Climate & Climate Change

As part of an ongoing study I have computed monthly deviations between CO2 level at each of the seven southern stations lying from 40 deg S to the Pole obtained from the NOAA record of monthly averages for ALL Southern Hemisphere stations and the … [Read more...] about Evidence for Increasing Negative Deviation of Southern Ocean and Antarctic Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels from Global Average: Steve Short

General Circulation Models (GCM) used to forecast the future evolution of the atmosphere do not properly cover many of the important features of the last fifty years. This raises serious questions about their ability to predict future climate … [Read more...] about Tests of the Sensitivity of the Atmosphere to Variations in Green Houses Gases by Tom Quirk

There is an interesting News Focus story in this week's Science journal, that helps to confirm the different climate histrories for the East and West Antarctic ice sheets - a phenomenon that persists in modern times: ANTARCTICA: Freeze-Dried … [Read more...] about Divergent Climate Histories for East and West Antarctica Over 14 Million Years

I find this really amusing for a number of reasons. I refer to an article in this week's Nature entitled 'A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature' by Thompson, Kennedy, Wallace and Phil … [Read more...] about Nature Journal Finally Catches Up with Climate Audit

VICTORIA has suffered a 40 per cent plunge in autumn rainfall since 1950 and climate change is a key factor, a new report has found. Herald Sun: Victorian Autumn rain down 40 per cent since 1950: CSIRO Fluctuations in sea-surface temperatures to … [Read more...] about Decline in Victorian Autumn Rainfall

Steve McIntyre's recent Ohio State University presentation is now available online. This is an excellent summary of the 'Hockey Stick' debate and the climate debate in general, which extends to 45 pages (including references). The presentation … [Read more...] about Was 1998 the Warmest Year of the Millennium?