HADCRUT Update August 2012 « NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

In other words, more than a third of the warming that GISS claim is not shown by RSS. It is also worth pointing out here that UAH are in the middle of introducing their new Version 5.5. More on this next month, but in simple terms they have been picking up spurious warming because of problems with the Aqua system. The new Version, which I will be using in my next update, effectively reduces temperatures for the last year by about 0.05C. This will bring UAH closely into line with RSS and HADCRUT, and emphatically leaves GISS as an outlier.

Something else worth pointing out is that RSS have less coverage of the Antarctic than UAH. RSS can only monitor down to 70oS, whereas UAH go to 85oS. Why is this significant? It is generally accepted that the Antarctic has been getting colder in recent years. It seems unlikely that RSS are picking up the full effect of this in their global numbers, which, if that were the case, would be over estimated.

Fraud Hits California’s Recycling Programs - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

California’s generous recycling redemption program has led to rampant fraud. Crafty entrepreneurs are driving semi-trailers full of cans from Nevada or Arizona, which don’t have deposit laws, across the border and transforming their cargo into truckfuls of nickels. In addition, recyclers inside the state are claiming redemptions for the same containers several times over, or for containers that never existed.

Do ice-core bubbles indicate man-made global warming during Roman times? - Boston environmental policy | Examiner.com

If the obvious contradiction isn't clear, the researchers would have us believe that the extra production of methane during the mini-ice age didn't help raise global temperatures, but during Roman times it did. Confused yet?

Iowa: Record low temps seen in some areas

After a summer of sweltering heat, Mason City saw a new record low set on Sunday of 19 degrees, breaking the record that stood since 1896. Ottumwa also set a new record low with 25 on Sunday, Atlantic broke a record low at 15 on Saturday, while Waterloo tied a record low on Sunday at 24 degrees.