Climate & Climate Change

"Consider Fig. 1 showing the negative of the anomaly of atmospheric pressure in Darwin, Australia and used by Trenberth and Hoar (1997) as a measure of the strength of the Walker circulation. Fig. 2 displays the sea surface temperature (SST) Niño3.4 … [Read more...] about Carl Wunsch not Duped by Trenberth and Hoar (1997)

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has been rating the policy announcements of all federal political parties on the issues of water and climate change. ABC News: Govt told to 'pull up socks' on environment Thanks to Luke Walker for the … [Read more...] about ACF Offers Climate Control Advice

"A recent study, Richey et al 2007, showed a warm MWP in the Pigmy Basin, Gulf of Mexico. Julie Richey made an effective presentation at the AGU Session showing an elevated MWP from her foram studies and, together with Alicia Newton who made a … [Read more...] about Spot the Hockey Stick: Part 2

"But we know that Linah Ababneh updated the Sheep Mountain data in 2002. We also know that Linah Ababneh’s update, aside from finding a difference between strip bark and whole bark chronologies, did not replicate Graybill’s results and had no HS … [Read more...] about Spot the Hockey Stick: Part 1

No one can deny that in recent years the need to "save the planet" from global warming has become one of the most pervasive issues of our time. As Tony Blair's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, claimed in 2004, it poses "a far greater threat … [Read more...] about Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming — How Scares are Costing Us the Earth

Julia Slingo and Rowan Sutton of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Walker Institute for Climate System Research, University of Reading, have an interesting letter in this week's Nature magazine. They point out that this year's loss of … [Read more...] about Letter to Nature about Arctic Sea-Ice Decline