Lawrence Solomon: Profitin’ in the wind - FP Comment

Billionaire energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens has a two-step plan to cash in on climate change. Today: step two

Scienceblogs.com Misses The Point On Climate Models

The amount of arrogance coming downwind from global warming zealots can be in itself quite breathtaking. Their arguments, often, are therefore only satisfying to people who already share their preconceptions and are quite lacking for those who do not.

Consider the incredible straw man “Coby” (a Grist fan) uses over at Scienceblogs.com to defend climate models.

Power Line - A Year Without A Summer?

Today, walking down the street in downtown Minneapolis at 5:30, en route from my office to my parking ramp, I saw something I've never seen before: a man wearing a winter coat in July. Well, maybe not quite a winter coat, but definitely a fall/winter semi-parka with an unzipped, faux-fur lined hood. He was carrying a briefcase and looked like a businessman who was tired of being cold every time he went outdoors. In the summer.

I personally don't think that we (all of humankind, let alone we Americans) can control the weather, but for those who do think we possess that Godlike power, here's a request: can we turn the thermostat up a little?  [Via Skeptic's Corner]

Solar Cycle and El Nino: New research points to stronger connection

The new paper does not analyze the weather impacts of the solar-driven events. But Meehl and his co-author, Julie Arblaster of both NCAR and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, found that the solar-driven La Nina tends to cause relatively warm and dry conditions across parts of western North America. More research will be needed to determine the additional impacts of these events on weather across the world.