Comments on: Record warming caused by El Nino, not us

By: Richard C (NZ)

Richard C (NZ) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:07:37 +0000

Interesting development.

When I quizzed Dr David Wratt (Chief Scientist – NIWA) about the 1940s warming that the models can’t mimic, his defense was the Thompson et al paper that, as Judith Curry says, “attempted to explain the sea-surface temperature drop after 1945 as an uncorrected measurement bias caused by the change from bucket to engine-intake temperature measurement”

That hump really is inconvenient and troublesome to the consensus and it’s not going away.

By: Climate Conversation Group » The very definition of stasis

Climate Conversation Group » The very definition of stasis — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:37:35 +0000

[...] he’s right. Having pointed out the extraordinary 1998 and 2010 El Ninos in the previous post, Record warming caused by El Nino, not us, I forgot to mention them in this [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:36:12 +0000

Note that in the discussion at JC’s blog linked above, the southern hemisphere temperature record is crucial.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:30:16 +0000

On related topic, Judith Curry writes about mid 20th century warming

http://judithcurry.com/2011/01/21/mid-20th-century-global-warming/

By: Alexander K

Alexander K — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:23:15 +0000

I suspect that the ‘Hottest Evah’ claims for 2010 actually fall within the margin for error of the devices used to monitor temperature, so the claim is specious in the extreme.
Interesting, too, that a new paper from India suggests that the trace greenhouse gas, CO2, has little influence in warming our planet. Whoda thunkit!

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:47:43 +0000

Looks like the scammers are working hard right now. Richard, do not feel alone.

Climate scientists targeted for fraud – Richard Black, BBC

Online fraudsters are targeting climate scientists through invitations to fake conferences, often at fictional five-star London hotels.

Scientists are sent e-mails directing them to fake conference websites – often imitating the style of real ones.

Typically they are told their travel costs will be refunded – but they have to pay first “to reserve a hotel room”.

The “phishing” scammers appear to be after information such as e-mail addresses, as well as money.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12219472

By: Why dealing with climate change is difficult (spinach tarts and ice cream)

Why dealing with climate change is difficult (spinach tarts and ice cream) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:59:59 +0000

[...] confirmed. It’s not what’s being said that’s important (it can be, and often is, complete nonsense) — it’s the fact that it’s being said at all, and being reinforced by [...]

By: Richard C (NZ)

Richard C (NZ) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:59:27 +0000

Queensland Gov Global Warming Forecast Didn’t Even Mention Floods Posted on January 18, 2011 by hauntingthelibrary

I thought it might be worth having a look at the official Queensland government’s official report on climate change, in particular the section on Observed and Projected Climate Change. What did it have to say about drought? Well, a heck of a lot, actually. Queensland, according to the report, was going to get hotter and drier. Some areas might see a slight increase in rainfall, but the vast majority could expect a significant drop in rainfall. Droughts would get more common. Report: “drought” mentioned 24 times. What about floods then? What with all the global warming heating the air up over the oceans, couldn’t Queensland expect more heavy rainfall and flooding? I looked for the page on floods, but there wasn’t one. Looked for the paragraph on it, but again, no sign. Not even a word. Report: “flood” mentioned zero times. You have to wonder, if the possibility of a flood didn’t even get a mention in the official Queensland government’s climate change report, how much preparation did they put in to preparing for one?

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:29:02 +0000

Actually, I just phoned WU but they are only interested if a transfer has actually been made.

By: Richard C (NZ)

Richard C (NZ) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:15:34 +0000

I wonder if it is worth contacting Western Union, quoting the account number and alerting them as to how their account is being used.

I’ve got the contact page here

http://corporate.westernunion.com/contact_us.html