By Phillip Gentry, UAH Globally, 2012 was ninth warmest of the past 34 years; In the U.S., 2012 sets a new record high temperature Global climate trend since Nov. 16,…
AGW Bombshell? A new paper shows statistical tests for global warming fails to find statistically significant anthropogenic forcing
From the journal Earth System Dynamics billed as “An Interactive Open Access Journal of the European Geosciences Union” comes this paper which suggests that the posited AGW forcing effects simply…
Nigel Lawson Wins Climate Policy Bet
From the GWPF Oliver Letwin, David Cameron’s chief policy adviser, has conceded defeat in a £100 climate policy bet with Nigel Lawson which they had agreed four and a half…
Paleo sea level and CO2
From the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK) New study documents the natural relationship between CO2 concentrations and sea level By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over…
Al buys Al
Middle East “Big Oil” funded media outlet buys Al Gore’s CURRENT TV with plans to infiltrate offer the English Al Jazeera channel into American homes – my Irony Meter pegged.…
Nominations are open for the 2013 weblog awards
It is that time again, and after winning this two years in a row, can WUWT make it to “Hall of Fame” status by winning it a third year? Hard…
Law of unintended consequences – fuel tax designed to lower air pollution actually creates more air pollution
Another application of the Grecian government formula blows up in their faces. From EuroNews: Smog hits Athens as cash-strapped residents choose fire over fuel Bad news for austerity-stricken Greeks is…
New paper demonstrates that climate responds to short and long-term changes in solar activity
(Via the Hockey Schtick) A new peer reviewed paper published in The Holocene finds a significant link between solar activity and climate over the past 1000 years. According to the…
Report: 'Forget global warming, Alaska is headed for an ice age'
Alex DeMarban Alaska is going rogue on climate change. Defiant as ever, the state that gave rise to Sarah Palin is bucking the mainstream yet again: While global temperatures surge…
Happy New Year – Kyoto Is Dead
Russia Abandons Kyoto Protocol From Dr. Benny Peiser at The GWPF Moscow won’t join the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol, which starts on January 1st 2013. Russia decided to…
The Cost in Human Energy
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach For a while, I taught a course in human-powered machinery for the Peace Corps. You know, bicycle powered generators, treadle powered pumps, that kind of…
Jellyfish and Global Warming – another busted alarm
WUWT readers may recall seeing stories like these in the past. Warming wailers like Bill McKibben, who unthinkingly regurgitated this bogus Jellyfish news in op-eds like this one, take note.…
The age old battle of the thermostat – the 'Goredian' Knot of global temperature
People send me stuff. Reader Kurt writes: I just found your excellent website and have book marked it and will visit it often for updates. One simple question the global…
Too funny! Even Joe Romm's bosses don't think climate is an issue worth mentioning for 2013
Romm must be fuming. After disappearing his formerly independent “Climate Progress” blog and merging it with the main Think Progress website, where he’s lucky to get a dozen comments a…
Atomic motor uses single atom of Ruthenium as ball bearing
Sometimes, science does things just to see if it is possible. This seems to be one of those times. While I really wanted to have my long promised flying car…
Over-insuring the gullible: The Hartford offers 'extreme weather insurance'
UPDATE: graph of damage losses including 2012 posted below. It says all that needs to be said. This ad is running in rotation at the NYT today, and it needs…
2012 Truth Teller of the Year
From Brian Sussman As a guy who has dedicated a significant part of his life to uncovering environmental scams, naming this year’s Truth Teller is a no-brainer for me.
The Gleick effect – proving there is no bad publicity
Guest Post by Joe Bast In a December 28 post, blogger Greg Laden, a self-described “biological anthropologist and science communicator,” ranked The Heartland Institute’s efforts to expose global warming alarmism…
WUWT year in review – 2012
WordPress.com generated this report for me automatically for viewing on my dashboard – I’m sharing it because you the readers deserve credit. Crunchy numbers 8 million people saw The Hobbit…
You must be logged in to post a comment.