Little Feedback on Climate Feedbacks in the City by the Bay by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) here in San Francisco…
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News on the new Non Scientist – Updated: now with bullying
Jo Nova has launched a new publication, inspired today by their latest article. Read on. You might think journalists at a popular science magazine would be able to investigate and…
Climategate reaches the British House of Lords
There is the issue of the science, which I had previously taken as given; but many people’s faith is being tested. We are often told that the science is settled.…
A devastating response to "There's nothing to see here, move along"
Guest post by John A The usual armwaving denial that we should not trust our own lying eyes was delivered by a Harvard Professor in the Boston Globe: James McCarthy,…
Spencer: Top 10 Annoyances in the Climate Change Debate
From Dr. Roy Spencer’s blog (with WUWT apologies to Roy and Wayne and Garth) My Top 10 Annoyances in the Climate Change Debate by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Well,…
McIntyre and Lindzen to appear on Finnish TV documentary – transcript
Transcript in English from the TV network website here (h/t to Goran Frojdh) MOT: Climate catastrophe cancelled Finnish Broadcasting Co. YLE, TV1, Nov 11th 2009 at 8.00 pm. Voiceover (VO),…
The climate engine
Guest post by Erl Happ What follows is a general theory of natural climate variation supported by observation of the changing temperature of the atmosphere and the sea between 1948…
Spencer: IPCC Crushes Scientific Objectivity
IPCC Crushes Scientific Objectivity, 91-0. By Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Unquestionably, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed to build the scientific case for humanity being…
Fixing the nitrogen cycle in climate modeling
From a press release of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Key new ingredient in climate model refines global predictions OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 9, 2009 — For the first time, climate…
Spotting the AGW fingerprint
Hotspots and Fingerprints By Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D., October 11th, 2009 It is claimed by the IPCC that there are ‘fingerprints’ associated with global warming which can be tied…
Spencer on finding a new climate sensitivity marker
The Search for a Short Term Marker of Long Term Climate Sensitivity By Dr. Roy Spencer. October 4th, 2009 [This is an update on research progress we have made into…
NASA powers up for the next UN IPCC
From NASA, new fossil fuel powered toys for the boys. Related: “Giant sucking sound” heard in Greenbelt, MD when the switch was thrown. Remember the day you got a brand-new…
Scafetta: New paper on TSI, surface temperature, and modeling
Nicola Scaffetta sent several people a copy of his latest paper today, which address the various solar TSI reconstructions such as from Lean and Rind 2008 and shows contrasts from…
How Sensitive is the Earth’s Climate?
Guest Post By Steve Fitzpatrick Introduction Projections of climate warming from global circulation models (GCM’s) are based on high sensitivity for the Earth’s climate to radiative forcing from well mixed…
CO2, Soot, Modeling and Climate Sensitivity
Warming Caused by Soot, Not CO2 From the Resilient Earth Submitted by Doug L. Hoffman on Wed, 07/15/2009 – 13:19 A new paper in Science reports that a careful study…
The Thermostat Hypothesis
Guest Essay by Willis Eschenbach Abstract The Thermostat Hypothesis is that tropical clouds and thunderstorms, along with other emergent phenomena like dust devils, tornadoes, and the El Nino/La Nina alteration,…
Limitations on Anthropogenic Global Warming
by Leonard Weinstein, ScD March 1, 2009 reposted from The Air Vent It is not obvious what the ideal temperature and CO2 level should be for mankind. We tend to…
The Global Warming Hypothesis and Ocean Heat
Guest Post By William DiPuccio Albert Einstein once said, “No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.” Einstein’s words express a foundational…
If You Can't Explain It, You Can't Model It
Guest Post by Steven Goddard Global Climate Models (GCM’s) are very complex computer models containing millions of lines of code, which attempt to model cosmic, atmospheric and oceanic processes that…
A short primer: The Greenhouse Effect Explained
Guest post by Steve Goddard There is a considerable amount of misinformation propagated about the greenhouse effect by people from both sides of the debate. The basic concepts are straightforward, as explained here. The…
James Hansen's Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic – Says Hansen 'Embarrassed NASA', 'Was Never Muzzled', & Models 'Useless'
UPDATE 1/28: Full text of Dr. Theon’s letter has been post on the Senate website and below. This is something I thought I’d never see. This press release today is…
Polar Sea Ice Changes are Having a Net Cooling Effect on the Climate
A guest post by Steven Goddard One of the most widely discussed climate feedbacks is the albedo effect of polar sea ice loss. Ice has a relatively high albedo (reflectance)…
Shocker: Huffington Post carries climate realist essay
Congratulations to Harold Ambler, who frequents here in comments, for breaking the climate “glass ceiling” at HuffPo. This essay is something I thought I’d never see there. Next stop: Daily…
NSIDC's Dr. Walt Meier answers reader questions on sea ice
From Steve Goddard: Thanks again to Dr. Meier from NSIDC for answering questions, and for offering to do a follow-up. From Anthony: Responses from Dr. Meier are in italics. I’ve…
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