Happy Anniversary: 1 October May Mark 18 Years Without Global Warming

The scientific community would come down on me in no uncertain terms if I said the world had cooled from 1998. OK it has but it is only 7 years of data and it isn’t statistically significant. –Phil Jones, University of East Anglia 5 July 2005  Bottom line: the ‘no upward trend’ has to continue for a total […]

Abandon the 2°C Temperature target, says Nature commentary — Not ‘scientifically meaningful’

Abandon the 2°C target, says Nature commentary — not ‘scientifically meaningful’ http://junkscience.com/2014/10/01/abandon-the-2c-target-says-nature-commentary-not-scientifically-meaningful We’ve been saying this for years. First, no one and nothing lives at average global temperature — it is a meaningless metric. Second, as Climategate explicitly revealed, the 2°C target was simply pulled out of thin air and not based on any sort […]

‘Blatant nonsense’: Media hyped walrus climate scare stories debunked – Claims recycled year-after-year – A Climate Depot Rebuttal

Climate Depot Special Report The October 1, 2014 Associated Press article linking the walrus gathering to melting sea ice, lacks historical perspective and contains serious spin that would lead readers to erroneous conclusions about walruses and the climate. [Update: Zoologist Dr. Susan Crockford weighs in: Mass haulouts of Pacific walrus and stampede deaths are not new, […]

Extreme weather failing to follow ‘global warming’ predictions: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Droughts, Floods, Wildfires, all see no trend or declining trends

Climate Depot Round Up:  ”Despite the fact that climate activists have changed renamed ‘global warming’ into ‘climate change’ and then to climate ‘disruption’ and ‘global weirding’, the weather and climate is failing to cooperate. Below is a round up of the latest on extreme weather data and studies.” Extreme Weather:  Fine print in Obama’s climate report […]

People’s climate march wants to change the system, not the weather

People’s climate march wants to change the system, not the weather http://www.cfact.org/2014/10/01/peoples-climate-march-wants-to-change-the-system-not-the-weather/ Marita Noon shatters any illusion that the New York Climate March was about anything other than destroying the capitalist system and replacing it with a totalitarian, top-down socialist state. As one commenter said, “These people are defined by what they hate, and a […]

‘Climate change created ISIS’ is now #49 on the ‘official list’ of things supposedly caused by global warming

‘Climate change created ISIS’ is now #49 on the ‘official list’ of things supposedly caused by global warming http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/09/30/climate-change-created-isis-is-now-49-on-the-official-list-of-things-supposedly-caused-by-global-warming Jeff Dunetz aka The ‘YidWithLid’ writes: Latest Climate Idiocy: Global Warming Created ISIS In recent weeks the Obama administration has blamed President Bush and/or the intelligence community for the creation of ISIS, others have blamed President […]

US Tornado Count Plummeting to Record Low Levels Three Consecutive Years

US Tornado Count Plummeting to Record Low Levels Three Consecutive Years http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/us-tornado-count-plummeting-to-record-low-levels-three-consecutive-years The frequency of tornadoes in the US is approaching a record low in 2014, after setting new record lows in both 2013 and 2012. Inflation Adjusted Tornado Running Totals – Storm Prediction Center WCM Page