Monthly Archives: November 2010

Globally averaged atmospheric methane in 2009 was 1803 parts per billion http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/ Wow! 1.8 ppm CH4 is causing 20% of the greenhouse effect. Those are powerful molecules. Let’s do the math : 90% H2O and clouds 30% CO2 20% CH4 … Continue reading →

http://www.guardian.co.uk the multi-purpose donations will also go towards forestry preservation and carbon sequestration. Sequestering carbon is going to stop people from poaching Tigers?

Climate change brings bad news for polar bears “What we found was striking,” Graham Slater, the lead author of the study said in a release. “The polar bear and brown bear can bite equally hard, but the polar bear’s skull … Continue reading →

http://news.discovery.com/earth/thanksgiving-climate-change.html Turkey will taste bad because of warmer temperatures. That is why no one eats poultry in the south.

Class – here is what you need to know about climate models for your final exam next week. They can’t model future solar activity They can’t model future ocean cycles (ENSO/PDO/AMO etc.) They can’t model clouds They can’t model sea … Continue reading →

March 10, 2006: This week researchers announced that a storm is coming–the most intense solar maximum in fifty years. The prediction comes from a team led by Mausumi Dikpati of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). “The next sunspot … Continue reading →

Temperatures are plummeting across the globe, but the models are heating up. They probably sense a threat to their funding with the new Congress, and are responding by generating even more nonsensical scenarios. http://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=4052

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/tornado/tornadotrend.jpg Another bit of alarmist nonsense gets flushed. Violent (F3-F5) tornadoes peaked during the ice age scare of the 1970s, and have been declining ever since. The graph below plots the ten year running mean in red.

From The Korea Times, 18 months ago 04-08-2009 Although the new U.S. administration reportedly has yet to finalize its North Korea policy, its response is more than just puzzling. President Barack Obama handled what he termed the test-fire of a … Continue reading →