Real Climate Science

In 1999, James Hansen published this map – showing that most of the US had cooled between 1950 and 1998.

Fig. 2: Change of surface temperature during 1950-98 based on local linear trends.

in the U.S. there has been little temperature change in the past 50 years, the time of rapidly increasing greenhouse gases — in fact, there was a slight cooling throughout much of the country

NASA GISS: Science Briefs: Whither U.S. Climate?

I can’t generate the equivalent current map, because the GISS web site has been broken for two weeks – but Hansen’s current US temperature graph shows a strong warming trend from 1950-1998.

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Our trusted government scientists have taken it upon themselves to rewrite the nation’s history.

In 2008, the BOM’s top climate scientist announced that Australia is in a permanent drought.

January 4, 2008

This drought may never break

IT MAY be time to stop describing south-eastern Australia as gripped by drought and instead accept the extreme dry as permanent, one of the nation’s most senior weather experts warned yesterday.

“Perhaps we should call it our new climate,” said the Bureau of Meteorology’s head of climate analysis, David Jones.

This drought may never break – Environment – smh.com.au

Not quite as stupid as the UK’s chief scientist who said that we would all have to move to Antarctica, or Obama’s top science adviser who said that Arctic winters will soon be ice-free.

27 January 2013

The BBC’s Nick Bryant reports from Sydney that the river in Bundaberg is already above the flood levels witnessed in 2010, and meteorologists fear it could rise another metre, reaching levels not seen in 70 years.

BBC News – Australian state of Queensland braces for flooding

In his inauguration address, Barry gave the traditional Presidential hurricane report

We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.  (Applause.)  Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms.

Obama being the detail oriented the person that he is, is no doubt is aware that we are coming up on 7,500 days since a category 5 hurricane hit the US and 2,750 days since a major hurricane hit the US.

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Let me be clear. I understand that I can’t take your guns away in one fell swoop, so I am going to do it in stages. First I will sucker you into thinking the bill won’t pass, so that you will be complacent. Then I will sucker you into registering your guns. Then after a couple more well timed mass shootings – that is when I will come take your guns.

Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs

Weather Street:Clouds and Precipitation Forecast Movie

Did CO2 decline since last winter?

Before NOAA tampered with the data, July 2012 was fourth hottest after 1901, 1936 and 1934. There has been no trend in July temperatures in the US since 1895.

Bearing in mind that recent climate change and biodiversity agreements both talk of sums in the order of $100bn per year by 2020, and that the Rio+20 agenda is far broader, you can guess at the sums of money that might be requested here.

BBC News – Rio: Money flows and commitment woes

That is $100000000000.00 cold hard cash, and all you have to do is make up some stupid story about how global warming hurts earthworms.

Web Cam – Wolf Creek Ski Area