Monthly Archives: April 2011

Hope For England – That Charles Won’t Ever Be King

They were cheered by 500,000 well-wishers who gathered outside the palace, as RAF planes flew past in honour of the new royal couple. Police estimate a million people lined the procession route from the abbey to the palace. The bride … Continue reading

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Hansen Tries To Change The Rules Mid-Stream

Michaels refers to greenhouse gas scenarios A, B, C in our 1988 paper, failing to note that precisely measured greenhouse gas climate forcing since 1988 fall almost exactly on our scenario B, which we had described as the most likely … Continue reading

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Compressional Heating

I was just out cycling towards the mountains in cool air, and was suddenly hit by a blast of heat from downslope winds. West of College Ave temperatures are 15 degrees warmer. This remarkable transition occurs over just a few … Continue reading

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Skeptical Science Cheating 5X

Cook published this graph purporting to show that Hansen is better than Lindzen at forecasting temperatures. There are so many things wrong with this graph, it is difficult to know where to start. 1. Hansen made three forecasts, Cook picked … Continue reading

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Clueless Research For The Day

Climate change may give America’s venomous brown recluse spiders a choice: Move to a more northern state or face dramatic losses in range and possible extinction, a new theoretical study suggests. Currently, brown recluse spiders are found in the interior … Continue reading

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0 For 2

I picked Chelsea and Real Madrid last autumn.

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Pele Says He Is Better Than Messi

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

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1874 : Tuscumbia, Alabama Destroyed By A Tornado

http://query.nytimes.com/

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1884 – 500 Killed By A Southern Tornado – 5000 Houses Destroyed

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/

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Researcher Says Global Warming Should Cause Fewer Tornadoes

University of Georgia researcher Thomas Mote, who co-authored the 2009 study that suggested fewer tornadoes in future, told the Star he has confidence in the hypothesis — but cautioned his projections of more stable tornado conditions don’t include Canada. “I … Continue reading

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