Monthly Archives: September 2008
Bettles and Climate – Another Climate Forcing
There was a news article by Randolph E. Schmid (AP Science Writer) last Wednesday (September 24, 2008) which highlights another climate forcing [thanks to Ben Herman to alerting us to this news article]. The article is titled “Study looks at beetles’ effects … Continue reading
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“How Natural and Anthropogenic Influences Alter Global and Regional Surface Temperatures: 1889 to 2006″ by Lean and Rind, 2008
We would like to thank Timo Hämeranta for alerting us to a new paper Lean, Judith L., and David H. Rind, 2008. How natural and anthropogenic influences alter global and regional surface temperatures: 1889 to 2006. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L18701, … Continue reading
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You Have Got To Be Kidding……
The unusual snow and cold in South Africa that has occurred this week is reported as yet another example of global warming [thanks to Souleymane Fall for alerting us to this]; see Warming has a hand in recent wild weather … Continue reading
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Misconception And Oversimplification Of the Concept Of Global Warming By V. Ramanthan and Y. Feng
UPDATE September 26 2008: I have requested that Dr. Ramanathan write an unedited guest reply to the Climate Science weblog below, but so far have not had a response. If he accepts my invitation, Climate Science will promptly publish on … Continue reading
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“The Impact of Oklahoma’s Winter Wheat Belt on the Mesoscale Environment” by McPherson et al. 2004
Dr. Rene McPherson of the University of Oklahoma has contributed significantly to documenting the role of landscape processes as a first order climate forcing. This weblog is intended to provide much deserved recognition to her very important research on this subject. In … Continue reading
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Climate Response And Radiative Forcing From Mineral Aerosols By Mahowald Et Al 2006
Climate Science has promoted the perspective that climate forcings involve much more than just the radiative forcing from carbon dioxide. This viewpoint is also emphasized in a National Research Council report National Research Council, 2005: Radiative forcing of climate change: … Continue reading
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A New Paper: “India’s Future Climate: No Cause for Alarm” by Dr. Madhav L. Khandekar
There is a very informative new article by Madhav Khandekar. It is Khandekar, M.L., 2008: India’s Future Climate: No Cause for Alarm. i4d, August 2008, 24-26. The abstract reads “The most recent climate change documents of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, … Continue reading
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Comment On The September 13, 2008 Article in The Economist “Adapt Or Die”.
The Economist published an article this past week titled “Adapt or die” [subscription needed]. It is an informative article and starts to address the issue of vulnerability that has been emphasized on Climate Science (e.g. see). A focus on critical … Continue reading
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Kudos To Andy Revkin At Dot Earth For A Balanced News Article
Climate Science has been critical of news articles that are clearly biased in their presentation of our understanding of Climate Science. Thus, it is a pleasure to report on a balanced article by Andy Revkin on September 17, 2008 titled … Continue reading
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Limits on CO2 Climate Forcing from Recent Temperature Data of Earth by David H. Douglass and John R. Christy, 2008
There is an important and informative new paper on the role of the radiative forcing of CO2 on the climate system. It is Douglass, D.H., and J.R. Christy, 2008: Limits on CO2 Climate Forcing from Recent Temperature Data of Earth. Energy and … Continue reading
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