Monthly Archives: July 2011

A few days ago the New York Times ran a piece predicting a new dust bowl in Georgia. Since that article came out, the area of exceptional drought in the southeast has dropped by more than 80%. http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/DM_southeast.htm

In Soviet Russia, there is no dissent. Everybody agree. THE BBC was criticised by climate change sceptics yesterday after it emerged that their views will get less coverage because they differ from mainline scientific opinion. In a report by its … Continue reading →

Temperatures refuse to go up, so they had to switch to the heat index to make it sound like they are. Just to make sure we have an apples for apples comparison to the past – I did the same … Continue reading →

2011 The heat dome that is gripping much of the nation has 141 million people in more than two dozen states under heat advisories, while the toll in heat-related deaths stands at 22 — and there is no immediate end … Continue reading →

The room where Fred Singer spoke at at CSU was not set up so that Fred could present any data. Sounds very suspicious to me. Fred Singer, President of the Science and Environmental Policy Project and Professor Emeritus of Environmental … Continue reading →

http://deathby1000papercuts.com/ Jobless claims rise above expectations (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, pointing to a labor market that is struggling to regain momentum. Initial claims for state unemployment … Continue reading →

It all depends on the weather over the next few weeks. People who play the ice extent forecast game might as well go to Vegas and roll the ice. No one on this side of heaven has any idea where … Continue reading →

Top climatologist thinks we are in an El Nino. Climatologist Cliff Harris says the extreme weather conditions are the worst the world has experienced in 1,000 years. “It’s been a never-ending cycle,” said Harris in an interview Wednesday from his … Continue reading →

Climate change poses a major threat to future peace and security, a senior UN official has warned. Achim Steiner from the UN Environment Programme said climate change would also “exponentially” increase the scale of natural disasters. Starting from a baseline … Continue reading →

Those betting on a record low had better pray for an asteroid.