Monthly Archives: September 2012

There have been 47,437 forest fires this year. That is the smallest YTD total since the National Interagency Fire Center started tracking it in 2003. It is almost 25% below the mean and about one fourth of the 1938 total. National Interagency Fire … Continue reading →

Whatever the winter weather is like, it will be blamed on “the record low ice extent.” It is trivial to demonstrate that September ice extent has essentially no effect on the climate. 1) Sea surface temperatures in the Arctic Ocean are at or … Continue reading →

Over the last two years, the consequences of 150 years of fossil-fuel development have materialized with a vengeance. The U.S. has experienced the worst drought in 80 years, replete with unprecedented Western fires and fears of widespread crop failure. This … Continue reading →

The UK Met Office predicted that half of the years between 2011 and 2015 would be the hottest on record, but with El Nino collapsing – their divide an odd number by two error is pretty much doomed. sst_anom.gif (800×600)

I am not certain that Al Gore alone can destroy the planet, but Al Gore + James Cameron certainly will.

Our friends have been saying that late summer Arctic ice loss causes cold winters in Europe, but remarkably Europe sometimes has cold winters when late summer Arctic ice extent is high. The Sydney Morning Herald  I have no idea how anyone could be dumb enough to believe … Continue reading →

Pretend that you don’t notice the 30 year steady growth of Antarctic sea ice Pretend that you don’t remember that you predicted maximum sea ice loss in the southern hemisphere Highlight articles about Penguins being threatened by loss of Antarctic … Continue reading →

I lost JAXA minimum bets with three people. Greg Locke, MFKBoulder and one other whom I don’t remember. If you are the third person, please leave a comment here reminding me. I will pay the bets this week when I … Continue reading →

www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/plot.csv We have now passed the date of the first coming of the holy Arctic minimum (9/24/2007) and as everyone can plainly see, the Arctic is doomed. The August 2012 winter-like storm which broke up the ice and brought warm … Continue reading →

This is classic. Some clown strung together about a dozen straw man arguments rebutting a whole host of things I never said. The low Arctic ice minimum seems to have these people very excited, and thinking that any random idea which pops into … Continue reading →