Category Archives: Natural Warming

Mao et al 2019 Show an Upcoming 1-Deg C + Decline in Global Land Surface Temperatures by the Early 2100s

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Bob Tisdale

This is a quick introduction to the 2019 paper The “Ocean Stabilization Machine” May Represent a Primary Factor Underlying the Effect of Global Warming on Climate Change by Mao et al. (pdf here). I believe many visitors here would find … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Warming, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Does The Climate-Science Industry Purposely Ignore A Simple Aspect of Strong El Niño Events That Causes Long-Term Global Warming?

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Bob Tisdale

PREFACE It was a little more than 10 years ago that I published my first blog posts on the obvious upward steps in the sea surface temperatures of a large portion of the global oceans…upward steps that are caused by … Continue reading →

Posted in El Nino-La Nina Processes, Natural Warming | 19 Comments

August 2015 Update for The Blob

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

This post provides background information and a quick update on the naturally occurring warming event in the eastern North Pacific known as The Blob. Not just any blob, The Blob. Figure 1

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Early twentieth-century warming linked to tropical Pacific wind strength

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

From the ENSO-can-contribute-to-global-warming department, we have a new paper from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Arizona (UA). It’s Thompson et al. (2014) Early twentieth-century warming linked to tropical Pacific wind strength.  The abstract reads:

Posted in El Nino-La Nina Processes, Natural Warming | 6 Comments

Trenberth and Fasullo Try to Keep the Fantasy Alive

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

Trenberth and Fasullo published a paper “An Apparent Hiatus in Global Warming?” last week in the new online journal Earth’s Future. Judith Curry briefly introduced the paper in her December 7, 2013 post Week in review (Thanks, Judith.) From the last … Continue reading →

Posted in CAGW Proponent Arguments, Natural Warming, Ocean Heat Content Problems, Tamino, The Pause | 13 Comments

Will Global Warming Increase the Intensity of El Niño?

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

FIRST CLIMATE MODELS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SIMULATE EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA PROCESSES—CAPABILITIES THEY CONTINUE TO LACK AFTER DECADES OF MODELING EFFORTS (PERSONALLY, I DON’T THINK THE MODELERS ARE REALLY TRYING) BBCNews has published an article today by … Continue reading →

Posted in El Nino-La Nina Processes, Model-Data Comparison SST, Natural Warming | 5 Comments

Open Letter to the Royal Meteorological Society Regarding Dr. Trenberth’s Article “Has Global Warming Stalled?”

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

Update 2: A number of typos were found in this post.  I’ve corrected them here and in the pdf version. A revised pdf copy is available here.  I’ve removed the old version from WordPress. #### Note:  A typo was found and … Continue reading →

Posted in CAGW Proponent Arguments, El Nino-La Nina Processes, Natural Warming | 104 Comments

SkepticalScience Still Misunderstands or Misrepresents the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

The author of the recent SkepticalScience post Distinguishing Between Short-Term Variability and Long-Term Trends, Dana Nuccitelli, still misunderstands or misrepresents El Niño and La Niña processes.  Either way, he’s missed something. The instrument temperature record indicates that La Niñas and El Niños serve … Continue reading →

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On Guemas et al (2013) “Retrospective prediction of the global warming slowdown in the past decade”

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

I received a number of emails about the newly published Guemas et al (2013) paper titled “Retrospective prediction of the global warming slowdown in the past decade”. It’s paywalled.  The abstract is here.  It reads: Despite a sustained production of … Continue reading →

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Video – A Note about the 2013 Gallop Poll on Global Warming

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

The following video is a very brief introduction to the natural warming of the global oceans. For more information, refer to my illustrated essay “The Manmade Global Warming Challenge”. (42MB)

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