Carbon Emissionaries « Watts Up With That?

The US did better by every measure than the EU, and did it without any restriction on carbon.

[Guardian readers: Let's give disgraced climate hoax scientists the power to run the world]

Almost half (44%) of a panel of Guardian readers trust scientists to take the lead on climate change issues, 31% put their faith into NGOs and 13% see the government as taking the most credible lead on climate change, according to the first consumer survey from Guardian Sustainable Index.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama to expand off-shore oil drilling

A trade-off seems unlikely. It seems much more likely that Obama has realized that without cheap and plentiful energy, the American economy is not going to get off the floor and start expanding.

GWPF: CRU Inquiry Unconvincing

There is not much analysis in the report - it is mostly a 'he said this and he said that and we believe Phil Jones' type of report. Overall, it is far too kind to Phil Jones, accepting everything he said without question.

[Why did the bigger ocean cool while the smaller one warmed?]

According to Wikipedia, the area of the Arctic Ocean is 14,056,000 sq. km. The Southern Ocean, on the other hand, has an area of 20,327,000 sq. km or about 45% larger than the Arctic Ocean. Sea ice also varies in the polar oceans, as is well known.

Taking those factors into consideration, which plays a greater role in global SST anomaly trends, the rise in the Arctic Ocean SST anomalies, or the drop in the Southern Ocean SST anomalies?