thingy you arrived on…

From the UK Express PRINCE CHARLES ON CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL WARMING SCEPTICS ARE ALL LIARS Charles, who has campaigned on global warming for more than 20 years, said: “I have…

Major snowstorm headed for eastern US

This national radar mosaic shows huge amounts of gathering moisture ready to collide with frigid air. The storm gets the label “Nor’easter“. Forecasters all over are watching this storm with…

UAH global temperature posts warmest January

January 2010 UAH Global Temperature Update +0.72 Deg. C by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. UPDATE (4:00 p.m. Jan. 4): I’ve determined that the warm January 2010 anomaly IS consistent…

WSJ op ed – IPCC "Omitted: The bright side of Global Warming"

While the consensus warns of gloom and doom, the WSJ points out that warming has its positive aspects as well. For example, Trees seem to be responding well to increased…

Telegraph: India forms new climate change body

See UPDATE below the read more line. Looks like Pachy is having a crisis of confidence in his home country. Is anyone surprised? Excerpts from the Telegraph:

Lord Monckton wows Melbourne

Highlights of Lord Christopher Monckton’s Melbourne Presentation at the Sofitel Melbourne. Recorded 1st February 2010. There are two parts below. Part 1

LBNL on Himalayas: "greenhouse gases alone are not nearly enough to be responsible for the snow melt"

From Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, and announcement that comes at a very inconvenient time for IPCC and Pachauri while their “Glaciergate” issue rages. Aerosols and black carbon are tagged as…

UK Greenpeace director calls for new IPCC chairman – meanwhile Pachy comments on the use of makeup

In an interview with the Times, John Sauven, director of Greenpeace UK suggests that the IPCC needs a new chairman other than The Love Guru. But, in a recent press…

IPCC fires back – "challenges are without foundation"

The IPCC has issued a statement about all of the criticism being heaped upon them by bloggers and journalists regarding poor sourcing of references. Me thinks they are clueless about…

The Guardian hounds CRU with new reports

A series of events appears to be unfolding in the UK that provide for a serial story. As they say in the news biz “it has legs”. Two more stories…

In 1790, Philly "had a fever", today, not so much

Steve Goddard reminded me that we’ve had “220 Years of Global Warming in Philadelphia” Starting in 1790, a prominent Philadelphia resident named Charles Pierce started keeping detailed records of the…

Penn State report on Mann: new investigation to convene.

The report is out, and further investigation is forthcoming. Excerpts from the report are below, where they considered 4 allegations. They say only one had merit. That will be the…

BBC asks WUWT for help

I received this email this morning from Roger Harribin, the BBC’s environmental analyst. It’s interesting because I received an email from the Guardian yesterday asking if I’d like to write…

NASA Still Spreading Antarctic Worries

Steven Goddard looks at trends in Antarctica and compares to NASA’s recent article. A January 12, 2010 Earth Observatory article warns that Antarctica “has been losing more than a hundred…