Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Hey-Ho : “26,500 indicators of a warming climate” | Real Science

Good call Kathy. With all that record CO2 controlling the climate, temperatures must be going through the roof.

After Durban – First Thoughts « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

Geoff Sherrington analyzes the words in the Durban agreement, and finds a telling tale of politics, money and influence, but not one of probability, maths, food, shelter or freedom (which do not appear at all). The word science appears 6 times in 21,313 words. It’s the mere token excuse that underlies everything else. This is a legal style document, so it is to be expected that it’s dominated by “parties” and “reports” but given the uncertainties involved in predicting the climate, a rational document, designed to serve the people, would surely include statistics, cost benefits, and mentions of probabilities. But then, we always knew that the big greenhouse scare was not about the emissions or the atmosphere, but about status, power and money. — Jo

Disco Lives Forever | Real Science

The US southwest may be seeing a repeat of the early 1980s, when they were slammed with one heavy snow after another. I went skiing at Flagstaff around 1979 or 1980 – with a wall of snow 10 feet high on both sides of the road up to the lodge.

Mt. St. Helens Day (May 18, 1980) I was skiing in 15 feet of snow behind Taos Ski Valley. This winter, the (permanent drought)  four corners area is getting absolutely slammed with snow and cold.

Experts tell us that La Nina brings drought to the region.

IPCC Scientist Responsible For Bogus Antarctica Warming Study Suppresses His Critics' Research

IPCC 'lead author' Josefino Comiso suppresses peer-reviewed research that completely discredited his previous "Antarctica is warming" study

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