Monthly Archives: February 2011

James Overland 2004 : When scientists trained their analytical tools on the North Pole and its environs, they quantified the local knowledge: The polar ice cap is 40 percent thinner and millions of acres smaller than it was in the … Continue reading →

http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutemps/amsutemps.html Mean is orange. Last year is blue.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnI3Hp0fJhE] Both weather and climate models currently do a decent job. Weather can be predicted pretty accurately up to about four days ahead and the broad patterns of global climate are well replicated in climate models. That’s because over past … Continue reading →

“Snow has two simple ingredients: cold and moisture. Warmer air collects moisture like a sponge until it hits a patch of cold air. When temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of moisture creates a lot of snow.” http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/images/fnl/sfctmp_01.fnl.gif Elaborating on … Continue reading →

Obama – 2008 “And it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com … Continue reading →

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In 1974, CO2 levels were 330 ppm, well below Hansen’s safe maximum of 350 ppm. The Super Outbreak is the largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period. From April 3 to April 4, 1974, there were 148 … Continue reading →

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If they relied solely on satellite data, which accurately covers the entire planet, 2010 would not top the list.  Why NASA of all places, refuses to use space age technology to measure the global temperature is absurd. By the way, … Continue reading →

In early 2006, Nobel Laureate Al Gore warned that we had only ten years left to save the planet. We have now passed five years and the world has indeed heated out of control. Snow is a thing of the … Continue reading →