Monthly Archives: October 2010

The thought of having an open debate is causing quite an odor to emanate from the ranks of the faithful. Now they are accusing Scientific American of a wicked crime – giving other people a small opportunity to express themselves. … Continue reading →

On October 17, 1989 – Candlestick Park was full of fans waiting for the first game of the World Series to start. At 5:04 PM (peak rush hour) a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck and collapsed a double decker section of … Continue reading →

Joe hates those Antarctic disinformers, like James Hansen who forecast major ice loss.

Temperatures have been running very cold in Emperor Penguin breeding areas. In about a week the parents will stop feeding the chicks, and in about a month they will need to walk to the sea. The distance to the sea … Continue reading →

And they said that the Arctic was melting faster than expected ……..  

Someone was complaining earlier about graphs not being zeroed. In order to correct this, I plotted CO2 mole fraction vs. year. Hopefully that makes everyone happy.

It is easy to demonstrate that CO2 growth is not an adequate explanation for recent changes to the Earth’s temperature. I plotted GISS vs CO2 for three different time periods 1910-1940, 1940-1975, 1975-2009. Each time period shows hugely different results, … Continue reading →

Historical comparisons of Arctic sailing conditions are clueless. The reason why people can slip through the NWP in a narrow window of time is because of technology.

US, Canada, Greenland and Mexico temperatures have plummeted over the last five years. People’s belief systems have done the same.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/images/7/7c/Atmospheric_Transmission.png Using the RRTM radiative transfer model (incorporated in NCAR’s climate and weather models) we can easily calculate that a 100% CO2 atmosphere would be extremely cold. CO2 only absorbs a few narrow bands of LW radiation, meaning the vast … Continue reading →