WHEN Tim Flannery was sacked last week as Australia’s Climate Commissioner he claimed that this last year has been the hottest on record. I don’t believe him because the raw data doesn’t support that claim, only the metadata for Australia, which … [Read more...] about Global Warming Stalls, Climate Scientists Fiddle Temperature Record
Temperatures
The Central England Temperature Index: A Useful Reference
It has been suggested at this blog that it is too risky for mainstream politicians, for example the leader of the Coalition, Tony Abbott, to admit to being sceptical of anthropogenic global warming. It has been suggested journalists at the Australian … [Read more...] about The Central England Temperature Index: A Useful Reference
Cooking Books for Hot Summers
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has “confirmed” that it is been the hottest summer on record in Australia. But I’m sceptical. The “record breaking hot summer” is apparently a statistical fact derived from simply averaging across 104 or 112 … [Read more...] about Cooking Books for Hot Summers
Your Temperatures Diddled
ALMOST exactly three years ago Michael Hammer showed that the official temperature rise profile for the 20th century in the United States is largely, if not entirely, an artifact of adjustments applied after the raw data is collected from the weather … [Read more...] about Your Temperatures Diddled
Comparing Global Temperatures
THERE are four official global temperature data sets and there has been much debate and discussion as to which best represents change in global temperature. Tom Quirk has analysed variations within and between these data sets and concludes there … [Read more...] about Comparing Global Temperatures