Briffa and Sodankyla Church « Climate Audit

The old Sodankyla church was built in 1689. Nine cores from beams at this church have been measured and archived. Briffa 2008 used one of 9 cores. Why only one of 9? Your guess is as good as mine.

Climate Research News » More Climate-Carbon-Claptrap from Stern

Hmmmm! Does Nicholas Stern have a conflict of interests in writing the Stern review and being Vice Chairman of IDEACarbon.com, that profits from the carbon-climate industry? Just asking.

Climate Research News » UK Met Office Spins into 2009

Admin: More unscientific nonsense from Phil Jones - warming cannot be ‘masked’ and why is 1991 to 2000 considered more significant than any other period in the 12,000 year old Holocene? Who says 14C is the ‘correct’ global average temperature and what proof do they have? What’s all that CO2 doing?

2008 Ends Spotless and with 266 Spotless Days, the #2 Least Active Year Since 1900, Portends Cooling « Watts Up With That?

This will bring the total number of sunspotless days this month to 28 and for the year to 266, clearly enough to make 2008, the second least active solar year since 1900.