Real Climate Science

If this happened today, scientists would cite it as proof of the evil effects of CO2.

The Courier-Mail Brisbane Tuesday 30 June 1953

30 Jun 1953 – Kyushu floods A million Japanese homeless

The Advertiser Adelaide, SA Saturday 11 August 1951

11 Aug 1951 – Heat In America; Floods In Europe NEW YORK, Aug….

20 Jan 1931 – STARVATION IN U.S.A. Serious Drought Situation. …

28 Jul 1934 – AMERICAN DROUGHT DESTRUCTION OF CATTLE HEAVY HUM…

Figure3.png (2800×2000)

I wonder why the UK Met Office removed their 2009 barbecue summer forecast video? Perhaps Google was running out of disk space?

Wednesday 29 July 2009

It always seemed a little too good to be true, especially for anyone who has endured a beach holiday huddled under an umbrella. This year was to be different, we were told. A “barbecue summer” – from no less an authority than the Met Office itself.

Yesterday, though, the Met Office conceded what Britons have seen with their own eyes over the last few weeks: apart from a fortnight in June, the summer has been more soggy than sizzling. And it’s not likely to get much better in August, a prediction that will disappoint, if not entirely surprise, millions of “staycationers” who booked a holiday in the UK to enjoy the sunshine and beat the recession.

Rain puts dampers on ‘barbecue summer’ | UK news | The Guardian

Panetta warned today that disappearing sea ice threatens the US. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service warned today of record sea ice.

NOAK48 PAFC 032215
PNSAFC

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
215 PM AKDT THU MAY 3 2012

…RECORD SEA ICE AT PRIBILOF ISLANDS…

THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTREME WINTER FOR SEA ICE IN THE BERING SEA AND NOW WE HAVE BROKEN THE RECORDS FOR MOST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH ICE AT BOTH SAINT PAUL ISLAND AND SAINT GEORGE ISLAND.

AS OF TODAY SEA ICE HAS BEEN AT SAINT PAUL ISLAND FOR 103 DAYS THIS WINTER BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 100 DAYS SET IN 2010.

THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH SEA ICE AT SAINT GEORGE ISLAND TOTALED 79 WHEN THE ICE RETREATED NORTH ON THE 25TH OF APRIL. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 60 DAYS WAS SET IN 2010.

National Weather Service, Anchorage Forecast Office Public Forecasts

Panetta has proven that he is clueless enough to be a star in the Obama White House. He boldly makes statements about things he knows absolutely nothing about, just like his boss.

h/t to Marc Morano

Two very smart scientists, with brains unaffected by acute GISS pollution.

The Prescott Courier – Dec 24, 1978

The Prescott Courier – Google News Archive Search

Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs

A favorite trick of Hansen, Hayhoe, Dessler, et. al is to start their Mann-made warming trends in the 1970s.  This is a wonderful trick, because they also tell us that the 1970s were artificially cooled by man-made cooling.

The cooling between 1940 and 1970 was likely a result of industrial pollution that produced sunlight-blocking aerosols, a phenomenon known as global dimming. As industry ramped up across the globe, much air pollution was being spewed out of smoke stacks along with carbon dioxide.

Global Warming: Fiction: Scientists in the 1970s Were Predicting a Coming Ice Age

Hansen uses the 1970s as his baseline for normal temperatures, and his crew also tells us that 1970s temperatures were not normal because of aerosols.

So the rules are, use the 1970s when convenient for obtaining  funding, and chuck them when inconvenient.

97% of climate scientists have now graduated from kindergarten.

Sea-level rises ‘may not be as high as worst-case scenarios have predicted’ | Environment | guardian.co.uk

US Drought Monitor

Natural droughts tend to be much less severe, like this one from 1934.