Real Climate Science

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http://byers.typepad.com/

Arctic melt is accelerating out of control. If this pattern keeps up, there will be less Arctic ice in September than there was in March.

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover.uk.php

Extreme weather is caused by differences in temperature, pressure, humidity, etc. Extreme weather like tornadoes typically occur at frontal boundaries where cold and warm air meet. If there was less cold air at the poles, there should be less extreme weather – not more.

On Carl Sagan’s runaway Venus, they have a uniform temperature and have no weather at all.

So why do climate scientists keep talking about global warming producing more extreme weather? Do they lack the most fundamental knowledge of climate science?

“There are climate change deniers in Congress and when the economy gets tough, sometimes environmental issues drop from people’s radar screens,” Obama told about 200 guests at the Pacific Heights residence of internet billionaire Marc Benioff

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/

http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=69874

Politics and self-confidence trump education on climate change

http://arstechnica.com/

A proper university indoctrination education is important.

A 60-year drought that scorched the Southwest during the 12th century may be a harbinger of things to come as greenhouse gases warm the Earth, according to research published December 13 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/

The head of Australia’s Climate Commission, scientist and author Tim Flannery, says he doesn’t want to be seen to be criticizing Canada too much. But in a phone interview from Toronto on a recent visit, he had trouble containing himself when asked about the record of the Stephen Harper government in addressing climate change.

“Canada would have to be one of the worst performers globally in this area,” he stated, adding that this provides excuses for poorer nations not to deal with the problem. “It also corrodes morale and ultimately will lead to censure from the world. It’s a profound moral problem. We all have to do our bit in this, you know. It really is sad, actually, to see Canada now becoming quite isolated and potentially quite damaged, I think, by the path it has set.”

http://www.straight.com/

http://www.commonwealthclub.org

http://www.drought.gov

March was the eighth wettest on record.

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/

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STATE                                                      PERCENT OF AVERAGE
  RIVER BASIN                                     Number   Snow Water  Accum
                                                 of Sites  Equivalent  Precip
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CALIFORNIA
  NORTHERN GREAT BASIN .........................  4 of  4     145       141 
  TRUCKEE RIVER ................................  8 of  8     170       144 
  LAKE TAHOE ...................................  8 of  8     179       154 
  CARSON RIVER .................................  4 of  9        *      148 
  WALKER RIVER .................................  5 of  6     147       145 
  KLAMATH ...................................... 10 of 10     160       123

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotelanom/snotelbasin

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

Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are still getting lots of snow.