Monthly Archives: September 2010

My June forecast of 5.5 million km² (JAXA) is currently off by 7%. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dsENsufPo]

News is that “an unknown number of homes have been destroyed.” Below are more  pictures from The Boulder Daily Camera. Afternoon update : Fourmile Fire: Dozens of structures, 7,120 acres burned, says Boulder County sheriff.

Image :  from The Age According to DMI : The world’s highest wave In 1933 was the steamship Ramapo on its way across the Pacific from Manila to San Diego, with a wind at 30 m / s in the … Continue reading →

Total ice extent is lower than 2006, due to persistent southerly winds which have been pushing the ice towards the poles and melting out the thinner ice. 2006                                                            2010 We are told though that the true measure of ice … Continue reading →

From The Daily Mail Global warming will mean that the Arctic ice will no longer completely refreeze, allowing traffic to pass through for the first time. That is rather far fetched. Winter temperatures in the Arctic Basin average close to … Continue reading →

Nature News Photo The BBC reports : Climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, a study suggests. It challenges previous assumptions that environmental disasters, such as drought and prolonged heat waves, had played a part in triggering … Continue reading →

Element number 6 has been unofficially renamed from C to G. People now use the words “Carbon” and “Global warming” interchangeably, so it makes sense.

‘Many structures’ destroyed in Boulder Co. fire; 200 homes evacuated BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. – More than 200 homes were evacuated in the foothills west of Boulder as a wind-fueled wildfire burned out of control Monday. The “Fourmile Canyon Fire” was … Continue reading →

There may be a correlation between ice extent loss in the Arctic and ice extent gain in the Antarctic. Arctic in red. Antarctic in green

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXRtT1XO_nI] We had 45 mph tropical storm force gusts of wind this morning, and I had the interesting experience of riding up into the foothills on grades as steep as 20% – directly into wind. There were a few times … Continue reading →