Thursday, April 16, 2009

KTUU.com | Alaska's news and information source | Disaster panel mulls record Kotzebue snow
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A state panel is considering a disaster declaration by the Northwest Arctic Borough in response to record snowfall in Kotzebue this winter.
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The National Weather Service in Kotzebue says the average yearly snowfall for Kotzebue is about 40 inches. This winter the area received almost 102 inches of snow - a record, according to the Kotzebue office.
The Associated Press: Drought fraud from Jonathan Overpeck
"We also know that global warming will make these droughts a lot hotter. This could be devastating," said Overpeck.

Shanahan noted in a teleconference that there have been six large, century-scale droughts in the last 2,700 years in the region, including two "really large ones" in the last 1,000 years.
CO2 - Love It: Comments on the BC Carbon Tax Scam
Well now, look at that. Seems almost NOBODY is falling for the carbon scam anymore! Check out the comments from the Toronto Star editorial on the BC carbon tax election discussion
Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr. Research Group News » “Air Temperature Change Due To Human Activities In Taiwan For The Past Century” By Lai and Cheng 2009
“The obvious lack of spatial homogeneity indicates that various non-greenhouse gas processes have played roles in climate change in Taiwan, and these factors must be considered when analysing long-term air temperature variations. Caution should be exercised when using grid data to assess temperature trends at the grid-box level”

raises questions about the robustness of the homogenization of the surface temperature trend record, as we also raised in our paper...

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