Catlin Artic Ice Survey bio telemetry status: "demonstrational"

After being called out by WUWT on the fake biotelemtery readings presented as “live” but were actually from March 8th looping repeatedly, Team Catlin had changed the website to say:…

WUWT Ice Survey Shows Thickening Arctic Ice

Guest post by Steven Goddard The WUWT Arctic Ice Thickness Survey has been conducted from the comfort of a warm living room over the last half hour, without sponsors, excessive…

Catlin Crew Officially Has Hypothermia (and Frostbite)

From the Catlin web site today – Hypothermia Posted by Gaby Dean Monday, 06 Apr 2009 15:58 In disadvantaged inner cities it’s known in medical circles as Urban Hypothermia.  GPs…

Catlin Expedition: Impaired Judgment?

Guest post by Steve Goddard Reading through the recent blog posts of the Catlin expedition, it has become apparent that they have made errors in judgment.  Team member Martin Hartley…

Admiration For The Catlin Explorers

Guest post by Steve Goddard Polar Bear On Thin Ice It is easy to become cynical about the motivations of some prominent figures in the global warming movement, but there…

Arctic Ice Thickness Measured From Buoys

Guest Post by Steven Goddard The Catlin Arctic Survey has generated quite a bit of discussion, more because of the difficulties they have faced than because of the scientific merit…

He’s Baaaaaaaccckkk! (Oy)

I received this email tip from reader Thomas Bakewell (HT, HT) who wrote: Pen Hadow, of the 2009 Caitlin Arctic Expedition is on the loose again! Here’s the link to the BBC story…

Another stupid polar publicity stunt – "Row To The Pole"

I thought when I saw the Catlin expedition and their faked biotelemetry on their website I had seen the epitome of stupid when it comes to polar publicity stunts. I…

Ice Station Ztupid

Well I’ve ignored the “new” Catlin Arctic survey as long as I can. Like last year, they’ve gone off the deep ends of the earth with wacky claims. Apparently the…

The Guardian Relocates The North Pole By 500km

By Steven Goddard The Catlin crew was picked up this week, after completing less than 50% of their planned journey to the North Pole and coming up about 500km short.…

Quote of the week #4

Image from WUWT reader “Boudu” This QOTW is from Pen Hadow, leader of the now farcical Catlin Arctic Ice Survey: “It’s never wise to imagine that either man or technology…

Global Warming and "The Early Spring"

Guest post by Steven Goddard Following up on the cold spring story from Friday, one of the favorite mantras of the global warming community has been that global warming brings…

Another shocked polar explorer

You may recall Lewis Pugh and his laughable “expedition” in Kayaks last summer to plant flags of nations on the ice. I came a little more respect for this group,…

“Earth’s Oxygen is Rapidly Running Out…” We’re Doomed!

Guest “not in a billion years” by David Middleton Earth’s Oxygen is Rapidly Running Out, Dropping Levels Will Eventually Suffocate Most Life on Planet MARCH 03, 2021, Buzz Staff Elon…

Scientists Discover Skyscraper-Sized Reef… In the Great Barrier Reef

Guest “How did they miss this?” by David Middleton PRESS RELEASE / OCTOBER 26, 2020 AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS DISCOVER 500 METER TALL CORAL REEF IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF–FIRST TO BE DISCOVERED IN…

Return to Earth

Guest post by Philip Mulholland and Stephen Wilde “No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of…

The Great Barrier Reef Is Apparently Indestructible… But Still Doomed

Guest post by David Middleton This gem was in my morning email from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in America… The Great Barrier Reef has had five…

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #311

Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project   THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President Adjusting Data: SEPP Chairman emeritus Fred Singer has an essay in…

Review and Summary of three Important Atmospheric Physics Papers

by Andy May Introduction In 2014, Dr. Michael Connolly and Dr. Ronan Connolly posted three important, non-peer reviewed papers on atmospheric physics on their web site. These papers can be…

Climate craziness of the week: Man to live on melting iceberg for one year to highlight climate change

By the way, the iceberg shown in the background of the photo from his video is a fake – done by CGI. That’s not a good way to start in…

Row to the Pole – "don't comment or reply to skeptics"

Gee, let’s not talk to the other people who think maybe, just maybe, this was a bad idea gone even badder? I had to laugh when I saw this on…

Now it's a Phytoplanktonic panic

Borrowing a phrase from NSIDC’s Dr. Mark Serreze, Phytoplankton are now apparently in a “Death Spiral”. See Death spiral of the oceans and the original press release about an article…

The List Goes On …. and On

By Steven Goddard, Surely the world must be coming to an end, preceded by the demise of Arctic Ice. Some of my current favorites are listed below.

The climate science elephant footprint in the room

Even though written from a biased perspective, with comments such as “raving from a fringe minority”, this article speaks clearly to things like the absurdity of the Catlin Artic Ice…