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August 31st, 2009 | Tags: Antarctic, Arctic, Glaciers, Greenland, Sea Levels | Category: News | Comments (1)

Sun spot frequency has an unexpectedly strong influence on cloud formation and precipitation Our sun does not radiate evenly. The best known example of radiation fluctuations is the famous 11-year cycle of sun spots. Nobody denies its influence on the natural climate variability, but climate models have, to-date, not been able to satisfactorily reconstruct its [...]

August 31st, 2009 | Category: News | Comments (1)

Nicola Scafetta has a new paper in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics: ‘Empirical analysis of the solar contribution to global mean air surface temperature change’ (doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2009.07.007) The Abstract states: The solar contribution to global mean air surface temperature change is analyzed by using an empirical bi-scale climate model characterized by both fast and [...]

August 20th, 2009 | Tags: Global Average Near Surface Temperature, Solar Activity | Category: News | Comments (2)

We’ve lost the numbers: CRU responds to FOIA requests. The Register

August 20th, 2009 | Tags: Global Average Near Surface Temperature | Category: Uncategorized | Comments (3)

A new paper by Douglass, D.H. and R. Knox, 2009 entitled: ‘Ocean heat content and Earth’s radiation imbalance’ Physics letters A, doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2009.07.023, uses heat content of the climate system in Joules in order to diagnose global warming and cooling. The Abstract states: Earth’s radiation imbalance is determined from ocean heat content data and compared with [...]

August 14th, 2009 | Tags: Climate Shifts, Ocean Heat Content | Category: News | Comments (6)

There is a new ‘paper in press’ in the Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres) by  Klotzbach, P. J., R. A. Pielke Sr., R. A. Pielke Jr., J. R. Christy, and R. T. McNider (2009), entitled, ‘An Alternative Explanation for Differential Temperature Trends at the Surface and in the Lower Troposphere,’  J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2009JD011841 The [...]

August 14th, 2009 | Tags: Global Average Near Surface Temperature | Category: News | Comments (1)

A NOAA-led team of scientists has found that the apparent increase in the number of tropical storms and hurricanes since the late 19th and early 20th centuries is likely attributable to improvements in observational tools and analysis techniques that better detect short-lived storms. The new study, reported in the online edition of the American Meteorological [...]

August 13th, 2009 | Tags: Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones | Category: News | Leave a comment

FRANKFURT, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2008 rose 1.94 percent year-on-year to 31.5 billion tonnes, German renewable energy industry institute IWR said on Monday, based on official information and its own research. The private institute, which is based in Muenster and advises German ministries, said climate-harming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose [...]

August 11th, 2009 | Tags: Climate Policy, Global CO2 Emissions | Category: News | Leave a comment

IN THE frigid opening days of 2009, Britain’s electricity demand peaked at 59 gigawatts (GW). Just over 45% of that came from power plants fuelled by gas from the North Sea. A further 35% or so came from coal, less than 15% from nuclear power and the rest from a hotch-potch of other sources. By [...]

August 11th, 2009 | Tags: Climate Policy, Energy | Category: News | Comments (1)