From the guy who brought us CNN. Cannibals? Really? This is not helpful, Ted.
Climate Change
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G2 Weather Intelligence
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Ted Turner "Going Rogue" on Climate Change
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Hurricane Ida: Cat-in-a-Box or Flash-in-the-Pan?
8 Nov 2009 | 4:55 amBetter late than never for traders of CME hurricane futures -- it now appears likely that Hurricane Ida will pass through the region in the western Gulf known to traders as the "Cat-in-a-Box." Here's how this works: Traders or firms... -
USA Today Weather Page: "Just another example of the homo-meteorological agenda"
7 Nov 2009 | 5:28 amSteven Colbert on the "leanings" of the USA Today meteorological team: "Sadly enough, even the weather page is in a state of moral decay. What’s wrong with Red, White, and Blue USA Today? This rainbow weather map is just another... -
Al Gore Raw: "We're all going to die, aren't we?"
7 Nov 2009 | 4:31 amSee below: Al Gore flogging his new book on The Daily Show. Love him or hate him, he is truly the Pied Piper of the global warming movement. Always interesting to watch ... The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon -... -
The Big Drill
3 Nov 2009 | 4:35 amInteresting overview of research into past climates from my friends at Climate Central. NEEM Ice Drilling Project from Climate Central on Vimeo.
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350.org - Movement Dispatches and Climate News
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Lighting a candle for hope - Will you start a 'Vigil for Survival'?
21 Nov 2009 | 3:51 pmSince the Oct 24th Global Day of Action, we've been gearing up with partners and laying the groundwork to build a strong, lasting movement and figure out what's next on the road to Copenhagen and beyond. Well, we're ready to share more of what we've been up to -- especially in light of recent news. Below is the latest invitation we just sent to our entire list: Dear friends, Usually we write you with good news. This time it's much more mixed. Earlier this week Barack Obama and the leaders of some other large nations announced that they weren't going to reach any kind of legally binding… -
Video from Dar Es Salaam
20 Nov 2009 | 10:31 amI just came across this short video from an October 24 action organized on the beach in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. I love it because it shows a creative way to get the 350 message across and proves that there is no need for fancy (or expensive) banners and signs: all you need is sand and some sea weed! Check out the video and a description of the day from event organizer Marc Wegerif: After recovering from the cycle ride it was time to head to Coco Beach. It was still intermittently pouring, which along with the dark clouds made it one of the worst beach days of the year… -
Brand New 350 Tune
19 Nov 2009 | 6:23 pmWith Copenhagen right around the corner, we're happy to announce a new 350 tune, sent to us from the band Million Dollar Nile. The group has put their song into a video with a lot of my favorite photos from the 24th. Check it out: -
African organizers deliver climate action photos
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Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed's Survival Speech
19 Nov 2009 | 3:01 amLast week we were moved by a powerful speech delivered by Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed at the Climate Vulnerable Forum that he hosted in the Maldives. It became quite clear, quite quickly that others were as moved and inspired as we were. Many were asking to see the video version, and today we're happy to say it is now available. Watch President Nasheed deliver this great speech below, and please be sure to sign the "survival pact" in solidarity with President Nasheed and all vulnerable countries and peoples today here: www.350.org/survival (Higher quality…
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Watts Up With That
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Mike’s Nature Trick
20 Nov 2009 | 2:07 pmThis is a mirrored post from ClimateAudit.org which is terribly overloaded. Mike’s Nature trick by Jean S on November 20th, 2009 So far one of the most circulated e-mails from the CRU hack is the following from Phil Jones to the original hockey stick authors – Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley, and Malcolm Hughes. From: Phil Jones To: ray bradley ,mann@xxxxx.xxx, mhughes@xxxx.xxx Subject: Diagram for WMO Statement Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:31:15 +0000 Cc: k.briffa@xxx.xx.xx,t.osborn@xxxx.xxx Dear Ray, Mike and Malcolm, Once Tim’s got a diagram here we’ll send that either later today… -
Der Spiegel Online: stagnating temperatures a puzzle
20 Nov 2009 | 12:02 amStagnating Temperatures Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out By Gerald Traufetter ddp Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents. At least the weather in Copenhagen is likely to be cooperating. The Danish Meteorological Institute predicts that temperatures in December, when the city will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference, will be one degree above the long-term… -
Breaking News Story: CRU has apparently been hacked – hundreds of files released
19 Nov 2009 | 1:32 pmUPDATE: Response from CRU in interview with another website, see end of this post. The details on this are still sketchy, we’ll probably never know what went on. But it appears that University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit has been hacked and many many files have been released by the hacker or person unknown. UPDATED: Original image was for Met Office – corrected This image source: www.cru.uea.ac.uk I’m currently traveling and writing this from an airport, but here is what I know so far: An unknown person put postings on some climate skeptic websites that advertised… -
NOAA: new ocean database spans to 1800
19 Nov 2009 | 12:13 pmBill Illis and Bob Tisdale will likely make use of this. h/t to WUWT reader Chris D. NOAA Releases Expanded World Ocean Database Large wave breaking over bow of NOAA ship. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA today released the World Ocean Database 2009, the largest, most comprehensive collection of scientific information about the oceans with records dating as far back as 1800. This product is part of the climate services provided by NOAA. The 2009 database, updated from the 2005 edition, is significantly larger providing approximately 9.1 million temperature profiles and 3.5 million salinity… -
The Climate Skeptics Party launch 4 television ads in Australia
19 Nov 2009 | 6:35 amThis is likely to cause a bit of a stir. Michael from the Climate Skeptics Party in Australia writes in Tips and Notes: The TCS ad campaign hit the airwaves last night in Australia. I thought you might be interested and post them on your website. Here are the other TV advertisements: Kind Regards Michael The Climate Sceptics Policy and Media Unit Townsville Qld email: climatesceptics.policy.media@gmail.com website: http://www.climatesceptics.com.au
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Accuweather.com: Global Warming
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Speak Your Mind
20 Nov 2009 | 5:01 amOpen forum on climate change today. Feel free to speak your mind on anything that is related to the science of climate change or policies. Keep in mind, name calling and obscenities will not be tolerated. The floor is yours today! ----------------- Update Joe Bastardi just gave me a heads up about this story. Supposedly, the Climate Research Unit (CRU) was hacked and many files/emails were released. I will stop there for now, since there are still a number of unanswered questions in regards to what was released and whether some of the emails are legit. We will not be posting any of the emails… -
Mini Ice Ages can happen Fast!
19 Nov 2009 | 5:29 amMini-ice ages can happen fast. Maybe not as extreme as a recent Hollywood movie, but close enough, according to new research. A slowdown of the Gulf Stream led to a sudden "Big Freeze" across Europe about 12,800 years ago. This event was known as the Younger Dryas Mini Ice Age. Climate changes associated with the Younger Dryas, highlighted here by the light blue bar, include (from top to bottom): cooling and decreased snow accumulation in Greenland, cooling in the tropical Cariaco Basin, and warming in Antarctica. Also shown is the flux of meltwater from the Laurentide Ice Sheet down the St. -
Greenland Ice Sheet Losing Mass at an Accelerating Rate
18 Nov 2009 | 11:32 amThe Greenland Ice Sheet is losing mass at an accelerating rate, according to the University of Bristol study which used satellite observations and a regional atmospheric model to come to the conclusion. Greenland from above. Image courtesy of NASA. During the period from 2006 to 2008, the ice sheet experienced an accelerated mass loss to 273 Gt per year (1 Gt is the mass of 1 cubic kilometer of water). This is equivalent to 0.75 mm of global sea level rise per year, according to the EurekAlert article. The combination between increased iceberg production, driven by acceleration of Greenland's… -
No Surprise, GISS says October was Relatively Warm
17 Nov 2009 | 5:05 amThe Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has just released their combined, global land(actual surface stations)/ocean temperature anomaly data for October 2009. To no surprise, the month was warmer than normal, with a global temperature anomaly of +0.66 C or +1.19 F. The last time GISS had a global land/ocean temperature anomaly that was colder than normal was back in February of 1994. Satellite measurements of the lower troposphere that I recently blogged about put October 2009 at +.28 C or +.50 F. Keep in mind, the satellite record only goes back to 1979, while GISS goes back to 1880. -
Ratio between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of CO2 basically constant since 1850
16 Nov 2009 | 4:27 amA new study from the University of Bristol suggests that terrestrial ecosystems and the oceans have a much greater capacity to absorb CO2 than had been previously expected. Popular, scientific opinion has been stating that the capacity of terrestrial ecosystems and the oceans to absorb CO2 should start to diminish as CO2 emissions increase, letting greenhouse gas levels skyrocket. The research, which is based on measurements and statistical data, not complex climate models, show that the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of carbon dioxide has stayed approximately constant…
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Google News: Climate Change
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Hacked E-Mails Fuel Climate Change Skeptics - New York Times
20 Nov 2009 | 2:33 pmTreehuggerHacked E-Mails Fuel Climate Change SkepticsNew York Times a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change. Climate Change Skeptics Pounce On E-Mails Hackers Got From UK Scientists' FilesNPRLies About Climate Change Emerge After Research Center is HackedHabledash (satire) (blog)This climate email-hacking episode is generating more heat than lightguardian.co.ukBBC News -InTheNews.co.uk -New Scientistall 83 news articles » -
Al Gore fuels climate change skeptics with cover of new book - Examiner.com
20 Nov 2009 | 2:22 pmKOMO NewsAl Gore fuels climate change skeptics with cover of new bookExaminer.comFormer vice president Al Gore has always been one of the more divisive figures in the debate about manmade climate change. As one of the most visible people Gore says supercomputing can be killer app in climate changeComputerworldSliding backward on climate changeHillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comAl Gore: Supercomputers can reverse climate changeNetworkWorld.comMiddle East North Africa Financial Network -Socialist Alternative -Seattle Timesall 77 news articles » -
Educating on climate change - Newberg Graphic
20 Nov 2009 | 1:24 pmCBC.caEducating on climate changeNewberg GraphicStudents and professors took the streets to bring awareness to climate change during the International Day of Climate Action. With some polls suggesting Top UN Scientist Laments US Pace on Climate ActionsNew York TimesU.N. climate chief says deal hinges on more ambition from richReutersObama has failed the world on climate changeTehran TimesHigh Plains Journal -John Birch Society -United Press Internationalall 179 news articles » -
Women Will Be Hit Hardest By Climate Change - UN Dispatch
20 Nov 2009 | 11:23 amGhana Broadcasting CorporationWomen Will Be Hit Hardest By Climate ChangeUN DispatchThose same billion people will also bear the brunt of climate change. Those people tend to be farmers, and they tend to be women. The UN Population Fund has Copenhagen Climate Change summit: do businesses need to be there?Telegraph.co.ukMinister urges family planning to help climate changeThe Copenhagen PostThe gendered face of climate changeLivemintThanh Nien Daily -ISRIA -Daily Timesall 377 news articles » -
Climate change denial MEP attacks church - guardian.co.uk
20 Nov 2009 | 7:11 amguardian.co.ukClimate change denial MEP attacks churchguardian.co.ukReferring approvingly to the work of another writer who said bishops were spending more time "preaching climate change than the gospel of salvation", Scientific scandal appears to rock climate change promotersAmerican ThinkerUK Consumers Least Worried About Climate Change, Says Global SurveyPR Web (press release)Cumbria floods: there's more where that came fromTelegraph.co.ukThe DePauwall 16 news articles »
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Climate Audit
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CRU Correspondence
19 Nov 2009 | 8:11 pmWords fail me. CA is VERY slow right now, but WUWT, Jeff Id and Lucia are all less affected. Tom Fuller picked up the story here www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Hadley-CRU-hacked-with-release-of-hundreds-of-docs-and-emails. -
WSJ Europe
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Salzer et al 2009 - A First Look
17 Nov 2009 | 9:29 pmSalzer, Hughes et al (PNAS 2009) is in the news. It reports that "unprecedented" high-altitude bristlecone growth, citing increased growth at Sheep Mountain, Mount Washington and Pearl Peak, but especially Sheep Mountain. pdf PNAS SI Salzer SI CA readers are obviously familiar not just with bristlecones, but with Sheep Mountain. As pointed out in [...]
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ScienceDaily: Earth & Climate News
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Frog legs trade may facilitate spread of pathogens
20 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pmMost countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in France, Belgium and the United States. Scientists have found that this trade is a potential carrier of pathogens deadly to amphibians. -
Why Israeli rodents are more cautious than Jordanian ones
20 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pmRodent, reptile and ant lion species behave differently on either side of the Israel-Jordan border. Researchers found that Israeli gerbils are more cautious than their Jordanian friends, and the funnel-digging ant lion population in Israel is unmistakably larger than in Jordan. -
Braking news: Particles from car brakes harm lung cells
20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pmReal-life particles released by car brake pads can harm lung cells in vitro. Researchers found that heavy braking, as in an emergency stop, caused the most damage, but normal breaking and even close proximity to a disengaged brake resulted in potentially dangerous cellular stress. -
Spotting evidence of directed percolation
20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pmConvincing experimental evidence has finally been found for directed percolation, a phenomenon that turns up in computer models of the ways diseases spread through a population or how water soaks through loose soil. -
After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape
20 Nov 2009 | 11:00 amRoughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals -- including such iconic creatures as mammoths, mastodons, camels, horses, ground sloths and giant beavers -- began their precipitous slide to extinction.
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Google Blog Search: Climate Change
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Top 25 Reasons To Care About Climate Change
20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pmFor some people, climate change is a tough cause to rally 'round--even those who understand that it's happening and that it's human-caused get distracted by things like eating, working, having sex, watching TV, or watching people on TV ... -
Climate Change Fraud - NY Times: Hacked E-mails Fuel Climate ...
20 Nov 2009 | 2:41 pmHundreds of private e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to. -
Climate Change Fraud - Because the debate is not over
20 Nov 2009 | 2:05 pmFormer vice president Al Gore has always been one of the more divisive figures in the debate about manmade climate change. As one of the most visible people sounding the alarm on climate change, he is. -
Global Climate Change Hoax: The Greatest Fraud in Human History ...
20 Nov 2009 | 1:39 pmMany of us have exposed the hoax of climate change as revealed by legitimate, responsible scientists for years, but still the elites rob us blind and torment us with legislation, regulation on "the greatest threat facing humanity" ... -
CLIMATE CHANGE-THAILAND: Bangkok: A Future Filled with Floods ...
20 Nov 2009 | 10:06 amThe latest report of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), 'Mega-Stress for Mega Cities', placed Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta at the head of its ranking as vulnerable to climate change. ”Climate change is already shattering cities across ...
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Climate Sanity
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Comparing the Interstate Highway System to Scientific American’s “A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030″
14 Nov 2009 | 5:41 pmIn the November, 2009 issue of Scientific American, Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi propose a plan to supply the world’s energy needs entirely by solar, wind and water sources by 2030. They conclude that the cost would be $100 trillion. My calculations show the cost to be more like $200 trillion. This post dissects their comparison between the construction of the Interstate Highway System and their Energy system. Cost Interstate Highway System (2009 dollars): $0.453 trillion Jacobson’s and Delucchi’s Energy system (2009 dollars): $200 trillion Jacobson and Delucchi… -
Scientific American’s “A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030:” the Cost
12 Nov 2009 | 11:29 pmThe cover story of the November issue of Scientific American, A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030,” by Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi promises a path to a “sustainable future” for the whole world in just 20 years. They define “sustainable” as a world where all energy sources are derived from water, wind and solar. Nuclear need not apply. The article had a few words about the cost, but much was left out. Jacobson and Delucchi conclude that their grand plan will cost about $100 trillion dollars. I found this ridiculously large sum to be too low! … -
Cap-and-Trade: A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.
31 Oct 2009 | 10:27 amMuch has already been written about the recent Pew Research Center Poll on American attitudes on global warming. It has been widely reported that there has been a large drop in the number of Americans who believe that humans are largely responsible for global warming. Less reported, but more important, are American’s attitudes toward cap-and-trade. Here are the Pew numbers… American attitudes toward Cap and Trade, from Pew. The three columns on the left are for those who are well-informed, know a little bit, and know nothing about tap-and-trade. The thing that should… -
Bad professors, BAD. The truth about “Eat the Dog”
23 Oct 2009 | 12:01 amGuest post from Cocoa the dog I am told humans are smart, but sometimes I wonder. I was born back in ‘02, and I have learned a trick or two in my 49 years. But this old dog will never play the kind of trick that Brenda and Robert Vale are playing. They are off by a factor of 20 when comparing the energy to power an SUV with the energy to power a dog. Brenda and Robert Vale are professors at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. They are either complete mathematical boneheads, or they have simply realized that in today’s world there is no limit to the… -
Twelve Years of Global Warming
20 Oct 2009 | 10:21 pmClick on image to enlarge. 1. Atmospheric CO2 levels in parts per million (ppm). Data is from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/co2_data_mlo.html 2. Global Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE). Data is from Florida State University http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/~maue/tropical/ Data has been smoothed with a one year FWHM Gaussian Filter. 3. Sea Level Rise Rate (mm/year) Original data is from the University of Colorado. http://sealevel.colorado.edu/results.php This graph is the time derivative of the original sea level data after it was smoothed…
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Climate Skeptic
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The Real Hockey Stick
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Climate Pentagon Papers
20 Nov 2009 | 7:43 amAn interesting development you have probably seen at other climate sites already (I am pretty conservative about posting this stuff), apparently someone may have hacked the servers at the Hadley Center in the UK and copied a bunch of data and emails and dropped it into the public realm (via links in a number of site’s comment sections). I downloaded the file but have not checked it out. It is unclear if this is real or a skeptic spoof or even an alarmist-set trap, though initial reactions from the Hadley Center seem to point to it being real. The ethics of the folks who grabbed… -
Climate Presentation Slides
17 Nov 2009 | 8:31 pmThese are the Powerpoint slides for my Nov. 10 presentation in Phoenix. The slides are available for download at this link (9.9MB): Download ppt A pdf file of the presentation is here (2.7MB): Download pdf You can also view a Google docs version of the presentation below, though a bit of the formatting gets screwed up in the translation: Climate Presentation, online viewer Sign up here to be notified when I post the video -
Bummer. I Didn’t Make the List
11 Nov 2009 | 10:07 amFrom Grist: James Inhofe. Marc Morano. Richard Lindzen. Bjørn Lomborg. George W. Bush. Names of shame, ignominy, criminals against humanity, against planet Earth itself. Agents of the lethal delays in our response to escalating, accelerating, catastrophic global warming. -
Thanks
11 Nov 2009 | 8:12 amWe had a really good crowd out last night for my lecture. I am currently working on publishing the video and the slides. I am going to destroy the email list for this lecture, but before I do so I am going to send everyone a link to the slides and video when I get them posted. If you would like to be notified when these are up, you may join the email list here.
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Journey to the Sinking Lands
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On the road again
17 Nov 2009 | 9:32 amI’ve been asked to go on tour by the Royal Geographical Society, talking about the Carterets trip as part of their regional lecture series next year. I’ll post more details when I get them but, until then, these are the dates I have so far: February 25, 2010. Stamford Arts Centre, Lincolnshire. March 30, 2010. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. May 6, 2010. The Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton. -
World Service
13 Oct 2009 | 1:38 amA version of the Journey of a Lifetime doco has been broadcast on the BBC World Service. I missed it (though with any luck some of the those I met in Papua New Guinea did not), but you can catch it here. -
Sounds of the islands
12 Oct 2009 | 6:52 amI’ve gone through the recordings I made while living on the Carterets islands and picked out a few to listen to here. They say the pictures are better on radio, and I agree: In church, on Sunday morning Walking through the food gardens with John Sailik and Ruth Marcella A school assembly Talking to Selina Bill A procession to celebrate the Virgin Mary Walking into the sea Note; the links above take you to the excellent archive.org. I haven’t been able to work out how to get them to open in a separate window, so any suggestions would be gratefully received. -
Big in Shrewsbury
8 Oct 2009 | 8:44 amThis is it, the big time. I’ve been interviewed by BBC Radio Shropshire about the Carterets and the broadcast is going out tonight. All of you within the county borders and in search of a little entertainment this evening, expect it anytime before six pm tonight. Seriously, it’s a privilege to be able to talk about the Carterets to any and every audience. The first of the two talks I’m giving to the Royal Geographical Society went well this week – or at least they haven’t said I can’t come back to give the second one. I was also asked to speak at the… -
An argument
16 Sep 2009 | 4:25 amI’m pulling together a talk I’m due to give to the Royal Geographical Society about the Carterets journey. I’m speaking twice, firstly to the Society’s City branch on October 6 and secondly at the RGS itself, on December 14. It’s proven to be a good opportunity to finally tie together some of the loose ideas I’ve been thinking about since before I left for the islands in April. At the time, I remember thinking there was something there, but couldn’t quite form it as a finished idea in my mind. My basic thinking goes link this (I hope to come back with more scientific data to…
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The Island of Doubt
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The hacked climate science email scandal that wasn't
20 Nov 2009 | 11:51 amMuch is being made by those who really, really believe that there's a global conspiracy among climatologists of the emails and other documents stolen from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit. According to such bloggers, thousands of "embarrassing" pieces of correspondence between some of the leading climate researchers in the world now lay bare the scheme to mislead humanity about the nature of climate change. I downloaded the 62 MB file and took a quick look at a random selection of what are mostly dull little missives bereft of the context required to understand them in… -
The ultimate anti-tar sands message
20 Nov 2009 | 7:58 amI promise to get back to substantive blogging shortly, but in the meantime, if you've got three minutes to tear yourself away from coverage of Sarah Palin's book: Scientifically sound? Not the words I would use, but not too far off the mark, either. Hyperbolic? Yes. Offensive? To some. Provocative? Absolutely. Greenpeace and the Agit-Pop gang know how to grab your attention. If, that is, you already care about preserving what's left of the planet's ability to host civilization as we know it. Read the comments on this post... -
Canada learns to love global warming
18 Nov 2009 | 6:15 amToo precious not to pass along: Canadian Tourism Federation Welcome Video from Canadian Tourism Federation on Vimeo. In case there's any doubt. There is no "Canadian Tourism Federation." Read the comments on this post... -
Record high and low temps: An interesting trend
12 Nov 2009 | 7:52 amA fascinating paper about to be published in Geophysical Review Letters compares the number of record highs and lows at temperature stations across the U.S. since the 1940s. The authors found that we're getting more record highs and fewer record lows, in a pattern that yet again confirms that climatologists know what they're talking about. They also extrapolate that trend into the future, with some interesting results, but first let's deal with the past. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... -
George Will gets something right
10 Nov 2009 | 6:36 amIn an otherwise typically error-dominated Newsweek column, George F. Will spelled "minuscule" correctly. So I don't want to read any complaints that Will gets everything wrong each time he writes about climate change. Of course, that doesn't mean we can't correct his myriad other mistakes. Here's one paragraph, with some necessary edits, just to get us started. There is much an unremarkable level of debate about the reasons for, and the importance of, the fact that global warming has not increased continued for that long [11 years]. What we know is that computer models did not did predict…
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Climate Feedback
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CRU data hack
20 Nov 2009 | 10:33 amEveryone's talking about the CRU data hack. Quirin Schiermeier reports on Nature News: One of Britain's leading climate-research centres has had more than 1,000 files stolen from its computers and republished on the Internet. The cyber-attack is apparently aimed at damaging the reputations of prominent climate scientists. The full story is here: -
Countdown to Copenhagen
20 Nov 2009 | 9:42 amKeith Kloor While many are feeling pessimistic about the prospects for a deal at Copenhagen, Geoffrey Lean at Grist believes the big climate summit still has a pulse. He reports that “environment ministers from 40 key countries—assembled this week for a two-day preparatory meeting in Copenhagen—made good progress towards a political agreement.” Lean doesn’t deny that the odds for success are still long. But the game is by no means over, he writes: “It is all very difficult. But there is a chance that, with luck and skill, a climate-saving deal can be reached. And while far from… -
A force to fight global warming
19 Nov 2009 | 8:59 amOlive Heffernan This week's Nature [subscription required] is the third in a series of special issues celebrating the life of Charles Darwin. It focuses on the dire challenges to Earth's biodiversity — and finds some reason for hope. Among the numerous biodiversity-related contributions is an opinion piece by Will Turner of Conservation International with Michael Oppenheimer and David S. Wilcove of Princeton University. They argue that natural ecosystems offer some of our greatest tools in mitigating climate change and, as such, must be made a bulwark against climate change, rather than a… -
That (carbon) sinking feeling
18 Nov 2009 | 9:36 amDaniel Cressey; cross-posted from The Great Beyond The world’s carbon dioxide ‘sinks’ are not able to keep up with the amount of the greenhouse gas being produced, according to a paper published in Nature Geoscience. Reviewing the recent literature Corinne Le Quéré, of the University of East Anglia, and colleagues report that between 1959 and 2008 43% of each year’s carbon dioxide emissions have remained in the atmosphere with the rest being absorbed by land and ocean sinks. However in the last 50 years they suggest that the fraction remaining in the atmosphere has increased from… -
Countdown to Copenhagen
17 Nov 2009 | 1:05 pmKeith Kloor After world leaders announced over the weekend that no legally binding global warming treaty would be reached at the upcoming Copenhagen summit, the post mortems have started coming in fast and furious. Christian Schwägerl in Der Spiegel writes: “The U.S. is quite happy to see itself as the leader of the Western world. But when it comes to climate change, America has once again failed miserably -- for the umpteenth time.” Foreign Policy Magazine asks “Who killed Copenhagen?” and names President Obama as the top culprit, citing his lackluster leadership on climate change…
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Climate Change: Changing our World
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Rising CO2 could cause catastrophic sea level rise finds Antarctic study
19 Nov 2009 | 2:35 pmSea levels could rise by up to 20ft (6m) if the world fails to get pollution under control, according to the latest study in the Antarctic.19 Nov 2009 - The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) found that during past periods of high carbon dioxide, temperatures in Antarctica were up to 6C above current levels. This could cause a sea level rise of up six metres, threatening coastal cities like London, New York and San Francisco.It is the latest research to warn of the consequences of increased greenhouse gases on the Earth's climate. Yesterday a study warned that carbon dioxide produced by man is… -
Seychelles struggles to adapt to climate change in a losing battle
17 Nov 2009 | 4:06 amUNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- This season Jacques Matombehad to burn 14,300 U.S. dollars worth of pumpkin that he spent months growing on his farm in Seychelles. There was no other way to stop the disease spreading to his crop."It was out of control," he said, standing in a field of crispy pumpkin plants. "You have to burn it."Disease and pests have become a problem for Matombe and other locals who farm the Aseroyale Plateau on Mahe, Seychelles' main island. Once cool, trade winds are now warmer, fostering the right breeding grounds for disease.The change in temperature and unusual,… -
Poor nations vow low-carbon path
13 Nov 2009 | 2:47 amPoor countries considered vulnerable to climate change have pledged to embark on moves to a low-carbon future, and challenge richer states to match them.The declaration from the first meeting of a new 11-nation forum calls on rich countries to give 1.5% of their GDP for climate action in the developing world.It also calls for much tougher limits on greenhouse gas emissions.The forum was established by Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed to highlight the climate "threat" to poor nations.The declaration contends that man-made climate change poses an "existential threat to our nations, our… -
THE COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE ON FOOD SECURITY
10 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pmFor the 193 national delegations gathering in Copenhagen for the U.N. Climate Change Conference in December, the reasons for concern about climate change vary widely. For delegations from low-lying island countries, the principal concern is rising sea level. For countries in southern Europe, climate change means less rainfall and more drought. For countries of East Asia and the Caribbean, more powerful storms and storm surges are a growing worry. This climate change conference is about all these things, and many more, but in a very fundamental sense, it is a conference about food security. -
Vulnerable countries unite against climate change
9 Nov 2009 | 10:39 pmMaldives meeting a crucial step towards Copenhagen09 November 2009 - In Copenhagen in December, world leaders will have the chance to agree a global plan to fight climate change.The world’s most powerful nations will attend, but it is important that the meeting is not just about the interests of rich, developed countries.Representatives will also be present from the world’s poorest countries – including those that will be the worst affected by climate change over the next century.Floods, droughts, cyclones and other climate-related disasters are already being visited upon the developing…
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RealClimate
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The CRU hack
20 Nov 2009 | 9:51 amAs many of you will be aware, a large number of emails from the University of East Anglia webmail server were hacked recently (Despite some confusion generated by Anthony Watts, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Hadley Centre which is a completely separate institution). As people are also no doubt aware the breaking into of computers and releasing private information is illegal, and regardless of how they were obtained, posting private correspondence without permission is unethical. We therefore aren’t going to post any of the emails here. We were made aware of the existence of… -
A problem of multiplicity
20 Nov 2009 | 12:23 amOne thing a scientist doesn’t want to mess up is the problem of multiplicity (also known as ‘field significance‘). It’s just like rolling a die 600 times, and then getting excited about getting roughly 100 sixes. However, sometimes it’s much more subtle than just rolling dice. This problem seems to be an issue in a recent by paper with the title ‘Evidence for solar forcing in variability of temperatures and pressures in Europe‘ by Le Mouel et al. (2009) in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. In this study, a range of different… -
A Treeline Story
17 Nov 2009 | 12:03 pmSome of the highest growing trees in the world are also the oldest—bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) from the Great Basin in the western United States (eastern California, Nevada and Utah). The oldest example is more than 4800 years old. Because of their longevity and growth at high elevations (where the growth of trees is generally known to be limited by temperature) bristlecone pines have been of particular interest to dendroclimatologists (paleoclimatologists who study tree rings to reconstruct past climate). Numerous ecological studies carried out at treeline sites all over the world… -
It’s all about me (thane)!
11 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pmWell, it’s not really all about me. But methane has figured strongly in a couple of stories recently and gets an apparently-larger-than-before shout-out in Al Gore’s new book as well. Since a part of the recent discussion is based on a paper I co-authored in Science, it is probably incumbent on me to provide a little context. First off, these latest results are being strongly misrepresented in certain quarters. It should be obvious, but still bears emphasizing, that redistributing the historic forcings between various short-lived species and CH4 is mainly an accounting exercise… -
Muddying the peer-reviewed literature
11 Nov 2009 | 8:21 pmWe’ve often discussed the how’s and why’s of correcting incorrect information that is occasionally found in the peer-reviewed literature. There are multiple recent instances of heavily-promoted papers that contained fundamental flaws that were addressed both on blogs and in submitted comments or follow-up papers (e.g. McLean et al, Douglass et al., Schwartz). Each of those wasted a huge amount of everyone’s time, though there is usually some (small) payoff in terms of a clearer statement of the problems and lessons for subsequent work. However, in each of those cases,…
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the Air Vent
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What’s to say
20 Nov 2009 | 3:52 amThese emails are amazing. Look at how they collude to eliminate people they don’t agree with. Mike, This is truly awful. GRL has gone downhill rapidly in recent years. I think the decline began before Saiers. I have had some unhelpful dealings with him recently with regard to a paper Sarah and I have on glaciers — it was well received by the referees, and so is in the publication pipeline. However, I got the impression that Saiers was trying to keep it from being published. Proving bad behavior here is very difficult. If you think that Saiers is in the greenhouse skeptics camp,… -
No Consensus
20 Nov 2009 | 12:47 amNow again, this was spread on multiple sites before it could be contained. I took the link down the moment it became apparent what it was. In the meantime, it spread like CO2 spewing from an evil IC engine’s exhaust. Now that it’s everywhere, there are some incredible quotes and emails which should be and will be addressed. Below is one, allegedly from someone called Phil. Now I started this blog venting about the obvious politics of the IPCC and the control that scientists apparently had over skeptic publications. These emails have been incredibly revealing. We who are skeptical… -
Ok it’s blown wide open
19 Nov 2009 | 5:38 pmI’ve been advised that I don’t need to hide the link. Since this is already being downloaded everywhere, check out the comment at this post: FOIA said November 17, 2009 at 9:57 pm e We feel that climate science is, in the current situation, too important to be kept under wraps. We hereby release a random selection of correspondence, code, and documents. Hopefully it will give some insight into the science and the people behind it. ———————– It’s comment #10 – Open Letter On Climate Legislation -
Leaked FOIA files 62 mb of gold
19 Nov 2009 | 5:05 pmThis is the biggest news ever broken here. The first thing I have to say is that I have no connection to the source of these files. It was left as a link on my blog while I was hunting for cloaked deers (fruitlessly) in the Upper Penninsula. These files are real IMO but they cannot be one hundred percent verified as such. How can we be certain but IMO, real. They were potentially scraped from multiple computers in my opinion by a hacker or an insider involved in some of the endless FOIA requests. I’ll say this delicately – this person risked one f..k of a lot to show us this data. -
Crazy Quotes From Under the Science Cloak
19 Nov 2009 | 6:13 amOk, so the Air Vent stops posting for a few days and the world goes crazy. People really need to settle down but as predicted by your humble host, the rhetoric is ramping to unprecedented levels leading into Copenhagen. I wonder if rhetoric is what tree growth responds to? At least the scientists of this study waited until I was hunting apparently invisible deers in the Upper Peninsula to jump on this. The deers seem to have developed a unique cloaking technology, I hope the military is reading this. We should jump on it before it falls in the hands of the polar bears. Soon I have…
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Friday, 20th November 2009
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GEI Enters Into MSA With National Grid For Environmental Assessment And Remediation Activities In US
19 Nov 2009 | 12:53 amGEI Consultants, Inc. (GEI), a US-based environmental, geotechnical, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firm, has entered into a master services agreement (MSA) with National Grid plc (National Grid). National Grid chose GEI to provide environmental assessment and remediation activities at multiple sites within the company’s territory, including New England, New Jersey and New York. Many of the sites are former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites. -
IBM Establishes Center Of Excellence For Water Management In France
19 Nov 2009 | 12:34 amInternational Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has established a center of excellence for water management to use high performance computing to monitor and forecast the impact of climate change and severe weather conditions on water resources in France. One of the first projects slated for the center will be a collaborative effort by IBM and the ClusterEAU to explore projects for advanced water resources management. -
SHSU Receives Three Federal Patents For New Wastewater Treatment Technology
18 Nov 2009 | 11:24 pmSam Houston State University (SHSU), part of the Texas State University System, has received three federal patents to protect the technology and engineering associated with a new wastewater treatment system. The system is designed around a proprietary consortium of bacteria that have the capability to clean wastewater quickly with a high degree of efficiency and leave no toxic by-products. SHSU has formed a company to manufacture, market and sell the systems. Its first customer is the U.S. Army. -
Lineage Power Launches Efficient CAR2024FP Front End/Rectifier
18 Nov 2009 | 10:36 pmLineage Power Corporation (Lineage Power), a Gores Group company, has launched a 2000 watt (W) CAR2024FP front end intended for 24 volt (V) and 28V applications including cellular base stations, RF power amplifiers, industrial motors and relays, automated test equipment, and more. The new product introduced under the Lineage Power Total Efficiency architecture, the CAR2024FP can achieve 90% efficiency at 100% of load to meet and exceed application-orientated efficiency standards. -
Pennsylvania DEP Announces Lake Erie Region Cleanup That Clears Nearly 19,400 Pounds Of Trash
18 Nov 2009 | 10:07 pmThe Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced that during the seventh Pennsylvania-Lake Erie international coastal cleanup, 1,257 volunteers picked up 72,763 pieces of trash adding up to 19,395 pounds. The results of the September 19, 2009 regional cleanup were announced on November 19, 2009 at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. Students from seven Erie county schools participated in 2009’s cleanup.
