Monthly Archives: February 2010
Fox Business Interview “Obama Backing the Wrong Climate Scientists?”
I was interviewed by Stuart Varney on Fox Business Network this morning. The interview is at Obama Backing the Wrong Climate Scientists?.
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Our Paper “Impacts Of Land Use Land Cover Change On Climate And Future Research Priorities” By Mahmood Et Al. 2010 Has Appeared
Our paper Mahmood, R., R.A. Pielke Sr., K.G. Hubbard, D. Niyogi, G. Bonan, P. Lawrence, B. Baker, R. McNider, C. McAlpine, A. Etter, S. Gameda, B. Qian, A. Carleton, A. Beltran-Przekurat, T. Chase, A.I. Quintanar, J.O. Adegoke, S. Vezhapparambu, G. … Continue reading
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Air Pollution – A National Concern
I was reminded of a short essa that I wrote in 1979 [thanks to Emmanuel Ekanem, a research student in the United Kingdom for reminding me of it]. The article is Pielke, R.A. 1979: Air Pollution – A National Concern. Bull. Meteor. Soc., … Continue reading
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A Comment On Judy Curry’s Post On Her Weblog Titled “On the Credibility of Climate Research, Part II: Towards Rebuilding Trust”
Judith Curry of the Georgia Institute of Technology has published an insightful discussion on the climate science debate. It is titled “On the Credibility of Climate Research, Part II: Towards Rebuilding Trust” and is worth reading. I only have one … Continue reading
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An Excellent News Article [But With One Very Important Error] In The Baltimore Sun By Timothy B. Wheeler Titled “A New Smokestack Cleans Baltimore’s Air”
There was an excellent news article on February 20 2010 in the Baltimore Sun titled “A new smokestack cleans Baltimore’s air” by Timothy B. Wheeler. However, there is one very important error that the reporter makes. The article reads in part … Continue reading
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Seminar Announcement “From Hurricanes to Arctic Warming: Carbon Dioxide Or Multi-Decadal Climate Variability?” By Petr Chylek
From Hurricanes to Arctic Warming: Carbon Dioxide or Multi-Decadal Climate Variability? Thursday, March 4, 03:30 PM David Skaggs Research Center, Room GC402 Boulder Colorado Increasing strength of Atlantic hurricanes, disappearance of Arctic sea ice, melting of the Greenland ice sheet, six … Continue reading
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EPA Endangerment Finding: Comments On Non-Greenhouse Gas Forcings As Part Of The Climate System
There is a set of replies to comments in Volume 3 in the Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act which I am providing input on in this post. These are in Volume 3 on page 32 … Continue reading
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News Article On Fox News With Respect To The Appointment Of Thomas Karl As The Head Of A New Climate Office
There is a news article today by Ed Barnes of Fox News titled “New Climate Agency Head Tried to Suppress Data, Critics Charge“. The article accurately summarizes issues associated with the appointment of Thomas Karl as the head of a new … Continue reading
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Guest Post By Ben Herman “Conservation in Radiative Transfer Calculations”
Guest Post by Professor Ben Herman I was just reading over the question from Dan Hughes on this site dated Feb. 9, 2010. The question asked whether instrumentation having sufficient spatial and temporal coverage and measurement accuracy will ever be available … Continue reading
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An Important Study On The Role Of Station Siting On Surface Temperatures – “Effects Of Simulated Grazing On Soil Temperature, Moisture, And Respiration On A Shortgrass Steppe In Northeastern Colorado” By Jennifer Wolchansky
There is a very important research contribution that is relevant to the effect of the siting of surface temperature instrumentation with respect to the assessment of spatially representative long-term trends. The implications of her study goes beyond that of cattle grazing, … Continue reading
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