Daily Archives: July 5, 2012

Adjustments to account for warming due to the effects of urbanization (purple line) cooled the time series an average of 0.1F throughout the period of record. The cumulative effect of all adjustments is approximately a one-half degree Fahrenheit warming in … Continue reading →

EDF making bogus comparisons to the Dust bowl It is becoming increasingly difficult to understand the disconnect between Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe and the threat of rising temperatures to his own constituents. Last year, Oklahoma endured the hottest summer ever recorded in U.S. … Continue reading →

A geothermal energy company with a $98.5 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration for an alternative energy project in Nevada — which received hearty endorsements from Energy Secretary Steven Chuand Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — faces financial problems, and the company’s auditors have … Continue reading →

I was on a conference call to Toronto this morning, and several people were discussing the heat – saying “it never used to be like this.” 13 Jul 1936 – 900 DEAD. HEAT WAVE In North America. RECORD TEM…

Why doesn’t climate science peer review involve any actual review? Nature recently published this ingenious paper claiming a “sea level rise hotspot” between Cape Hatteras and Cape Cod. SLRDs for 60-yr time series at gauge locations across North America. : Hotspot of … Continue reading →

The snow and -20C weather put a damper on the Fourth of July festivities on the Greenland ice sheet. summit:status:webcam

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKgt9G3NZS8] Bill McKibben is convinced that hot dry weather in New England is due to your SUV. Twitter / billmckibben: Today’s self-evident truth  

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The USHCN graph below shows actual temperatures measured by thermometers in the US. The 1920s, 1930s and 1940s were the hottest decades, before Hansen and Tom Karl altered the data. rawurban3.5_pg.gif (712×431)

On July 10, 1913 – Death Valley reached 134 degrees. On July 4, 2012 the temperature is sixty-two degrees cooler. docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-01-0010.pdf   death valley weather – Google Search