The Week That Was (January 9, 2010) Brought to you by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) | Climate Realists

In line with what seems to be an IPCC plan of claiming increasing confidence in AGW (anthropogenic global warming) with each successive report, the Summary of IPCC Third Assessment Report [IPCC-TAR, 2001] promised new information to support a conclusion of AGW. This new information turned out to be the “Hockeystick,” a dramatic graph that showed temperatures since 1000 AD steadily decreasing – until, suddenly, here was a huge warming in the 20th century. No trace of the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) and the Little Ice Age (LIA), so clearly shown in earlier IPCC reports and supported by both physical and historic data.

The Power of Branding | Climate Skeptic

...no living human being has suggested any credible mechanism by which CO2 can cause climate change without the intermediate step of warming. CO2 causes warming, which in turn might or might not cause more, say, severe storms. But there is no evidence of CO2 causing more temperature volatility (particularly extremes to the cold side) and even those who have suggested that global warming might lead to more volatility would be forced to admit, if they are being honest, that this is more volatility around a higher mean, such that there still should not be a lot more record lows.

Mann-erisms: Where did we get that idea? « Watts Up With That?

[John A] I wonder why newspapers are sinking fast into the mud of history and then Faye Flam arrives to remove the wonder.

Al Fin: Well, Dam the Arctic Ocean Anyway!

Okay, not the entire Arctic Ocean. Just build a dam across the Bering Strait. If you do that, you can control the climate of the entire Arctic! Once you have the dam, you can either make the Arctic colder -- or make it so warm that the ice cap melts and the Greenland ice sheets begin melting in earnest.

[Cold weather roundup]

Snowing all over Portugal
10 Jan 2010 - Email from reader
Hello,

Like last year, it's snowing again, what didn't happen for decades.

Best Regards
Daniel Melo.

EU Referendum: Cooling anyone?

Yes ... it is cooling. Furthermore, this is not just a physical phenomenon. Although the politicians have opted out, the political ramifications are huge. Our leaders are going to have some serious explaining to do. We saw it coming ... lots of other people saw it coming. Why were they – as always – so blind and stupid?

Cold comfort for climate change brigade - National - NZ Herald News

Sweden has had temperatures down to -35C and the Baltic Sea is reportedly frozen to 40cms thick in places.