Monthly Archives: May 2011

35 million years ago, Giant Sequoias grew in Colorado. This fossilized stump is almost 4 metres in diameter and was probably 90 metres tall. These trees are now only found in California. It kind of pisses me off that we … Continue reading →

CO2 must have been extremely high in 1927.

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/klaus.wolter/MEI/table.html The period from 1977-2000 was dominated by strong El Ninos. It also was a period of warming, surrounded by periods of flat or cooling, which purely coincidentally were ENSO negative. http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/hadcrut3vgl/from:1952 Being the good peer-reviewed climate scientists that we … Continue reading →

Peer review strikes again, as the west prepares for flooding from excess snowpack. AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY JANUARY 2005 DECLINING MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA* BY PHILIP W. MOTE, ALAN F. HAMLET, MARTYN P. CLARK, AND DENNIS P. LETTENMAIE only … Continue reading →

May 13, 2011 – five weeks away from the summer solstice. The Vikings named this place Greenland, because they were early global warming deniers who wanted to confuse people in the 21st century. There never was an MWP – as … Continue reading →

OSLO (Reuters) – Trees in the Arctic region may grow 500 km (300 miles) further north by 2100 as climate change greens the barren tundra and causes sweeping change to wildlife, a leading expert said. A quickening melt of snow, … Continue reading →

NEVADA   NORTHERN GREAT BASIN …………………….  4 of  4     224       142   SNAKE RIVER …………………………….  3 of  3     188       139   OWYHEE RIVER ……………………………  5 of  6     191       132   UPPER HUMBOLDT RIVER …………………….  5 of  5     257       147   … Continue reading →

The ice was too thick The ice was too thin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1935_Labor_Day_hurricane_track.png The 1935 Labor Day hurricane made landfall in Florida with winds of 185 MPH. It was the only hurricane to hit the US with a barometric pressure lower than 900 mbar. It was one of only three category five … Continue reading →

Obama halted drilling last year, but with an election looming he has suddenly become concerned about the cost of fuel. The US will seek to expand domestic oil production in an attempt to reduce dependence on imported oil and bring … Continue reading →