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By 2080, maximum temperature to cross 50° C in Indore

Intercultural Resources wrote 1 day ago: The average temperature of Indore may increase by 2 degree Celsius by 2030 and by 2080, it may go up … more →

Tags: Climate change, climate change, uttar pradesh, indore, celsius, Temperature, Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network, Acccrn

Global Warming a Whopping No-Show Since 1940

Wagathon wrote 1 week ago: Even Phil Jones of CRUgate was forced to admit that there has been no significant global warming sin … more →

Tags: The Cultural Hegemony of Climate Superstition, Global Warming is Nothing But a Hoax and a Scare Tactic, Science, Environment, Climate, Nature, heat island effect

Flim Flam Flannery's Fecklessness Foiled60 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 2 weeks ago: UPDATE: Veteran Australian cartoonist  Pickering weighs in, see below. (h/t to Dale Stiller) There … more →

Tags: alarmism, Heat Wave, climate change, Australia, Tim Flannery, sydney, Jennifer Marohasy, North Parramatta New South Wales

Examining Urban Heat Islands - Part 25 comments

Verity Jones wrote 2 weeks ago: A look at how urban areas might cool Part 1 looked at the growth of various cities and urban areas a … more →

Tags: Growth, Climate, Cooling

Has the CRUTEM4 Data been fiddled with?158 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 1 month ago: Guest post by Ed Thurstan Abstract It is apparent from the data that CRUTEM4 temperatures adjustment … more →

Tags: climate data, Temperature, Data, Instrumental temperature record, Data Set, Adelaide, Vanuatu

Trees do 8 times better in the New York City Urban Heat Island76 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 1 month ago: From the The Earth Institute at Columbia University Do urban ‘heat islands’ hint at tree … more →

Tags: UHI, New York City, Columbia University, New York, central park, New England, Ashokan Reservoir, barnard college

UHI measured to be up to 4.2C in a small town in Australia

sunshinehours1 wrote 1 month ago: “Deniliquin’s maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at the Post Office from 187 … more →

Tags: UHI

The Benefits of Green Roofs

greener heights wrote 1 month ago: So, what’s all the fuss about green roofs anyway, and why are cities encouraging buildings to … more →

Tags: green roofs, green roof, Nature, Green Roof Benefits, Energy, Energy Costs, Economy, Pollution

Examining Urban Heat Islands - Part 1.14 comments

Verity Jones wrote 1 month ago: How cities grow Roy Spencer’s recent work (here and here) and comments by Peter Azlac got me t … more →

Tags: station data, Trends, Growth, adjustment, NC/DC, warming

Warming in the USHCN is mainly an artifact of adjustments152 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 1 month ago: Dr. Roy Spencer proves what we have been saying for years, the USHCN (U.S. Historical Climatology Ne … more →

Tags: weather_stations, climate data, Temperature, USHCN, UHI, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Data Set

A Green Retaining Wall4 comments

Mark Ostendorf wrote 1 month ago: During my studies at SIUE, I was introduced to innovative technologies that are designed to address … more →

Tags: sustainability, sustainability, Environment, Green, St. Louis, Urbanization, green infrastructure, Stormwater, Green Wall

Effect of Texas Drought on Trees

praxislandarch wrote 1 month ago: Jim Robbins, author of a forthcoming book called The Man Who Planted Trees, has an op-ed in today … more →

Tags: Climate, Environmental Protection, climate adaptation, Future, Resilience, Climate, Drought, Trees

[Science]4.2-Earth has a variety of climates

yeonjinkim wrote 1 month ago: Summary Scientists have identified six major climate zones. To show patterns in climate data, scient … more →

Tags: Science, Summary, Earth, Climate, 4-2, Mountain, Microclimate, Rain Shadow, climate zone

Roy Spencer's ISH population adjusted discoveries33 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 1 month ago: Readers recall that I carried a guest post from Dr. Roy Spencer on what he learned from analysing th … more →

Tags: climate data, Temperature, Data, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Roy Spencer, ghcn, global historical climatology network

Warming?...No, says the science

Tom Harley wrote 1 month ago: New U.S. Population-Adjusted Temperature Dataset (PDAT), 1973-2012 Regional U.S. Population Adjustme … more →

Tags: Climate, Science, Climate, detrended fluctuation analysis

An update on my Climate Reference Network visualization project93 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 1 month ago: Solar powered USCRN Station in Montrose, Colorado, 2006. Note the siting well away from any influenc … more →

Tags: weather_stations, climate data, ghcn, NOAA, NASA Giss, Michael E. Mann, Fakegate, Temperature, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Cities are warmer...

Tom Harley wrote 1 month ago: Spencer shows compelling evidence of UHI in CRUTem3 data Posted on March 30, 2012 by Anthony Watts A … more →

Tags: Climate, Weather, Science, surface temperature data, American Meteorological Society, heat island effect, bulletin of the american meteorological society

I'm not waiting by the phone for the Nobel committee to call81 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 2 months ago: I was rather surprised to see this interview in Physics World with Dr. Richard Muller (h/t to Bishop … more →

Tags: NASA, Met Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Richard Muller, Physics World

Spencer shows compelling evidence of UHI in CRUTem3 data193 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 2 months ago: Above graph showing UHI by county population in California, from Goodridge 1996, published in the Bu … more →

Tags: Temperature, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, northern hemisphere, Ross McKitrick, National Climatic Data Center, anthony watts, Population Density


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