Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Hayhoe Expands Her Evangelizing Into New Areas Of Misinformation | Real Science

Ahhh. the mythical island of garbage [which Hayhoe says is the size of Texas] which no one has ever been able to photograph. Even alarmist Discovery News says this is nonsense.

Global temperature response to radiative forcing: Solar cycle versus volcanic eruptions : Stoat

* Solar cycle signal in global temperature is no more than 0.02 degrees K
* A 0.2 K periodic signal observed in phase with solar cycle is due to volcanoes
* Volcano cooling in 20th century more than offsets solar activity warming

Bracing for a Hungry Tick Season - NYTimes.com

The role of weather and global warming on the proliferation of ticks and their geographic spread is still poorly understood, however, he added.

“Climate warming is probably allowing ticks to spread northward into northern New England and Canada but can’t explain their expansion southward into Maryland and Virginia,” he said. “And little evidence links recent warming trends in the Northeast to the proliferation of ticks there, although warming could play a role.”

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe calls for Senate hearing on federal agency's lavish Las Vegas conference | NewsOK.com

A few agency employees spent more than $136,000 “scouting” Las Vegas hotels to plan for the conference, which ultimately cost more than $146,000 for catered food alone — including breakfasts that cost $44 per person.

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