Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
New Mexican Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Archive of posts filed under the climate variability category.
Al Gore Wrong
There seems little point in commenting here about the Al Gore-Mr. Justice Burton kerfuffle, given that a) everyone who comes here and cares about climate issues already knows all about it, and b) everyone who comes here and cares about climate issues has already made up their mind about its significance. But since I’ll lose …
Tim Ball Still Wrong
More evidence that David’s back: Quark Soup’s monthly global temperature report. Tim Ball still wrong.
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
People looking for information on the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine should go here.
In Praise of the Urban Heat Island
Freeze warning for parts of the Albuquerque area tonight, but it looks like we’ll be OK: ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE FROST CONDITIONS DEVELOP WITH TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND THE FREEZING MARK FOR 1 TO 2 HOURS. OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE CITY WILL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S BUT ABOVE THE 32 DEGREE MARK …
Daybook
water politics: Looks like Sophie and the guy with the steely set in his jaw are going to stop Caesar’s evil plot to steal groundwater to build subdivisions. water politics II: Looks like Sophie and the guy with the steely set in his jaw may need to head over to Arizona next. water politics III: …
Daybook
reading: Tired of printing out PDF’s, I’m placing my order today for the IPCC Working Group I report paper of the day: “A Method of Approximating Rainfall over Long Periods and Some Results of its Application,” A.E. Douglass, Science, Jan. 3, 1913. Sorry, nothing to link here, you’ll just have to take my word for …
Alabama Drought
A remarkable story out of Alabama, where Alexander City seems to be quite literally running out of water: “The water is so low the pumps are shutting down on us,” said Eugene Mahan, superintendent of water treatment for the system, which provides drinking water to about 50,000 to 60,000 people in east central Alabama, including …
Quote of the Day
But the question “Has man inadvertently changed the global climate, or is he about to do so?” is quite legitimate. It has been widely discussed publicly – unfortunately with more zeal than insight. Like so many technical questions fought out in the forum of popular magazines and the daily press, the debate has been characterized …
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
Been said before, but bears repeating: Tom Swetnam’s Senate testimony Monday: Global warming is making Western wildfires worse, a top fire expert told members of the U.S. Senate on Monday. Combined with a century of firefighting that has left some forests choked and overgrown, along with people building more and more communities at the forests’ …