Himalayas melting only speculation?

Someone said the Himalayas would melt by 2035. But now, it turns out they were speculating. How much more of this report by the IPCC was just speculation?

Watch out for global cooling

Apparently, at least one scientist thinks we're in for 20-30 years of global cooling rather than global warming. According to him there's a "multi-decadal oscillation" in the oceans that correlates to global warming and cooling trends observed over the last century or so that much more closely corresponds to recent changes in climate than the AGW theories do.

Climategate

The Anthropogenic Global Warming theory is coming unraveled it appears. Apparently some sort of hacker broke in to some computer somewhere and stole thousands of e-mails showing the conspiracy to perpetrate this hoax on the rest of us. Here are some stories about it:

The Final Nail
Congressional investigation
Junk Science
The Fix is In

I don't know how this will percolate out but it's definitely a big earthquake in the AGW proponent's world.

Friends of Science

Here's a website about the failure of the computer models that predicted global warming. In the last 10 years, scientists can't figure out why average global temperatures haven't continued to increase. Because all the models said it would. Now they're baffled. Maybe they need to check some of their assumptions in the computer models?

Wait a minute, there's a sun?

Talking to the global warming/climate change alarmists, you'd think the only reason the earth is as warm as it is, is because humans polluted it so much that now it's becoming too warm. However, apparently there are some variables that they may have missed in their calculations, like the sun for example. The amount of energy released by the sun varies too, like with sunspots. Recently we've been going through a very low minimum of sunspot activity, coincidentally corresponding with a general cooling of the planet. I guess that may be why the catchphrase has changed from global warming to global climate change.

Sea ice grew faster than ever

Why is the sea ice growing at such a rapid pace when all the "models" are predicting global warming could cause sea ice to disappear completely? Maybe the models are wrong, eh?

You can read more here for proof that sea ice is at the same level now as it was in 1979 when satellite tracking began.

Global temperature data and graph

Here is an interesting site, well, maybe if you're a geek anyway. It does have a cool graph though (see below, you can click on it for a larger version). At any rate, the key is at the very end. Notice how it looks like the global warming trend appears to have ended and now, even though the average temperatures are higher than the baseline, they're trending down. Of course, if global warming theories are correct, this is only temporary and we'll see the warming trend resume soon. On the other hand, if the recent rise in temperatures prior to ~1997 was an anomaly, we'll see cooling continue for awhile. Either way, it's a bit early to tell one way or the other. For that reason, now is not the time to spend gazillions of dollars trying to fix something we don't even understand just because someone cries wolf.

Ready for a worldwide government?

According to this, it could be possible. Is this the reason they're pushing the global climate change nonsense and now this new global financial crisis--to get people to think in terms of a global government? Near the end it uses the European Union as an example and says this:

In general, the Union has progressed fastest when far-reaching deals have been agreed by technocrats and politicians – and then pushed through without direct reference to the voters. International governance tends to be effective, only when it is anti-democratic.

That's all we need. Politicians deciding it's in the best interests of the populace without asking them directly. Hopefully the checks and balances we have in this country will hold the tide long enough to keep this nonsense from happening.

Now we need to regulate dirt

According to this article:

The findings are significant because soils are by far the world's largest source of carbon dioxide, producing 10 times more carbon dioxide each year than all the carbon dioxide emissions from human activities combined.

So, how are we supposed to regulate dirt? It obviously needs to be dealt with if we're ever to combat global warming.

October the hottest on record (or not?)

Can we trust data from NASA if the head of the agency is in the tank with the whole idea of global warming? According to this article, there are questions whether they are getting the data right or not. Initially they said this most recent October was the hottest on record. Then some skeptics looked at the data and noticed a bunch of numbers were exactly the same as what was reported in September.

It's things like this that make you go, "hmm...."

Aliens caused global warming

The analogy I don't necessarily agree with, but the point is still true in this article. It's not science if it is consensus and a consensus based on models that at best may be flawed and at worst may be manipulated is certainly not science.

Methane levels increase worldwide simultaneously?

Supposedly methane is one of the greenhouse gasses. According to this article, it increased worldwide simultaneously for an unknown reason last year. It's just more evidence that global warming may not be caused by man.

From the article:

One thing does seem very clear, however; science is only beginning to get a handle on the big picture of global warming. Findings like these tell us it's too early to know for sure if man's impact is affecting things at the political cry of "alarming rates." We may simply be going through another natural cycle of warmer and colder times - one that's been observed through a scientific analysis of the Earth to be naturally occuring for hundreds of thousands of years.

30 years of global cooling?

I keep seeing these stories. Maybe I'm just biased but why are there more and more of them all the time?

When the cure is worse than the disease

Don't you just hate it when you do something to fix a problem only later to find out it caused the problem to get worse where if you had left it alone, it would have corrected itself? Well, it looks like that may be the case with disposable vs. cloth diapers as well. I've used both but never to "save the planet." Ultimately, cloth diapers save money since you don't have to keep buying more and more all the time. Unfortunately for those people worried about being "green", it may not actually save anything to use cloth. Oh well. so much for that idea.

Global warming becomes global cooling?

If global warming is man-made, then why is there evidence of global cooling? You can read one bit here.

Global cooling according to Farmer's Almanac

Here's another article about a prediction by the Old Farmer's Almanac saying we could be entering a long-term global cooling trend.

Cold winter coming?

I never have been one to put a lot of stock into long term forecasting of weather so I was a bit skeptical when I read recently that the 2008 Farmers Almanac is predicting a cooler than normal winter this year. After all, the article says it is written at least a year in advance and that whoever wrote it has already finished the prediction for 2009.

Anyway, today I came across another interesting bit about a volcano in Alaska. Normally, I wouldn't pay much attention to that, particularly since it is only discussing the increased color in sunsets. However, not long ago, I read about the year without summer. If you read it, you will notice that it was likely caused by a volcano, albeit a much larger one. Now, obviously a single volcanic eruption that was relatively small shouldn't make a big difference. However, that's not the only factor.

Yesterday, I came across this article that says the sun did something it hasn't done in over 90 years, and that is go an entire month without a single sunspot. Reading that article, you find that one previous instance like that correlated closely to what is referred to as the Little Ice Age.

Ultimately, no one really knows for sure. However, all these little pieces put together appear to be pointing to a cooler than average winter, global warming notwithstanding.

Climate Hysteria

I guess I'm a heritic when it comes to global warming, but according to this article, that may be changing. Hopefully a few more politicians will figure out that Gore is a nut and that the whole global warming hoax is just that.

No "dino" in "dino-juice"?

We've all been told that oil is a "fossil fuel" and that it is being depleted. Well, I've heard rumors to the effect that some scientists aren't sure if this is true and in fact are studying to find out where oil comes from. Today, I came across this article that says the following:

Stalin’s team of scientists and engineers found that oil is not a ‘fossil fuel’ but is a natural product of planet earth – the high-temperature, high-pressure continuous reaction between calcium carbonate and iron oxide – two of the most abundant compounds making up the earth’s crust. This continuous reaction occurs at a depth of approximately 100 km at a pressure of approximately 50,000 atmospheres (5 GPa) and a temperature of approximately 1500°C, and will continue more or less until the ‘death’ of planet earth....

Apparently Stalin wanted to find a way for Russia to produce more oil and enlisted his scientists to figure out where it came from. They may have found the source and are making good use of it.

Anyway, read the article yourself. It's very interesting.