Ivan sent these over.

1890 – June
“GREAT HEAT IN AMERICA HUNDREDS OF DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/44052819?

1891 – June
“INTENSE HEAT IN NEW YORK.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/39571687?

1892 – July
“HEAT IN AMERICA. DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE. WORK SUSPENDED.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/48537955?

1894 – Sept
“DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3587788?

1895 – Sept
“PHENOMENAL HEAT IN AMERICA.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/34523625?

1896 – Aug
“INTENSE HEAT IN AMERICA. APPALLING DEATH-ROLL.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9379575?

1897 – July
“HEAT IN AMERICA. THOUSANDS PROSTRATED. NUMEROUS DEATHS.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9174702?

1898 – Sept
“HEAT IN NEW YORK. 170 DEATHS ON MONDAY.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9850822?

Tuesday’s hearing heard from four recognised climate scientists as well as three well-known climate sceptics.

The scientists came armed with the latest evidence on how climate change was raising the dangers of flooding in Europe and wildfires in the US.

Knute Nadelhoffer, a University of Michigan professor, noted that Lake Superior had already warmed by 4.5F since 1979, and that similar trends were visible in smaller lakes.

Witnesses invited by Republicans tried to compare their cause to that of famous dissenters – such as Galileo – who were eventually proved right.

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

Too bad the skeptics aren’t real scientists.

John R. Christy, B.A. Mathematics, California State University (1973), M.S. Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois (1984), Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois (1987), NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1991), American Meteorological Society’s Special Award (1996), Member, Committee on Earth Studies, Space Studies Board (1998-2001), Alabama State Climatologist (2000-Present), Fellow, American Meteorological Society (2002), Panel Member, Official Statement on Climate Change, American Geophysical Union (2003), Member, Committee on Environmental Satellite Data Utilization, Space Studies Board (2003-2004), Member, Committee on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the last 2,000 years, National Research Council (2006), Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville (1991-Present), Director of the Earth System Science Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville (2000-Present), Contributor, IPCC (1992, 1994, 1996, 2007), Lead Author, IPCC (2001)

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

Satellite data shows that sea level rise rates have slowed in the last five years.

http://sealevel.colorado.edu/current/sl_noib_global.txt

Green line below shows the projection out to 2100 – 30 cm. The purple line below shows Hansen’s two metre forecast.

During the 1970s, snow in the deep south was caused by cold. The same phenomenon is now caused by heat. If you don’t understand this, it is because you are ignorant.

Climate science has come a long way since the days when they believed that snow and cold are associated with each other.

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1900 saw record drought, forest fires and hurricanes. Gavin says that CO2 controls the climate.

http://news.google.com/

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http://query.nytimes.com/

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Fishing was good in 1899 too.

http://books.google.com/

Team of Scientists Sees Substantial Warming of Earth

Published: April 16, 1990

Analysis of Geologic Records

The authors of the report said they had a high degree of confidence that the earth’s surface and the lower atmosphere would warm by 2.7 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit. While the models show there is likely to be increased drought at mid-latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, the available data permit only relatively low confidence in this finding, the report said.

In the last 100 years, the temperature of the globe has gone up by three-tenths of a degree to 1.1 degrees Fahrenheit, a range consistent with the climate models, the report said. But it also said it cannot be determined at this point how much of that increase can be attributed to greenhouse gases.

The report noted, however, that an analysis of the geologic records of prehistoric epochs shows that the correlation of increases of carbon dioxide in the air with temperature changes is similar to the predictions of the computer models.

Richard S. Lindzen, a scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has been one of the most vocal critics of the conclusions of the climate models, said he had not seen the draft report. But when told of its findings, he said, ”The conclusions sound off the wall to me.”

Mr. Lindzen said there are still so many uncertainties in the models, including the role of increased cloud formation and water vapor as a result of warmer temperature, that they cannot accurately forecast what will happen in the next century.

http://select.nytimes.com

Fluids (particularly seawater) now have a political agenda and pool up around poor people and states with bad politics.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/

You can try this experiment at home. Invite a homeless person to the swimming pool, and you will see the water rush towards them.

How about he stops one tornado (or even a drop of rain) first, before he takes on the whole climate? He can’t change the weather this afternoon, but he can predict and control the climate in 100 years.

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