Climate & Climate Change

Graph of yearly averaged sunspot numbers 1610 to 2000 and text follows below: The Maunder Minimum represents the coldest phase of the Little Ice Age, when solar activity was particularly low and there was an almost total absence of sunspots. In a … [Read more...] about Modelling the Maunder

We are all aware of a claimed consensus on climate science, although what the consensus actually is and how far it goes has yet to be defined, in my view. That is not the issue raised here. A book authored by Janis, I. L. & Mann, L. (1977) … [Read more...] about How to Create and Protect a Consensus

Thanks to Luke Walker for alerting me to this story: WESTERN EUROPE'S HIGHEST SUMMIT GETS TALLER CHARMONIX, France, Oct 13, 2007 (AFP) - Western Europe's highest mountain Mont Blanc is taller than ever due to snow piled atop its summit, in what … [Read more...] about Europe’s Mont Blanc Grows Taller

From the Sunday Herald Sun: Critics slam Nobel winner THE award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the UN's top climate panel on Friday has prompted a fresh chorus of criticism from global warming sceptics -- with one dubbing the award "a … [Read more...] about Reaction to Nobel Peace Prize being ‘Gored’

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and … [Read more...] about Al Gore Shares Nobel Peace Prize with IPCC: Media Release

Australia's leading climate alarmist was recently quoted in the Herald Tribune on the IPCC report due to be released in November: Scientist: Global greenhouse gas emissions already beyond 'worst-case' scenario SYDNEY, Australia: Strong worldwide … [Read more...] about RealClimate Debunks Flannery