Monthly Archives: June 2012

Soot climate forcing via snow and ice albedos  James Hansen*  †‡  and Larissa Nazarenko*  † Plausible estimates for the effect of soot on snow and ice albedos (1.5% in the Arctic and 3% in Northern Hemisphere land areas) yield a climate forcing … Continue reading →

WUWT is featuring an old article by Hansen blaming global warming on methane instead of CO2. Hansen has talked on both sides of many issues, including once blaming Arctic warming primarily on soot. The bottom line is that Hansen has succeeded in destroying the coal-fired … Continue reading →

On June 2, last year, I was riding my bike along the flooded Poudre River and found a doe and newborn fawn stranded on an island. They were later rescued by the fire department. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgxzOf0dhDA&feature=player_embedded] Last night I was riding … Continue reading →

Mitt Romney miscasts economy in GOP debut – BostonHerald.com

Our hysterical anti-science friends claim that Arctic warming and melting caused the decline in multi-year Arctic ice, which was occurring prior to 2008. This is complete nonsense. Most of the old ice was lost during the winters from 1988 to … Continue reading →

Warming gas levels hit ‘troubling milestone’ Posted: June 1, 2012 – 4:06pm By SETH BORENSTEIN Before the Industrial Age, levels were around 275 parts per million. Warming gas levels hit ‘troubling milestone’ Life evolved on Earth with CO2 levels much higher … Continue reading →

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Hansen forecasts a strong El Nino almost every year, because he is desperate to get GISS above zero emissions scenario C. Check out his spectacularly failed ENSO forecast from July, 2011. ESSIC had it almost perfect, while Hansen had it inverted. Summary … Continue reading →

Lakes Powell could run dry by 2021 – CSMonitor.com Lake Powell is 50 feet deeper than it was eight years ago, and is increasingly in depth linearly – despite record releases from the dam last year. Lake Powell Water Database … Continue reading →

At one time, Hansen talked about the horrific heat and drought of the 1930s, but he has been working hard over the last few years to erase that inconvenient decade. Hansen 1999: Empirical evidence does not lend much support to … Continue reading →