GISS December Update « NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

December numbers are out for GISS, and show a huge drop of 0.24C from November, from 0.68C to 0.44C.

The Secret Santa Leak: Translations & IPCC Reaction « NoFrakkingConsensus

The point of the story I published on the day the IPCC released its statement was that some of the people it has designated as expert reviewers are actually employees of activist organizations.

Much of the feedback those people have offered the IPCC is therefore not thoughtful. It is not scientific. Rather, it amounts to a lobbying barrage – IPCC authors are being repeatedly and aggressively urged to cite activist-produced literature.

The IPCC’s expert review process has been highjacked by pressure groups. Any genuinely scientific organization would hang its head in shame at this revelation. But the IPCC trundles on.

Editors consider banning skeptic comments | JunkScience.com

For the comrades at the New Left Project, science may become a strictly a top-down, received wisdom discipline.

Heavy Snow Hits Spain