Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Ignore the Gloss at Some Risk

Hitt uses the case of the ivory billed woodpecker to explain that authoritative knowledge claims are often subject to scrutiny from those with knowledge and expertise outside the academy. The ivory billed woodpecker was thought to have been seen in a video in 2004 -- the first sighting in more than 50 years. The sighting was subsequently written up and published in Science. It turns out that the sighting was false, it was not an ivory billed woodpecker. The paper in Science however stands uncorrected.

How much will Gillard’s carbon empire cost? | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

The fact that the DCCEE did not answer my questions – it seems they obfuscated – suggests the compliance cost of the system that will ultimately be required has not been estimated properly, if at all. If this is correct, the Labor-Greens Government may have committed Australian consumers and businesses to enormous future costs without realising the consequences of their ‘Clean Energy Future’ legislation.

April 2012 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly Update | Bob Tisdale – Climate Observations

The Sea Surface Temperature anomalies of the East Pacific Ocean, or approximately 33% of the surface area of the global oceans, have decreased slightly since 1982 based on the linear trend. And between upward shifts, the Sea Surface Temperature anomalies for the rest of the world (67% of the global ocean surface area) remain relatively flat. As discussed in my book, anthropogenic forcings are said to be responsible for most of the rise in global surface temperatures over this period, but the Sea Surface Temperature anomaly graphs of those two areas prompt a two-part question: Since 1982, what anthropogenic global warming processes would overlook the Sea Surface Temperatures of 33% of the global oceans and have an impact on the other 67% but only during the months of the significant El Niño events of 1986/87/88, 1997/98 and 2009/10?

If Grand Minimum on 210 Year Cycle We Are Due | The Next Grand Minimum