Daily Archives: September 6, 2014

Just got back from a cycling in the Fort Collins foothills, wearing a down jacket and gloves on September 6. Normally the Chamisa is bright gold this time of year, but all the rain this summer is keeping the colors … Continue reading →

  18 Feb 1952 – Melting Icecaps Mystery

The Richmond Post Office thermometer is close to several roads, but better than most. It shows that afternoon temperatures peaked in the early part of the 20th century, and have generally been declining ever since. ASN00030045 -20.7289  143.1425  211.1   … Continue reading →

According to figures from the University of Washington and the University of Illinois, Arctic ice thickness is averaging a little over two metres, down from a little over three metres in 1979. In 1940, it was reported that Arctic sea … Continue reading →

I am in Fort Collins this week and had dinner with one of my heroes last night, Bill Gray. “The greatest scientists in history are great, precisely because they broke with the consensus.” —Michael Crichton Yesterday it rained all day … Continue reading →

Phil Plait is up to his usual mendacity in the Arctic Global warming denial: Claims of Arctic ice recovering are exaggerated. According to the University of Washington, Arctic sea ice volume is up 27% from last year, and 64% since 2012. … Continue reading →

Climate experts really thought they were on to something for a few weeks in 2012. In a few years they will be mumbling incoherently to themselves  in the retirement home, something about deniers just don’t understand long-term trends.

NEWPORT, Wales — The United States and key allies agreed Friday to take on the marauding Islamic State militant group by squeezing its financial resources and going after it with military might. President Barack Obama outlined a coordinated military strategy … Continue reading →

Cuba’s communist-led intelligence services are aggressively recruiting leftist American academics and university professors as spies and influence agents, according to an internal FBI report published this week. FBI: Cuban Intelligence Aggressively Recruiting Leftist American Academics as Spies, Influence Agents | … Continue reading →