Real Climate Science

The map below shows all the earthquakes in the last two weeks greater than 4.0 magnitude.

http://www.iris.edu/servlet/eventserver/map.do

Aggie professor Jerry North hints that the near record cold La Nina was caused by global warming.

“The current weather conditions are due to the La Niña weather pattern,” said Travis Miller, professor, associate head and extension program leader for the Soil and Crop Sciences Department.

“We should all be concerned with climate change. While we cannot blame any specific incident on climate change, we should be reminded of its relentless, gradual march,” said Jerry North, professor of atmospheric sciences.

http://www.thebatt.com/

The cure is to send him to the Arctic in summer to get eaten by mosquitoes. Why are universities exposing students to mentally ill lecturers?

Before he said another word, Bill McKibben wanted to make sure he warned his audience of one thing: he is the “bummer outer” of people, he said.

“I do apologize for being depressing,” McKibben said. “You all have had a nice day and now you come and listen to me and that will be that. I apologize in advance for that.”

McKibben said global warming is the single greatest problem humankind has ever faced, it will take a global movement to stop global warming from getting even worse, and the key to that movement is fighting the fossil fuel industry — or, more specifically, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

McKibben said he thought he would be content being a writer. Then he went to Bangladesh as a reporter and there was an outbreak of a disease caused by a certain mosquito. McKibben was infected and he said the hot temperatures that occurred because of global warming is perfect for mosquitoes. He said it was the sickest he has ever been and as he sat in the hospital ward he thought that it was not fair the people of Bangladesh were paying for a climate problem they have not caused.

WASHINGTON D.C. April 19, 2011 – Today the American Security Project released a series of 50 reports which analyze and project possible economic losses—or in some cases, gains—on a state-by-state basis as a result of unmitigated climate change.  The project, “Pay Now, Pay Later” (PNPL), draws attention to the costs of inaction for each state if we fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

http://americansecurityproject.org/

Here is some of crap they are promoting :

Kentucky’s timber industry, alone, generates $9.3 billion for its economy; Arkansas’ employs tens of thousands. Wooded lands will be damaged as a result of drier ecosystems, which are susceptible to harsher and more frequent forest fires. A warmer global climate and changes in precipitation could cost Kansas over $300 million and hundreds of jobs in crop losses by 2035.”

“Severe storms and erosion threaten coastal communities, thus the warming and rising of sea levels could affect the 10 million plus people who live on Florida’s coast and other similar communities. Additionally, more severe storms and receding lake levels could disrupt shipping industries in states like Georgia, Ohio, and Michigan—a state that could suffer over $4 billion in import and export losses within the next several decades as a result of a decline in the Great Lakes system connectivity.

Colorado : Climate change will seriously jeopardize the vast natural resources that underpin Colorado’s $11 billion recreation and tourism industry; a lack of snow is predicted to seriously damage the Aspen ski area by 2100.

Colorado has been having record snow and near record cold winters since that report came out

California : Under a high-emissions scenario, by the close of the century sea levels throughout the state are projected to rise 22-30 inches and protecting coastal areas from sea level rises around the San Francisco Bay alone could cost $6-30 billion each year.

There has been essentially zero sea level rise recorded in California. Hansen has already admitted that his high emissions scenario was never possible.

Maine : The devastating 2007 Patriots’ Day Storm caused around $45 million worth of damage to infrastructure alone. These kinds of storms, now few and far between, could occur every two to three years in the Northeast due to climate change.

It has been 20 years since any hurricane hit New England. In 1955, New England was hit by two hurricanes (Connie and Diane) within five days.

It has been almost 1,000 days since any hurricane struck the US, the longest hurricane free period since before the Civil War. Scientists have never established any link between CO2 and hurricanes.

In these tough economic times, it’s no surprise political leaders spend a lot less time talking about combating global warming than about the need to create jobs. But former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman says people should realize the implications of doing nothing.

“A decision you can make is let’s do nothing, it’s too costly (to develop nuclear or solar). But understand you’re going to pay a price down the road,” Whitman said in a Political Connections interview airing today on Bay News 9 at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Whitman, a former governor of New Jersey, is a director of a bipartisan national security think tank called the American Security Project. Last week it released a study estimating that inaction on climate change by 2025 will cost Florida $27 billion, because of hurricane damage, real estate and tourism losses, and electricity consumption.

http://www.tampabay.com/

Texas fires probably due to global warming

“Here in West Texas, our rainfall’s getting more variable,” said Hayhoe, a specialist in modelling climate change across regions. “It’s either feast or famine. It’s either really dry or it’s really wet. We’re not getting a lot in the middle.”

Rainfall in a few heavy bursts rather than throughout a growing season might not help crops very much. Higher temperatures might boost irrigation demands, further depleting West Texas’ already declining Ogallala Aquifer, Hayhoe said.

Although no one drought or flood can be blamed on climate change, she said, the chances for such events might increase, like rolling dice loaded with an extra six.

“You never know if the six you roll is the natural one or the climate-change one,” Hayhoe said. “But you do know you’re getting them twice as much as you used to.”

http://www.thespec.com/

According to NCDC, rainfall in Texas is getting less variable. The lowest and highest years for Texas precipitation were both during the 1910s. During the 1950s, there were seven consecutive years with well below average precipitation.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/tx.html

One thing we know for sure is that junk science drivel from scientists looking for recognition and funding is growing exponentially.

Temperatures in Tasmania cooled dramatically after 1870, and never recovered.

Exactly what Romm told us would happen.

Which nations are most responsible for climate change?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Obviously Iceland. All their ice is making the world hot.

FREEDOM-of-information documents have suggested that the guardians of the $70 billion Future Fund have not discussed climate change in any meetings since 2007, prompting questions about how Australia’s largest fund is managing carbon risk on investments.

In response to a Climate Institute FOI submission requesting the minutes of all meetings where ”climate change” was mentioned, the Future Fund said no documents could be found matching the request.

The Climate Institute business director, Julian Poulter, said it was ”extraordinary” that Australia’s largest institutional fund had not been actively and concertedly managing potential carbon risk on investments. ”This is a clear admission that there has been no consideration, otherwise it would have been minuted,” he said. ”It is Australia’s largest fund and its sole purpose is to plug a long-term gap on Australia’s future pension fund liabilities. It seems extraordinary that potentially the greatest risk to that portfolio has had no consideration by the board of guardians.

http://www.smh.com.au/

http://graphs.water-data.com/ucsnowpack/

There are going to be major floods in June, and Lake Powell water levels will likely increase 40 or 50 feet this summer.