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[UPDATE : I found the current data in a different directory. They must have some sort of software problem keeping the hcn directory from being updated properly] ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/daily/all/ ——————————————————————— I tried doing some analysis of October US temperature data this … Continue reading →

Nobel prize winner Al Gore said the Arctic would be ice free this year, but instead we got only three ice-free months on Lake Superior, which is already freezing over.

The experts at the National Climatic Data Center report that October was 4th warmest on record in the US, despite the fact that their own thermometers show it was 24th warmest – after 1947, 1963, 1884, 1900, 1882, 1950, 1881, 1931, 1938, … Continue reading →

This 1971 National Geographic map showed the ice edge about the same location as this summer. Experts say that Walrus can’t survive this, and must have gone extinct.

Imagine we had a president who was actually working for the United States, instead of working feverishly to destroy it. She would aggressively develop North American energy supplies to an extent where we could choke off the Middle Eastern oil which … Continue reading →

After an improbable 10-year, 310-million-mile journey to become the first ever space vehicle to make a soft landing on a comet, the Philae probe may have ended its mission prematurely. Its batteries have run down, said the European Space Agency. … Continue reading →

If you have a ten watt heat source, it generates ten watts of heat. If you put insulation around that heat source, the temperature between the heat source and the insulator rises – but the amount of heat generated remains … Continue reading →

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/old_icecover.uk.php With Antarctic sea ice at a record high, northern hemisphere snow cover near a record high, and Arctic sea ice at a decadal high, government climate experts say that it is the hottest year ever.

If you are cold, you cover yourself with a blanket. The blanket raises the temperature of the air around your warm body. The blanket is not a heat source. The blanket does not raise the temperature of the air above … Continue reading →