Climate & Environment Review: March 14, 2007

Climate & Environment Review
March 14, 2007

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A 900-Year Record of δ18O Data from the Western Pacific's California Current
Noting there is a "problem of detecting effects of anthropogenic forcing on natural climate change," the authors developed "a robust time series of stable isotope [δ18O from Neogloboquadrina dutertrei] variability over the past millennium from the varved sediments of the Santa Barbara Basin," which they related to observed environmental variability within this part of the California Current over the past half-century, wherein they demonstrate that "thermal variability dominates the δ18O signal"... >>Read More<<

Czech Pres: Environmentalism is a religion
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- Environmentalism is a religion that is based more on political ambitions than science, the president of the Czech Republic warned Friday... >>Read More<<

Comments on New Channel 4 film
"The Great Global Warming Swindle"
Polemical film challenging the consensus that man-made CO2 is heating up the earth. Featuring leading academics, the film questions the science behind the accepted reasons for global warming and argues other explanations for climate change are not being properly aired... >>Read More<<

A 119-Year History of Icelandic Sea Surface Temperatures
The authors developed a 119-year history of Icelandic Sea Surface Temperature (SST) based on measurements made at ten coastal stations located between latitudes 63°24'N and 66°32'N... >>Read More<<

A 220-Year Hurricane Record?
A very interesting article was published in a recent issue of the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the results are of considerable interest in the debate about tropical cyclones and global warming... >>Read More<<

Global Hurricane Intensity NOT Increasing
Global hurricane intensity not increasing…so concludes a just-published paper by University of Wisconsin atmospheric scientist Jim Kossin and colleagues. In order that we can’t be accused of misrepresenting the authors’ meaning, here is the complete conclusion section of their Geophysical Research Letters paper [we added emphasis just for fun –eds]:... >>Read More<<

Bush Hails Biofuels Pact in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- At a mega fuel depot for tanker trucks, President Bush heralded a new ethanol agreement with Brazil Friday as way to boost alternative fuels production across the Americas. Demonstrators upset with Bush's visit here worry that the president and his biofuels buddy, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, really have visions of an OPEC- like cartel on ethanol... >>Read More<<

EU Embraces Nuclear Energy Option
The role of nuclear power in Europe received an unexpected boost yesterday as EU leaders hailed a landmark climate change deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and switch to renewable fuels... >>Read More<<

An Error In The 2007 IPCC Statement For Policymakers On The 2005 Global-Average Radiative Forcing
The SPM reports on a “Total Net Anthropogenic” global average radiative forcing for 2005 of +1.6 [0.6 to 2.4] Watts per meter squared. When one converts the units, this means that the Earth’s climate system should be accumulating Joules at a rate of 2.61*10**22 Joules per year [0.98*10**22 Joules to 3.91*10*22 Joules per year] in 2005... >>Read More<<