Climate & Climate Change

Due to the proximity of the IPS predicted rise of solar cycle 24 to observed solar cycle 23 solar minimum values, and the apparent lack of new Cycle 24 sunspots, IPS has again moved the predicted solar cycle away by 6 months. Ionospheric Prediction … [Read more...] about Australian IPS Space Weather Agency Moves Solar Cycle 24 Predication Away by 6 Months

A new paper published in GRL gives a 1000-year perspective on Hurricane activity in Boston, USA. The paper is entitled: 'A 1,000-year, annually-resolved record of hurricane activity from Boston, Massachusetts,' by Besonen et al. The Abstract … [Read more...] about More Hurricane Reality

The current cycle of the sun is taking a long time to start, triggering different explanations, writes Mark Lawson in an article entitled: 'Scientists disagree over lack of sunspots,' published in the Australian Financial Review (subscription … [Read more...] about A Spot of Controversy

The extended title of the post is "Sea Surface Temperatures of the Oceans Surrounding Australia and the Magnitude of ENSO Events, " because the following illustrations of Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) of Australian waters present an interesting … [Read more...] about Sea Surface Temperatures of the Oceans Surrounding Australia – A Note from Bob Tisdale

A stalagmite in a West Virginia cave has yielded the most detailed geological record to date on climate cycles in eastern North America over the past 7,000 years. The new study confirms that during periods when Earth received less solar radiation, … [Read more...] about 7000 Year Climate Record Shows Century-Long Droughts in North America and 1500 Year Solar Cycle

Popular Australian television current affairs program 60 Minutes ran the skeptical line on climate change on Sunday night. To be sure, there were only two skeptics on the segement Professor Richard Lindzen and Dr David Evans, but they did get a fair … [Read more...] about Climate Skepticism now Mainstream, But Australian PM Hides behind White Coats?