Archive for November 22nd, 2009

Simple Model Leaves Expensive Climate Models Cold

[Editor’s note: J. Scott Armstrong and Kesten C. Green, first time guest posters, are leading researchers in the field of forecasting. Scott Armstrong is a Professor at the Wharton School of

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Re: magnetic North Pole and climate change

"Climate Change and the Earth’s Magnetic Poles, A Possible Connection" [link] Energy & Environment: ’nuff sed

The CRU hack: Context

This is a continuation of the last thread which is getting a little unwieldy. The emails cover a 13 year period in which many things happened, and very few people are up to speed on some of the

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New Voices on Climate Change

Most television weather presenters have studiously avoided using their slots to discuss global warming. But that may be changing.

Posted at DotEarth

I read DotEarth; because there are so many comments, I rarely post comments. Today, I posted this in response to Raypierre’s letter. Hi Andy, Raypierre’s letter makes a few valid

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CRU Emails “may” be open to interpretation, but commented code by the programmer tells the real story

When the CRU emails first made it into news stories, there was immediate reaction from the head of CRU, Dr. Phil Jones over this passage in an email: From a yahoo.com news story: In one leaked

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Dr. Tim Ball

Wow. Exactly what we’ve been saying. Dr, Tim ball discussing the significance of the emails. Thanks to Anthony Watts again who is always on these things. Don’t miss this

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Video: Dr. Tim Ball on the CRU emails

From the Corbett Report: Retired climatologist Dr. Tim Ball was interviewed to discuss the significance of the recently leaked emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1821] [planet 3.0] magnetic North Pole and climate change

Time to . . . Ask Dr. Climate Science!

Rabett Run 2009-11-22 18:31:00

Something interesting comes this wayEd Darrell has found something interesting in the CRU Emails (Ed has a nice bathtub to wash in after wading in so you don’t have to)Sure enough, with just

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Real world consequences of global warming deceptions

The scientists whose emails and files were released to the outside world on Wednesday have been shown to be climate bullies and people who tried to game the scientific system to make sure their

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Real world consequences of global warming deceptions

The scientists whose emails and files were released to the outside world on Wednesday have been shown to be climate bullies and people who tried to game the scientific system to make sure their

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1820] [planet 3.0] magnetic North Pole and climate change

That’s a new one on me. What about the magnetic poles flipping? Since poles have flipped before, these must be driving the cooling…er…warming!

Re: [Planet 3.0: 1819] [planet 3.0] magnetic North Pole and climate change

Sounds like something to add to John Cook’s list! It’s perhaps slightly related to the cosmic-ray question, in that Earth’s magnetic field diverts the lowest energy particles

Another Change, Neil Found this at Climate Audit

You have got to see this. I’ve looked at the comments in several code modules but he found the best one so far. Remember Phil Jones now famous denial of knowledge as to what he meant about

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Letters: We’ll protect protest in Copenhagen

A letter from several lobby groups (4 November) left the impression that proposed Danish legislation intends to reduce the rights of members of the public to protest openly. This is misleading.

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Countdown to Copenhagen: A change in the political climate on emissions

It hasn’t made massive headlines in Europe; in fact it’s hardly been noticed. But over the last fortnight, three big countries have made major new pledges to cut their emissions of

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A change in the political climate on emissions

It hasn’t made massive headlines in Europe; in fact it’s hardly been noticed. But over the last fortnight, three big countries have made major new pledges to cut their emissions of

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[planet 3.0] magnetic North Pole and climate change

A reader on my blog wants to know if the movement of the magnetic North Pole could be a climate forcing and/or responsible for the recent warming. I’m sure that NASA et al covered this

Curry: On the credibility of climate research

Judy Curry writes in as follows: (please comment here) Having been riveted for the last few days by posts in the blogosphere on the HADCRU hack and the increasing attention being given to this by

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Europe looks to lead green revolution

Chief executives from leading European industrial companies intend to expand into green areas beyond wind and solar power

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Newtongate: The final nail in the coffin of Renaissance and Enlightenment “thinking”

The blog Carbon Fixated has a must-read post that provides some perspective on the scandal du jour: If you own any shares in companies that produce reflecting telescopes, use differential and

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Re: whither P3.0?

I’ve asked Arthur to invite me. Until then, some ecology&evolution- framed food items for thought – What are the unfilled (or under-filled) niches in the climate

Time to do the Hard Work

Well the media isn’t going to get this done, emails need to be sent to every congressman in the US, other countries need to follow their own procedures. People need to contact their own

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Climate Scientists’ E-mails Hacked, Posted;So What Does it All Mean for the Climate?

A veritable flood of hundreds of e-mails surreptitiously released by a computer hacker from a famous climate change research facility has climate skeptics seeing, or hoping for, blood. It has

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1725] whither P3.0?

I finally received an "Invite" wave in my account – is there anybody who still needs a Google Wave invite? Send me the email address you want linked up (send to

Re: [Planet 3.0: 1815] Re: Hear me on CBC Radio’s The Current

After re-reading my email I realize that perhaps I came off way to harsh on Jim. I want to make it clear that I thought that Jim did an excellent job, but the format of the program didn’t

Lawrence Solomon: No, you don’t have it right at all

In her on-air dismemberment of the disingenuous National Post columnist Lawrence Solomon last week, Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the CBC radio show, The Current, asked Solomon this: “In your

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Calgary Foundation: Friends of the Friends of Science

friends of science.jpg Deep Climate, the foremost expert in all details of the Friends of Science (FOS), has a dandy post speculating on who has been financing the recent FOS radio

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In other UK news: “Rain like this happens once every 1,000 years”

A bunch of illegally hacked UK e-mails storm the anti-scientific side of the blogosphere at the same time as an uber-extreme weather event hits Britain.  I guess when it rains, it pours —

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