Daily Archives: August 30, 2012

After 50 years of warming, temperatures turned cold again in the 1970s   1975 – Science News

According to global warming theory, both poles should get warmer and lose ice. Over the last thirty years, one pole has gotten warmer and lost ice. The other pole has gotten colder and gained ice. These short term trends do not fit … Continue reading →

Morons talking about a “death spiral” should see if they can get their lobotomy reversed.

Twitter / HeidiCullen: 1912 still wettest in UK (15+”). … h/t to Marc Morano

Rain comes too late for US corn crop Amazing …. Apparently the Mississippi River must be dried up, but no one noticed. Empirical evidence does not lend much support to the notion that climate is headed precipitately toward more extreme … Continue reading →

You can’t make this stuff up.  In 2007, they forecast ice-free in 2013, and said it was too conservative. Peter Wadhams from Cambridge jumped on board. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013 Then ice extent went … Continue reading →

Intellicast – Weekly Precipitation in United States You really can’t make up stuff more comedic than the US Government. US Drought Monitor

Mark told us recently that the August storm didn’t have much effect on ice extent. COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

Itis just bad sportsmanship to leave the traps looking like that. Apparently the big meltdown this summer got everyone confused. summit:status:webcam

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits was unchanged last week, pointing to a labor market that was treading water. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits were a seasonally adjusted 374,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. … Continue reading →