Daily Archives: April 2, 2011

Scientific American tells us that Malaria is a proxy for tropical temperatures, so we can be certain that Palm Trees were growing all over Coney Island in 1878. http://query.nytimes.com/

http://news.google.com/newspapers Scientific American says that Malaria is caused by global warming, so it must have been very hot in Wisconsin in the 19th century. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=east-africa-malaria-rises-under-climate-change

In a private communication, Dr. Muller clarified his comment : “We are doing this because it is the most important project in the world today. Nothing else comes close” His point is political and economic – Governments are spending vast … Continue reading →

Lisa Jackson apparently believes that the American people are incapable of choosing their representatives – in a way that protects her fiefdom. http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/153437-epa-chief-history-will-judge-congress-harshly-if-climate-rules-are-axed What a disaster that we didn’t listen to Holdren and Ehrlich in the 1960s. We could have … Continue reading →

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/tornado/tornadotrend.jpg The worst spring for tornadoes was right before Nixon resigned.

The last 50 years have been relatively quiet for hurricane activity in the US. Prior to 1960, the US averaged 20 hurricane strikes per decade, or two per year. Since 1960, the US has averaged 14 hurricane strikes per decade, … Continue reading →

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001416.html Half of the US states set their record high temperature during the 1930s. No state has broken their record high temperature during the current millennium.

Two days ago I pointed out that NRDC’s claim of warming winters in Yellowstone disagreed with measured NCDC Wyoming temperatures. http://realclimate.science/2011/03/31/nrdc-smarter-than-the-average-bear/ Looking closer at their claim, USHCN RAW mean temperatures at Yellowstone show a downwards trend of more than 1F … Continue reading →

Yesterday I pointed out that Muller’s graph did not match HadCRUT global temperatures. This was due to the fact that Muller was using only land based thermometer readings and did not include ocean temperatures  – which comprise 70% of the … Continue reading →

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