Monthly Archives: September 2014

The Obvious Failures of Climate Science That Mainstream Media Ignores

The National Science Foundation press release Cause of California drought linked to climate change found its way into the mainstream media, with science reporters around the globe adding their hype. That press release is based on the recently published study … Continue reading

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NOAA NOMADS Appears to be Down…For Service?

UPDATE, a week later (Monday, October 6):  NOMADS is still down. I emailed one of the NOAA scientists who deal with the Reynolds OI SST data and I’m awaiting a reply. I’ll let you know. # # # This weekend, … Continue reading

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More Than 310 Thousand People with Skewed Priorities Flood New York

The numbers are rolling in…and they’re impressive in a odd way. Based on numerous news reports, somewhere in the neighborhood of 310 to 400 thousand people participated in the People’s Climate March on Sunday, September 21, 2014 in New York City.  … Continue reading

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A former White House science advisor speaks out about “settled science”

This is an excellent summary of the state of climate science, well written by Steven Koonin, former advisor to Obama. Watts Up With That? Feeling unsettled? Try new Climate Science™, now with extra certainty! Climate Science Is Not Settled We … Continue reading

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Saving Civilization: 2009 vs 2015

If “‘We have hours’ to prevent climate disaster” why is the Elizabeth May laughing? [See the screencap of the last article  in Donna’s post.] Has the thought of it driven Elizabeth May bonkers? Big Picture News, Informed Analysis Five years ago, we … Continue reading

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August 2014 Global Surface (Land+Ocean) and Lower Troposphere Temperature Anomaly Update

This post provides an update of the data for the three primary suppliers of global land+ocean surface temperature data—GISS through August 2014 and HADCRUT4 and NCDC through July 2014—and of the two suppliers of satellite-based lower troposphere temperature data (RSS … Continue reading

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GISS Tweaks the Short-Term Global Temperature Trend Upwards

SEE UPDATE 2 AT END OF POST GISS released its August 2014 global surface temperature data today. As I was preparing the graphs for the August 2014 s4urface and lower troposphere temperature update, I noticed a sizeable jump in the … Continue reading

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Quicky ENSO Update – September 15, 2014

Weekly NINO3.4 sea surface temperature anomalies (week of September 10) are back above the +0.5 deg C threshold of an El Niño. NINO1+2 sea surface temperature anomalies have dropped recently, but they should rise again as the new downwelling (warm) … Continue reading

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Data Reveal Florida Keys Sea Surface Temperatures Haven’t Warmed in 80+ Years*

*Based on the Linear Trend A new study funded by the US Geological Survey (USGS) was introduced with the USGS press release Ocean Warming Affecting Florida Reefs – Increased Temperatures Spell Trouble for Corals.  The press release was included in … Continue reading

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August 2014 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly Update

GLOBAL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES Monthly global sea surface temperature anomalies for August are well above the anomaly reached at the peak of the 1997/98 El Niño. (1) Global Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Monthly Change = +0.066 deg C #################################### … Continue reading

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