Category Archives: climate

Obama to blame for drought: John Boehner (R – Ohio)

Today John Boehner, who leads the Republican majority in the House, pointed the finger of blame at President Obama for the drought withering the Midwest. No, really. According to the Financial Times (reg. required) he said that "…the president continues to blame anyone and everyone for the drought but himself.”  Okay, maybe he just omittedContinue reading “Obama to blame for drought: John Boehner (R – Ohio)”

Global Weirding: bizarre summer storm in the Arctic

Via Dot Earth, a fascinating discussion of a truly weird summer storm over the Arctic Ocean. Here's what it looks like from the NASA satellite Aqua, with Greenland's ice sheet at lower left:   Andrew Revkin points to the uncertainty about what this means for Arctic sea ice, but to me the expert William ChapmanContinue reading “Global Weirding: bizarre summer storm in the Arctic”

Extreme temperatures shock climatologists Hansen, Mann

Michael Mann is a climatologist famous for bringing together a complete chronology of warming over the last 1000 years, using both instrumental records and historical proxies. Everyone has seen his "hockey stick" chart, though not all have been able to face the facts. The attacks motivated Mann to write a fierce response, called The HockeyContinue reading “Extreme temperatures shock climatologists Hansen, Mann”

Arguing in the Senate over global warming: Good times!

Best coverage of a Senate hearing on the subject of global warming yesterday goes to a post at Science magazine's Insider blog, which also links to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders epic (forty-minute) take down of Oklahoma senator Inhofe, for his absurd "global warming is a hoax" claim.  The real news is that Senate Democrats haveContinue reading “Arguing in the Senate over global warming: Good times!”

New study reconfirms warming, makes papers b/f review

With publication of a column in the NYTimes over the weekend, the "cantankerous" former skeptic on seriousness of climate change, physicist Richard Muller, announced his team at Berkeley Earth's latest findings. Here's the central graph, correlating greenhouse gas emissions to the rise in temps: Muller writes: "The historic temperature pattern we observed has abrupt dipsContinue reading “New study reconfirms warming, makes papers b/f review”

Climate change apologist calls for a hotter planet

It's hard to keep up with the latest in climate change denial: it's just so far out. Last week Paul MacRae, a pro-climate change author associated with climate change denier central, Watts Up With That, boldly called for more planetary warming. No, really. Specifically, he sees the goodness of a time when CO2 levels in the atmosphereContinue reading “Climate change apologist calls for a hotter planet”

These are not your grandfather’s thunderstorms: Masters

For over a decade climatologists have been saying, and I have been reporting, that we will be seeing more extremes in weather. This goes unnoticed in the here and now of daily reporting, but it's true.  Here's a map of yesterday's thunderstorms over Gotham and the East: Jeff Masters commented this morning: The severe stormsContinue reading “These are not your grandfather’s thunderstorms: Masters”

Monster threatens NYC…and ozone layer

Speaking of attacks on Gotham…tonight's thunderstorm.  From NYC photographer Inga Sarda-Sorenson. Meanwhile, a new study from James Anderson and associates at Harvard unexpectedly finds that this sort of huge thunderstorm could damage the ozone layer, allowing more ultraviolet light to reach the earth. From the Christian Science Monitor: The study by Dr. Anderson's team isContinue reading “Monster threatens NYC…and ozone layer”

Seeing global warming: The New Yorker

The New Yorker's captivating Blown Covers blog offers a contest for images of global warming, with many of their best to date, including this old fav: The record-breaking heat wave that has hit the Midwest and much of the nation this spring and summer, the huge fires in Colorado this year and in Texas lastContinue reading “Seeing global warming: The New Yorker”