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  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 →

The station at Nhill, Australia is in farm country on the edge of town – about 50 metres from a road. It shows temperatures were hotter during some years in the early 20th century, and no general trend in maximum … Continue reading →

Streaky Bay, SA shows warming over the past century. And like most other Australia stations, the GHCN data prior to 1957 is missing.   ASN00018079 -32.7963  134.2116   13.0    STREAKY BAY The thermometer is close to the Bay. And Google … Continue reading →