Monthly Archives: April 2011

NSIDC reports the lowest March ice extent on record. Areas of red show the current deficiency below the mean. Looks like the Polar Bear populations of Montreal, St. John’s and Sapporo are in deep trouble.

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http://www.catlinarcticsurvey.com/image-gallery/ The Arctic has been ice free for three years already, according to a leading Norwegian scientist. American scientists are more conservative, giving the ice at least one more year.

USHCN has taken a nice cooling trend (blue) in Forest, Mississippi and turned it into a healthy warming trend (red) through the magic of adjustment. Older temperatures were reduced by more than three degrees, and recent temperatures have been increased … Continue reading →

How many undiscovered Atlantic hurricanes did not make landfall in 1932?

Another magic number.

Romm’s ancestors captured on film. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g]

For Romm, “hope” means a bottomless pit of hopelessness. Misery loves company – sort of.

They knew it all along, but they weren’t allowed to tell us. Like the cold UK winter which The Met Office hid. Global warming- fewer, but stronger cyclones Updated April 7, 2011 08:07:53 Global warming may mean fewer cyclones but … Continue reading →

Answer to yesterday’s riddle. What is the magic number 1196575042? CALL GBYTE(Z,I4,(K+0)*8,4*8) CALL GBYTE(Z,I1,(K+7)*8,1*8) IF(I4.EQ.1196575042.AND.(I1.EQ.1.OR.I1.EQ.2)) THEN IF (I1.EQ.1) CALL GBYTE(Z,KG,(K+4)*8,3*8) IF (I1.EQ.2) CALL GBYTE(Z,KG,(K+12)*8,4*8) The C equivalent is : if ( !strncmp(Z, “GRIB”, 4) ) { if (Z[7] == 1) … Continue reading →