Saturday, August 25, 2012

NOAA Showing 36% More Ice Than The 2007 Minimum | Real Science
Turquoise represents ice present in 2012 which wasn’t present at the 2007 minimum. Red shows the opposite. There is 36% more ice than there was at the 2007 minimum.
- Bishop Hill blog - Fighting mad
Another interesting set of emails from the University of Arizona release. These ones date back to 2001, eight or nine months after the publication of the Third Assessment Report. The thread starts on 7 September, just days before 9/11, and reference is made to those attacks in the thread.

The emails show how the Hockey Team came together to attempt to thwart criticism of their field from a German geological institute.
1.5 Degrees UHI Since 1930 | Real Science
USHCN says that they make a 0.1F UHI adjustment, which is about 1500% too small.
Why Climate Action Won't Be Like Civil Rights | ThinkProgress
The names ring through history as chimes of freedom: Liebniz, Descartes, Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire. If we can solve climate change, and realize the profound benefits of doing so, greater than all the rewards of the enlightenment, children might one day view a list of names with similar awe: Munich Re, Howard Schultz, The Trailblazers, Michael Bloomberg, Chicago, Nike.

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