Real Climate Science

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Good luck finding any green in the satellite photo.

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/single.php?T110851345

Studies on the population dynamics of king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, a large Antarctic diving bird, have been on-going for many years. Recently, these fish-eating, top-of-the-food-chain predators have been used as indicator-species for studies on the impacts of climate change in the southern hemisphere (Croxall et al., 2002; Tynan 1998). In many respects, penguins have become “polar bear equivalents” of the Antarctic ecosystem.

Introducing their study of the subject, Saraux et al. (2011) note that “in 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighted an urgent need to assess the responses of marine ecosystems to climate change. Because they lie in a high-latitude region, the Southern Ocean ecosystems are expected to be strongly affected by global warming. Using top predators of this highly productive ocean (such as penguins) as integrative indicators may help us assess the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems.

http://www.nipccreport.org/articles/2011/mar/29mar2011a6.html

Yea – some warming trend.

http://www.bloomberg.com/

The Berkeley (pronounced Bark-lee) family has an long history of intrigue, including their own private dungeon where they killed King Edward II. Their castle is located in Gloucestershire, north of Bristol. The town was also the home of Edward Jenner – who invented the Smallpox vaccine. Definitely worth a visit if you are out west.

The Ghost of King Edward II of Berkeley Castle

Located in Gloucestershire England, Berkeley Castle was built in 1153 by William FitzOsbern after Henry II granted permission to construct a castle of stone.

Over the centuries, Berkeley Castle served an important role in English history with its Earls participating in many famous wars. The castle was damaged after being battered by Lord Oliver Cromwell.

For approximately 850 years, the castle has been inhabited by the Berkeley Family and resides as the oldest inhabited castle in England.

The castle is best known for the royal figure who was imprisoned and murdered there.

As Richard Jones tells the story …

“Visitors to the castle can still see a deep dungeon in the old keep, into which were once thrown the rotting carcasses of animals, accompanied every so often, it is said, by the corpses of common people who had offended the powerful Lord Berkeley. The stench rising from this disease-ridden and malodorous pit must have been unbearable, but it also provided an exquisitely horrific way to punish those of noble birth who had incurred the wrath of the Berkeley family. A windowless cell can be seen close by. Here, unfortunate nobles would be locked away, with only the stinking air from the nearby dungeon to breathe. It provided a convenient method by which to dispose of those who could not be seen to have been murdered, since few people could survive long in the dreadful and fetid atmosphere.

http://great-castles.com/berkeleyghost.php

 

Initial Libya Mission Complete, Successful, Gates Says

By Lisa Daniel
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2011 – U.S. aircraft will remain on standby as NATO takes over multilateral operations in Libya and the coalition considers its future role there, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told a Senate committee yesterday

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63392

The Dark Ages were better.

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

http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/about/bloom-watch/

http://www.ibtimes.com/

http://www.wunderground.com/history/station/04416/2011/3/1/MonthlyHistory.html

Spring is early, the butterflies are fluttering, the cherry trees are blooming and the maples are pollinating and climate change is too blame, the timing is all wrong and biologists are worried.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/251918

Only 50 inches of snow on the ground in Maine!

http://www.weatherstreet.com/local_forecast_files/maine-snow-cover.htm

With five more inches on the way as an April Fools joke.

http://www.weatherstreet.com/states/maine-snowfall-forecast.htm

[Update – looks like Muller left 70% of the planet off his graph – the oceans. Nice visualization of UHI though.]

HadCRUT actually shows about half of that.

http://www.woodfortrees.org/

The image below superimposes HadCRUT (green) at the same scale.