Archive for November 29th, 2009

Shocker – CRU’s Jones: GISS is inferior

I was working on another project related to the CRU emails and came across this email from Dr.Phil Jones. I was stunned, not only because he was dissing another dataset, but mostly because that

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James Hansen on Cap-and-Trade & Copenhagen

“The fraudulence of the Copenhagen approach – ‘goals’ for emission reductions, ‘offsets’ that render even iron-clad goals almost meaningless, an ineffectual

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1956] Re: where the cultural change is needed

If you want even more details: The Hadley Centre is a climate research centre within the UK Meteorological Office (Met Office). The Met Office is actually a part of the UK Ministry of

How can evolutionary responses to climate change be measured?

As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are presented with the complex challenge of understanding how species respond and adapt.

Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest

A paper company proposes to use a ring of tree plantations to help stop leaks of greenhouse gases from a peat bog.

Intrigue and Plot Twists in Global Climate Talks

In the otherwise unhurried context of global climate negotiations, the last two weeks have seen a variety of gripping twists.

Copenhagen conference: The view from America | Elizabeth Kolbert

Barack Obama may be judged harshly by history if the US does not show its hand at the talks This month, South Korea pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 30% below “business as

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1951] Re: where the cultural change is needed

Yes, I think the social character of the climate deniers is certainly much more similar to the anti-vax, HIV-denial, and creationist folks than to the lone cranks in other fields. My comment

NewZealand Confirmation

A post from an anonymous blogger who requested a repost here. Since he did a decent job of demonstrating his methods (far better than CRU) it’s worth taking a look even if his name turned

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Where is all the damn climate data?

Oh, here it is.  Never mind….

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No Ice Water for You

Rajendra Pachauri, head of the “policy neutral” IPCC (does anyone take this seriously?), suggests that responding to climate change means dramatically changing our unsustainable

Climate change: Looking south

The impact of climate change on the developing world is already so far advanced it can no longer be prevented, only mitigated. It can be seen in the increased frequency of flooding in Bangladesh,

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Copenhagen: The era of climate stability is coming to an end

After 400 generations of stable weather, the world is on the brink of violent climate change. But there is good news too For about 10,000 years, our climate on Earth has been stable. Remarkably

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Copenhagen: The alternative diary

5 December: “The Wave” march in London, from Grosvenor Square to the Houses of Parliament to urge UK to be a leader in Copenhagen

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BNP leader Griffin will attend climate summit

The leader of the British National Party (BNP), Nick Griffin, is to represent the European Parliament at the UN Climate Change conference in Copenhagen next week.

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Countdown to Copenhagen: The ‘people’s summit’

Only seven days to go now, in the Countdown to Copenhagen – one week until 192 nations come together to try to negotiate a new international climate treaty that will allow the world to deal with

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Copenhage: The alternative diary

5 December: “The Wave” march in London, from Grosvenor Square to the Houses of Parliament to urge UK to be a leader in Copenhagen

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BNP leader Griffin willattend climate summit

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1952] Re: where the cultural change is needed

The global temperature graph you’re referring to is almost certainly HadCRUT3, which is a combination of CRUTEM3 and HadSST2, and is produced jointly as James correctly noted. When the

Re: [Planet 3.0: 1954] Re: where the cultural change is needed

Thanks — my apologies for increasing the confusion.

Re: [Planet 3.0: 1952] Re: where the cultural change is needed

The HadCRU temperature time series is the output of a collaboration. I suspect that HC is primarily responsible for the sea surface and CRU for the land, but the overall analysis seems to be

Nick Griffin stands alone over ‘dodgy’ climate change science

The British National party says its leader Nick Griffin, who denies the existence of global warming, will “be the only politician prepared to say that the science is somewhat dodgy”

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1952] Re: where the cultural change is needed

The reference to Hadley and Met Office is entirely due to an error in the initial "reporting" by WattsUpWithThat, which incorrectly called the center Hadley CRU. The error was

Press Coverage

Please discuss press coverage on this thread, rather than OT comments on other threads. I realize that there are many new readers and this site has been patched together quickly to handle

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Countdown to Copenhagen

Keith Kloor A week ago, prospects for an international climate agreement were fading fast. Now, with only days to go before the Copenhagen summit gets underway, recent developments in China and

Bookselling

With America at Thanksgiving this weekend the Climategate pace has slowed slightly, allowing me to take stock of where I am. Blog traffic has been unbelievable, and it’s been fascinating to

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EU accused of risking Copenhagen climate talks with stance on aid funding

Confidential papers reveal Europeans want assistance for poorer countries to come from existing cash pot The EU was accused of threatening the global climate talks last night after confidential

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Quote of the week #25 – Krugman’s LOL on skeptics

I don’ t know what sort of world NYT reporters live in, but I am now convinced that some like Paul Krugman have no clue about the real world people live in elsewhere. ‘This Week”

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Re: [Planet 3.0: 1951] Re: where the cultural change is needed

quick question: what is the relationship between CRU and Hadley? I often see the temp graph referred to interchangeably as HADCRU, CRU, or HADLEY, or MET OFFICE. Just want to make sure I

The Medieval Warm Period – a global phenomenon, unprecedented warming, or unprecedented data manipulation?

Guest post from Von Rudolf Kipp Originally in German here, with some portions translated to English using the Google translator below. [update--translation provided by poster EWCZ ~ ctm] Google

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