Friday, April 12, 2013

New paper finds another non-hockey-stick in Russian Subarctic, 'temperatures at least 1°C higher than the present' during Holocene Climate Optimum
A paper published today in Quaternary Research reconstructs temperatures in the Russian Subarctic over the past 10,000 years and finds "The regional Holocene Thermal Maximum, characterized by maximum warmth and dryness occurred at 7900–5400 calendar years before the present. During this period, July temperatures were at least 1°C higher than at present."
Sanders: McCarthy hearing is really about global warming | WashingtonExaminer.com
“Barrasso has made it clear this discussion … is not about Gina McCarthy,” said Sanders. “It is a debate about global warming and whether or not we listen to the leading scientists in our country who tell us that global warming is the most serious crisis we face.”

Sanders gave a long list of global warming’s effects, including droughts and floods, and called out Sen. James Inhofe for describing global warming as a hoax.
Is the North Pole Going to Melt entirely? asks Newspaper in 1923 | Tallbloke's Talkshop
As the northern melt and polar bear worrying season gets underway, a timely reminder of the repetitive nature of ‘unprecedented’ climate happenings.
Climate Conversation Group » Climate forecasts fulfilled or what?
Earlier today someone mentioned to me that a Guardian article confirmed the remarkable claim that climate models correctly predicted the evolution of this century’s temperatures. By implication, either they predicted the hiatus or the hiatus hasn’t occurred. I was intrigued.

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