Climate links

Feb 14, 2008 09:03

Plotting Earth station temperature coverage since 1885. In recent years there has been a drop off in station records and an increase in the estimation element.

A useful analysis of which sector emissions come from. Don’t get excited about photovoltaic solar panels: those simple solar water heating devices though ...

On global warming not being anywhere near as urgent as other environmental issues. A list of things for environmentalists to be more concerned about (some emissions, some not). One prominent environmentalist is worried at the way it is diverting attention from other issues. It is however unbeatable for fundraising and hoping to panic people into measures they would otherwise never consider: particularly if you start with the children, in schools. And get them to berate their parents.

Hundreds die in the worst Winter to hit Afghanistan in decades. Palestinian farmers are suffering from unusually cold weather. Lots of places are having a particularly cold Winter. All part of a sharp drop in global temperatures over January.

An astrophysicist who is a supporter of the Sun is doing it more theory. Doesn’t she know there’s a scientific consensus out there? (The one that apparently lacks a single supporting geologist, fails to encompass many meteorologists and only manages a majority, but hardly unanimity, among climatologists.) A solar researcher suggests another serious cooling period is likely. More, including summary of recent work on the American “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s.

Study finds changes in Arctic ice are largely decadal in nature, rather than long-term trends.

My favourite climate sceptic blogger has lots of experience building complex models. Knowledge of the problems of complex models is a major factor in my scepticism too.

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