Congratulations to Dr David Whitehouse of the GWPF for winning a bet with Dr James Annan. The bet, made in 2007, was that by 2011 that HADCRUT3 temperature record of 1998 would not be beaten by 2011. The bet was made at the instigation of the BBC Radio 4 program “More or Less”. Annan then [...]
All posts for the month January, 2012
A Bet Won on the Warming Standstill
Posted by manicbeancounter on January 13, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/01/13/a-bet-won-on-the-warming-standstill/
Adelaide – a decline in extreme heatwaves?
Joanne Nova has posted data from Ian Hill on extreme heatwaves in Adelaide, Australia. To quote It’s another mindless record used to remind the public to “keep the faith” and recite the litancy: “Adelaide had it’s hottest start to the year since 1900″ Sky news Picking three particular days out of 365 and comparing them over a [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on January 9, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/01/09/adelaide-a-decline-in-extreme-heatwaves/
Joseph Stiglitz on the causes of the current crisis
Roger Pielke Jr. takes a critical look (here and here) at a novel theory of the recession from Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz in Vanity Fair, the eminent economics journal. This is an extended version of the comment that I made on the second posting. The Stiglitz theory would make a bit of sense if it [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on January 5, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/01/05/joseph-stiglitz-on-the-causes-of-the-current-crisis/
