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Saturday, May 24th, 2008Why is Jupiter getting warmer near the equator?1 I thought all climate change was due to humans. It is not even worth considering whether nor not whatever is warming Jupiter might also be affecting Earth.
NASA, ESA, M. Wong, I. de Pater (UC Berkely), et al. “Jupiter’s Three Red Spots” Astronomy Picture of [...]
quote of the day
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007“This does not mean that we should never take action to prevent evil, or should sit back and wait for God to do something. It does mean that we should not panic, or become needlessly anxious, or jump to rash conclusions, which may cause more harm than good.” - Melinda Selmys1
The “This” above refers to [...]
A Y2k bug in climatology
Monday, August 13th, 2007It appears that not all Y2k bugs have been fixed; one was found in NASA’s handling of raw climate data.1 After the corrected figures2 have been released, it turns out that 1934, and not 1998, is the warmest year on record. Why a Y2k bug would have changed the readings for 1998 I [...]
Natural forces offset global warming
Friday, August 10th, 2007Global warming is real. We have not seen it in much of the recent data1, the ice at the antarctic is increasing2, and other parts of the southern hemisphere are getting colder also,3 but it is real. Scientists everywhere assure us of this fact.
Not only is it real, but it is our [...]
Explaining glacier melt without carbon dioxide
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Looking at the effect of brown clouds over the Indian Ocean, a group of United States researchers have managed to explain the fact that glaciers in the Himalayas are melting without resorting to blaming any and all warming on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases.1 They claim the warming is caused by the pollution put [...]
Because Global warming is indesputable
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Johannesburg, South Africa has its first confirmed snowfall in more than 25 years1. While the city normally gets cold, with an average minimum of 4.7 degrees Celsius in June, this is the first snow they have had since 1981. The capital, Pretoria, had its first snow since 1968, an even longer period.
Meanwhile, [...]
The sun controls our climate
Thursday, June 21st, 2007The sun not only varies in brightness, it also has a major impact on how much cosmic radiation reaches the earth. Between the two, it is the primary cause of change in our climate.1 This article focuses on a series of mud cores from Canada, but also has a number of references to [...]
Do we even know the *current* temperature?
Monday, June 18th, 2007The Pittsburgh Tribute-Review reports that there is reason to doubt the temperature recordings from NOAA.1 According to the article, a former meteorologist is spot-checking the quality of the NOAA weather stations across the country. So far only a few of the 1,221 stations have been checked, so much work remains to be done. [...]
Further Complexity in Climate
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Climate is a complex thing. I doubt anyone would debate that. Still, it appears that those scientists advancing the idea of global warming, are pushing an overly simplified view of climate. In my last few posts on the subject, I have looked at the Sun’s influence on the Earth, and the idea [...]
more details
Monday, February 12th, 2007This[1] article has some more details of the reaction to my my previous post by the scientific community, or rather, their reaction to the article I posted about. It also differs on when the research was published, claiming last week instead of late last year. Still, it appears that the research is being [...]
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