The Institute of Physics Questions Integrity of Climate Science
HotAir.com has all the highlights. The British Parliament is investigating the meaning of the East Anglia CRU e-mails and has been asking for input from the science community. The input from the Institute of Physics isn’t kind in it’s assessment of the kind of “science” being conducted by many in the climate science field. Here are just a couple of their points (emphasis Ed Morrissey of HotAir):
1. The Institute is concerned that, unless the disclosed e-mails are proved to be forgeries or adaptations, worrying implications arise for the integrity of scientific research in this field and for the credibility of the scientific method as practised in this context.
2. The CRU e-mails as published on the internet provide prima facie evidence of determined and co-ordinated refusals to comply with honourable scientific traditions and freedom of information law. The principle that scientists should be willing to expose their ideas and results to independent testing and replication by others, which requires the open exchange of data, procedures and materials, is vital. The lack of compliance has been confirmed by the findings of the Information Commissioner. This extends well beyond the CRU itself – most of the e-mails were exchanged with researchers in a number of other international institutions who are also involved in the formulation of the IPCC’s conclusions on climate change.
The Institute of Physics is not only critical of the researchers at East Anglia, but are asking questions of everyone involved with the IPCC report. There is a lot of investigation to be done, but it appears that in order to reach the desired IPCC conclusions, actual science has been sacrificed. One wonders how their reputations can be returned and how that process might happen.
Of course the American media continues to do it’s best to ignore this story. I wonder how long it will take for MSNBC, NBC, The Weather Channel, the New York Times and others to get their credibility back.
Follow the link and read more. It’s even more disconcerting, especially when you consider that the U.N. and the Obama Administration are determined to tax energy in efforts to save the planet from warming too much. The redistribution of wealth and power based on suspect science? It appears that is the case. Even in the face of these developments the EPA continues to push for regulations that would devastate the economy for no other reason than separate Americans from their money.
EPA Promises to Proceed with “Cap & Trade” Type Regulation
There is so much here, and much of it is upsetting.
The good news is, Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma is fighting the administration at every turn. Today in a Senate hearing, Senator Inhofe plans on exposing the scandals surrounding the IPCC again, even calling for criminal investigations. Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com (CPACs Blogger of the Year!) has an exclusive interview with Senator Inhofe that is must see internet “TV.”
However, one part of Ed’s written intro has me concerned (emphasis mine):
I should add that just before our interview last night, two administrators from the EPA arrived at Inhofe’s Senate office just before me. Inhofe later told me that the pair informed him that they wanted to proceed full steam ahead with their endangerment finding and the enforcement efforts they had planned. Inhofe expressed surprise that the EPA hadn’t reconsidered its position after the exposure of the IPCC’s incompetence and potential fraud — and he plans to demand answers from Jackson today.
Wow! The nerve of some administrations. Senator Inhofe talks about this in part two of Ed’s interview. This administration is still planning on moving ahead with Cap & Trade regulation without the consent of Congress or the American people! Go to about 1:15 in of the part 2 interview for the details. Keep listening through the 3 minute mark as Senator Inhofe explains why he thinks the U.N. is looking for a source of funding via Cap & Trade and how the administration is still planning an end around.
Listen to the whole thing. You’ll be glad you did.
Meanwhile, Pajamas Media had an excellent article yesterday on how Climategate is big news everywhere in the world except in the U.S.
The Mini Ice Age Starts Here
Next stop, Ice Age?
An excellent analysis in the Mail Online. The article details the natural cycles of both the Atlantic and Pacific Multi-Decadal Oscillations. Something I’ve written a lot about on this site for over a year now. The article points to research being done that shows when the ocean currents are in warm phase, the Earth experiences warming. When they are in cold phase, well, you get the idea.
The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only the start of a global trend towards cooler weather that is likely to last for 20 or 30 years, say some of the world’s most eminent climate scientists.
Their predictions – based on an analysis of natural cycles in water temperatures in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans – challenge some of the global warming orthodoxy’s most deeply cherished beliefs, such as the claim that the North Pole will be free of ice in summer by 2013.
According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007 – and even the most committed global warming activists do not dispute this.
Did you see that? Read it again.
According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007 – and even the most committed global warming activists do not dispute this.
Funny. I don’t remember hearing that on my telly. Is it possible that the American Networks are holding out on us? Just wondering out loud, but I digress.
The conclusion of the scientists interviewed in the article? While the rise in CO2 levels may play a part in rising temperatures, it’s a very small part. Mostly the climate is driven by natural forces. They say the ocean currents could be as much as 50% responsible.
Prof Latif, who leads a research team at the renowned Leibniz Institute at Germany’s Kiel University, has developed new methods for measuring ocean temperatures 3,000ft beneath the surface, where the cooling and warming cycles start.
He and his colleagues predicted the new cooling trend in a paper published in 2008 and warned of it again at an IPCC conference in Geneva last September.
Last night he told The Mail on Sunday: ‘A significant share of the warming we saw from 1980 to 2000 and at earlier periods in the 20th Century was due to these cycles – perhaps as much as 50 per cent.
‘They have now gone into reverse, so winters like this one will become much more likely. Summers will also probably be cooler, and all this may well last two decades or longer.
The article doesn’t address the fact that the Sun is putting out a lot less energy. The Old Farmer’s Almanac had an article last year that speculated what the affects might be of both the Pacific and now the Atlantic in cold phases combined with a quiet Sun. They mentioned the possibility of a mini ice age. There is at least one prominent Russian scientist who believes that is possible as well. The article in the Mail reminisces about the mid-70s when many scientists were also thinking that way… and blaming man:
Prof Tsonis said that the period from 1915 to 1940 saw a strong warm mode, reflected in rising temperatures. But from 1940 until the late Seventies, the last MDO cold-mode era, the world cooled, despite the fact that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere continued to rise.
He recalled that towards the end of the last cold mode, the world’s media were preoccupied by fears of freezing.
For example, in 1974, a Time magazine cover story predicted ‘Another Ice Age’, saying: ‘Man may be somewhat responsible – as a result of farming and fuel burning [which is] blocking more and more sunlight from reaching and heating the Earth.’
Prof Tsonis said: ‘Perhaps we will see talk of an ice age again by the early 2030s, just as the MDOs shift once more and temperatures begin to rise.’
I know I harp on this, but it matters. Cap & Trade and global climate treaties to stop global warming are the wrong approach. They will cripple already ailing economies and do nothing but redistribute wealth and give power to bureaucrats at the U.N. It’s hard to know someone’s motives, but it does fit that perhaps that is the real aim. Not to “save the planet,” (such a lofty sounding goal) but rather to manufacture an issue and use it as a power grab. Thankfully all of this cold weather is giving a lot of people pause and may help thwart those evil plans. That is why I am all for global cooling!
Where’s the “Global Warming” Dividend?
Happy Snowman! Sad snow removal budgets.
You know, like the peace dividend? We’ve been hearing for a very long time now that the Earth is getting warmer. Wouldn’t that mean, you know, warmer? Usually when it’s warmer you have less snow, not more! In fact, the blog Watts Up with That dug up a quote in The Independent dated March 20, 2000. The article quotes noted Scientist Dr. David Viner ( with the agency now embroiled in Climategate) as saying:
According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event”.
This rare and exciting event has blanketed much of the nation. Many places saw a rare event indeed… as in the most snow ever from a December storm. Places like Oklahoma City, Washingto D.C. and almost the entire state of Iowa. Instead of getting a “Global Warming” dividend, many states are already straining under snow removal bills with over 3/4 of the Winter still to go. From today’s Wall Street Journal:
Maryland’s State Highway Administration has spent more than $27 million this year on snow removal, the bulk of that clearing away a massive pre-Christmas storm. But the agency’s annual snow-removal budget is just $26 million.
Officials will have to “make adjustments in other areas of their operating budgets” to cover the overrun, the state’s transportation secretary, Beverley Swaim-Staley, said in a statement.
Similar adjustments are going on across the country — and they often mean less plowing.
Colorado officials recently notified residents in rural areas that they will let snow sit overnight on 2,800 miles of sparsely traveled state highways to cut down on overtime costs.
The bad news for Maryland, and other snow weary locales? The AccuWeather Winter Forecast is tracking true. That means more snow for the south and especially the mid-Atlantic for the next couple of months. The only part that they are missing is the warm part for the Pacific Northwest… but I digress.
The good news is the Democrats in the Senate have all but given up on trying to pass Cap & Trade. they are recognizing the political danger of passing a bill that would cripple an already severely ailing economy. Perhaps they are also realizing that it’s getting colder, not warmer.
BBC – Europe cold snap kills dozens
Go Green, Ride Your Bike!
and the snow is falling still in places like London. Train service has been affected, and very cold temperatures have claimed lives in Poland. Germany is setting records for cold weather. The BBC has the story:
At least 29 people froze to death in Poland as temperatures fell far below freezing, while in southern Germany a figure of -33C (-27F) was recorded.
Moscow said it was deploying 9,000 snow ploughs to clear the city’s streets.
Air, rail and road transport links were disrupted across northern Europe where more snow was expected in coming days.
Eurostar services between the UK and the continent were suspended on Monday for a third day, as the company launched an immediate review into train breakdowns which have stranded and delayed tens of thousands of passengers since Friday.
This is not the kind of news you would expect if the planet was warming is it? Combine the cold and snow in Europe with the cold and snow in the U.S. and you gotta wonder. Why are the leaders of the world pushing for limits on carbon? You would hope that President Obama having to leave Copenhagen early because of a huge snowstorm that hit Washington, D.C. might wake a few people up. Then again, maybe it’s not about global warming at all.
UPDATE: The Peninsula online reports heavy snow and cold from England, including southern England, France, Germany, Brussels, Russia and more:
More than 220 villages and towns in Bulgaria were left without electricity, and toppled trees cut power in several mountainous suburbs in the capital Sofia.
An overflowing dam in the town of Zlatograd, southeast of Sofia, flooded the basements of several apartment buildings, the town’s mayor told news agency Focus.
Four Serie A soccer matches were postponed in Italy.
In France, the heavy snowfall was not expected to end until Monday evening at the earliest, according to weather bureau Meteo France.
Minimum temperatures hovered close to record lows in some areas overnight, with the minimum reading in the Jura department of eastern France reaching minus 23C.
Temperatures in Moscow rose to about minus 15C yesterday after the mercury dipped to below minus 26C on Wednesday.
The relatively warmer temperatures brought heavy snow falls in the Russian capital, blanketing Red Square and the Kremlin.
It really is to start thinking about the affects of global cooling, not global warming!
Funny Video, “Let it Snow – Global Warming Farce”
Disagreement on Copenhagen Agreement
Once again, HotAir.com does an excellent job of spelling out the details. It seems that the agreement that President Barack Obama was so proud of in Copenhagen is so weak that other leaders are complaining. Sudan is even busting out the hyperbole, which makes sense since this debate has been about hyperbole all along.
One representative from Sudan compared Obama’s agreement to the Nazi death camps, which prompted a barrage of attacks. Since the Copenhagen conference requires unanimous approval, it seems that Obama’s agreement has as much chance of passage as his cap-and-trade bill does this year.
Of course Sudan would stand to collect millions, maybe even billions of dollars if an agreement is ever reached. Who would pay? Why the big “polluters”, of course.
Opponents said the document, which sets a target of limiting global warming to a maximum 2 degree Celsius rise over pre-industrial times and holds out the prospect of $100 billion (62 billion pounds) in annual aid from 2020 for developing nations, was too weak.
Too bad for Sudan that much of the world’s citizenry is realizing that CO2 is not a pollutant.
Rudolph Goes Green
A funny Christmas barb from Political Cartoons.com:
Otherwise Al wouldn't let poor Roudolph play in any global government games
How Much Would You Pay to Stop Global Warming?
What's 100 Billion among friends?!
Your representatives in Copenhagen say you will pay $100,000,000,000. The news is not all bad (although I suppose some will think this is good news). The U.S. isn’t pledging to pay the whole amount, just our ‘share.’ Here’s what Hillary Clinton is quoted as saying in todays’ NY Daily News:
While she would not disclose how much the U.S. would be contribution to the climate fund, Clinton said there would be a fair amount contributed to the pot that would be made available in 2020. The finances will reportedly be raised partially by taxing aviation and shipping, as proposed by the European Union.
The protection of rainforests will be made a U.S. priority as the White House allegedly believes this cause will get more financial support from the public, Clinton said.
Chose your representatives carefully. They speak on your behalf and vote for you on all levels of government, from the school board to the Copenhagen Climate Treaty negotiations.
Global Warming Treaty Delegates Get Snowed On! Denmark Expecting Rare White Christmas
Santa 1, Global Warming 0
Irony? Perhaps. About 4 inches of snow fell overnight in Copehagen and a rare White Christmas is in order. Bloomberg.com reports that Denmark has a milder climate than much of Scandinavia. They have only had seven White Christmas’ in the last century!
I’m sure the global warming believers will ignore yet another sign and plow forward in their negotiations to tax energy and redistribute the world’s wealth.
