Numeracy in Climate Discussions – how long will it take to get a 6C rise in temperature?

The answer may surprise you Note: This essay is a result of an email discussion this morning, I asked Dr. Happer to condense and complete that discussion for the benefit…

Gavin skeptic mode: ON – for Skeptical Science

Bishop Hill notes this interesting bit about Gavin Schmidt and Dana Nuccitelli, and rather than try to rewrite the excellent dry wit in a few sentences going on here, well…

An Evening with His Lordship

Guest post by WUWT volunteer moderator Andi Cockroft I was fortunate the other night to attend a presentation by Christopher Monckton as part of his Climate of Freedom Tour of…

These guys could use some help with slapstick

People send me stuff. Robert Sheaffer sent part of a blog post titled: The “hockey stick” slaps back  by Donald Prothero After reading it, this is what I mailed back:

Another paper finds lower climate sensitivity

Yesterday we talked about the new paper from Nic Lewis, now Troy Masters has a new paper in press at Climate Dynamics here. Observational estimate of climate sensitivity from changes…

Temperature models vs temperature reality in the lower troposphere

Global Warming Slowdown: The View from Space by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Since the slowdown in surface warming over the last 15 years has been a popular topic recently,…

On the scales of warming worry magnitudes– Part 2

Should We Worry About the Earth’s Calculated Warming at 0.7C Over Last the Last 100 Years When the Observed Daily Variations Over the Last 161 Years Can Be as High…

Watching the death of the EU Carbon Market

From the GWPF: Europe’s New Anti-Green Majority Scores Huge Victory EU Parliament Refuses To Save Its Dying Carbon Market The European Union’s climate change policy is on the brink of…

Another solar to climate amplification mechanism found?

From the Hockey Schtick: Paper finds another amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate (video follows) A lecture by professor Hiroko Miyahara of the University of Tokyo provides additional…

Climate Craziness of the Week: James Hansen's human free vision of the future

When I was a kid, I’d watch cartoons with mad scientists running amok and causing trouble. As an adult, I observed that there actually aren’t any mad scientists. Now, after…

A Different Perspective on Trenberth’s Missing Heat: The Warming of the Global Oceans (0 to 2000 Meters) in Deg C

We discussed Dr. Roy Spencer’s post More on Trenberth’s Missing Heat in my recent post and in the cross post at WattsUpWithThat. One of the points Roy made: a change…

Is it time to end ethanol vehicle fuel mandates?

Guest post by Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times. Last week, Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and other lawmakers introduced legislation in the House of Representatives calling for major changes…

An objective Bayesian estimate of climate sensitivity

Guest post by Nic Lewis Many readers will know that I have analysed the Forest et al., 2006, (F06) study in some depth. I’m pleased to report that my paper…

Thunk! That's the sound of the EU carbon credit inverse hockey stick hitting the floor

After hitting record lows back in January, there was a plan to prop up the EU carbon market. That worked…for a while. Then the backloading plan was rejected, and the…

The MSM finally notices 'the pause'

Theories for the pause include that deep oceans have taken up more heat with the result that the surface is cooler than expected, that industrial pollution in Asia or clouds…

Revisiting Temperature Reconstructions used in Climate Change Modeling

Guest post by Neil Catto When considering historical temperature reconstruction there are three areas which need further examination; historical instrument readings and adjustments for UHI, tree-ring proxies, other paleoclimate proxies…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup

The Week That Was: 2013-04-13 (April 13, 2013) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project ################################################### Quote of the Week: I say that’s also important…

Fireworks in the EU Parliament over "the pause" in global warming

It seems the debate is getting a bit testy in the land of watercress sandwiches and doilies*. “Man-made global-warming hypothesis is dead in the water” says Godfrey Bloom MEP, but…

NCDC omits inconvenient data in public climate releases?

The NCDC Goes Ahistorical Guest post by Ken Meyercord On March 19th last I sent the following email to Derek Arndt, Chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch at the NCDC:…

On the scales of warming worry magnitudes–part 1

A few weeks after my paper came out I have received quite unexpected but greatly appreciated offer from Anthony to write a summary of the paper for his blog site.…