Daily Archives: November 25, 2010

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AO21Q20101125 NOAA tide gauges located on islands show an average rise rate of 1.22 mm per year, or less than five inches per century.

In the early 1980s I was working on the Safety Analysis Report for the DOE’s nuclear waste site near Carlsbad, New Mexico (WIPP.) One day my bosses’ boss came in to my office and said “You guys are doing great … Continue reading →

http://www.thestate.com/ There goes their funding ………..

Globally averaged atmospheric methane in 2009 was 1803 parts per billion http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/ Wow! 1.8 ppm CH4 is causing 20% of the greenhouse effect. Those are powerful molecules. Let’s do the math : 90% H2O and clouds 30% CO2 20% CH4 … Continue reading →

http://www.guardian.co.uk the multi-purpose donations will also go towards forestry preservation and carbon sequestration. Sequestering carbon is going to stop people from poaching Tigers?

Climate change brings bad news for polar bears “What we found was striking,” Graham Slater, the lead author of the study said in a release. “The polar bear and brown bear can bite equally hard, but the polar bear’s skull … Continue reading →

http://news.discovery.com/earth/thanksgiving-climate-change.html Turkey will taste bad because of warmer temperatures. That is why no one eats poultry in the south.

Class – here is what you need to know about climate models for your final exam next week. They can’t model future solar activity They can’t model future ocean cycles (ENSO/PDO/AMO etc.) They can’t model clouds They can’t model sea … Continue reading →

March 10, 2006: This week researchers announced that a storm is coming–the most intense solar maximum in fifty years. The prediction comes from a team led by Mausumi Dikpati of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). “The next sunspot … Continue reading →