Time Magazine blizzard science sets low standard for green journalism | Watts Up With That?

...Bryan [Walsh], if you can find any (credible) scientist that wants to go on record supporting your contortionist logic with respect to this holiday blizzard, please quote them directly on the record, and do not cherry-pick their blog postings or opinion-editorials. Is this the type of new “green journalism” expertise that we can expect from the vaunted and much lauded Climate Science Rapid Response Team? Preemptive straw man arguments that would make the master blush? This article is just another in a long line of really speculative pieces that reek of scientific ignorance. Enough of it, please!

Quotes of the day « Hot Air

“Barry Hunt, an honorary research fellow at the CSIRO’s Marine and Atmospheric Research unit, says global temperatures will continue to rise even if there is another cold snap…

“‘I found that even up to 2040 and 2050, you can still get cold snaps under greenhouse warming.

Putting a Siberian Snow Connection to the Test - NYTimes.com

[Judah Cohen] I have tried to stay focused on seasonal forecasting and not get distracted by global warming. The only comment I would say is, currently it is still cold enough in Siberia in the fall for precipitation to fall as snow. But if at some point temperatures warmed sufficiently that snow would fall as rain instead, then I think the lack of snow cover across Siberia in the fall could amplify winter warming.