Monthly Archives: October 2010

Optimistic Pessimist: Fossil hunter Richard Leakey believes the end of the world is near — yet he’s hopeful. He seems to be joining ranks with Ehrlich and Holdren, but from looking at his picture, I’m guessing that the global food … Continue reading →

For 250 years starting around the year 900AD, the Anasazi had the dominant culture in what is now the southwest US. Their structures at Chaco Canyon were the largest buildings in North America until the 19th century. They were driven … Continue reading →

Must Be Global Warming Despite the lack of satellites in 1887, nineteen tropical cyclones were detected. Undoubtedly a number more were missed. Four hurricanes hit the US that year, among seventeen which hit between 1886 and 1889. Four years in … Continue reading →

Maybe the new Congress can find out how John Holdren got to be science advisor, and why Obama refuses to listen to scientists with viewpoints that don’t match his political agenda. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/31/republican-onslaught-obama-environment-agenda  

No wonder Holdren thinks the poles will be ice free. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=-78.44999695,106.87000275

They have already calculated the 2010 temperatures! Without the last three months of the year. How cool is that? It is amazing enough to do this for normalised data, but not as skillful as GISS – who can calculate absolute … Continue reading →

First our friends claimed that the 1945-1975 cooling never happened. Then they decided that it did happen, but was due to human generated pollution. Just for fun, let’s play along with their silly game and accept what they say now … Continue reading →

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=72.58000183,-38.45000076 Isn’t Barbara Boxer about due for a fact finding trip?