"Scientists watch giant ‘doomsday’ glacier in Antarctica with concern
Cracks and fissures stoke fears of breakup that could lead to half-metre rise in global sea levels – or more
Twenty years ago, an area of ice thought to weigh almost 500bn tonnes dramatically broke...
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A different take on Global Warming
There is an organisation in the states that tallies the daily media stories and tweets etc that relate to CAGW.
I would have expected slow rises and falls in media stories, with maybe a spike up at conference time, or a spike down during the Olympics etc.
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These are not the records you are looking for
In 1999, Nasa produced data showing the 1930 (dust bowl ere, Grapes of Wrath ?) as the hottest spell for a century, with the late 90's as cool by comparison.
But that didnt fit with the CAGW script, so the 30'S had to be 'corrected' away
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Climate Scientists who got it wrong.......
I´ll start, this is what they said last year:
Drought that ravaged US crops likely to worsen in 2013, forecast warns | Environment | guardian.co.uk
I like this paragraph:
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More evidence of global warming.
More evidence of global warming
The world is close to reaching tipping points that will make it irreversibly hotter, making this decade critical in efforts to contain global warming, Australian scientists warned.
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Arctic ice melting at 'amazing' speed
From the Beeb's news site
2012-09-07 Arctic ice melting at 'amazing' speed, scientists find
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Unintended Consequences
Q. Whats the quickest way to wreck the planet
A. Put the greens in charge
paying millions to wreck the planet. unintended
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What the f*** ?
A woman has been ordered to find a new doctor because her carbon footprint is too large
First they came for the sceptics, but I wasnt a sceptic...
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Snow watch
The forecast is for the temperature to plumb to -8C here tonight, which is starting to get pretty cold. Still seeing students walking around in shorts and tights though.
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Computers seized
More climate stuff I'm afraid.
One of the first bloggers to break the story of the 'climategate 2.0' emails , has had a visit from the police. They have taken a couple of computers but not arrested him.
not a suspect
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Global Warming
BBC NEWS | UK | Climate may turn UK Mediterranean
Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past - Environment - The Independent
Met Office, 25 September 2008: The Met Office forecast for the coming winter suggests it is, once again, likely to be milder than average. It is also likely... -
15% off is not what it seems
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Climate scientists
Polar bear climate scientist investigated over 'misconduct' - Telegraph
A biologist who claimed polar bears were drowning because of melting ice caps has been placed on administrative leave as officials investigate scientific misconduct allegations.
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Finally, a paper on AGW we can all understand
PDF Version
Or view online using google-docs
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Global Warming
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Climate change
Question for the experts (sasguru on statistics and pjclarke on science).
It's called climate change, so this means the climate must be changing.
So simple question, for the UK for example, what is the climate changing from (the past pre CO2 output) and what is it heading... -
Evidence that the climate is turning
Maybe Professor Easterbrook is right, and we are heading for a period of cooling.
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DimPrawn started a topic Compare and contrast - Scientists are always right all the time, never questionin GeneralCompare and contrast - Scientists are always right all the time, never question
Then (when it didn't snow much):
BBC NEWS | Scotland | 'Less snow and rain' for islands
The amount of snow falling on Scotland's islands could drop by almost 90%, according to a report on global warming.
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Johnny Ball gives two fingers up to the AGW scaremongers
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Letters to a Heretic
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Next year 10,000 Britons are going to die.....
...due to global warming.
Health effects of climate change in the UK : Department of Health - Publications
The biggest danger to health, and the most likely to occur, is a major heatwave. The report predicts a heatwave will occur by 2012, causing between 3,000 and 10,000... -
Burn them! (but capture the Carbon, okay?)
Zoe Ball's father Johnny vilified for questioning global warming | Mail Online
Cue sasguru and his Excel spreadsheet.
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It's the sun
Interesting new paper on the sun and it's affect on climate:
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Global temperatures in freefall
Funny looking hockey stick.
Overall, no warming since the 1970's.
Can I have my Carbon credits back please?
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Holland dumps wind
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Best Straw Man Argument. Ever.
Roy Spencer.
Spencer, of course, is a sceptical lightweight. Tamino gets to the meat:
And the admirable DenialDepot picks up the baton:
Quite. As with all the best sciency websites the point is proven with a graphic:
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Britain loses out to Climate Change
BBC News - UK set for high end climate costs, as floods spread
The UK is likely to feel bigger costs from climate change than most other EU countries, a report concludes.
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BBC Four, 10pm: Storyville: Meet The Climate Sceptics
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What if man made climate change
Is saving mankind from the natural rhythm of a 100,00 year old ice age?
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Even though we were completely wrong, doesn't mean we are wrong
A mistake over Himalayan glaciers should not melt our priorities | Bob Ward | Environment | guardian.co.uk
A mistake over Himalayan glaciers should not melt our prioritiesClimate change sceptics may seize upon WWF's unfortunate mistake over Himalayan glaciers, but this doesn't change... -
BlasterBates started a topic Fuel Rationing to be introduced in the UK to meet 80% reduction in Carbon emissionsin GeneralFuel Rationing to be introduced in the UK to meet 80% reduction in Carbon emissions
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Global Warming and Britain
You remember when we had a run of mild winters, and hot summers and the warmists were telling us:
1. Snow a thing of the past
2. Scottish Ski industry to close down
3. Hot dry summers with more droughts
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Climategate enquiry "unsatisfactory"
The term whitewash springs to mind.
Official inquiries into the Climategate scandal unsatisfactory - Telegraph
MIght get interesting as the global temperatures plunge while they're looking at it.
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Horizon: Science under attack
Did anyone watch?
Particularly when one daily telegraph journalist James Delingpole (who it appears was given considerably notoriety for his views on how flawed and misplaced consensus is in science), then Sir Paul Nurse proposed an analogy. If James had cancer would he accept a course... -
Where is the North Pole?
So I'm helping the kids with their homework and we are talking about the North Pole. I decide to show them it on Google Earth but it's not there! So I surf to see if I can find where it went to and all I get is a load of conspiracy theories none of which past muster with the average ten year old. Please... -
Greenland Ice Sheet saw Record Melt in 2010
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Global Warming "back on track"
Phew. Nearly had an mini-ice age.
2010 'second warmest year recorded'
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Global Warming costs mounting up
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Move your valuables into the loft
BBC news headlines on RSS since this morning:
England: Flood defences put up in Appleby as River Eden rises
Scotland: Heavy rain prompts flood alerts in Scotland
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Met Office forecasting cover-up?
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Sun!
For the first time since before Christmas, the sun is shining into my office. I know this because I have to close the blind to see my monitor, and I haven't done that for as long as I can remember. Maybe since before the snow in December! -
Wind Power
Customers face huge bill for wind farms that don't work in the cold | Mail Online
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We've got a hosepipe ban coming!
No, I haven't resurrected an old thread.
When running the tap to fill the kettle this morning, the chlorine pong was really strong again. "Another burst over the weekend, then" says Mrs RC, knowingly. "We'll have a hosepipe ban soon, ha, ha, ha!"
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Summer Snow in Australia
Dozens of residents were evacuated from their homes in the remote town of Carnarvon, some 900 kilometers north of Perth, after a staggering 30 centimeters of rain caused what the Telegraph has called the region's worst flooding in 50 years, damaging crops and cattle stations. Meanwhile,...Last edited by Paddy; 25 December 2010, 16:39. -
Wotcha
Wots the news, then?
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The Old Global Warming scare stories archive
I'm starting an archive of the old Global Warming scare stories that used to fill the the Great British media, the envy of the world.
I feel this will be a valuable resource for future Historians, media students and wannabe propagandists.
First up. Boris Johnson.
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It´s the sun stupid
The man who repeatedly beats the Met Office at its own game - Telegraph
....or is Piers Corbyn just lucky with his forecasts?
Is a run of exceptionally cold winters each a little worse than the last....just a statistical outlier?
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How low can you go?
-10 degrees last night here in urban (ish) Dunstable.
Lowest in the 15+ years I've been here
