Daily Archives: May 21, 2012

Suzanne Goldenberg writes that one of Gleick’s unnamed buddies says that he didn’t commit forgery, and that his fraud and theft was all good – because it helped stifle debate. A review has cleared the scientist Peter Gleick of forging any documents … Continue reading →

First transgender contestant competing in Miss Universe Canada loses bid for title

Prior to the Y2K USHCN adjustments, everybody (including Hansen) told us that there hadn’t been much (if any) warming in the US. fig1x.gif (500×182) As of 1999, the 1990s were much cooler than the 1930s. People who lived through both … Continue reading →

Hansen said this last year. Significant climatic “extreme events” were now occurring over 10 to 15 per cent of the planet annually, whereas between 1950 to 1980 they occurred over less than 1 per cent. So in places like Texas this … Continue reading →

I got a kick out of this comment on Andy Revkin’s blog, which cites Hansen’s writings as proof of Hansen’s writings.

Webcams from ski resorts in Great Britain

Global warming has turned Greenland into a surfers paradice of white sand beaches and minster waves of sea ice. arcticomm_webcam.jpg (1600×1200)

sst_anom.gif (800×600) Hansen tells us that we have been adding the equivalent of 400,000 atomic bombs excess heat to the ocean every day for the past 30 years or so. Given the very cold ocean temperatures being seen in the … Continue reading →

NSIDC maps currently show more area of above normal extent than below normal. N_daily_extent.png (420×500) So why is their graph headed the wrong direction? N_daily_extent.png (420×500)  

NOAA reports 4-7C summer UHI effect in Phoenix since 1961. Hansen has dutifully ignored this inconvenient truth, and produced a nice hockey stick for Phoenix since 1961. Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis