Monthly Archives: September 2010

http://spriteland.wordpress.com/ People will find ways to see what they expect to see. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ Let’s see if that “Six of the 10” claim makes sense.

The Guardian regularly tells us that a change of 0.0001 CO2 concentration  in the Earth’s atmosphere will make the planet uninhabitable. NASA forecast Today the Guardian reports on another planet, which they say may be habitable.

“Tropical Storm Nicole” came and went in a matter of hours, as did hurricane Lisa and major hurricane Julia. It is unlikely that any of these would have made it into the storm record 70 years ago. Certainly not as … Continue reading →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCuGqIhUaJE&feature=player_embedded] Every city has its good side and bad side. Eric Cartman compared East Denver to Afghanistan. For James Hansen, the safe side of the tracks is 350 ppm CO2 – i.e. 1988 (aka the year Tim Wirth turned off … Continue reading →

2,000 pound Walrus being supported by three inches of rotten ice

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ Let’s see – hottest in the 1930s, coolest in the 1960s, and now increasing again. Isn’t that what we call “cyclical behaviour?”

Igor chilled much of the Atlantic, making it a lot tougher for anything major to follow him this season. http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sst_anom.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Igor_2010_track.png

Flashback to less than one year ago. NSIDC shows a totally different story :

DMI now shows 30% concentration ice ahead of 2005 and 2009. There has been about 20% growth over the last two weeks.