Real Climate Science

“The results suggest that conservative media consumption (specifically Fox News and Rush Limbaugh) decreases viewer trust in scientists, which in turn decreases belief that global warming is happening,” according to SkepticalScience.

“In contrast, consumption of non-conservative media (specifically ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, and The Washington Post) increases consumer trust in scientists, and in turn belief that global warming is happening,” SkepticalScience adds.

Study: Conservative media driving denial of global warming | The Daily Caller

Another possibility would be to look at the actual data, rather than relying on faith in a small group of criminals who call themselves scientists.

Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs

Hansen predicted peak sea ice loss in Antarctica.

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/effects/downloads/Challenge_chapter2.pdf

Instead, we got the exact opposite.

arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.south.anom.1979-2008

Another academic hero!

An Illinois university is standing behind an award-winning psychology professor, despite the new revelation he gunned down his parents and sister when he was a teenager, spent time in a mental institution and changed his name.

Illinois university backs psych professor even after learning he murdered family in 1967 | Fox News

Arctic ice extent is currently in second place behind 2006.

COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

The next map compares current ice (white) vs. the 2006 minimum (pink.)  Unless a very early freeze starts, it seems unlikely that 2013 will beat 2006.

The next map does the same comparison vs. 2005.  It is quite possible that 2013 will beat 2005, if temperatures remain cold.

Arctic Sea-Ice Monitor

Earlier this week, Jeff Masters explained that global warming is causing rats to take over the earth, and The Washington Post announced that the vermin have already taken over Washington DC.

John Cook has followed up with this by theorizing that rats cause global cooling.

Little Ice Age Causes

The Black Death caused a decrease in the human populations of Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East during the 14th century and a consequent decline in agricultural activity.  A similar effect occurred in North America after European contact in the 16th century.  Ruddiman (2003) suggests reforestation took place as a result of this reduced human population and agricultural activity, allowing more carbon dioxide uptake from the atmosphere to the biosphere, thus having a cooling effect.

What ended the Little Ice Age?

h/t to Tom Nelson

Does this mean that rats are a negative feedback?

10-Day Temperature Outlook

14 Sep 1912 – NATURAL PHENOMENA. GREAT GLACIER RECEDING. LEAVI…

According to Hansen, this massive glacial retreat occurred during the coldest years on record.

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Hansen also tells us that glacial melt is due to global warming, and is going to drown Manhattan by the year 2008.

The past two weeks normally produce the fastest Arctic ice loss of the year, about 750,000 km². This year, less than half that much ice melted.

arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.anom.1979-2008

It also was the coldest and shortest summer on record at the North Pole.

COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

President Obama thinks the poles are melting down, like his credibility.

During the campaign, Obama was worried about losing Pennsylvania and Ohio, so he pretended that he was a big fan of coal for a couple of weeks. As soon as the election was over, he returned to his agenda of bankrupting the coal industry and further wrecking the US economy.

Earlier this year the Obama administration put forward rules that would have effectively banned building new coal plants, unless they utilized carbon capture technology.

“In Kentucky, coal is not just an energy source, it’s a way of life,” reads a letter from 50 Kentucky Republican and Democratic state legislators, urging Obama to reconsider new rules for carbon emissions limits. “In Kentucky alone, the loss would measure in the billions of dollars — both from declines in the industry and what are predicted to be steep increases in energy costs.”

Coal country begs Obama for mercy | The Daily Caller

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