Archive for November 26th, 2009

A Death Spiral for Climate Alarmism, Redux?

Editor Note: In our ‘best of MasterResource’ weekend series, we are pleased to reprint the September 30th post by Ken Green in light of the stalemate of U.S. climate legislation for

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Climate Cover Up a top 5 bestselling science book in Canada

Amazon.ca has Climate Cover Up ranked in the top 5 bestselling science books in Canada right now! Not a bad start. And like I said, we’re just getting warmed up! Here’s a

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Climate Scientists and Preaching to the Choir

Climate scientists like preaching to the choir, but right now, perhaps they should consider the possibility that a little outreach would be in order. In normal times, Climate Audit has a large

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Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide

The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is being released. The Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for

China Joins U.S. in Pledge of Hard Targets on Emissions

President Obama and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will attend the Copenhagen climate talks and have pledged new greenhouse gas emission targets.

Sesame Street Science

In a never ending effort to help the media think, we must point out the detail of everything. Aren’t writers supposed to be the wordsmiths and reporters supposed to be detectives? If

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An offering

I video-taped and posted all the lectures from my Global Warming class this quarter. The class is part of our core science curriculum for non-science majors at the University of Chicago, and

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Mann has a new paper: he apparently discovers the Medieval Warm Period

Sorry no graphics, no abstract or paper (not published yet, due Friday the 27th, I hate it when they do this) the Penn State press release was rather spartan. So I’ll provide this one showing

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Aquatic bacteria: Possible markers for monitoring Arctic climate change

New research on bacterial communities throughout six large Arctic river ecosystems reveals predictable temporal patterns, suggesting that scientists could use these communities as markers for

Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best

Richer nations with competitive crop production and few trade barriers would fare the best if climate change, weather events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more

Palin fuels presidential rumors: “I like” the sound of “President Palin.”

A repost from Think Progress on Sarah “Are we warming or are we cooling?” Palin. Yesterday, Sarah Palin was greeted by a throng of supporters in The Villages, Florida — a retirement

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Re: Yet More CRU

Hope you didn’t click on any links, ’cause it was probably a hack attempt.

IPCC reviewer: “don’t cover up the divergence”

Steve McIntyre writes: One reviewer of the IPCC 2007 Assessment Report specifically asked IPCC not to hide the decline. The reviewer stated very clearly: Show the Briffa et al reconstruction

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The Trick

For the benefit of new readers, we discussed some aspects of the “trick” at Climate Audit in the past. Obviously, the Climategate Letters clarify many things that were murky in the

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1937] Drudge links my post calling NZCSC liars

Too bad you can’t get link love. Otherwise, apologies – we know there’s not enough water down there to take all the showers you are going to need…

RE: [Planet 3.0: 1937] Drudge links my post calling NZCSC liars

I saw that and wondered. Enjoy. ______________________________ ______________________________ _____ Ready. Set. Get a great deal on Windows 7. See fantastic deals on Windows 7 now [link]

Drudge links my post calling NZCSC liars

Drudge linked to my post "New Zealand Climate Science Coalition caught lying about temperature trends" presumably because he thought the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition was some

Re: [Planet 3.0: 1935] Yet More CRU

No, because he was confirming the authenticity of the stolen emails. – Tim Lambert [link]

IPCC: “Inappropriate” to show the decline

One reviewer of the IPCC 2007 Assessment Report specifically asked IPCC not to hide the decline. The reviewer stated very clearly: Show the Briffa et al reconstruction through to its end;

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RE: [Planet 3.0: 1922] Yet More CRU

Thanks Tim. So Hudson was cced from somebody at CRU with an email containing a chain of emails critical of his article? It’s not possible that the hacker would have contacted him a month

No one trusts bankers any more. That’s hardly a surprise | Alexander Chancellor

They destroyed the livelihood of millions with their greed but feel no shame. Now they’re even less trusted than journalists – and that’s saying something Despite the hard times

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China sets ambitious target on emissions

China has galvanised the run-up to the climate change talks in Copenhagen by announcing an ambitious target to reduce its carbon footprint. It is the first time the world’s biggest producer

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How key countries are cutting carbon emissions

China on Thursday unveiled for the first time hard-number targets for reducing the carbon intensity of its greenhouse-gas emissions, a key element in the December 7-18 climate talks in

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Re: Yet More CRU

Great find, but no, I don’t know who’s behind it. Doesn’t help that "Wingding" is an especially common term. Deserves more attention, it does.

Steve McIntyre on Climategate

Steve has a nice post for the world. New!! Data from the Decline 2009 November 26 by stevemcintyre For the very first time, the Climategate Letters “archived” the deleted portion of the Briffa

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Scientists target Canada over climate change

Prominent campaigners, politicians and scientists have called for Canada to be suspended from the Commonwealth over its climate change policies. The coalition’s demand came before this

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McIntyre: The deleted data from the “Hide the Decline” trick

By Steve McIntyre from his camirror.wordpress.com site. For the very first time, the Climategate Letters “archived” the deleted portion of the Briffa MXD reconstruction of “Hide the

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Re: “Extreme Risks”

While I agree with everything you said, I think your point about transient vs. permanent changes deserves more attention than it generally gets. To me, this is the truly unnerving aspect of

Re: [Planet 3.0: 1930] Re: Yet More CRU

Folks, Any idea who’s putting this together: [link] It’s brilliant! Steve

New!! Data from the Decline

For the very first time, the Climategate Letters “archived” the deleted portion of the Briffa MXD reconstruction of “Hide the Decline” fame – see here. Gavin Schmidt

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