Archive for November 18th, 2009
While this article makes a strong case, looking at SST and CO2 can also be revealing: A review of this WUWT post might also be instructive: A look at human CO2 emissions -vs- ocean absorption From
Tags: Carbon dioxide, oceans, WUWT
Meteorologists vs. weathercasters: 45% of the survey sample were AMS CBM holders, which requires at least a BS degree; AMS and NWA seals to not.
I’ve seen this on several already: Pielke Sr.: [link] Climate Realists/CO2 Skeptics: [link] <[link]>WUWT: [link]
One of my favorite recents: *Life was brought here by extraterrestrials a long time ago, creating lifeforms through genetic engineering. This is the demystified view of creation as seen by
just an update re my "I don’t think Clark Hoyt works there anymore; got no reply…" – they’ve since replied, to say they don’t look at blog comment
Here is how not to do it: [link] I refer specifically to the response by Mike (Mann?) to comment #7. mt
Thomas Donohue, the United States Chamber of Commerce’s president, expressed hostility toward climate legislation, which led several businesses to resign in protest.
Companies involved in clean technology say their growth depends more on subsidies and tax breaks from national governments than on international agreements.
This story from the Australian Associated Press contains the usual scare-mongering from Ian Plimer: AAP November 19, 2009 01:36pm Australia will go broke and become the laughing stock of the world
Tags: Plimer
Denier Tony Hake has picked up on the BAMS survey of weathercasters "Dissent about climate change theory highlighted in survey of weathercasters" (and of course claiming it is
Here’s a direct link to the actual guide: [link] It’s at least got me making more effort to write my content in a more user-friendly fashion. It’s much easier parsing peer
[link] The title is "Climate Change: How to win hearts and minds" –pb ps maybe next it will be strategic hamlets? pps I haven’t actually read the article yet
Scientists have shown how plants can protect themselves against genetic damage caused by environmental stresses. The growing tips of plant roots and shoots have an in-built mechanism that, if it
I’ve gotten some real doozies over the years, I collect the highlights. This is one of my favs: "This is a load of biased codswallop that uses unproven science, why are you so keen
Hi everyone, Here’s a comment that violated my policy, but I found it so funny that I just had to share it here: "I’m happy for you, you’re site is impressive but climate
No honor among bloggersWhile Wm was doing his grumpy young man bit over at Stoat, grousing about the APS Climate Change Statement that it added nothing new, Arthur Smith has something interesting
Tags: Eli Rabett
I’m working on it. It’s debatable; mostly depends on your time scale. But I’ll go with 50 to be on the safe side. The 1962 amount of direct melt from "Humble" was
Oil has a higher efficiency tho, so must be less than coal.
More like 125 times in 100 years, according to RealClimate’s response to Freakos: [link] "In other words, by the time a hundred years have passed, the heat trapped each year from
So this droll item, apparently unveiled by Jay Leno, is making the rounds, which makes it a perfect opportunity for an exercise with large numbers.Let’s start with what we can glean about
s-fred-singer.jpg Climate skeptics are, not surprisingly, hitting the European speaking circuit in the weeks leading up to the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen. But what is surprising is
Tags: Al Gore, climate change denial, Copenhagen, fred singer, General, heartland climate conference, IPCC, nobel peace prize, ross mckitrick, S. Fred Singer
Can anyone help with the energy conversions here? This is clearly a calculation based purely on BTUs. What if they calculated the warming effect of the CO2 emissions? It’s about 300x,
Today is World Toilet Day. It may sound like a joke, but the lack of access to a safe toilet or clean water is responsible for 28% of child deaths worldwide, killing more children than HIV and
Tags: climate change, Copenhagen climate change conference 2009, Environment, Guardian, Letters, The Guardian, Water
Industrial revolution power house shakes off dirty image with high scores on recycling, green space and tackling climate change A city once wreathed in smoke and deafened by shipyard
Tags: Carbon emissions, climate change, Editorial, Environment, Ethical and green living, Guardian, guardian.co.uk, Pollution, Recycling, UK news
When I imagine the horrible effects of climate change, I think of icebergs shrinking in Antarctica. But last month, I travelled to tropical Peru to see a hidden side of a global crisis.
Tags: climate change
Guyana and Norway yesterday hailed a historic agreement that will see the Scandinavian country invest $250m (£150m) to preserve the rainforests of the Latin America nation. With world leaders
Tags: climate change
Revenge of the Climate Laymen Global warming’s most dangerous apostate speaks out about the state of climate change science. By ANNE JOLIS Barack Obama conceded over the
Tags: Climate News, WUWT
As people wonder if the Copenhagen conference will lead to any significant outcomes, the dramatic expansion of carbon-intensive infrastructure continues with little apparent worry about the effects