Daily Archives: May 26, 2011

Freedom of information laws are being misused to harass scientists and should be re-examined by the government, according to the president of the Royal Society. Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse told the Guardian that some climate scientists were being targeted … Continue reading →

It turns out that Katrina was the first hurricane! Climate roulette Wednesday, May 25, 2011 “It’s not the right question to ask if this storm or that storm is due to global warming, or is it natural variability. Nowadays, there’s … Continue reading →

Reader Jim explains that the lack of hurricane strikes in the US is due to luck. This may be true, but one thing we know for sure is that the high hurricane count during 2005 was definitely due to global … Continue reading →

We conclude that most climate models mix heat too efficiently into the deep ocean and as a result underestimate the negative forcing by human-made aerosols. http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.1140 Hansen’s climate forecasts have been an unmitigated disaster, but it isn’t his fault. It … Continue reading →

How many times in the last year has Romm written – “worst (flood/storm/tornado etc.) since (some year before the 1970-2000 warming)” An intelligent person will take that information and recognize that climate is cyclical. A mental midget will take that … Continue reading →

Living life on the safe side of 350 ppm.

The Senate’s top watchdog on government waste, in a new report Thursday, said taxpayer money has gone to fund such programs as Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole, testing shrimp’s exercise ability on a treadmill and a laundry-folding robot, all … Continue reading →

A reminder that there was a time when climate scientists actually did science.