Real Climate Science

James Hansen of NASA is the only climatologist to have told Congress that the greenhouse effect is already here. He is a respected scientist but on this point very few of his colleagues agree with him, as Richard Kerr noted recently in Science. The Office of Management and Budget drew criticism when it heavy-handedly made Mr. Hansen qualify testimony to Congress last month. But its caveat, that his warnings ”should be viewed as estimates from evolving computer models and not as reliable predictions,” was scientifically impeccable. The computer models of the greenhouse effect are indeed ”evolving” -they’re somewhere around the amoeba stage.

Environmental lobbyists are tempted to emphasize the threat of the greenhouse effect because it reinforces so much of their other agenda.

The Editorial Notebook – Crying Wolf in the Greenhouse – NYTimes.com

SCIENTISTS AGREE WORLD IS COLDER — NYTimes.com

Kook and Nuttercelli say this is impossible.

Using NASA certified adjustment protocol, I have downwards adjusted the number of dead voters who voted for Obama in 2008 – and transformed him into an unemployed community organizer.

Warming could wipe out half of all species | Environment | The Guardian

How many Guardian journalists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

h/t to Kent Clizbe

Twitter / SteveSGoddard: @rgnldprrn Guardian journalists …

h/t to Jimmy Haigh

13 February 2012

Former Vice President Al Gore has taken his fight against climate change to the South Pole, as his Climate Reality Project expedition ship arrived in Antarctica.

Joined by more than 100 other travellers including scientists, ministers and celebrities, the team set off from Argentina last week, crossing the legendary Drake Passage en-route to the Antarctic.

Gore has been joined by James Hansen from NASA, Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, along with Bangledesh’s minister of environment Hasan Mahmud, the President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, British billionaire Richard Branson and UNFCCC Chief Christiana Figueres.

Tweeting from the trip Figueres wrote: “Antarctica: highest coldest, windiest and driest continent of the planet. Most importantly: global bellwether of #climatechange.”

And amongst pictures of penguins, icebergs and seals she lamented their future prospects: “Greetings from a chinstrap penguin colony. Populations decreasing due to decreasing sea ice.”

Messages from Antarctica

Antarctic sea ice extent has been above normal every day since Q3, 2011.

Antarctic expedition stranded as ship gets stuck in ice | World news | theguardian.com

h/t to John B. M.D.

In 1981, George Kukla of Columbia University warned of a new ice age.

Daytona Beach Morning Journal – Google News Archive Search

One year later he said shrinking Antarctic sea ice was a signal that we were all going to die from global warming.

The Montreal Gazette – Google News Archive Search

Government scientists are much smarter now though, and they know that expanding Antarctic sea ice means we are all going to die from global warming.

Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Record … High?

Note that this genius is arguing the exact opposite of polar amplification, which is a core principle of global warming theory.

So you have the warming world and a cold Antarctica, and the difference between the two is increasing

Expect Alaska’s Climate to Stay Warmer As Result of Continued Volcanic Eruptions – View Article – NYTimes.com

I was at the gym a few nights ago watching Fox News trying to figure out how Obama can rehabilitate himself.

If the country had any self-respect left, Fox News would be focused on the fastest route to get Obama out of the White House and rehabilitate the country. Why does anyone care what happens to the fraudster in chief?