Real Climate Science

Rumor is that Bono is going to hold a concert for the freezing Pine Beetles in Wyoming.

Yellowstone National Park, WY Weather Forecast from Weather Underground

Climate experts tell us that the Arctic is melting, and all the ice is disappearing.

Apparently the same Arctic air gets much colder as it moves south.

10-Day Temperature Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.

The Obama administration has nearly finalized a rule that would give energy companies lengthy permits for wind farms that end up killing bald and golden eagles.   Hundreds of thousands of birds are killed every year after flying into large wind turbine blades, an issue that became an ongoing saga for the administration this year. The White House finalized its review on Thursday of a rule that would give the farms a 30-year pass for the killings, known as “takings.”

Eagle-killing rule almost done | TheHill

h/t to Dave G

Normally we have a lot of Canada Geese in Fort Collins in December, but I haven’t heard any for three days. I wonder why not?

Fort Collins Weather Station Custom Data Plots

Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Google News Archive Search

A survey of climate scientists by Hans von Storch, found that most believe that the discussion of climate change is driven largely by politics, and that climate change presents opportunities for economic growth.

http://bit.ly/1cpb6oS 

Here are some of the comments from the scientists.

Climate change science has been captured by radicals dependent upon public money, press releases, and those who illegal change, hide, or purposely misinterpred real data. The ‘hockey stick’ is a good example.

Climate science has become too politicized, and the fault lies with the climate scientists themselves who have oversold the case for anthropogenic warming without due consideration of other factors. But maybe, the IPCC mandate and money for research have been the initiating drivers.

High profile scientific journals are heavily biased towards anthropogenic climate change, publishing mediocre papers showing anthropogenic changes and rejecting many high quality papers that attribute changes to natural causes.

Temperatures in downtown Denver are 5-10 degrees warmer than surrounding areas, so Hansen has to adjust them up further.

http://wxug.us/1am9u 

According to NOAA, 2012 was a manifestation of climate – but the 15 year decline in temperatures is just weather.

Index of /pub/data/ghcn/daily/hcn/

JAXA recently changed their Arctic sea ice algorithm, to move 2013 (red) from above the 2000’s mean, to below it.

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If you lived 100 years in South Africa, your odds of being murdered are greater than one in ten.

Crime in South Africa: Small mercies | The Economist

I’m guessing that not many people live to be 100 years old in South Africa