Archive for November 27th, 2009

The Australian ETS vote: a political litmus test for cap and trade

Many here in the USA got their first inkling of the extraordinary events going on in Australia with the vote that was supposed to happen in parliament on Friday over “ETS” or Emissions

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They said what about global warming?

Who said this? "It is possible that climate science has become too partisan, too centralized. The tribalism that some of the leaked emails display is something more usually associated with

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They said what about global warming?

Who said this? "It is possible that climate science has become too partisan, too centralized. The tribalism that some of the leaked emails display is something more usually associated with

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They said what about global warming?

Who said this? "It is possible that climate science has become too partisan, too centralized. The tribalism that some of the leaked emails display is something more usually associated with

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camirror.wordpress.com

Please go to camirror.wordpress.com to accommodate present high volume. [7 Dec IMPORTANT NOTE: Thank you for your patience as we finish exporting all CA content to a new permanent home. Please

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An open letter from Dr. Judith Curry on climate science

I asked Dr. Judith Curry if I could repost her letter which she originally sent to Climate Progress, here at WUWT. Here was her response: From: Curry, Judith A Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 2:10

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Hacked E-Mail Data Prompts Calls for Changes in Climate Research

Some scientists fear that public confidence in scientific conclusions on climate change has been damaged just as countries prepare to curb greenhouse gases.

No, thank you Daphne

From Tips and Notes to WUWT this comment Daphne (20:11:58) I found this website a few months ago, while creating some graphics for a friend at NOAA. While searching for references of what a

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1927] Re: CLIMATEGATE!!!

Judith Curry’s climateaudit writeup is being commented on slashdot, found one interesting comment among the many quite awful ones [link] I’ve copied it below: Being a scientist

Zorita calls for barring Phil Jones, Michael Mann, and Stefan Rahmstorf from further IPCC participation

From his web page: Why I think that Michael Mann, Phil Jones and Stefan Rahmstorf should be barred from the IPCC process by Eduardo Zorita, Scientist at the Institute for Coastal Research,

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Where’s the data?

Much of the discussion in recent days has been motivated by the idea that climate science is somehow unfairly restricting access to raw data upon which scientific conclusions are based. This is a

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Ben Santer had this unusual reply WRT a paper submitted by MM which used the same math that Ben Santer used to prove models were so good except they extended the climate model trend and temperature

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Climategate protester pwn3d CBC on live TV

How interesting that it has now risen to this level. Climategate? Quel Climategate? This is a Radio Canada (RDI) reporter doing a live standup on CBC. That’s always a tough gig, I’ve

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Debate continues about New Zealand climate records

The debate about New Zealand’s climate records centers on corrections made to the nation’s climate records and whetheror not they skew the results to show global

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Letters: Carbon fears and solar hopes

How can the forthcoming assembly in Copenhagen (Comment, 27 November) possibly come to worthwhile agreements for slowing down climate change when any conceivable progress is bedevilled by blatant

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Brown unveils £13bn climate fund

Gordon Brown warned of a worldwide “climate emergency” last night as he unveiled a £13.4bn global fund to help poor countries cope with the effects of global warming.

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Climate Cover Up Goes Ivy League

yale1.jpg Looks like DeSmogBlog’s new book Climate Cover Up is getting an Ivy League audience next week. Author and DeSmog co-founder Jim Hoggan, will be speaking next week at Yale

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Mass extinction: Why did half of N. America’s large mammals disappear 40,000 to 10,000 years ago?

Years of scientific debate over the extinction of ancient species in North America have yielded many theories. However, new findings reveal that a mass extinction occurred in a geological instant.

Gordon Brown unveils fund to tackle ‘climate emergency’

• Poorer countries to receive fast-tracked support• Prime minister pledges £800m from Britain Gordon Brown has unveiled a $22bn (£13.3bn) global fund to respond to the world’s

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UEA Climate Scientist: “possible that…I.P.C.C. has run its course”

This is a surprise. Professor Mike Hulme of the University of East Anglia suggests that the “I.P.C.C. has run its course”. I agree with him. We really need to remove a wholly political

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RE: [Planet 3.0: 1941] New Data Show East Antarctica Also Losing Ice

contrary to previous assumptions: That East Antarctica has moved from mass balance to losing ice is a bit of a worry, especially considering the common wisdom was that the EAIS was stable and

Toronto Star: ‘Why media tell climate story poorly’

This piece by Tyler Hamilton, energy and technology columnist for the Toronto Star, was first published  here. I apologize on behalf of my profession. If it’s true that Canadians and

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Climate Progress viewable again by all

My apologies for those who use Internet explorer and had trouble accessing Climate Progress today. I copied Dr. Curry’s post from MS Word — and that brings in a whole host of hidden

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Brown makes climate fund plea

The UK prime minister has called on rich countries to contribute $10bn in emergency climate change funding to the developing world from next year

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Another Curry Editorial

Another good editorial by Judy Curry here. Dealing with a problem begins by acknowledging it.

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Rabett Run 2009-11-27 12:46:00

Watson vs. SingerOn the BBCS. Fred is being very economical with the truth as usual. Watson tries to be a nice guy (a change from the early Bob that Eli remembers). Going up against Singer

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Reinfeldt pushes US and China on emissions

Swedish prime minister welcomes pledges but considers them insuficient to meet global warming target

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New Data Show East Antarctica Also Losing Ice

New data from GRACE satellite show ice loss in East Antarctica, contrary to previous assumptions: [link]

Charles, Prince of the rainforests and scourge of climate change

Telegraph: Visiting St James’s Palace the other day was something of a Grimm experience: I went to see a prince, but came face to face with a frog. The frog was huge, haughty-looking and

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Australia opposition vulnerable on emissions: poll

Reuters: Australia’s conservative opposition could receive an election drubbing if it blocks a planned emissions trading scheme, a poll published on Saturday predicted. The widely watched

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