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Varotsos et al: Evidence for two abrupt warming events of SST in the last century

Apart from the obligatory nod to AGW in the final sentence of this abstract, this paper looks like a promising roundup of the natural factors involved in the ~60yr climate cycle, with the notable exce… more →

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Varotsos et al: Evidence for two abrupt warming events of SST in the last century — 5 comments

tallbloke wrote 4 days ago: Apart from the obligatory nod to AGW in the final sentence of this abstract, this paper looks like a … more →

Tags: Analysis, dataset, solar system dynamics

Volcanic cooling, turbidity — 3 comments

tchannon wrote 4 days ago: Figure 1 Pinatubo produced the 2nd largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century after Mt Katmai dec … more →

Tags: Analysis, atmosphere, Volcanos, Weather

David Whitehouse: Before And After The Temperature Standstill — 14 comments

tallbloke wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from GWPF Before And After The Temperature Standstill Date: 11/06/2013 Dr David Whitehouse … more →

Tags: Analysis, Climate, uncertainty, Volcanos, Weather

Paul Hudson: Summer forecast based on Hubert Lamb's climatology — 5 comments

tallbloke wrote 1 week ago: Our favourite weatherman has something to tell us: An expected return to more changeable weather thr … more →

Tags: Methodology, solar system dynamics, Weather

Murray Salby: "In significant part, CO2 is controlled by global temperature." — 26 comments

tallbloke wrote 1 week ago: Murray Salby’s Hamberg Lecture has been posted on youtube by Sebastian Lüning. H/T Pierre Goss … more →

Tags: Analysis, atmosphere, dataset, measurement, Methodology

Roy Spencer: the parting of ways — 26 comments

tchannon wrote 1 week ago: Roy Spencer has been criticised for using a poor representation of a devastating indictment of earth … more →

Tags: Climate, Forecasting, Incompetence, Weather

Tim Yeo: About Turn - Straight Face — 7 comments

tallbloke wrote 2 weeks ago: Heh, Tim ‘Trougher’ Yeo seems to be backpedalling furiously. “Did I say Global War … more →

Tags: alarmism, Climate, Robber barons

Chris de Freitas: Rebuttal of Jim Salinger's wild Alarmist Claims in the NZ Herald — 4 comments

tallbloke wrote 2 weeks ago: From the New Zealand Herald Several aspects of Jim Salinger’s op-ed “Climate hurtling to … more →

Tags: alarmism, Analysis, atmosphere, Climate, clouds, cycles, uncertainty

Doug Proctor: The rough and smooth of data as seen from afar — 18 comments

tchannon wrote 3 weeks ago: Doug writes he is not a computer man. Well Doug a computer is just a robot, a tool following our ins … more →

Tags: Climate, Volcanos, Weather, atmosphere, measurement

GWPF takes up Sir Paul Nurse's suggestion - Offers to host climate debate — 3 comments

tallbloke wrote 3 weeks ago: Popcorn futures explode. But joking apart, I think (hope) this will be productive. Tim Palmer is rea … more →

Tags: Climate, Philosophy, Politics, Methodology, General Circulation, Data, Forecasting, Accountability

Nenana Ice Classic 2013 — 13 comments

tchannon wrote 4 weeks ago: FAIRBANKS – The ice went out at 3:41 p.m. in Nenana on Monday and there was only one winning t … more →

Tags: Climate, Weather, dataset

CERN’s Jasper Kirkby: The Newest Unpublished Results Of CLOUD “Are Very Interesting” — 20 comments

tallbloke wrote 4 weeks ago: Repost from Pierre Gosselin’s No Tricks Zone CERN’s Jasper Kirkby On The Newest Unpublished Re … more →

Tags: solar system dynamics, solar physics, Cosmic Rays, clouds

Suspect GRL Letter on claimed polar shift, a hockey stick again — 17 comments

tchannon wrote 1 month ago: Figure from preprint From Chen, J.L., C.R. Wilson, J.C. Ries, B.D. Tapley, Rapid ice melting drives … more →

Tags: alarmism, Gravity, measurement, uncertainty

UK Domestic energy prices skyrocket at five times the rate of the RPI since year 2000 — 9 comments

tallbloke wrote 1 month ago: A shocking statistic, when you consider wage increases for many low income families have been below … more →

Tags: Analysis, Climate, Energy, Flames, measurement, Robber barons

Nutty New EU Plant Law Threatens Seed Supply for Gardeners and Restricts Farmers Crops — 18 comments

tallbloke wrote 1 month ago: The European Union intends to claim mother natures bounty as its own property and patent everything … more →

Tags: Politics, Robber barons

Nicola Scafetta: Major new sea level study - finds C21st rise likely to be less than a foot. — 46 comments

tallbloke wrote 1 month ago: Congratulations to Nicola Scafetta, who has successfully published a new paper on sea level rise Mul … more →

Tags: Analysis, cycles, Data, dataset, Forecasting, Ocean Dynamics, solar system dynamics, tides

Chilbolton Observatory unofficial dataset, numeric and plots — 7 comments

tchannon wrote 1 month ago: Example data. Lidar is useful in identifying cloud layers, clear sky, it cannot though see multiple … more →

Tags: Climate, Weather, atmosphere, Methodology, measurement, Analysis, Surfacestation, dataset, clouds

Met Office: flapping on winter 2012/13, but mention SSW — 26 comments

tchannon wrote 1 month ago: The UK Met Office write “Why was the start to spring 2013 so cold? March 2013 was the second c … more →

Tags: Climate, Weather

Letter to Sir Mark Walport putting a question to the Government's Sci-Tech Committee — 11 comments

tallbloke wrote 2 months ago: On Twitter this morning, I was delighted to see the government’s new chief advisor, Sir Mark W … more →

Tags: Government, Data, Analysis


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