Daily Archives: October 3, 2014

October 2, 2014 SEATTLE – A mission to the Arctic is now underway aboard a sophisticated high tech weather plane to continue study of the melting of ice and the warming of the Arctic Ocean. The mission aboard a Lockheed … Continue reading →

On this day in 1871, Minnesota was in flames. A few days later Chicago burned to the ground and America had its most destructive fire ever in Wisconsin http://query.nytimes.com/ http://news.google.com/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/PeshtigoFullFireMapOnly.jpg

The diagram explains climate change in terms which even a progressive might understand

According to NASA, the period from 1900 to 1915 was the coldest on record globally. During those “coldest years ever” glaciers and Arctic ice were disappearing all over the world. 06 Feb 1912 – CHANGE IN CLIMATE. “GREEN CHRISTMASES.” The … Continue reading →

Sydney’s temperature record is just about as corrupted as it get, located adjacent to 21 lanes of asphalt and many buildings. It shows about 2C warming since the 1890s. But if we move on up the coast to Newcastle Nobbys – … Continue reading →

The Sydney Observatory is located adjacent to 21 lanes of asphalt, and recorded its hottest temperatures ever last year.

Temperatures at the Melbourne Regional Office were hottest ever this past year, with their thermometer located five feet away from the asphalt of Victoria street

Droughts appear to be intensifying over much of the West and Southwest as a result of global warming. Over the past decade, droughts in some regions have rivaled the epic dry spells of the 1930s and 1950s. About 33 percent … Continue reading →