Monthly Archives: November 2010

Will oceans surge 59 centimetres this century – or 25 metres? When Al Gore predicted that climate change could lead to a 20-foot rise in sea levels, critics called him alarmist. After all, the International Panel on Climate Change, which … Continue reading →

Temperatures are -25C and the Arctic Ocean is full of ice for thousands of miles. Green represents areas where ice is present in 2010 and wasn’t in 2007. Red shows the opposite.

The Book of Revelations and climate models say the same thing. “And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up” Dust storms scour Iraq. Freak floods wreak havoc in … Continue reading →

http://community.sprint.com/ Secretary Chu can see the danger coming. And he knows the future. In Midwest cities such as St. Louis, Mo., one-third of the year — 120 days — will be above 90 degrees. The real danger with global warming … Continue reading →

THERE may come a point, if the world warms enough, when parts of the tropics will become so hot and humid that humans will not be able to survive. Models predict that this could start to happen in places in … Continue reading →

Sunday, November 14, 2010 BY JEFF TITTEL THE RECORD Jeff Tittel is director of the New Jersey Sierra Club. Every renowned scientist believes climate change is real, including those at Rutgers University, Princeton University and the Department of Environmental Protection. … Continue reading →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98MTcqIwB30] This week it is primarily covering Siberia, Mongolia and Colorado, but next week it is headed for North America.

Practically everyone involved with short term climate modeling (months to seasons) will tell you that the two key input parameters are sea surface temperatures and soil moisture. However, neither of these are very predictable more than a few months into … Continue reading →

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/klaus.wolter/MEI/ Most of the very strong ones went on for over a year. Which can mean only one thing! Hansen will soon have to start explaining again that El Nino is climate and La Nina is just weather.

Tree rings are a largely consistent source of data for the past 2,000 years. But since the 1960s, scientists have noticed there are a handful of tree species in certain areas that appear to indicate temperatures that are warmer or … Continue reading →