Real Climate Science

http://www.arctic.io/observations/8/2011-08-05/8-N72.724809-W137.101428

A couple of observations.

1. The wind compacted the ice in the Beaufort Sea today.
2. Shadows are appearing on the ice. No more midnight sun, except for very close to the pole.

The Great Storm of 1703 was the most severe storm or natural disaster ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain.[1] It affected southern England and the English Channel in the Kingdom of Great Britain. A 120-mph (193-km/h) “perfect hurricane”, it started on 24 November, and did not die down until 2 December 1703

At sea, many ships (many returning from helping the King of Spain fight the French in the War of the Spanish Succession) were wrecked, including HMS Resolution at Pevensey and on the Goodwin Sands, HMS Stirling Castle, HMS Northumberland and HMS Restoration, with about 1,500 seamen killed particularly on the Goodwins. Between 8,000 – 15,000 lives were lost overall. The first Eddystone Lighthouse was destroyed on 27 November 1703 (Old Style), killing six occupants, including its builder Henry Winstanley. The number of oak trees lost in the New Forest alone was 4,000.

On the Thames, around 700 ships were heaped together in the Pool of London, the section downstream from London Bridge. HMS Vanguard was wrecked at Chatham. HMS Association was blown from Harwich to Gothenburg in Sweden before way could be made back to England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1703

Joe acknowledges that the MWP was real! Will he be called to testify?

U.S. southwest could see a 60-year drought like that of 12th century — only hotter — this century

By Joe Romm on Dec 14, 2010 at 2:35 pm

“This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth.”

– Barack Obama, 2008

Obama made this statement without factoring in the Global Isostatic Adjustment, which has added 0.9 mm to sea level rise since he took office.

Otherwise, he did heal the planet and start quite a few wars.

James, Kevin, Larry, Julia, Al, Curly, Mike, Shemp, Moe, Barack

A tiny layer of dust can drastically affect the light-harvesting ability of solar cells – just a few grams per square metre can cut the efficiency in half

It is really dusty in Texas, and solar panels probably would have to be cleaned every day to keep them working close to capacity. Suppose that one person could clean 100 solar panels a day.

Texas could employ 20 million solar panel cleaners! Workers from Juarez are used to working for about $25/day, so they could probably sneak 20 million illegals across the border and keep the panels clean for only $165 billion per year.

The Met Office issued a news release today claiming that warm water sneakily sinks and hides below 700 meters depth in the ocean – where Trenberth can’t detect it.

The explanation for this is simple enough. In France, the faucet with the big “C” on it is the hot water faucet, and in England it is the cold water faucet.

The faucet with the “F” on it stands for the French word FUBAR.

Global warming accounted for around half of the extra hurricane-fueling warmth in the waters of the tropical North Atlantic in 2005, while natural cycles were only a minor factor, according to a new analysis by Kevin Trenberth and Dennis Shea of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The study will appear in the June 27 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, published by the American Geophysical Union.

“The global warming influence provides a new background level that increases the risk of future enhancements in hurricane activity,” Trenberth says. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation, NCAR’s primary sponsor.
The study contradicts recent claims that natural cycles are responsible for the upturn in Atlantic hurricane activity since 1995. It also adds support to the premise that hurricane seasons will become more active as global temperatures rise. Last year produced a record 28 tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic. Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma all reached Category 5 strength.

http://www.physorg.com/news70203350.html

The scientists’ religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

– Albert Einstein