By P Gosselin on 30. October 2011
Historic October Snowstorm Still Crushing New England A historic October snowstorm is still crushing New England with heavy snow and howling winds before cruising away into Atlantic Canada. Snow amounts have already topped two feet across portions of New England, while record-shattering snow hammered the major Northeast cities from Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia to New […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 30. October 2011
The know-it-all German Greens want to create a new world. But the question is how ugly would their world be? I live in Germany, and I can tell you the windmills everywhere are a total eyesore and are doing nothing to cut back emissions. Here’s a good report on the German movement. H/t: DAmbler. Green […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 27. October 2011
Awhile back Stefan Rahmstorf took a few readings off the coast of North Carolina and concluded sea levels were rising faster than at any time since Jesus had walked on water. Well, Der Spiegel noticed it 63 years ago in 1948 and wrote a piece called “America will become less”. Obviously Rahmstorf had only recycled an old story […]
Posted in Sea Levels |
By P Gosselin on 26. October 2011
UPDATE 1: Roger Pielke Jr: Here is another good example why I have come to view parts of the climate science research enterprise with a considerable degree of distrust.” =============================================== With the IPCC 5th report due to come out in the near future, the order books at hockey stick factories are full. The Potsdam Institute […]
Posted in Hockey Team |
By P Gosselin on 25. October 2011
Perhaps the images of angry mobs in Greece and forecasts of a bitter cold winter for Europe are having a sobering effect on our CO2-drugged up politicians here in Europe. And as other countries line up behind Greece on the path to discontent, perhaps its a good idea, after all, to stop raking honest citizens with […]
Posted in Alternative Energy |
By P Gosselin on 24. October 2011
Not even CO2 can stop it! The German online Bild newspaper here projects another bitter cold winter ahead for Central Europe. Early November will be on the mild side, and the real cold will not arrive until the end of November – but then look out! The Bild article starts with: Shiver-Alarm: In four weeks the […]
Posted in Weather |
By P Gosselin on 23. October 2011
The German online CO2 Handel here writes that things are looking bleaker than ever for a Kyoto successor climate treaty. Once again German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen has dumped more cold water on expectations for a climate treaty in Durban later this year. CO2 Handel writes: ‘A breakthrough for a global climate protection treaty as a […]
Posted in Climate Politics, Misc. |
By P Gosselin on 21. October 2011
The online German-language Die Presse reports here on new climate research out of Stanford. Did this get picked up in the US press? Too nutty probably.According to the new research, Christopher Columbus was likely the cause of the Little Ice Age. How, you may ask? Columbus, a really dirty European, and his fellow colonizers sailed […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Paleo-climatology, Solar |
By P Gosselin on 20. October 2011
Halloween is already in full swing at the Potsdam Institute For Climate Impact Reseaarch in Germany. Witches, goblins, flesh-eating zombies and scary monsters are stirring about and spreading disturbing horror visions. Right now Stefan Rahmstorf is frozen by such a vision like a deer in the headlights. Rahmstorf, who has the unscientific habit of taking cyclic graphs and drawing […]
Posted in Arctic, Humour, Models |
By P Gosselin on 19. October 2011
And she used to be a big proponent of the IPCC! My how things are changing. I’m glad to see that Donna Laframboise’s new book is taking off well. I’ve ordered a copy myself and look forward to reading it. Sounds like it’s a real IPCC slammer. First off, hats off to Donna for taking […]
Posted in Misc. |
By P Gosselin on 19. October 2011
This morning I found an e-mail from Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy in my mailbox. It was just a mass mailing asking readers to mobilize against the construction of a pipeline and warning of climate change. I’m a native of Vermont. I remember visiting Washington back in 1982 and actually dropping by his Washington office out of the […]
Posted in Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 18. October 2011
Germany may be finally realising that there are much more pressing problems than the phony global warming scare, like the imminent financial collapse of western governments, to name one.Indeed the Earth has not warmed in 13 years, tropical storm activity is near record lows. Atlantic hurricanes hitting the US coast? Aint seen a real one in 4 […]
Posted in Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 18. October 2011
German scientists have made a spectacular find. Near the Bavarian city of Augsburg they found a 14-million year old fossil of a python. What’s interesting is that pythons like very warm, tropical weather, and not the cool, crappy stuff Germany has to offer. That means Germany (Central Europe) had to have been a balmy place 15 million years ago. In […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 16. October 2011
A new paper here on the Jorge Montt Glacier at the Chilean Patagonia is out in Climate of the Past journal. What’s interesting is that this glacier is located in Chile – in South America, far away from the North Atlantic region. A team of scientists studied tree rings from old trees recently exposed by the retreating […]
Posted in Glaciers, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 15. October 2011
At least in Germany, that is if the current string of harsh winters doesn’t stop. And according to Dr Karsten Brandt’s latest winter forecast for 2011/12 at donnerwetter.de, this coming winter is projected to be yet another harsh one. No let-up in sight. That would make it Germany’s 4th consecutive harsh winter in a row. Brandt […]
Posted in Weather |
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