Weather experts should check rainfall figures before being quoted by the media

We have all seen articles such as this from The Australian, “Southeast Queensland storms in line with climate change: weather experts”. The article is referring to storms of 18-20 November and the journalist seems intent on getting his headline despite one of the experts cautioning against reading too much into the storms by saying, “..that … Continue reading Weather experts should check rainfall figures before being quoted by the media

David Henderson questions today’s received opinion on climate change

This is a very readable and concise summing up of reasons to be skeptical of the IPCC. I have converted David Henderson‘s speech to an html page here [Note by WSH, this post re-written 24 May. The webpage speech of David Henderson is unchanged] Summary David Henderson recently commented on a major presentation by Professor … Continue reading David Henderson questions today’s received opinion on climate change

Does anybody have a very detailed list of Russian met station locations ?

At ClimateAudit, Steve McIntyre has a Feb 19 2007 post ” Jones and the Russian UHI”, tackling the issue of replicating what was done in the highly influential Jones et al 1990 Letter to Nature. See my rebuttal of this pivotal Jones et al 1990 Letter to Nature at: www.warwickhughes.com/papers/90lettnat.htm Steve recounts how years ago … Continue reading Does anybody have a very detailed list of Russian met station locations ?

Antarctic Peninsula warmer in mid-Holocene

Some interesting papers from an AGU conference. “Mid Holocene Warmth in the Antarctic Peninsula: evidence from the Vega Drift”. So, 4000 to 7000 years ago this area was warmer than now. Jumbo piston core NBP0003-38, a 20.53 meter core from the Vega Drift (Erebus and Terror Gulf, northeastern Antarctic Peninsula), contains a high resolution record … Continue reading Antarctic Peninsula warmer in mid-Holocene