In an article published in the journal Science, a group of former senior federal officials call for the establishment of an independent Earth Systems Science Agency (ESSA) to meet the…
All the curves that are fit to print
Regarding the latest UAH and RSS global temperature data plots Dave B writes: “…could you post a best-fit, to be fair? I don’t have the technology.” Sometimes I’m tempted to…
Charlotte smashes 123 year record low temperature
GREG LACOUR, The Charolotte Observer This morning was downright cool in the Charlotte region — cool enough to break a record that had stood for more than a century.The temperature…
What a difference 20 years makes
Recently, Dr. James Hansen of NASA GISS gave his 20 year anniversary speech before congress, in which he was restating the urgency of the global warming crisis we now face.…
Northwest Passage: still impassable
impassable im·pass·a·ble [im-pas-uh-buhl] –adjective 1. not passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.: Heavy snow made the roads impassable. 2. unable to be surmounted: an impassable obstacle to further…
UAH Global Temperatures, June 2008 still low "unofficially"
While the official number for June 2008 global temperature anomaly from UAH is not out yet, Steve McIntyre at Climate Audit reports it to be -0.114 for the global number.…
Winter in the high Rockies finally gets plowed
From the International Herald Tribune, a reminder of just what a significant winter we’ve had. “So much snow still remains that the Park Service had to move the 75th-anniversary celebration…
Hansen Poll Results and the Backup Poll
As many readers know, I started a poll last week regarding Dr. Jim Hansen’s statement that energy company executives “be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature”.…
Sydney's historic weather station: 150 meters makes all the difference
Here is an interesting story about the weather station in Sydney at the Astronomical Observatory (well sort of, it got bumped off). It seems the astronomers and meteorologists at the…
And The Winner Is: Climate Catastrophe by a Landslide
Remember the gawd-awful movie The Day After Tomorrow from 2004? Gore used footage from the movie in his now bullet hole riddled An Inconvenient Truth for “dramatic effect”. In an odd…
Thanks again to all my readers – another record month
Above is the raw, unadjusted numbers from WordPress for Watts Up With That? for the month of June 2008 reflecting the total page views. I routinely find WUWT in the…
Who's Adjusting the Climate in Tucumcari: Cows, Canals, or Hansen?
On Sunday I posted about the USHCN climate station of record in Tucumcari, NM highlighting its positive points since it has all the hallmarks of a well sited station with…
Reader Poll: James Hansen calls for trials of energy executives, what next?
BUMPED for visibility. Originally published on 6/24. Bumped on 6/28 and again on 6/30 This poll will gauge reader perception to the issue that Dr. Hansen of NASA has recently raised…
What a great USHCN station looks like: Tucumcari
I’ve spent a lot of time on this blog showing how badly maintained and situated the stations in the USHCN network are. And rightly so, the majority of them have…
Astronomical Society of Australia publishes new paper warning of solar quieting and global cooling
A new paper published by the Astronomical Society of Australia titled: Does a Spin–Orbit Coupling Between the Sun and the Jovian Planets Govern the Solar Cycle? contains a warning about…
Sun: Still quiet, over two months since a cycle 24 spot seen
Its all quiet on the solar front. Too quiet. It has now been almost 2 and a half months since the last counted cycle 24 sunspot has been seen on…
Coloring the Models: Climate Change through Color Change
NOTE: Mike alerted me in comments about this article he wrote along the lines of my story on Color and Temperature: Perception is everything. I thought this would be good…
Algal Fuels and Massive Scales
Guest post by John Goetz I keep an active watch of the news for progress being made in the areas of renewable and alternative energy sources. One area that has…
Color and Temperature: Perception is everything
Recently I had some of my readers comment that they thought that The Weather Channel and USA Today (which uses TWC graphics) temperature maps seemed to look “hotter”. They suspected…
Kroger nixes global warming "policy"
Question: Why does a major grocery store chain need a “comprehensive policy addressing climate change”? Answer: They don’t. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that one of the nations oldest and largest grocery…
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