White House science advisor Holdren's climate slide show at Kavli

While Obama seems to be a non-starter on climate, John Holdren is out stumping for climate change issues. For those who wonder what we are up against, watching this slideshow…

A MUST READ: European climate, Alpine glaciers and Arctic ice in relation to North Atlantic SST record

In my opinion, this essay is a must read because it clearly illustrates correlation between ocean cycles to; Arctic ice loss and gain, glacier advance and retreat, and land surface…

Ecological Footprints – a good idea gone bad

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In “Another day, overshot to hell” Anthony Watts commented on the “Overshoot Day” promoted by Mathis Wackernagel and the Global Footprint Network (GFN). This is…

Polar Bears Survived the Ice Free Arctic

UPDATE BELOW: Peer reviewed science supports the title! By Steve Goddard In part two of Dr. Meier’s post , he mentioned : “Examination of several proxy records (e.g., sediment cores)…

Spencer on Pinatubo and climate sensitivity

Revisiting the Pinatubo Eruption as a Test of Climate Sensitivity By Roy W. Spencer, PhD. The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines on June 15, 1991 provided a natural…

Omaha schools pull Laurie David's AGW book citing "major factual error" and DiCaprio video "without merit".

Omaha.com reports on the school board that made this decision here. This book has been around since 2007. Since she’s married to Seinfeld producer Larry David, so it fits right…

Minority report: 50 year warming due to natural causes

Warming in Last 50 Years Predicted by Natural Climate Cycles by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. One of the main conclusions of the 2007 IPCC report was that the warming…

Spencer on climate sensitivity and solar irradiance

Updated: Low Climate Sensitivity Estimated from the 11-Year Cycle in Total Solar Irradiance By Dr. Roy W. Spencer NOTE: This has been revised since finding an error in my analysis,…

GISTEMP is High

By Steve Goddard Satellite data vs. normalised surface data during the 1998 El Niño A few days ago I discussed the amplification of satellite temperatures relative to surface data. And…

Scripps plans for saving the planet

From press release: Scripps researchers outline strategy to limit global warming Fulfilling Copenhagen Accord will require variety of efforts ranging from ‘Herculean’ to the readily actionable, scientists say Image: Fast-action…

My Thanks and Comments for Dr. Walt Meier

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach First, I would like to thank Dr. Meier of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) for answering the questions I had posed (and…

NSIDC's Walt Meier responds to Willis

I read Willis Eschenbach’s post last week on Trust and Mistrust where he posed several questions and challenged scientists to respond to the same questions. So, below is my take…

Paleo tagging past climate sensitivity

I find this paper (PDF) interesting, but it still does not address the temperature/CO2 800 year time lag seen in ice core records. h/t to Leif Svalgaard – Anthony Fossil…

Spencer: Natural variability unexplained in IPCC models

Evidence for Natural Climate Cycles in the IPCC Climate Models’ 20th Century Temperature Reconstructions by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. What can we learn from the IPCC climate models based…

NWF's winter weather wackiness

We’ve seen how the World Wildlife Fund reports were included in IPCC AR4 with disastrous results, now we have an example of a newspaper and TV Network hanging their entire…

Climate change: proposed personal briefing

A letter sent from: The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley 1 January 2010 His Excellency Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister, Commonwealth of Australia. Prime Minister, Climate change: proposed personal briefing Your…

Climate, Caution, and Precaution

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach One of the arguments frequently applied to the climate debate is that the “Precautionary Principle” requires that we take action to reduce CO2. However, this…

Lord Monckton reports on Pachauri's eye opening Copenhagen presentation

From The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley in Copenhagen In the Grand Ceremonial Hall of the University of Copenhagen, a splendid Nordic classical space overlooking the Church of our Lady in…

Jo Nova finds the Medieval Warm Period

From Jo Nova a look at how the MWP looks when other data is used, not just a few trees in Yamal. These maps and graphs make it clear just…

Reference: 450 skeptical peer reviewed papers

Andrew at Popular Technology has taken the time (quite a bit of it) to compile a list of papers that have skeptical views. It is reproduced in full here. My…

Spencer on Lindzen and Choi climate feedback paper

Some Comments on the Lindzen and Choi (2009) Feedback Study by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. I keep getting requests to comment on the recent GRL paper by Lindzen and…

Physicists send letter to Senate — Cite 160 scientists protest regarding APS climate position

Since I’m not legally allowed to show the American Physical Society logo (they complained last time) this will have to do: A GAGGLE IS NOT A CONSENSUS You have recently…

Minnesota Public Radio can't handle comments on climate change

Like Others Of Its Ilk, The Minnesota Public Radio Censors Comments On Its Climate Blog Guest Post by Bob Tisdale This morning while checking blogs with the phrase “sea surface…

The Midge Warm Period

No that’s not a typo. Midges have just helped define the MWP, despite the claims of “proof” yesterday. Another recent contradictory study to involving those pesky Chironomids. In this case,…

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