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Bookviews.com puts Magnetic Reversals         and  Evolutionary Leaps at the top of their         "Picks of the Month"         2 Nov 08 - "By far one of the most extraordinary         books about a scientific phenomenon to come along         in a long time is Robert W. Felix’s Magnetic         Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps.         See entire review: Bookviews Top of the List

  

 
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Darwin Got it Wrong and It’s Not What You’re Thinking 23 Nov 08 - Here's a commentary about Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps written by Alan Caruba. I'm both humbled by it and proud at the same time. I hope you'll forward this article to your friends. See Darwin Got it Wrong and It’s Not What You’re Thinking Snow in the Alps a month earlier than normal You MUST read the Google translation  :-) 30 Aug 10 - Snow in Voralberg, a month earlier than "normal". Many farmers still had their cattle in the fields! It's in Dutch, but you can use an online translator to get the gist of it. See Snow in the Alps a month earlier than normal Never before so much rain in Germany E-mail from readers in Germany 31 Aug 10 - Germany received more rain in August than in any August since records began in 1881. See Never before so much rain in Germany August turns to November in Germany 30 Aug 10 - E-mail from a reader in Germany. My calendar tells me its still August, well at least for another day, but here  in Southern Germany it is like November!!! See August turns to November in Germany Half a meter of snow in Norway 29 Aug 10 - E-mail from a reader in Norway The winter just arrived - half a meter of snow  in several places in the mountains - it is still  only August. See Half a meter of snow in Norway   Could Sinabung eruption be start of more? 30 Aug 10 - Indonesian volcano lies only 30 km from Toba. Could Sinabung eruption be start of more? Texas fights global-warming power grab By Peggy Venable 26 Aug 10 - The state's slogan is "Don't mess with Texas." But the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is doing just that, and at stake is whether the Obama administration can impose  its global-warming agenda without a vote of Congress. Texas is fighting back. See Texas fights global-warming power grab   Meteorologist expects monster La Nina - Drastic cooling 25 Aug 10 - Southern Hemisphere sea ice now approaching record-high levels, says meteorologist Joe Bastardi. See Meteorologist expects monster La Nina - Drastic cooling Photos of ash-covered villagers fleeing volcano Ash-covered villagers fleeing Thanks to Emma Corry for this link Thousands flee - Indonesian volcano erupts for first time in 400 years 29 Aug 10 -  At least two people died and thousands were evacuated after Mount Sinabung northwest of Jakarta thundered to life shortly after midnight. Thousands flee-Indonesian volcano erupts for first time in 400 years   Cold kills millions of fish in the Amazon Nature magazine blames "climate change" 27 Aug 10 - It's the biggest ecological disaster Bolivia has known, says author Anna Petherick. As an example of a sudden climatic change wreaking havoc on wildlife, "it is unprecedented in recorded history." So, global warming (strategically renamed "climate change") has caused this tragic event involving extremely cold weather? See Cold kills millions of fish in the Amazon   Doubleheader day for volcanic eruptions 25 Aug 10 - Eight thousand people living near Colombia's Galeros volcano were evacuated as the alert status moved to "Red". Italy's Etna also erupted yesterday, producing a 1-km tall plume. See Doubleheader day for volcanic eruptions Leading US physicist marvels at NOAA's “scientific incompetence or completely unethical behavior" 19 Aug 10 - Growing evidence of systematic global warming data flaws by government climatologists. Respected American physicist says "NOAA systemically excised data with poor and biased interpolations." See Leading US physicist marvels at NOAAs “incompetence or completely unethical behavior"   NOAA Busted - Reported temps may be 10 to 15 degrees too high 11 Aug 10 – Satellite readings for June and July for Lake Michigan showed crazy temperatures ranging in the low to mid hundreds, with some parts of the Wisconsin area apparently reaching 612 F. NOAA Busted - Reported temps may be 10 to 15 degrees too high Pat Sajak`s Solution to Global Warming - 25 Aug 10 http://www.truthistreason.net/pat-sajaks-solution-to-global-warming Thanks to Wanda for this link   The EPA Must be Stopped By Alan Caruba “If an invading nation had imposed these kinds of restrictions on Americans, we would be in the streets with guns and any other means to fight them.” See The EPA Must be Stopped One Third of Pakistan Under Water - Destroys $1 Billion Worth of Crops - Area the size of UK 15 Aug 10 – Pakistan’s worst floods in 80 years have left 20 million people homeless and six million without food, medicine, or shelter. See One Third of Pakistan Under Water Millions of Fish Dead in Bolivian Rivers Authorities Explain What Really Happened 10 Aug 10 - This ecological disaster garnered international attention and  brought accusations of possible chemical spills. Today I received  this email from the webmaster that broke the story, explaining what really happened. See Millions of Dead Fish in Bolivian Rivers - Authorities explain Katla Volcano, Iceland 9 Aug 10 - Twelve earthquakes in the past 48 hours. It's just reminding us that it hasn't gone away. http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/ Thanks to Alan Stover for this link Temperatures well below average in Southern California 9 Aug 10 - Fruits and vegetables not ripening. See Temps well below average in Southern California Quiet sun warns of deadly cold and snow ahead 5 Aug 10 – The sun has always and will always control the climate. During solar minimum there are more cosmic rays, which means more clouds, which means the earth cools. See Quiet sun warns of deadly cold and snow ahead   The Global Warming Fleecing of American Taxpayers By Alan Caruba 4 Aug 10 - Despite $30 billion spent on pure science research, "no one is able to point to a single piece of empirical evidence that man-made carbon dioxide has a significant effect on the global climate.” The Global Warming Fleecing of American Taxpayers 6 million dead fish, alligators, turtles and dolphins floating down Bolivian rivers 3 Aug 10 - More than six million fish and thousands of alligators, turtles, dolphins and other river wildlife are floating dead in Bolivian rivers, the cruel aftermath of the extreme cold in South America. Includes video link. See 6 million dead fish floating down Bolivian rivers   Snow in Brazil, below zero in the River Plate, tropical fish frozen 5 Aug 10 - For a second day running it snowed in Southern Brazil and in twelve of Argentina’s 24 provinces including parts of Buenos Aires. Snow in Brazil, below zero in the River Plate, tropical fish frozen Rebellious Greenland Glacier Keeps Growing 26 July 10 - Berlingske Glacier has steadily grown for the past 100 years. And yet, it's not counted in the glacier inventory. Why haven't we heard about this growing glacier? See Rebellious Greenland Glacier Keeps Growing Could 2011 be the Year Without Summer? By Tom Rowan 26 July 2010 - In 1816 the northern hemisphere suffered through the year without summer.  During the previous winter the Mt Tambora volcano erupted.  Thousands froze to death due to the bitter cold the atmospheric ash clouds created. See Could 2011 be the Year Without Summer?   Washington State Snowpack - Tweaking the Numbers 31 Jul 10 - On Thursday, I talked to Kay H. Jones Ph.D., who served as a senior advisor at the President's Council on Environmental Quality under both the Ford and Carter Administrations. Dr Jones pointed out  to me how easy it is to use trend charts to push an agenda simply by picking the proper dates. See Washington State Snowpack - Tweaking the Numbers   Argentina - Colder Than Antarctica 3 Aug 10 - Argentina is importing record amounts of energy to combat the coldest winter in 40 years. Temperatures in parts of Argentina fell below those of Antarctica on July 15. See Argentina - Colder Than Antarctica Peru declares state of emergency amid plunging temperatures 1 Aug 10 - Temperatures across much of the South American country plummet to 50-year low - predicted to fall further in coming weeks. See Peru declares state of emergency amid plunging temperatures Record cold in San Diego 29 Jul 10 - "Grayest, coolest spring and summer in the history of San Diego," says meteorologist John Coleman. Short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg1f_TRQUwk Thanks to Joe D'Aleo and Marc Morano for this link   Hail buries western Boulder County 28 Jul 10 - A slow-moving storm dumped up to 8 inches of hail in parts of Colorado,  slowing road travel to a crawl. See Hail buries western Boulder County 8-inch-diameter hailstone weighs 1 lb 15 oz http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38490706 Thanks to C. Peter Davis for this link   Desperate Days for the Warmists By Christopher Booker 24 Jul 10 - "Ever more risibly desperate become the efforts of the believers in global warming to hold the line for their religion, after the battering it was given last winter by all those scandals surrounding the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." See Desperate Days for the Warmists   Spacequakes Rumble Near Earth 27 Jul 10 -  Researchers have discovered a form of space weather that packs the punch of an earthquake, plays a key role in sparking bright Northern Lights, and generates currents in the earth itself. They call it "the spacequake."  See Spacequakes Rumble Near Earth   Ice Ice Baby 19 Jul 10 - Striking (short) video from meteorologist Joe Bastardi showing how much Arctic sea ice has increased in the past three years! A chilling prospect for the upcoming winter and beyond?! http://www.accuweather.com/video/207545930001/ ice-ice-baby.asp?channel=vbbastaj Thanks to Thomas L. for this link   The Union of Concerned Propagandists 23 Jul 10 - The Union of Concerned Scientists has launched a national advertising campaign to showcase the dedication and personal histories of scientists studying "climate change" (global warming). Alan Caruba suggests that it be called The Union of Concerned Propagandists. See Union of Concerned Propagandists Peru Declares Cold Wave Emergency in 16 Regions - More than 400 deaths 25 Jul 10 - The decree covers all districts more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above sea level, as well as three regions in the Peruvian jungle that have registered "strangely low temperatures" in the last few weeks. See Peru Declares Cold Wave Emergency in 16 Regions   Carbon rain - Stars reveal carbon 'spaceballs' 22 Jul 10 - Scientists have detected carbon molecules known as buckyballs in a cloud of cosmic dust. Carbon rain-Stars reveal carbon spaceballs Gulf loop current collapse not unusual 23 Jul 10 - "There is a well- known history of the gulf loop current 'collapsing'," says reader. Dennis Waggener. "This happened three times in 1996. (It) is a common event and not at all unusual." Gulf loop current collapse not unusual BP oil spill to cause climate change? I doubt it 23 Jul 10 - A recent article suggests that the BP oil spill could drive us into an ICE AGE. I fear that this could be yet another attempt to blame humans for a naturally occurring cycle. See BP oil spill to cause climate change? I doubt it CO2 increase "about as significant as a few farts in a hurricane!" By Kirk Myers 22 Jul 10 - In comparison to water in all of its forms, the effect of the carbon dioxide increase over the last century on the temperature of the earth is about as significant as a few farts in a hurricane!" says Dr. Martin Hertzberg, combustion research scientist. CO2 increase about as significant as a few farts in a hurricane Cold now extends to Amazon jungle Email from a reader in Chile 21 Jul 10 - Here in Chile, we don't know to cope with under zero (°C) temperature..... but the problem is bigger in tropical Bolivian zone.....the things are worse... Each year is worse. See Cold now extends to Amazon jungle   Big swarm of new quakes in Iceland 21 Jul 10 - Mýrdalsjökull - Many earthquakes during the last 48 hours. See: Big swarm of new quakes in Iceland South America - Longest Cold Streak in 17 years 21 Jul 10 - More than 200 deaths. Snow downs power lines. Record low temperatures. See South America - Longest Cold Streak in 17 years   Two inches of snow on Mocha Island 21 Jul 10 - Isla Mocha is a small Chilean island west of the coast of Arauco Province in the Pacific Ocean. There is no memory of such a situation, say residents. See Two inches of snow on Mocha Island Hundreds of dead penguins wash up on Brazil beaches 20 Jul 10 - About 500 of the birds, with their stomachs entirely empty, have been found on the shores of Sao Paulo state just in the last 10 days. Scientists mention colder waters as a possible cause, or perhaps overfishing. See http://yhoo.it/cONOdN Thanks to Andrea Jade and John Brown for this link   Record Cold At Antarctic Station 15 Jul 10 - "Not a sign of climate change, but rather it is a local regional weather phenomenon (only warm events are signs of climate change)." See Record Cold At Antarctic Station Record Collapse of Earth's Upper Atmosphere 15 Jul 10 - The magnitude of the collapse was two to three times greater than expected - "A Space Age record." Now get this: Scientists think carbon dioxide in the thermosphere acted as a coolant. A coolant! See Record Collapse of Earth's Upper Atmosphere Meteorologist Forecasts Drastic Cooling! Uses NOAA's own data 8 Jul 10 - "Think the markets are in the tank? asks meteorologist Joe Bastardi. "Wait till you global temperature watchers get a load of what is coming. The drastic drop being portrayed here is something akin to the kind of cooling we saw with Pinatubo." See Meteorologist Forecasts Drastic Cooling! Interactive spider - Just for fun - 20 Jul 10 Nothing to do with the climate. Just a spider. You can drag it around with your mouse, or double click to leave an insect for  it to eat. It will walk all the way across the page to get it. My friend Bob Mann says he has placed several in jars and sent them to (former) friends.  http://www.onemotion.com/flash/spider/ Why Tectonic Plates Move the Way They Do 17 Jul 10 — New "breakthrough" theory. Subduction (supposedly) based on essentially "the same fluid dynamics that describe how a penny sinks through a jar of honey." See Why Tectonic Plates Move the Way They Do   Slowest July Arctic Melt Ever 18 Jul 10 - NOAA says 2010 is the hottest ever, even though it’s only July. What’s the hurry? They’ve seen their own forecasts for the rest of the year and know it’s their last chance. Using the same “scientific” method we can declare that the Arctic has experienced the slowest July ice melt ever!  See Slowest July Arctic Melt Ever Huge underwater volcano found off Indonesia 12 Jul 10 - Taller than all but three or four mountains in Indonesia, the two-mile-high volcano was found  in an area about the size of Delaware. Delaware is the second smallest state in the United States. Imagine how many undiscovered underwater volcanoes there must be! See Huge underwater volcano found off Indonesia Mass extinction every 27 million years, say boffins But they pooh-pooh "Nemesis Star" 12 Jul 10 - Boffins insist that much of life on Earth gets regularly wiped out every 27 million years (give or take a few million years). "An excess of extinction events are associated with this periodicity at 99% confidence." (What is a boffin? Answer here.) See Mass extinction every 27 million years, say boffins Stephen Schneider of Stanford University dead at 65 Stephen-Schneider-dies-as-flight-lands-in-London   Legal verdict: Global warming science doesn’t withstand scrutiny 6 June 10 - A cross examination of global warming science at the University of Pennsylvania Law School concludes that virtually every claim advanced by global warming proponents fails to stand up to scrutiny. See Legal verdict: Global warming science doesn’t withstand scrutiny Canada - Terrible Times to Come 8 Jul 10 - Flooding affecting grain and cattle farmers across the prairies See Canada - Terrible Times to Come   Disaster in Mexican States (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas) 7 Jul 10 - Email from reader - "Incredible! The magnitude of the damage caused by all of the rainfall from Hurricane Alex is only just starting to be realized and sink in with people. In Monterrey, the cleanup alone is expected to take at least six months. Reconstruction is optimistically expected to take two years." See many headlines: Disaster in Mexican States Seven U.S. Congressmen Hand-Deliver seeds to Doomsday Vault This is crazy! That vault will be buried beneath the ice! 4 Jul 10 - They spent their 4th of July weekend hand-delivering seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. Containing seeds from more than 525,000 crop varieties, the self-proclaimed "Doomsday Vault" was built to protect world food supplies in the event of a global catastrophe. See Seven U.S. Congressmen Hand-Deliver seeds to Doomsday Vault Global warming my backside - Coldest day in Australia in almost 100 years 1 Jul 10 - Isisford, Queensland, warmed to just 10 degrees, the town's chilliest day since before records began in 1913. See Global warming my backside-Coldest day in Australia in 100 years Breaking! Katla - 14 earthquakes in 48 hours! 9 Jul 10 - Fourteen earthquakes have occurred below Iceland's Mýrdalsjökull glacier during the past 48 hours - one within the last four hours. Katla Volcano lies beneath the Mýrdalsjökull glacier. See Katla - 14 earthquakes in 48 hours!   We are now in a low CO2 period 4 Jul 10 - "In the big picture we are now in a low CO2 period," says aviation engineer Burt Rutan. "The 20th century increase shows as an insignificant dot at this scale." See We are now in a low CO2 period Alberta Walloped with Heavy Snow - In mid July! 13 July 10 - “To receive this much snow in July and have it stay on the ground is unheard of,” says Megan Gibson from the Marmot Basin Ski Resort near Jasper, Alberta.  See Alberta Walloped with Heavy Snow - In mid July!   Refusing to Report the Truth 6 Jul 10 - The Fourth Int'l Conference on Climate Change featured world-famous physicists from Russia, Israel, and the U.S.; an astronaut who walked on the moon, and the men who exposed the IPCC “hockey stick” fraud. Guess how many from the “mainstream media” covered the Fourth Conference? None! See Refusing to Report the Truth Melting of Greenland ice mimics 1920s-1940s event Researchers see this as a cause for alarm, rather than proof that it's simply part of a natural cycle and not driven by humans. See Melting of Greenland ice mimics 1920s-1940s event   Ice-age maps 11 Jul 10 - Thanks to the many readers who told me where to find more ice-age maps. I've now added them to this website. Here's the new link. See Ice-Age Maps Ice-age lake beginning to recharge? 7 Jul 10 - Email from reader See Ice-age lake beginning to recharge?   Antarctic sea ice peaks at third highest in satellite record 1 Jul 10 - But no mention in the mainstream media See Antarctic sea ice peaks at third highest in satellite record Snow delays summer season for Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA 3 Jul 10 - Most park trails still snow-covered and inaccessible. See Snow delays summer season for Lassen Volcanic National Park Whistler-Blackcomb reopens - still a winter wonderland 5 Jul 10 - Whistler Mountain has opened an alpine tube park "for the first time ever" and opened a snowshoeing course in lieu of alpine hiking, while Blackcomb Mountain has reopened for skiing and boarding on the Blackcomb Glacier. See Whistler-Blackcomb reopens - still a winter wonderland   Disaster declaration for 29 Washington counties 1 Jul 10 - Washington's Governor has asked the federal government to designate 29 Washington counties as farm disaster areas due to cool and rainy spring weather. That's an area as large as Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine combined. See Disaster declaration for 29 Washington counties Mexico - Incredible damage from Hurricane Alex 2 Jul 10 - Monterrey freeway in chaos. Dramatic drop in temperature. Scary videos. See Mexico - Incredible damage from Hurricane Alex   Snow on Mt. Washington, NH - In July! 1 Jul 10 - A a dusting of snow fell yesterday on New Hampshire's Mount Washington, startling tourists and forcing closure of the toll road to the top. See Snow on Mt. Washington, NH - In July! 100-year rainstorm swamps Saskatoon 2 Jul 10 - Nearly one meter (three feet) of water rush down city streets. See 100-year rainstorm swamps Saskatoon   Electrostatic fields may trigger evolution 30 Jun 10 - When researchers exposed cereal seeds and fish eggs to a high voltage field, unexpectedly primeval organisms grew out of these seeds and eggs: A fern that no botanist was able to identify; primeval corn with up to 12 ears per stalk; wheat ready to be harvested in just 4 to 6 weeks, and giant trout extinct in Europe for 130 years. See Electrostatic fields may trigger evolution   Paying President’s ‘Price On Carbon’ 30 Jun 10 - The American Power Act "will cut U.S. employment by roughly 522,000 jobs in 2015," "prices at the gas pump would leap 58%, and residential electricity costs would “necessarily skyrocket” 90%." They should call it the American DISempower Act. See Paying President’s ‘Price On Carbon’ Massive volcanism created underwater plateau one-third the size of the United States 27 Jun 10 - The Kerguelen Plateau, an underwater plateau one-third the size of the United States, is the result of massive volcanic eruptions about 100 million years ago. Intermittent eruptions continue today at Heard and McDonald Islands. See Massive volcanism created underwater plateau one-third size of US   U.S. refused Dutch oil skimmers 26 Jun 10 - Three days after the oil spill started, the Dutch offered to fly four oil skimmers to the Gulf.  Each system will collect 36,500 barrels of oil per day. "The offer was apparently turned down because EPA regulations do not allow water with oil to be pumped back into the ocean." And we want these would-be dictators to control our energy supplies? See U.S. refused Dutch oil skimmers Skiing both hemispheres - summer and winter 23 Jun 10 - Most all of Europe's ski areas are open (France, Scotland, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Austria), as are ski areas in New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Canada, the United States (California, Utah, Oregon) and South Africa. See Skiing both hemispheres - summer and winter   Longer Term Solar Minimum could lead to Little Ice Age 15 Aug 09 - "Magnetic intensity in sunspots is decreasing...if this continues in the same way as it has for the last 15 years, the Sun will be devoid of sunspots in five years...overall the Sun’s energetic output will decline significantly inducing another little ice age on the Earth.” See Longer Term Solar Minimum could lead to Little Ice Age Extreme cold wiped out British seven times during past 700,000 years When the first humans arrived Britain was warm, resembling modern north Africa. But ice covered the country at several stages, making the environment similar to that of Scandinavia. "Early Britons had to cope  with these changes of climate. Often they couldn't and they died out completely.” (I ran this story four years ago, but think it's worth  re-running.) See Extreme cold wiped out Brits   A Bad Future for Everyone By Alan Caruba 27 Jun 10 - "There is something called the Grand Solar Minimum, a diminution of radiation from the Sun that is likely to precede a new ice age and is predicted to last a century. Since the period between ice ages is generally 11,500 years we are at the very end of the current interglacial period. See A Bad Future for Everyone Rocking in Iceland 28 Jun 10 - "Looks like things are rocking in Iceland," says this email from Randy. Six earthquakes in Eyjafjallajokull / Katla area during the past 48 hours. "Thank you for your excellent website." http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/atlantic/ Now they're calling lack of sunspots "the calm before the storm" Don't they get it? This is the storm 23 Jun 10 - "Absence of sunspots make scientists wonder if they're seeing a calm before a storm of energy," blared the headline yesterday in the Washington Post. The headline should have read "Absence of sunspots could lead to Little Ice Age." See Lack of sunspots "the calm before the storm" Devastating Coffee Spill in BP Boardroom - Video 22 Jun 10 - So far I've posted nothing about the BP oil spill because it has nothing to do with the climate ... yet. However, this sadly hilarious video gives an indication of how well our government might handle the nation's energy sector if the Control-and-Tax bill becomes law. See Devastating Coffee Spill in BP Boardroom   Kimberlite pipes carved by electromagnetic forces 23 Jun 10 - Although kimberlite eruptions at the Earth’s surface have never been witnessed, we know they erupt catastrophically over a very short time. They were carved by powerful electric currents corkscrewing into the earth, says this article. See Kimberlite pipes carved by electromagnetic forces Canadian Prairies More Lake Than Prairie! 22 Jun 10 - Twelve million acres of Manitoba farmland are under water, ten million acres of Saskatchewan farmland are under water, and we are waiting to hear how many millions of acres of Alberta farmland are under water. See Canadian Prairies More Lake Than Prairie!   Is the Weather Channel trying to hide the truth? 22 Jun 10 - I say the sun is headed for a Grand Minimum. They say, "A Sleeping Giant Awakens." See Is the Weather Channel trying to hide the truth?               Aurora - Courtesy of NASA Antarctica growing colder - Ice expanding 18 Apr 09 - "Ice is expanding in much of Antarctica," says this article. In addition, the South Pole has shown "significant cooling in recent decades". See Antarctica growing colder - Ice expanding NASA - Rewrite and confuse the public 18 Jun 10 - NASA is beefing up sunspot numbers in a way where we cannot compare to previous cycles, says Accuweather meteorologist Joe Bastardi. The old method would never say there was a sunspot, says Bastardi. "They are picking out what they term a sunspot now." I think this masks the possibility that we are headed into the next Little Ice Age. See NASA - Rewrite and confuse the public   What's Wrong with the sun? Are we headed for a new little ice age? 14 Jun 10 - There is evidence that the sun is inexorably losing its ability to produce sunspots. By 2015, they could be gone altogether, "plunging us into a new Maunder minimum - and perhaps a new Little Ice Age." See What's Wrong with the sun?   Ski Hill on Vancouver Island still open - Skiing in June a first in the resort’s thirty-two year history 18 Jun 10 - “Imagine telling your friends and family across the country that you skied on Vancouver Island on the first day of summer. It really is unbelievable.” See Ski Hill on Vancouver Island still open   Austria - 50cm of midsummer snow 20 Jun 10 - Surely some mistake? But that's exactly what they got. Heavy snow, with more to follow. Also in Switzerland, Italy and France. See Austria - 50cm of midsummer snow   Bilderberg Group concerned about global cooling 17 Jun 10 - Email from a reader. The Bilderberg annual meeting just wrapped up. It dealt mainly with Financial Reform, Security, Cyber Technology, Energy, Pakistan, Afghanistan, World Food Problem, Global Cooling, Social Networking, Medical Science, EU-US relations. See Bilderberg Group concerned about global cooling   Sun's behavior baffles astronomers Could this trigger the next Little Ice Age? 15 Jun 10 - An extremely long stretch of low activity in recent years has scientists baffled and scrambling for better forecasting models." "Cycle 24 should reach its peak in mid-2013 at about half the size of the last three cycles. See Sun's behavior baffles astronomers LA Times mocks Obama 16 Jun 10 - There's a pipe spewing a gazillion gobs of oil into the gulf, so let's build more windmills! See LA Times mocks Obama Nonstop shaking in California town 16 Jun 10 - The tiny desert town of Ocotillo, California, just five miles from the epicenter of Monday's magnitude 5.7 temblor, has been rattled by dozens of secondary aftershocks since that time. "Everybody is just freaked." See Nonstop shaking in California town A Congress that is immune to facts and truth By Alan Caruba 15 Jun 10 - A Congress that cared about America would disband the Environmental Protection Agency as an enemy of progress and growth. Instead, it continues to heedlessly seek to give it control of  the nation’s future and with it our lives. See A Congress that is immune to facts and truth   Cold weather kills 500 penguins in Cape Town 15 Jun 10 - With only 700 breeding pairs of African penguins on Bird Island, the death of over half the populations' chicks - in just 24 hours -  presents an "added threat" to the dwindling numbers of penguins. See Cold weather kills 500 penguins in Cape Town Another volcano waking up 12 Jun 10 - Kamchatka’s Gorely volcano in Russia's Far East is spewing steam and ash after lying dormant for decades.  See Another volcano waking up   More cold, snowy winters for Europe, eastern Asia and eastern North America 11 Jun 10 — "Cold and snowy winters will be the rule, rather than the exception," says Dr James Overland of the NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in the United States. See More cold, snowy winters for Europe, eastern Asia and eastern North America Rains washing out Canadian wheat - Lowest seeded acreage since 1971 11 Jun 10 - So much rain has fallen across much of the Canadian Prairies in recent weeks that it has become impossible for farmers to navigate tractors in muddy fields. See Rains washing out Canadian wheat   Eruption of a third Icelandic volcano could be imminent 11 Jun 10 - Volcano expert Dr Hazel Rymer warned yesterday that the eruption of Iceland's Askja volcano could be imminent. See Eruption of a third Icelandic volcano could be imminent   Cap & Ruin By Phil Brennan 11 Jun 10 - Sen. Harry Reid wants to force the U.S. Senate to pass the American Power Act (APA), a bill that will skyrocket your electric bills, wreck an already staggering economy, drive jobs overseas, and cause more unemployment in the midst of a depression. He wants to take us back to the energy usage of 1863. They should more honestly call it the Destroying American Power Act. (DAMPA) See Cap & Ruin Taal Volcano situation worsens - Authorities alarmed 14 Jun 10 - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology says it recorded seven volcanic quakes Monday night at Taal Volcano. Taal Volcano is located in the  Philippines about 31 miles from Manila. Though there have been 33 recorded eruptions at Taal since 1572, it has been relatively quiet since 1977. See Taal Volcano situation worsens - Authorities alarmed Katla - Now 13 and counting! - 13 Jun 10 Katla - 10 and counting! - Plus five at Eyjafjallajokull! 12 Jun 10 - Update as of Saturday afternoon, June 12, there are now at least 10 quakes showing up on the map!! Plus five at Eyjafjallajokull! See Katla - 10 and counting!   Shock: Sen Graham reverses climate view! 9 Jun 10 - On Tuesday, Senator Lindsey Graham told reporters that he would vote against the climate bill he helped author. Then he went one step further, saying that global warming "is no big deal." Shock: Sen Graham reverses climate view! Winter arrives early in the Andes 7 Jun 10 - Four storms rolled in across Chile's Valle Nevado in early May blanketing the resort in more than a metre of fresh snow - almost a month early. See Winter arrives early in the Andes California snowpack 2 to 4 times normal 3 Jun 10 - This is how ice ages begin ... more and more snow each winter. See California snowpack 2 to 4 times normal Contrarian New Zealand Glaciers Keep Growing 3 May 09 - We keep hearing that the world's glaciers are retreating, but this article admits that some, including glaciers south of the equator in South America and New Zealand, are still growing. See Contrarian New Zealand Glaciers Keep Growing Slovakia - Worst flood in centuries One-20th of Hungary's arable land under water 7 Jun 10 - Warsaw braced Monday for a new flood crest on the mighty Vistula river, while Slovakia reeled from its worst flood in centuries. See Slovakia - Worst flood in centuries   8 now, with another 4 close by!  Jenny Cameron-Inverness, Scotland (I don't envy you, Jenny. You're a lot closer to it than I am.) Maybe six! - 11:00 a.m. Wait, now there have been five! - 10:00 am Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for these updates Breaking! - 8:00 a.m. Four earthquakes at Katla in past 12 hours! 11 Jun 10 - Four earthquakes have occurred below Iceland's Mýrdalsjökull glacier during the past 12 hours - one within the past hour. See Four earthquakes at Katla in past 12 hours! Katla shows signs of increased activity 8 Jun 10 - Fears are growing that the Katla volcano in Iceland - larger and more dangerous than Eyjafjallajökull - could soon erupt. Oddly, the media is not yet reporting on this dramatic increase. See Katla shows signs of increased activity 90 percent of eastern Croatia farmland under water Thousands evacuated as more floods hit central Europe 5 Jun 10 - Poland, Hungary and Slovakia have launched major operations to move thousands of people from houses threatened by rising water. See 90 percent of eastern Croatia farmland under water Stop the EPA Power Grab! 4 Jun 10 - Help stop the biggest threat to America's freedom and prosperity that Obama has attempted so far. Because I'm so firmly convinced that the idea of human-caused global warming is a total lie, I want to pass this on to you. See Stop the EPA Power Grab Instead of being swamped, several Pacific Islands are growing  3 Jun 10 - According to global warming alarmists, rising sea levels "should" be inundating the tiny island nation of Tuvalu. It turns out, however, that a number of Pacific islands are actually growing. See Several Pacific Islands are growing   The EPA Runs Amuck By Alan Caruba 8 Jun 10 - On Thursday, the Senate will vote on S.J. Resolution 26. It is an effort to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating “greenhouse gas emissions” without any legislative accountability. If the vote fails, the EPA will be free to continue its assault on the nation’s economy and every aspect of your personal life. See EPA Runs Amuck Woke up in December instead of June 8 Jun 10 - Email from reader in Maine Robert: The other day Drudge had a headline that Idahoans were wondering where summer was. We here in the northeast are wondering the same thing. It feels like we are in the grip of mid-spring much more than on the eve of summer. See Woke up in December instead of June Record rainfall could leave 1 million acres unplanted - Conditions among wettest ever on the Canadian Prairies 3 Jun 10 - "About 30 percent of northeastern Saskatchewan, or more than 1 million acres designated for wheat, canola and barley, might go unplanted this year." See Record rainfall could leave 1 million acres unplanted Methane Extinctions - Could this Explain the Carolina Bays? See dramatic video Jun 2010 - The Great Permian Extinction could have been caused by huge, worldwide methane explosions, says professor. Could such explosions have created the Carolina Bays? See Methane Extinctions - Could this Explain the Carolina Bays? Seattle on track to beat record for reaching 75 degrees 24 May 10 - Last year, Seattle was already heading toward the 80s at the end of May. In 2008, Seattle notched its first 90 on May 17. This year? Forget it. See Seattle on track to beat record for reaching 75 degrees "Unprecedented" snowstorm in Pakistan 2 Jun 10 - Several nomad families in the upper reaches of Kishtwar are reportedly missing since untimely heavy snowfall and rain struck the Pir Panjal mountain ranges last week. Officials estimate loss of livestock at over 10,000. See Unprecedented snowstorm in Pakistan A fifth of Mongolia's livestock dead after brutal winter 31 May 10 - More than 8.2 million animals, nearly a fifth of all livestock in Mongolia, have died in a winter of snow, cold and gales so severe Mongolians have a special term for it — "dzud." See A fifth of Mongolia's livestock dead after brutal winter Underwater volcano erupts 90 miles north of Saipan - Blasts ash up to 40,000 feet 31 May 10 - The National Weather Service on Guam today announced that an undersea volcano has erupted between the islands of Sarigan and Anatahan in the Northern Mariana Islands. See Underwater volcano 90 miles north of Saipan   Sweden - Snow cover sets new record Snow cover still increasing in the Alps Sweden - Record number of sub-zero days Austria's Sonnblick sets new June snow-depth record 4 Jun 10 - See Sweden snow cover sets new record   It's not about the science, stupid They don't give a crap about the science 28 May 10 - Shortly after I submitted my article "Lieberman-Kerry bill predicated on a lie" to the Independent Individualist, I received the following reply from the editor.  See It's not about the science, stupid   Newsweek admits science is uncertain 31 May 10 - 'Bickering and defensive, climate researchers have lost the public’s trust," says this surprisingly candid article in Newsweek. Concern over global warming has cooled dramatically. See Newsweek admits science is uncertain   Al Gore - A Special Kind of Crazy - Separation a ruse to protect assets? 4 Jun 10 - Al Gore and Tipper have announced a separation (rather than a divorce). Though many journalists are mourning the loss of the "storybook couple," some see a deeper motive  rather than simply "growing apart."   See Al Gore - A Special Kind of Crazy   Lord Monckton wins global warming debate at Oxford Union 24 May 10 - (This one is funny.) - For what is believed to be the first time ever in England, an audience of university undergraduates has decisively rejected the notion that “global warming” is or could become a global crisis. See Lord Monckton wins global warming debate at Oxford Union Two more eruptions over the weekend - Bezymianny and Cleveland 31 May 10 - A strong explosive eruption of Bezymianny volcano occurred today, with another eruption at Cleveland in the Alaska Aleutians. See Two more eruptions - Bezymianny and Cleveland Two massive volcanic eruptions in Central and South America What will this do to our climate? 29 May 10 - Two huge volcanoes erupted  in Central and South America yesterday, forcing thousands of people to flee and disrupting air traffic as the ash drifted over major cities. See Two massive volcanic eruptions in Central and South America Britons Doubt Global Warming Claims Wonder if it’s been "overhyped” 25 May 10 - Britain has evolved into a home base for a thriving group of climate skeptics, apparently convincing many that the threat of warming is vastly exaggerated, moans this article in the New York Times. See Britons Doubt Global Warming Claims   The Looming Threat of Global Cooling 23 May 10 - "You thought last winter was bad? Wait until this winter," says Dr. Don Easterbrook, Professor of Geology at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. See Looming Threat of Global Cooling Memorial Day skiing in California 26  May 10 - SAN FRANCISCO - "Rare" late-spring snow down to about the 6,900-foot level around Lake Tahoe. At least one resort is inviting skiers to enjoy one last fandango on the slopes. See Memorial Day skiing in California 2nd Iceland volcano issues warning Here comes round two 27 May 10 - Iceland's powerful Katla volcano is showing signs that it may be about to erupt, scientists warn. See 2nd Iceland volcano issues warning A greenhouse effect on the moon? May 2010 - Our moon is quite a bit warmer than calculations predict. Is there a "greenhouse effect" on the moon? (Even though it is airless?). Is this warmth caused by humans and their SUVs? See Greenhouse effect on the moon? Thanks for 'iceagenow' 27 May 10 - Hi Robert, I am a long time visitor to ‘iceagenow’. I really enjoy reading and visiting all the links. I cannot imagine all the work that goes into it. It is pretty scary to realize how the IPCC operates. How large masses of people take their word as ‘gospel’, and how reputable scientists are ignored or aggressively attacked in the media because their views differ from that of the official line adopted by the IPCC. See Thanks for 'iceagenow' Persistent cold, wet weather delays crops, worries farmers Sierra snowpack 167 percent of normal 24  May 10 - Melon crops are less likely to be ready for market in time for July 4th, and tomato harvests likely will be delayed, says this article in the Sacramento Bee. On the upside, Sierra snowpack is 167 percent of normal. See Persistent cold, wet weather delays crops, worries farmers Eyjafjallajökull appears to be quieting down 25 May 10 - After two months of eruption, Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano appears to be quieting down, says this article from NASA. See Eyjafjallajökull appears to be quieting down   More than 900 earthquakes in seven days in California-Nevada area 25 May 10 - Many of the earthquakes were so low on the scale they wouldn't be felt by anyone - but hundreds? What does that tell us about what might be about to happen? See 900 earthquakes in 7 days in CA-NV area   100,000 told to flee as flood hits Polish capital Estimated damage tops 2.5 billion http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37301511/ns/weather/ See video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG0AdER04A4&feature=player_embedded#! Thanks to Steven Woodcock and Stephanie Relfe for these links   Vanuatu's Volcanoes have Awakened - Fantastic Video 22 May 10 - Look out Australia! In the past few weeks, the level of activity at Vanuatu has increased markedly, says volcanologist John Search. Could this be due to low sunspot activity? See Vanuatu's Volcanoes have Awakened Triple Crown of global cooling could pose serious threat to humanity By Kirk Myers 19 May 10 - “Global warming” may become one of those quaint cocktail party conversations of the past if three key climate drivers – cooling North Pacific sea surface temperatures, extremely low solar activity and increased volcanic eruptions – converge to form a “perfect storm” of plummeting temperatures that send our planet into a long-term cool-down lasting 20 or 30 years or longer. See Triple Crown of global cooling Iceland president tells Europe to get ready for Katla Eyjafjallajoekull only a "small rehearsal." "The larger Katla volcano, right next to it, usually erupts every century, and the last eruption was in 1918. The time for Katla to erupt is coming close. It can create, for a long period, extraordinary damage to modern advanced society." See Iceland president tells Europe to get ready for Katla   Two, maybe three, quakes at Katla 21 May 10 - If you look at the map you will see two, maybe three, quakes at Katla and a cluster of quakes at Eyjafjallajokull. Perhaps the president of Iceland was right on the money when he sent a warning to Europe concerning Katla. See Two, maybe three, quakes at Katla   "Deniers" Meet and the Media Ignores Them...Again By Alan Caruba 18 May 10 - The 4th Intnl Conference on Climate Change, sponsored by The Heartland Institute, brought together eminent scientists and other distinguished folk from around the world. But for the most part, the mainstream media ignored it. The problem is that "global warming" is being used to manipulate the world into accepting globalgovernance. A draft international treaty making the rounds would be the end of democracy. See "Deniers" Meet and the Media Ignores Them...Again Uh-oh! Katla Volcano Just Rumbled 17 May 10 -  The Iceland Met office reports that a small earthquake has occurred at the Katla location. Although a single earthquake does not guarantee an eruption, it could be the first ’sigh’ of the awakening giant. See Uh-oh! Katla Volcano Just Rumbled Many more Iceland volcanoes seem to be stirring 16 May 10 – At least three other big Icelandic volcanoes are building towards an eruption, says volcanologist. Laki cooled the entire northern hemisphere for nearly three years, causing crop failures and famines that killed 2 million people and helped trigger the French Revolution. See Many more Iceland volcanoes seem to be stirring Iceland volcano - Major Global Disaster in the Making By Gordon Gekko 10 May 10 - "It is likely that either the authorities are underestimating the potential for a far bigger eruption and subsequent devastation or ... simply hiding the facts from the public so as not to “rock the boat” i.e. keep the sheeple calm and let them go about their slavery as usual. Virtually no steps are being taken to inform/prepare the public if this eruption takes a turn for the worse, and evidence seems to be increasing that it will. See Iceland volcano - Major Global Disaster in the Making Harvard astrophysicist dismisses AGW theory - "Their probabilities are absolute crap" 11 May 10 - Dr. Willie Soon, a solar and climate scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, questions the dogma of man-made global warming. Challenges peers to "take back climate science." If the sun persists in its sleepy state, Earth could be headed for another Grand Minimum See Harvard astrophysicist dismisses AGW theory   Cap-and Tax: A $cam Based on a Scam By Alan Caruba 11 May 10 - It is almost beyond comprehension that Sen. John Kerry and Sen. Joe Lieberman will introduce the Cap-and-Trade Act to the Senate on May 12th. It is being passed off as a “climate bill” with provisions for more oil drilling, but it is an assault on reality, on science, on common sense, and on any future economic growth of the nation. See Cap-and Tax: A $cam Based on a Scam Next Little Ice Age Now !! 19 May 10 - Good morning! I've spent the past few days at Heartland's 4th International Climate Conference in Chicago, and will start posting about it tomorrow. I have met many, many fellow skeptics, and feel totally energized. I've heard a Russian scientist declare that the next Little Ice Age could begin in 2014, and heard a Mexican scientist say that it will begin in 2010 (THIS YEAR!).  I'm in awe at all of the work these courageous scientists have accomplished. More tomorrow. Robert From Science magazine's CYA department 11 May 10 - When you go to Science magazine's website with the phony photo of the polar bear, you'll now find a different photo. Below the photo you'll see a tiny "correction" notice. See Fake photo in Science article 30,000 Anti-Global Warming Scientists Can’t Be Wrong By Fred Dardick 30 Apr 10 - “It is a blatant lie put forth in the media that makes it seem there is only a fringe of scientists who don’t buy into anthropogenic global warming.” See 30,000 Anti-Global Warming Scientists Can’t Be Wrong   Conference begins on Sunday! Iceland seismic activity detected some distance from volcano - 9 May 10 http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/ Thanks to Steven Rowlandson for this link   Massive asphalt domes found on sea floor   26 Apr 10  - "They're larger than a football-field long and as tall as a six-story building ... and made completely out of asphalt." The asphalt formed when petroleum flowed from the seafloor some 30,000 to 40,000 years ago. See Massive asphalt domes found on sea floor Fake photo in Science article 9 May 10 - A letter signed by 250 scientists and published in the journal Science is accompanied by a photo of a lone Polar Bear apparently stranded on an iceberg. The photo is a fake. The same background is also available with  one emperor penguin or three. See Fake photo in Science article Climate expert predicts wet and lousy summer 9 May 10 - “Most of the theories surrounding climate change are complete nonsense," says astrophysicist Piers Corbyn. The earth has been cooling since 2002. It’s the opposite of what they say. June, July and August will be very variable, ranging from average to pretty lousy with heavy bouts of rain." See Climate expert predicts wet and lousy summer   Yes, an earthquake at Katla 7 May 10 - Email from reader. "There was definitely a magnitude 3  earthquake under the glacier at Katla." See Yes, an earthquake at Katla   Eyjafjallajokull acting up again 7 May 10 - Intensified eruptions. Flights cancelled in Scotland. See Eyjafjallajokull acting up again One of Minnesota's Latest May Snowfalls on Record By Paul Douglas - 6 May 10 "I can only imagine how thrilled Minnesotans were on May 20, 1892, when the Twin Cities was blanketed under 3" of snow. If we do get 1-2" of slush we'll wind up on the Top 10 List. What a great honor huh?" See One of Minnesota's Latest May Snowfalls on Record   Snow in Barrie, Ontario 9 May 10 - As you can see in the photos there is snow on my car and on the neighbors lilacs and I can assure you this is not normal for the 9th of may in Barrie Ontario. Last year we had snow on the 30th of April and this year on the 9th of May. Looks like the beginnings of a pattern See Snow in Barrie, Ontario We could have an ice age any time, says Swedish climate expert 22 Apr 10 - "Over the past one million years, we have experienced eight ice ages," says Swedish climate expert Dr. Fred Goldberg. "Eighty percent of the last million years was ice age. We are lucky to live in this short inter- glacial period." Carbon dioxide is not the main cause of global warming. See We could have an ice age any time, says Swedish climate expert   Is Katla beginning to act up? 6 May 10 - Yesterday I wondered if Eyjafjallajökull might be a precursor to an eruption at nearby Katla volcano. Lo and behold, the first sign of seismic activity may have occurred at Katla. I say may, because this website showed an earthquake there yesterday, but today the map has been changed. See Is Katla beginning to act up? Arctic ice sets 30 records in April - One for each day 2 May 10 - According to satellite data, the Arctic was more ice-bound each day of April than on any other corresponding day since its sensors began tracking the extent of Arctic Ice. This supports a growing number of reports that Earth could be in for a period of global cooling. See Arctic ice sets 30 records in April - One for each day Iceland volcano closes airspace over Northern Ireland - Again   5 May 10 -Scientists worry that Eyjafjallajökull could trigger an eruption at  nearby Katla volcano. But I wonder: Is it possible that, rather than being a trigger, Eyjafjallajökull is actually a precursor to a Katla eruption? See Iceland volcano closes airspace over Northern Ireland I-24 in Nashville becomes a river - School building floats down it 1 May 10 - See amazing video Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for this link   Strongest Geomagnetic Storm in 18 Months Hits Earth 13 Apr 10 - Experts at American Academy of Sciences predict maximum solar activity by 2012 with strong outbursts and geomagnetic storms. Fluctuations will damage high-voltage power lines and transformer substations, leaving the planet without electricity. See Strongest Geomagnetic Storm in 18 Months Historic flooding in Tennessee  2 May 10 - Just two days into the month, and this is already the wettest May in Nashville's recorded history. See Historic flooding in Tennessee    Snow on Stevens Pass, WA 3 May 10 - More snow forecast for today. And tonight. And tomorrow. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ traffic/passes/stevens/ Thanks to Brendan McMahan for this link See also More heavy snow for the Cascades 2 May 10 - See Record Low Temperatures across the US Climate-change bill put on hold 25 Apr 10 - The new climate-change legislation that Senators had planned to foist on an unsuspecting American public on Monday has been put on hold. See Climate-change bill put on hold   Abolition of private property 30 Apr 10 - "Global warming's story begins with a diabolical bastard named Karl Marx." "...the theory of the Communist may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property." Thus begins this new must-read book by veteran meteorologist Brian Sussman, who brilliantly exposes the global warming scam. See Abolition of private property Russian scientist says Arctic getting colder 23 Apr 10 - Forget your thoughts of a balmy Northwest Passage. An Arctic cold snap that began in 1998 could last for years, freezing the northern marinepassage and making it impassable without icebreaking ships. See Russian scientist says Arctic getting colder   Eyjafjallajökull - What next? 26 Apr 10 - Put this volcano together with Chaiten, toss in a few more, and I think we have the makings of an ice age. See Eyjafjallajökull - What next?   Climate Scientist Threatens Lawsuit 26 Apr 10 - The Penn State climate professor best known for his "hockey stick graph," which shows how the world is (supposedly) warming at an alarming rate (and which I consider fraudulent), says he'll sue the makers of a video hit on You Tube titled "Hide the Decline." See Climate Scientist Threatens Lawsuit   Cold killed the dinosaurs? - Reader trashes researcher's claim 26 Apr 10 - Last week, British researchers claimed that a sudden cooling in the Atlantic Gulf Stream more than 137 million years ago came when the Earth was in a ''greenhouse'' climate very similar to today's. This reader points out that the Atlantic Gulf Stream did not exist 137 million years ago. See Cold killed the dinosaurs? - Reader trashes researcher's claim Dinosaurs wiped out by sudden cooling, not comet, scientists claim 24 Apr 10 - British researchers claim that a sudden drop in sea temperature more than 137 million years ago was the first step towards their extinction. They conclude that the sudden cooling was caused by global warming.   See Dinosaurs wiped out by sudden cooling, not comet   Stunning photos of Iceland volcano against breathtaking backdrop of Northern Lights 23 Apr 10 - The volcano under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier was spewing far less ash yesterday, but the volcano is still very much active, "throwing magma chunks the size of cars into the air, bubbling lava and producing tremors." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1268225/ Iceland-volcano-Northern-Lights-appear-ash-plume.html Utterly brilliant - Explains what's behind Velikovsky's work I just want to add my voice to those of your many other admiring readers. "Magnetic Reversals" is utterly brilliant: you have pulled together so many different threads that the jigsaw of trying to understand the human situation feels like it's nearing completion. "Reversals" even explains what's behind Velikovsky's work.                                                              P.S. I just ordered some more of your books to give to friends and colleagues :-)                                       - Dr. Patrick Collins, Azabu University, Japan                                         and Collaborating Researcher with the Institute                                         for Space & Astronautical Science Sun blamed for Europe’s colder winters - More on the way 14 Apr 10 - When the Sun’s magnetic output is low, winters in Europe tend to be cooler than average – whereas higher output corresponds to warmer winters, says new study. Physicists in the UK and Germany predict that Europe is likely to experience cold winters for many years to come. See Sun blamed for Europe’s colder winters  A Natural disaster ... but a man-made catastrophe 25 Apr 10 - "The ash cloud that never was: How volcanic plume over UK was only a 20th of safe-flying limit and blunders led to ban." We're willing to let politicians such as these control our lives when it comes to the environment? They'd destroy our economy in the blink of an eye ... all with the utmost of good intentions of course. See A Natural disaster ... but a man-made catastrophe What's the Next 'Global Warming'? By Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal 6 Apr 10 - "Global warming is dead, nailed into its coffin one devastating disclosure, defection and re-evaluation at a time." "The subject of the panic changes every few years, but the basic ingredients tend to remain fairly constant." "Herewith, then, I propose a readers' contest to invent the next panic." See What is the next global warming?   Cold snap causes late-season sea ice growth spurt 6 Apr 10 - This was the latest date for maximum Arctic sea ice extent since the start of the satellite record in 1979. "I wonder how they'll spin this one?" asks reader. See Cold snap causes late-season sea ice growth spurt Threat of Larger Icelandic Eruption Looms 19 Apr 10 - Scientists fear the Eyjafjallajokull volcano could trigger an eruption 10 times stronger at the nearby Katla volcano. The last three times that Eyjafjallajokull erupted, so did Katla, shooting higher and larger plumes of ash into the air than its smaller neighbor. See Threat of Larger Icelandic Eruption Looms Thanks to Charles Patrick for this link Volcanoes can cool the climate for years 16 Apr 10 - "Long before the advent of air travel, the eruption of Iceland's Laki volcano in 1783-84 had profound effects on climate, not just in Iceland but around the globe,"  says scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.  See Volcanoes can cool the climate for years Thanks to Morris Cleon for this link   UK ash disruptions to continue until last 5 days of April 17 Apr 10 - Astrophysicist Piers Corbyn today warned that the major solar explosion of 13th April will increase the risk of more earthquakes, renewed eruption of Iceland’s volcano, and extreme weather events world-wide. See UK ash disruptions to continue until last 5 days of April   Cool photos from Iceland http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html   What if I yafyalla yerkel eruption continues for a year? 19 Apr 10 - That's a distinct possibility. The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted [in 1823], it lasted more than a year. I think we'd be looking at worldwide famine. See What if I yafyalla yerkel eruption continues for a year? Britain facing new Little Ice Age 15 Apr10 - "Temperatures are set to plummet in coming years and Britain could face a new Little Ice Age," says this article in the Daily Express. See Britain facing new Little Ice Age   Some flights resume - Eruptions strengthen 20 Apr 10 -  New ash cloud headed for major air routes. See Some flights resume - Eruptions strengthen   Iceland volcano powers up! 19 Apr 10 - "The volcano eruption in Iceland has strengthened and a new ash cloud is spreading south and east towards the UK," said the Air Traffic Services Nats yesterday, thus confirming warnings from astrophysicist Piers Corbyn. http://www.weatheraction.com/docs/WANews10No17.pdf Thanks to Phil Brennan for this link Could eruption last more than a year? 18 Apr 10 - In 1821, Eyjafjallajoekull volcano managed to erupt for more than a year, sys this article on MSNBC. See Could eruption last more than a year? Decades of Icelandic fireworks? 16 Apr 10 - Volcanic activity on Iceland appears to follow a periodicity of around 50 to 80 years, says expert. We might be entering a more active phase that could last for 60 years or so. See Decades of Icelandic fireworks?   Block after devastated block of toppled mud and wood homes - 6.9-magnitude temblor in China 14 Apr 10 - A series of strong earthquakes flattened buildings near Tibet yesterday, killing hundreds and injuring more than 10,000. Officials said 85 percent of the structures had been destroyed. See Block after devastated block of toppled mud and wood homes Fluoride Dangers from Icelandic Ash Cloud 15 Apr 10 - The last time Eyjafjallajokull blew in 1821 it was deadly, emitting large quantities of toxic fluoride gas into  the atmosphere. It lasted not 24 hours, but until 1823, killing  many cattle and sheep through fluor poisoning. See Fluoride Dangers from Icelandic Ash Cloud   Brilliantly Exposing Climategate By Alan Caruba “Global warming” is a bunch of horse hockey 14 Apr 10 - I have always wanted to read a book about "global warming" that anyone could understand without having sufficient knowledge of the rather complex science involved, says Caruba. “Climategate” is the best book to date about this massive fraud. See Brilliantly Exposing Climategate License for homes article incorrect ... sort of 14 Apr 10 - Control and Tax bill does not require licenses for homes ... yet. See License for homes article incorrect - sort of   Deepest black smokers ever discovered - 12 Apr 10 - Experts say the superheated waters inside these volcanic vents are hot enough to melt lead. And we wonder what is heating our seas.    See Deepest black smokers ever discovered Britain cut off from the world: NO flights in or out Tens of thousands of passengers stranded   Volcanic ash shuts air space across Europe 15 Apr 10 - Ash clouds from Iceland's volcano disrupted air traffic across Europe as authorities closed air space over Britain, Ireland and the Nordic countries. Shutdowns spread to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36543312/ns/travel-news Scotland - Reports sulphur smell from Iceland volcano 15 Apr 10 - Hi Robert, All UK flights in and out of the UK have been cancelled till 6pm tonight. In Scotland reports of sulphur smell in the air.  Thanks to Edwin Rees in the UK for this info   Iceland volcano - Great changes during past hour 14 Apr 10 - The flood has greatly increased, says Icelandicreview.com. People in cars who are currently by the Markarfljót river should get to Hvolsvöllur as soon as possible. Those who went to tend animals in Landeyjar are urged to do the same ... immediately. See Iceland volcano - Great changes during past hour UCSB Geologist links earth orbit and climate By the University of California news service 6 Apr 10 –– UC Santa Barbara geologist Lorraine Lisiecki discovered a pattern that connects the regular changes of the Earth's orbital cycle to changes in climate. The pattern also relates to axial tilt and precession. If you've read "Not by Fire but by Ice," you know that this is what I've been saying for years. See UCSB Geologist links earth orbit and climate License Required for your Home Thinking about selling your house? Take a look at H.R. 2454 (Control and Tax Bill). No longer just for cars and mobile homes, a license will be required for your house. This bill has already passed one hurdle. It will take very little now to put it into actual law!!! See License Required for your Home   Iceland volcano erupts again Ten to 20 times more powerful than last month's eruption 14 Apr 10 - Red hot magma melted a hole in the 650-foot thick ice above the volcano, and floodwaters gushed out of the glacier into lowland areas. See Iceland volcano erupts again   Croat scientist warns that ice age could start in five years 10 Feb 10 - Renowned physicist warns that most of central Europe will soon be covered in ice, "including Germany, Poland, France, Austria, Slovakia and a part of Slovenia." See Croat scientist warns that ice age could start in five years Climate warmer 81,000 years ago than today Global warming alarmists won't like this 12 Feb 10 - New measurements from coastal caves on the Spanish island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean  show that sea levels were higher 81,000 years ago than today. The caves were flooded at the time, meaning that the climate must have been warmer than today. See Climate warmer 81,000 years ago than today Shoving Cap-and-Trade Down Our Throats 29 Mar 10 - Passage of Obamacare opens door for climate-change legislation. What is wrong with these people? They are destroying our country faster than any enemy could ever hope to do See Shoving Cap-and-Trade Down Our Throats Analytical chemist Hans Schreuder responds to this evil craziness (below) - lists the "real" culprits: See Chemist responds to ecocide evil craziness   UN urged  to accept 'ecocide' as international crime Could be used to prosecute 'climate deniers' 9 Apr 10 - "Ecocide" would be considered a fifth "crime againstpeace" - alongside war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity - which could be tried at the International Criminal Court to prosecute "climate deniers." See UN urged  to accept 'ecocide' as international crime   Moon created by nuclear explosion on Earth? 31 Jan 10 - The Moon is almost identical in composition to the Earth, leading these researchers to believe it was blasted out of the Earth by a nuclear explosion. See Moon created by nuclear explosion on Earth? Magnetic Reversals is Excellent 9 Apr 10 - "I just finished your book “Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps” and found it fantastic.  I really like your writing style, and you turned a dry subject into something very exciting.  I see no doubt that you are right.  See Magnetic Reversals is Excellent Rio de Janeiro in caos (chaos) and red alert 6 Apr 10 - From reader in Brazil - 300mm (11.81 inches) rainfall in less than 24hours See Rio de Janeiro in caos and red alert "X-woman" identified as new ancient human 25 Mar 10 - Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human - distinct from Neanderthals and modern humans - from a finger bone unearthed in a Siberian cave. Ornaments, including a bracelet, were discovered in the same layer. See "X-woman" identified as new ancient human 3,477,403 Underwater Volcanoes EXACTLY? 9 Apr 10 - Reader calls me on my numbers "I can understand the 'Watermelons' publishing glaringly stupid data, but please don't fall prey to the same temptation yourself. See 3,477,403 Underwater Volcanoes EXACTLY?   "Paid shill" throws in the towel 8 Apr 10 - My friend Hans Schreuder, a retired analytical chemist in the UK, is a global warming skeptic. For the past four years he has used his own monies to fight the global warming scam. It has been a thankless task, and I've just learned that he is shutting down his website due to a lack of funds. I'm sorry to hear that. See Paid shill throws in the towel 9-legged octopus shocks chef - Short video shows mutation Should we call it a Ninopus? See 9-legged octopus shocks chef Acid Oceans Due to Underwater Volcanoes? 3,477,403 Underwater Volcanoes 31 Mar 10 - New study refutes theory that humans are acidifying oceans Bolsters my contention that underwater volcanoes are heating the seas. See Acid Oceans Due to Underwater Volcanoes?   Obama to Crush Economy with Massive CO2 Taxes as Early as Next Week $8.00 for a gallon of gas By Fred Dardick 1 Apr 10 - "President Obama will have the EPA declare as early as next week that CO2 is a dangerous global warming gas and will start regulating its emissions immediately." See Obama to crush economy Dramatic increase in Arctic ice confounds warmists 3 Apr 10 - The amount of ice covering the Arctic dramatically increased last month, reaching levels not seen at this time of year for nearly a decade. So much for an ice-free Arctic by 2013. See Dramatic increase in Arctic ice confounds warmists   An Engineer's Critique of Global Warming 'Science'  March 2010 - Burt Rutan's comprehensive new report on Global Warming science fraud. "In the big picture we are now in a low CO2 period. The 20th century increase shows as an insignificant dot at this scale." See An Engineer's Critique of Global Warming 'Science'  Did a Giant Comet Kill the Mammoths? 1 Apr 10 — "Some 13,000 years ago the Earth was struck by thousands of Tunguska-sized cometary fragments over the course of an hour, leading to a dramatic cooling," says this article on  Science Daily. (But I don't buy it.) See Did a Giant Comet Kill the Mammoths? Record snow base at Mt Washington, BC 3 Apr 10 - So much snow that they've extended their ski season. See Record snow base at Mt Washington, BC   Heavy Snow in Ireland 31 Mar 10 - Email from reader. We have had a harsh snowstorm in Ireland yesterday. Indeed, before sundown there were blizzard-like conditions.  Between 1 inch and 15 inches of snow were observed. On Glenshane Pass, 300 people had to be rescued from their stranded vehicles. See Heavy Snow in Ireland Without electricity, life is nasty, brutal and short "I don't want to go back to nature. Haiti just went back to nature." By Kirk Myers 30 Mar 10 - For a time on Saturday, “climate change” alarmists around the world turned their lights out in a symbolic gesture of unanimity, proving once again they are in the dark about global warming. North Korea had years before discovered a way to keep the lights turned out and energy consumption at a near stand-still: simply strangle industry through a system of totalitarian regulations and controls. See Without electricity, life is nasty, brutal and short Record-setting rainfall across the Northeast 30 Mar 10 - This is now the wettest March on record in many parts of the Northeast, including Boston, Newark and Queens. I'm concerned that farmers won't be able to move equipment onto their sodden fields when it comes time for spring planting. See Record-setting rainfall across the Northeast Underwater Volcano Threatens Italy 29 Mar 10 - Europe's largest undersea volcano could disintegrate and unleash a tsunami that would engulf southern Italy "at any time,” a prominent vulcanologist warned Monday. Marsili volcano is almost two miles tall. See Underwater Volcano Threatens Italy I love Not by Fire but by Ice 29 Mar 10 - You have no idea how much I have enjoyed your book, "Not by Fire but by Ice". I love it. I am a big believer that the Holocene period is close to a end. When the ice age happens I don't see how 90% plus of the bipeds are not taken out. See I love Not by Fire but by Ice   Extended deep freeze if Iceland volcano blows 25 Mar 10 - If Iceland's Katla volcano should erupt, it would likely send the world, including the USA, into an extended deep freeze. See Extended deep freeze if Iceland volcano blows Also see Youtube video Did climate change kill the dinosaurs? 28 Mar 10 - Forget the asteroid! German paleontologist Michael Prauss, who studied 65-million-year-old fossils in the Brazos River area of Texas, thinks long-term climate change, rather than a rogue asteroid, killed the dinosaurs. See Did climate change kill the dinosaurs? Answers questions I've held for years about coal & oil formation - E-mail from an engineer 26 Mar 10 - "I have just finished reading “Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps” and enjoyed it very much. I found it fascinating. I have long doubted that coal was simply compressed vegetable matter. You also mention Veilkovsky, whose books I read and enjoyed half a century ago. See Answers questions I've held for years about coal formation The Next “Enemy of the State” is Energy 25 Mar 10 - The Senate is a Cap-and-Trade bill would impose the largest tax on energy the nation has ever seen. Gasoline prices would rise 145%, electricity prices would rise 129%, and more than four million jobs would disappear. Average household income would fall by nearly $7,000 each and every year if Cap-and-Trade is enacted. The bill calls for an 83% cut in emissions! (I think the impact would be much worse than this.) Great article by Alan Caruba The Next “Enemy of the State” is Energy Global Warming: Obituary and Post Mortem R.I.P. Global Warming 1992-2010        25 Mar 10 - 2010 will be remembered as the year Global Warming died.  Global warming was a cash cow, admissions by Professor Phil Jones included facts that stunned everyone who had been suckered by Al Gore and a high- level network of taxpayer-funded climate scammers. See Global Warming: Obituary and Post Mortem   "Hobbits" existed 120,000 years earlier than we thought 17 Mar 10 - Newly discovered stone-age tools show that hobbits may have thrived a million years ago. Hobbits - tiny hominids - stood only one meter (3.25 feet) tall and weighed 65 pounds. See Hobbits existed 120,000 years earlier than we thought IPCC scientist - We're entering a mini-ice age (Video) According to IPCC scientist Mojib Latif the weather we've seen marks the beginning of a "mini-ice age". He claims that ocean currents have more to do with the trend than man-made greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV-j4cB8qmg Thanks to Mudito Chetan for this link   Iceland volcano could have global consequences 23 Mar 10 - After Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, crop production fell in western Europe. Some link that eruption, which helped fuel famine, to the French Revolution. See Iceland volcano could have global consequences Power Plant Saves Hundreds of Manatees 22 Feb 10 - (Video) - When water temperatures dip below 68F, manatees can't cope. Last month, Florida's water temperatures dropped as low as the 40s. But hundreds of manatees found a practical solution. See Power Plant Saves Hundreds of Manatees Snow prompts New Mexico ski areas to extend season 19 Mar 10 - Ski New Mexico announced that many ski areas are expanding their seasons in light of the heavy snowfall this year. See Snow prompts New Mexico ski areas to extend season Warmers Strike Back 17 Mar 10 - In this eye-opening article, columnist Walter E. Williams sheds light on the backgrounds of some of the global warming alarmists. See Warmers Strike Back Iceland volcano erupts - hundreds evacuated 21 Mar 10 - Yesterday's eruption in southern Iceland raises fears that it could trigger an eruption at the nearby Katla volcano, "a vicious volcano that could cause both local and global damage." Buried beneath the Myrdalsjökull icecap, Katla has produced many damaging jökulhlaups, or glacier-outburst floods. See Iceland volcano erupts - hundreds evacuated Deadly cold kills record number of manatees 15 Mar 10 - A record 206 manatees have died from cold stress this year. The previous record for cold-stress deaths, set last year, was 56 - and there are still almost nine months left in the year. See Deadly cold kills record number of manatees The big freeze that destroyed Florida's tomatoes  17 Mar 10 - (Video) - Tomatoes, citrus, celery, all took a big hit across Florida this winter. Prices have soared, with tomato prices quadrupling. http://www.accuweather.com/video/27461445001/tomato-crop-crushed-this-season.asp Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link Scientists dismiss claims of runaway man-made global warming By Kirk Myers 15 Mar 10 - "Billions of dollars are pouring into the study of man-made global warming. It is the Mother Lode that keeps the grant money flowing. If the theory were given the proper burial it deserves, research dollars would dry up, forcing scientists to hunt for other sources of funding." See Scientists dismiss claims of runaway man-made global warming Climategate Stunner: NASA doubted its own data - Then used data from CRU 10 Mar 10 - New emails from James Hansen and Reto Ruedy show that NASA doubted its own data, and was not independent of CRU's embattleddata as has been claimed. See Climategate Stunner: NASA doubted its own data - Then used data from CRU   Perhaps Toba super-eruption didn't create genetic bottleneck 24 Feb 10 - Although some scholars speculate that the colossal Toba volcanic eruption of 74,000 years ago led to severe and wholesale environmental destruction, an Oxford-led research team says that some areas experienced a relatively rapid recovery after the event, with many forms of life surviving. See Perhaps Toba super-eruption didn't create genetic bottleneck Highly active undersea volcanoes - and we wonder why our oceans are warming 11 May 09 - Some of these volcanoes are as big as New Zealand's Mt. Ruapehu, the largest active volcano in New Zealand. And we wonder why our oceans are warming. See Highly active undersea volcanoes - and we wonder why our oceans are warming Eruption of the underwater "Brimstone Pit" "At any moment you felt it could go Mount St. Helens," says the narrator, from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. "You could see the glow  of the lava inside the pit." Great video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36LnXI37Vw   Late Blooming Daffodils Spark Web Appeal 18 Mar 10 - I take a look at your web site daily. I live in Warwickshire in the UK. We are much further south than Cumbira and our 1st Daffodil was on the 15th March. I have no record of having to wait until March before. Keep up the good work James Hicken See Late Blooming Daffodils Spark Web Appeal New Poll - Global Warming Fears Dropping Rapidly 11 Mar 10 - There's hope for us yet :-) See New Poll - Global Warming Fears Dropping Rapidly   Late Blooming Daffodils Spark Web Appeal 15 Mar 10 - The daffodils in Cumbria are more than a month late this year following the cold winter. "It's virtually unheard of not to have seen a single daffodil in the Lake District by the middle of March. See Late Blooming Daffodils Spark Web Appeal USA - Coldest winter in 25 years 12 Mar 10 - 18th coldest in 115 years. See USA - Coldest winter in 25 years   IPCC Whitewash Review - AGW camp's biggest mistake yet By Gerald Warner 12 Mar 10 - "First, who appointed this review body? Those two iconic standard bearers of climate science objectivity, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC head (still!) Rajendra Pachauri. There is nothing like being judge in your own cause – it secures a less damaging verdict." See IPCC Whitewash Review - AGW camp's biggest mistake yet Nine killed - 500,000 powerless as wild storm pounds Northeast 15 Mar 10 - "At least nine people died in storm-related accidents, and nearlyhalf a million people were without electricity in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut at the peak of the storm." http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2010-03-15-northeast-storm_N.htm IPCC under fire after Himalayan glacier claim 12 Mar 10 - This article starts out great, talking about manipulation of temperature data, then veers off to say that this should not alter the conclusion that humans are causing global warming. See IPCC under fire after Himalayan glacier claim Climate Wars! By Alan Caruba 9 Mar 10 - "Smoothly, the inaccuracies of climate computer models are dismissed as “uncertainties” resulting in “divergent predictions.” The subtext of the war is the deliberate destruction of human life on the planet on a mass scale. See Climate Wars! Dimming sun won't stop global warming 10 Mar 10 - New study purportedly shows that "a dimming of the sun to match conditions in the Little Ice Age would only slightly slow global warming." See Dimming sun won't stop global warming   IPCC Whitewash Review - AGW camp's biggest mistake yet By Gerald Warner 12 Mar 10 - "First, who appointed this review body? Those two iconic standard bearers of climate science objectivity, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC head (still!) Rajendra Pachauri. There is nothing like being judge in your own cause – it secures a less damaging verdict." See IPCC Whitewash Review - AGW camp's biggest mistake yet Spain - Third serious white winter in a row By Mark Duchamp 10 Mar 10 - Spring is around the corner, yet it was minus 6ºC last night in Madrid. The region of Catalonia had the worst snow storm in 25 years. Barcelona received enough snow to cause a collapse in traffic, and its beaches were covered in the white stuff. It is worse in the rest of the region, which is struggling under up to 60 cm of snow (more in the mountains). See Spain - Third serious white winter in a row Greenland and Antarctic Ice core data - Short Video 5 Mar 10 - Hard to find a better 2-minute lesson on the data. Take a look, it takes only 2 minutes. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWB5yid3PA Thanks to Burt Rutan for this link   Scientists to review IPCC 10 Mar 10 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the world's science academies to review work of the IPCC ... but they won't question the data. What kind of review is that? See Scientists to review IPCC Oceanic Volcanoes Roil Waters By Phil Brennan (Brennan quotes me on Newsmax) 3 Mar 10 - "Global warming is a scam that has made Al Gore filthy rich, created government rules and regulations that can strangle our fragile economy and cause greater unemployment. It is nothing short of criminal."  See Oceanic Volcanoes Roil Waters Short Warm Periods Typical for Transitions to Glacial Epochs? 7 Mar 10 - The end of the last interglacial epoch - the Eemian Period - was marked by possibly at least two warming events, says this article in Science Daily. Is naturally occurring global warming a prelude to an ice age? See Short Warm Periods Typical for Transitions to Glacial Epochs? Climate Scientists Plot to Fight Skeptics 5 Mar 10 - "Undaunted by a rash of scandals over the science underpinning climate change, top climate researchers are plotting to respond with what one scientist involved said needs to be "an outlandishly aggressively partisan approach" to gut the credibility of skeptics." See Climate Scientists Plot to Fight Skeptics Explains what's behind Velikovsky's work 7 Mar 10 - I just want to add my voice to those of your many other admiring readers. "Magnetic Reversals" is utterly brilliant:  you have pulled together so many different threads that the jigsaw of trying to understand the human situation feels like it's nearing completion. Reversals even explains what's behind Velikovsky's work.                                                              P.S. I just ordered some more of your books to give to friends and colleagues :-)                                         - Prof. Patrick Collins 2001-2010 - Snowiest Decade on Record 2 Mar 10 - We've just completed the snowiest Northern Hemisphere decade on record. As for single winters, this past winter was the second snowiest winter on record, exceeded only by 1978.   See 2001-2010 - Snowiest Decade on Record   Ships Freed - 5 Mar 10 - "Ice of the thickness that has trapped this many ships is unheard of." says accuweather.com.  Fifty ships trapped in ice off Sweden 4 Mar 10 - Dozens of ships, including a passenger ferry with nearly 1,000 people on board, are stuck in the ice off Sweden's east coast. See Fifty ships trapped in ice off Sweden A perfect storm brewing for the IPCC By Christopher Booker 27 Feb 10 - Those glaciers are not vanishing; the damage to the rainforest is not from climate change; African crop yields are more likely to increase than diminish; the modest rise in sea levels is slowing not accelerating; hurricane activity is lower than it was 60 years ago; droughts were more frequent in the past; there has been no increase in floods or heat waves. See A perfect storm brewing for the IPCC Winter storms cut airline revenue by hundreds of millions 3 Mar 10 - February's wild snowstorms caused havoc for the airline industry, says analyst. "This is certainly one of the worst weather months in my memory," says analyst. See Winter storms cut airline revenue by hundreds of millions Chile Quake Shoved Islands Upward, Shifted Earth's Axis, Shortened Day Rising islands: I expect the pace to increase 2 Mar 10 - Santa Maria Island off the coast may have been raised two metres (about seven feet) as a result of the quake. I wouldn't be surprised. In fact, I expect ever more and ever stronger earthquakes as our magnetic field strength decreases. See Chile Quake Shoved Islands Upward EPA declares war on taxpayers Hold on to your wallets and purses By Kirk Myers 27 Feb 10 - A recent EPA ruling declaring CO2 a harmful pollutant will generate hundreds of new regulations that will drive up the cost of living for financially strapped Americans while severely burdening small businesses and hampering U.S. competitiveness in the world marketplace. See EPA declares war on taxpayers   Claims of manmade global warming might be the greatest hoax in mankind's history By Walter E. Williams 24 Feb 10 - Given all the false claims and evidence pointing to scientific fraud, I don't think it wise to continue spending billions of dollars and enacting economically crippling regulations in the name of fighting global warming. See Manmade global warming might be greatest hoax in history Texas - In like a penguin and out like a polar bear - 1 Mar 10 Houston - 5th coldest February on record - 6th coldest winter on record Galveston - 7th coldest February on record - 5th coldest winter on record College Station - 5th coldest Feb on record  - 5th coldest winter on record See Texas - In like a penguin and out like a polar bear NYC: Roof of Sony building atrium collapses 28 Feb 10 - The evening turned into a disaster for partygoers as ice broke through a glass atrium in the Sony building in New York City. See NYC: Roof of Sony building atrium collapses   Stop Al Gore Before He Lies Again and Again and Again! By Alan Caruba 27 Feb 10 - The New York Times once again is Al Gore’s “enabler”, publishing a Feb 28 opinion editorial, “We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change”, despite mounting evidence that global warming was and is a complete fabrication. Stop Al Gore Before He Lies Again and Again and Again! Antarctic summer colder and drier than usual 26 Feb 10 -  Searching for clues to the earth's climate system, two University of Oklahoma researchers  flew to Antarctica at the end of December. Even though they arrived in Antarctica during the summer season, the extremely cold weather proved challenging. See Antarctic summer colder and drier than usual Claim that sea level is rising is a total fraud Here's an article that I posted a couple of years ago about Dr. Mörner: Claim that sea level is rising is a total fraud   The IPCC's carcass By Dr. Will Alexander 25 Feb 10 - There will no doubt be those who will continue to preach the climate change gospel, but their support will soon collapse as the fraudulent science continues to be exposed. See The IPCC's carcass Extreme winter spells disaster for Mongolia 25 Feb 10 - About 2.5 million livestock have perished after weeks of persistent snow and temperatures below minus 50C (minus 58F). The government estimates three million more will die before the cold weather ends in June. See Extreme winter spells disaster for Mongolia Senator calls for 'criminal' global warming investigation - Wants Gore recalled to explain prior testimony 23 Feb 10 - Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) today asked the Obama administration to investigate what he called “the greatest scientific scandal of our generation.” See Senator calls for 'criminal' global warming investigation   John Coleman's Global Warming Special - Now on YouTube 21 Feb 10 - With senior meteorologist John Coleman Global Warming Meltdown Bernie Sanders compares climate skeptics to Nazi deniers 23 Feb 10 - I was born and raised in Vermont. I am saddened that Vermonters have elected and re-elected such a despicable man. See Bernie Sanders compares climate skeptics to Nazi deniers  Monster blizzard headed for eastern USA 23 Feb 10 - (Video)   "Powerful." "Powerful." It will be "a paralyzing monster storm," downing trees and power lines and impacting millions. See Monster blizzard headed for eastern USA   The Multi-Billion Dollar Global Warming Fraud   By Alan Caruba 20 Feb 10 - As the massive global warming fraud implodes, the one aspect that has not been explored in depth is the equally massive waste of billions of dollars by the United States and nations around the world. See Multi-Billion Dollar Global Warming Fraud   Flashback: Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow "Pigs still can't fly, but this winter, the mayor of Moscow promises to keep it from snowing," said this article in Time just four months ago. See Flashback: Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow Arguing with "Global Warming" Idiots By Jim O'Neill, Canada Free Press 22 Feb 10 - Here's a great article from climaterealists.com. It provides such good responses to the global warming fraud that I feel compelled to post it. See Arguing With “Global Warming” Idiots More errors in temperature data Editorial by the Washington Times 18 Feb 10 - "As the frigid winter days pass and the scandals mount, it becomes clear that claims of man-made global warming aren't based on scientific methods at all. The hysteria is based on fraud." See More errors in temperature data Hank Tennekes was right after all 20 Feb 10 - Holland’s biggest daily newspaper, De Telegraaf, admits the country's most famous skeptic was correct. "I'm much more anxious about the cooling of the earth," says the world- renowned meteorologist. See Hank Tennekes was right after all   Global warming ended in 1995, top climate scientist tells BBC By Kirk Myers 18 Feb 10 - Also, the Medieval Warm Period did exist, a fact that Jones and other climate researchers tried to discount or hide. See Global warming ended in 1995, top climate scientist tells BBC Global Warming Diplomats Jumping Ship 18 Feb 10 - "It is not surprising to see the diplomats jumping ship," said John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel. "It is better to get off now than go down with the sinking Climate Change Cruise Ship that seems to have found icy waters." See Global Warming Diplomats Jumping Ship   Repeat of Dalton Minimum "most likely" 19 Feb 10 - The earth is in for an unusually deep and long solar minimum Repeat of Dalton Minimum most likely   Top UN climate official resigns 18 Feb 10 - Yvo de Boer, the UN's top climate change official, says he will resign after nearly four years in the post. I don't think that's enough. See Top UN climate official resigns New research challenges greenhouse theory of man-made global warming By Kirk Myers 9 Feb 10 - A prominent atmospheric physicist demolishes the theory ofanthropogenic greenhouse warming (AGW), showing that increases in human CO2 emissions are not the source of global warming. See New research challenges greenhouse theory of man-made global warming Donald Trump: Al Gore 'should be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize after record snow storms   16 Feb 10 - Other countries 'laughing at America's stupidity.' See Donald Trump: Gore 'should be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize Climate Sceptics 'Playing Russian Roulette with Planet' 13 Feb 10 - The head of the climate research unit accused of manipulating global warming data yesterday turned on sceptics for playing “Russian roulette” with the planet. See Climate Sceptics 'Playing Russian Roulette with Planet'   First snow in Central Portugal in 140 years   18 Feb 10 - Email from a reader in Portugal See First snow in Central Portugal in 140 years No global warming since 1995, Climategate scientist admits 15 Feb 10 - Professor Phil Jones, who is at the center of the “Climategate” affair, also concedes world may have been warmer during medieval times than now. See No global warming since 1995, Climategate scientist admits Hitler on Climate Change - Video I think you'll get a kick out of this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-PI2vCA9ck News flash: intense snowstorms now caused by global warming By Kirk Myers 15 Feb 10 - We are told that the new record is due to ‘extreme weather' caused by ‘global warming.' If so, what caused the nearly identical ‘extreme weather' over a century ago? See Intense snowstorms now caused by global warming Fiercest winter in living memory grips Mongolia - Up to 20 million farm animals may die 8 Feb 10 - "Local experts have told the Red Cross half  the entire country's livestock could be wiped out," says this article in Australia's Herald Sun. See Fiercest winter in living memory grips Mongolia    Power arcing after Dallas snowstorm Cool video - Only 36 seconds long. http://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/video/Power_Arcing_ After_Snowstorm_Dallas-Fort_Worth.html Hundreds-of-year-old corals frozen to death 30 Jan 10 - Divers were stunned by what they saw when diving in patch reef off Harry Harris Park in Key Largo, Florida. See Hundreds-of-year-old corals frozen to death   Rumblings from Mother Earth telling us something By Alan Caruba 12 Feb 10 - Haiti, Chicago, Yellowstone, "When you put together an increase in vol-canic activity, a decline in the magnetic field strength of the planet, and the approach of a new ice age, it suggests that life as we know it on Earth is going to become a far bigger problem for all species." (Caruba also mentions iceagenow.com) Rumblings from Mother Earth telling us something Roofs collapsing in Baltimore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTqWK0hc1AU    Freezing to death in the Sunshine State 11 Feb 10 - Manatees, sea turtles and fish dying in record numbers because of unusually long cold snap See Freezing to death in the Sunshine State Virginia gymnasium roof collapses http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/article/ ROOFGAT13_20100213-175401/32 4095/\ Ice not paying attention to warm-mongers Arctic sea ice thickening 12 Oct 09 – “As a Colorado Rockies playoff game is snowed out, scientists report that Arctic sea ice is thickening and Antarctic snow melt is the lowest in three decades. Clearly, Arctic sea ice is not following the consensus touted by Gore and the warm-mongers.” See Arctic sea ice thickening Administration proposes new climate change bureaucracy Based on the lie of human-caused global warming 8 Feb 10 - NO! We do not need yet another layer of scheming bureaucrats plotting new ways to control our actions and steal our money. NO! NO! NO! See Administration proposes new climate change bureaucracy Croat scientist warns that ice age could start in five years 10 Feb 10 - Renowned physicist warns that most of central Europe will soon be covered in ice, "including Germany, Poland, France, Austria, Slovakia and a part of Slovenia." See Croat scientist warns that ice age could start in five years India "cannot rely" on IPCC - forms own climate change body 5 Feb 10 - India “cannot rely” on the IPCC, the group headed by its own Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr R K Pachauri, says this article posted yesterday in the Telegraph. See India "cannot rely" on IPCC - forms own climate change body NOAA forecaster predicts snow on the ground in all 50 states - at the same time - 11 Feb 10 http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2010-02-11-nationwide-snow_N.htm Blizzard warning, NC - 2 to 4 foot drifts reported   10 Feb 10 - Widespread tree and power line damage with associated power outages... wind chill minus 5 to minus 10 at higher elevations. See Blizzard warning, NC - 2 to 4 foot drifts reported Down to a one-day food supply? Email from a Virginia reader 10 Feb 10 - There's a news report out that food stocks in a number of grocery stores in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and DC are down to a day's supply at most ... things appear to be worse from Philadelphia to Jersey with Pennsylvania shutting down all interstate highways within their jurisdictions. See Down to a one-day food supply? Weather observer says "32.4 inches at Dulles is bogus" 9 Feb 10 - Email from a weather observer at Dulles International Airport: "I've never met a forecaster who didn't try to predict a record any chance they got, whether it be a new daily high temp or 30 inches of snow. (The reported) 32.4 inches at Dulles is bogus." See Weather observer says 32.4 inches at Dulles is bogus UK: Fears for salt supplies - More snow forecast 9 Feb 10 - If we run out of salt, said Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary Carol Spelman, "(there will be) severe consequences for the whole economy." See UK - Fears for salt supplies - More snow forecast Media cools on global warming 7 Feb 10 - Climate-change sceptics being vindicated by scientific scandals that are no longer being ignored. See Media cools on global warming   Yellowstone eruption days away? 3 Feb 10 - Concerning the shallow depths of the recent Yellowstone earthquakes, and why they could be signaling an imminent eruption. See Yellowstone eruption days away? Yellowstone earthquakes continue Alert to be issued? 3 Feb 10 -  Since January 17, 2010 Yellowstone has had 1,620 earthquakes, the second largest swarm ever recorded. A reader tells me that Yellowstone might go on first stage alert soon, but I have not yet been able to confirm that. See Yellowstone earthquakes continue   The IPCC is lying 26 Oct 09 - The IPCC is lying when it says that the Earth is now warmer than at any time in history. What about the Medieval Warm Period, as shown on the IPCC's own graphs? See The IPCC is lying IPCC: Irresponsible Political Climate Cover up Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day! 10 May 09 – This from climatologist Cliff Harris of the Coeur d’Alene Press. It's possible that the glacier could close the fjord by later this summer if the current rate speeds up, says Harris. See Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day! Greatest snowfall in recorded history at Dulles International Airport Shatters old record by almost 10 inches 7 Feb 10 - Email from reader Kenneth Lund. "I wonder why NOAA failed to use words such as "greatest snowfall in recorded history" or "greatest all- time snowfall in history."  See Greatest snowfall in recorded history at Dulles Intnl Airport Hazardous winter weather guidelines 6 Feb 10 - Here are some precautionary hazardous winter weather guidelines from the National Weather Service. See Hazardous winter weather guidelines Wind turbines frozen in Minnesota 4 Feb 10 - Eleven wind turbines erected last fall in Minnesota were expected to be spinning before Christmas, "but so far their blades have been largely motionless, apparently paralyzed by frigid weather." See Wind turbines frozen in Minnesota   Global Warming??? HI Robert, I'm a big fan of Not by Fire but by Ice. Here's a picture from the North American blizzard of 2010. I wrote "GLOBAL WARMING??" in the snow on our car.      Your Fan, James L-S Baltimore poised to set all-time snowfall record 6 Feb 10 - At 11:45 am this morning... 26.5 inches of snow on the ground... only 0.3 inches shy of the record...and the snow is still falling. Blizzard conditions ongoing. See Baltimore poised to set all-time snowfall record Global Warming Fraud Makes the Case Against Global Government By Alan Caruba 1 Feb 10 -  "It is time for the Nobel Committee to rescind the Peace Prize given to Al Gore and the IPCC.... The entire "scientific" basis on which the IPCC “scientists” and global warming advocates like Al Gore made their claims was a fraud." See Global Warming Fraud   NASA accused of deliberately manipulating and distorting climate data 22 Jan 10 - Climate researchers and the Weather Channel's founder accuse NASA of the same deliberate manipulation and distortion of climate data as Britain's Climate Research Unit. See NASA accused of deliberately manipulating and distorting climate data Historic snowfall headed for entire Northeast I-95 corridor 4 Feb 10 - The National Weather Service has posted winter storm warnings from the Chesapeake west to Allegany County, perhaps the entire northeast I-95 corridor. It's being described as a "major," "paralyzing" event. See Historic snowfall headed for entire Northeast I-95 corridor   Do cosmic rays trigger evolutionary leaps? 31 Jan 10 - "It's completely accepted in science that cosmic rays can - and do - alter DNA," says Andrew Collins in this short video. "Tiny particles of this radiation will affect out genetics, will affect our DNA." See Do Cosmic rays trigger evolutionary leaps? Constellation Cygnus Link between magnetic reversals and catastrophic climate change 29 Jan 10 - Two Asian scientists think global warming triggers magnetic  reversals. I think they have it backwards. See Link between magnetic reversals and catastrophic climate change "The Stokholm area HAD Record-Cold!!!" 6 Feb 10 - This reader in Sweden says their roofs are collapsing beneath the weight of the snow. "Sweden is turning into an arctic country!" See The Stockholm area HAD Record-Cold!!! Not the coldest January in Sweden 5 Feb 10 - Yesterday I posted an email from a reader in Sweden who said that last month had been the coldest January in Stockholm since 1826. This reader disagrees. See Not the coldest January in Sweden Coldest January in Sweden since 1826 Is NOAA covering this up? 3 Feb 10 - Email from a reader in Sweden - "januari 2010 was the first januari - month since 1826 with subzero temperatures in degrees celsius in stockholm sweden .during the whole month . Not one minute the temperature in stockholm sweden exceeded the zero degrees mark....much to my surprise this cold is not visible in the ice-maps of noaa." See Coldest January in Sweden since 1826 Cash for Clunkers - Saving money? The environment? What? By Joe Herr 2 Feb 10 - The government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million. We spent $8.57 for every dollar we saved. I'm pretty sure they will do a great job with our health care, though.      I'm sure they'd do an equally great job with Cap & Trade, Joe. See Cash for Clunkers - Saving money? The environment? A foot of snow in West Virginia 30 Jan 10 - Email from a reader. Southern West Virginia picked up several inches of snow through early Saturday, with as much as a foot on the state's highest elevations. See A foot of snow in West Virginia At last, some common sense (supposedly) on climate change 28 Jan 10 - While paying lip service to skeptics, UK chief science advisor insists it is "unchallengeable" that man is changing the climate. See At last, some common sense (supposedly) on climate change Oklahoma - 170,000 homes in the dark 28 Jan 10 - Video http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/35157928#35152599 Web of Deception Chokes Global Warming to Death "If anything, the climate is getting colder" By Phil Brennan 27 Jan 10 - (Article on NewsMax mentions iceagenow.com) - With the nation mired in an economic slump, widespread unemployment, and out-of-control federal spending, this nation no longer can afford to waste its resources on an absurd scientific fiction." See Web of Deception Chokes Global Warming to Death Glacier scientist knew data hadn't been verified 2035 melting date plucked from thin air Himalayan glaciers in Karakoram range actually growing rapidly 24 Jan 10 - "The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders." See Glacier scientist knew data not verified Climate deception by NOAA, NASA, and CRU Systematic and purposeful deceit 26 Jan 10 - Meteorologists Joe D'Aleo and Anthony Watts came out today with a stunning 111-page exposé that just simply trashes any credibility that that may have remained with NOAA, NASA, and CRU. See Climate deception by NOAA, NASA, and CRU   Chacaltaya glacier - unfortunate symbol for the IPCC 26 Jan 10 - Bolivia’s rapidly diminishing Chacaltaya glacier is a widely used symbol of human-caused global warming. However, this glacier's retreat  is demonstrably not due to increasing temperatures caused by CO2 emissions. See Chacaltaya glacier - an unfortunate symbol for the IPCC Million-dollar Congressional Trip 25 Jan 10 - How will they negotiate a climate treaty if they can't get a better deal on hotel rooms? asks CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson, who exposes how much it cost to send more than 100 members of the House and Senate to the Copenhagen Climate Summit. See Million-dollar Congressional Trip   NASA accused of deliberately manipulating and distorting climate data 22 Jan 10 - Climate researchers and the Weather Channel's founder accuse NASA of the same deliberate manipulation and distortion of climate data as Britain's Climate Research Unit. See NASA accused of deliberately manipulating and distorting climate data ‘I have no intention of resigning’ over error, U.N. official says 23 Jan 10 - Do you want this guy dictating your life? (See photo.) Was it an "error"? Or was it deliberate fraud?      Resigning won't fix it.      I think the entire IPCC should be shut down. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35029710/ns/us_news-environment Thanks to Vern Peterman for this link Canada bans Baffin Bay polar bear exports (while acknowledging that the polar bear population has increased) 22 Jan 10 - "It's ludicrous," said Titus Allooloo, a hunting outfitter, who says he has seen upwards of 10 to 15 polar bears a day when he's in the region. See Canada bans polar bear exports while acknowledging...   UN climate chief admits (spins) mistake on Himalayan glaciers warning 21 Jan 10 -"The UN’s top climate change body has issued an unprecedented apology over its flawed prediction that Himalayan glaciers were likely to dis- appear by 2035." ("Flawed"? How about fraudulent?) UN climate chief admits (spins) mistake on Himalayan glaciers warning   Yellowstone - More than 1,000 earthquakes since Sunday 22 Jan 10 - Ten of the quakes have been magnitude 3.0 or greater, while more than 800 have been less than magnitude 2.0. Yellowstone - More than 1,000 earthquakes since Sunday   Harshest winter in decades - 800,000 animals lost in Mongolia 100,000 homes flattened or damaged in China 18 Jan 10 - Storms in far western China have flattened or damaged about 100,000 homes and killed more than 15,000 head of livestock since Sunday night. It's even worse in Mongolia. See 800,000 animals lost in Mongolia   Melting Himalayan glaciers - Not an iota of scientific evidence 20 Jan 10 - "The health of the glaciers is a cause of grave concern, but the IPCC's alarmist position that they would melt by 2035 was not based on an iota of scientific evidence," says India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2010-01-20- un-panel-himalayan-glaciers_N.htm Deadly Earth, Deadly Humans By Alan Caruba 18 Jan 10 - Mother Nature has a message for humankind. It’s “Get out of the way. Here comes an earthquake, a volcano, a flood, a forest fire, a mudslide, a blizzard, a hurricane, et cetera.” See Deadly Earth, Deadly Humans   Glaciers Growing in Western Himalayas 24 May 09 – In a defiant act of political incorrectness, some 230 glaciers in the western Himalayas - including Mount Everest, K2 and Nanga Parbat - are actually growing. See Glaciers Growing in Western Himalayas "Scam, scam, scam," sayeth the lord Short video (1½ minutes) - Parliament member calls Al Gore a snake-oil salesman and a crook. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYj5baVfB0Y&feature=player_embedded Florida fish hammered by record-setting cold 20 Jan 10 - Millions and millions of pilchards, threadfin herring, mullet, ladyfish snook - even the deep-sea dwellers - bonefish, grunt, snapper, pilchards, moray eel - succumbed to the cold. See Florida fish hammered by record-setting cold Yellowstone - More than 600 earthquakes since Sunday 20 Jan 10 - More than 175 temblors in just 24 hours. See Yellowstone - More than 600 earthquakes since Sunday See Yellowstone Earthquake Map Historic cold wave in Key West 13 Jan 10 - This comes from the National Weather Service in Key West, where records have been kept since 1873. See Historic cold wave in Key West CO2-molecule lobby plans to clear air about global warming By Kirk Myers 15 Jan 10 - As the hobgoblin of the green movement, CO2 has taken it on the atmospheric chin. But what if CO2 had its own atmospheric lobby and could fight back? See CO2-molecule lobby plans to clear air about global warming Glaciers in western Himalayas thickening and expanding   23 Nov 08 - A study published by the American Meteorological Society found that glaciers are only shrinking in the eastern Himalayas. Further west, in the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram, glaciers are "thickening  and expanding". See Glaciers in western Himalayas thickening and expanding Jet Stream heading to CA at record speed of 250 mph 18 Jan 10 - We have 5 major storms rushing toward California this week at record jet stream speeds, says reader. See Jet Stream heading to CA at record speed of 250 mph Cold kills 26 at Cuba psychiatric hospital 15 Jan 2010 - At least 24 died of hypothermia. Patients are expected to bring their own sheets, towels and food. See Cold kills 26 at Cuba psychiatric hospital Frosty camel rescued in China 15 Jan 2010 - Short video (41 seconds) of an infant camel "trapped in the worst snow to hit in China's far-western Xinjiang." http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=28540586&videoChannel=1004 Thanks to Frank Gay for this link    The Lie of Deadly Rising Seas By Marc Sheppard 14 Jan 10 - Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute measured sea temperatures beneath an East Antarctic ice shelf and found "no signs of warming whatsoever." "The vast continent has actually cooled since 1979." See The Lie of Deadly Rising Seas More power rationing in China 15 Jan 10 - A rising number of Chinese provinces are preparing to introduce power rationing due to the harsh winter. A perfect example of what will happen if Obama succeeds in curtailing coal production. See More power rationing in China No skiing at Scottish resort - too much snow 15 Jan 2010 - Snow drifts 15 feet (4.6 meters) high. See No skiing at Scottish resort - too much snow Is 'climate change' nudging us closer to a new ice age? 13 Jan 10 - Here's a great article by Kirk Myers, in which he talks of "the growing number of skeptics who disagree with alarmists who say the “science is settled” and the earth is warming – claims they continue to make even as many regions of the Northern Hemisphere freeze in sub-zero temperatures and dig out from record-setting blizzards." See Is 'climate change' nudging us closer to a new ice age?   Cognitive Disconnect: Cold Equals Warming By Alan Caruba 10 Jan 10 - "Over the course of Obama’s first year in office I have become convinced that he and his cronies think you are STUPID. Telling people that it is warming when it is demonstrably getting colder is STUPID." See Cognitive Disconnect: Cold Equals Warming   Big chill culling unwanted iguanas and pythons 13 Jan 10 - “The more pythons removed, the better,” says Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Gabriella Ferraro. See Big chill culling unwanted iguanas and pythons Dec 2009: Snowiest on Record in the US 11 Jan 10 - Also Snowiest on Record in North America. Also Second Snowiest on Record in the Northern Hemisphere. See Dec 2009: Snowiest on Record in the US   Copenhagen Summit Turned Junket? 11 Jan 10 - CBS investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports that at least 20 members of Congress attended the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (and names them). See Copenhagen Summit Turned Junket? The mini ice age starts here 10 Jan 2010 - "The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only the start of a global trend towards cooler weather." (Article also bolsters my contention that ocean warming is driven by underwater volcanoes.) See The mini ice age starts here Obama's press secretary Gibbs: Worldwide Record Cold Result of "Climate Change" 10 Jan 2010 - "I wish to personally thank him for verifying the idea that someone would actually do that... amazing," says meteorologist Joe Bastardi. See Obama press secretary Gibbs- Worldwide Record Cold Result of Climate Change Of Magnetic Reversals and Ice By Alan Caruba (On Canada Free Press)  7 Jan 10 - Earth’s north magnetic pole is racing toward Russia at almost 40 miles a year. "If I hadn’t read Robert W. Felix’s latest book, Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps, I frankly would have paid little attention to the news, but...” See Of Magnetic Reversals and Ice Wind farms produced  "practically no electricity" during UK cold snap 11 Jan 2010 - Only 0.2pc of a possible 5pc of the UK's energy was generated by wind turbines over the last few days because the cold snap has been accompanied by high pressure and a lack of wind. Not two percent, but point two percent. See Wind farms produced  "practically no electricity" during UK cold snap   Solar Geomagnetic Activity at all-time Low - Only "zero" could be lower 9 Jan 10 - This graph from Dr. Leif Svalgaard shows where we are today in relation to the past 165 years. See Solar Geomagnetic Activity at all-time Low Record snowfall brings northern Germany to a standstill 11 Jan 10 - Many rural villages near the Polish border already cut off, with more snow in the forecast. Seven-foot snowdrifts trap motorists in their cars - they can't open their car doors. See Record snowfall brings northern Germany to a standstill   Es Mexico Una Hielera Gigantesca (México is a Gigantic Refrigerator) ¿Dónde quedó el calentamiento? (Where is the Warming?) 9 Jan 2010 - Email from a reader in Mexico. "I never dreamed I would ever see such a headline here! The first headline I have seen throwing doubt on global warming."   See México is a Gigantic Refrigerator   Frozen Britain seen from above Image taken by Nasa's Terra satellite on 7 Jan 2010 shows the UK deep in the clutches of the current cold snap. See larger photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8447023.stm Thanks to Dale Blizzard, Darrell Matula, Tom Weatherby and Steven Woodcock for this link Millions across US endure record-setting cold 8 Jan 10 - Threatens $300 million worth of crops, from strawberries and citrus fruits to tomatoes and green beans See Millions across US endure record-setting cold   Snow drifts more than two stories tall 6 Jan 10 - Amtrak "Train From Hell" Delayed Almost 24 Hours See Snow drifts more than two stories tall   No Case for Global Warming "Whose bread I eat, his song I sing" By Phil Brennan 6 Jan 10 - "It's amazing how the Goreites manage to convince themselves that no matter what happens with the climate it is always due to global warming. Ifit's bone chilling cold it's obviously due to the overheating of the planet." See No Case for Global Warming Head of UK Met defends winter forecast 6 Jan 10 - You MUST watch this clueless (shameless?) performance. See Head of UK Met defends winter forecast Blizzard set to paralyze southeast Europe 6 Jan 10 - "German news is warning of a major paralyzing blizzard to begin Friday and is urging people to stock up on their emergency supplies. Most of Germany will be buried under snow ranging from 20 to 60 cm with snow drifts several meters high!!"  See Blizzard set to paralyze southeast Europe   Arctic freeze and snow wreak havoc across planet - Authorities try to blame global warming 5 Jan 10 - Record cold in half a dozen countries See Arctic freeze and snow wreak havoc across planet Record cold grips Europe, North America and Asia 4 Jan 10 - The US, Britain, the Swiss Alps, Germany, China, India. See Record cold grips Europe, North America and Asia   AP accused of biased reporting on Climategate 28 Dec 09 - "Wire service portrays scientists as dismissing or minimizing allegations of scientific fraud when, in fact, the scientists believe no such thing." See AP accused of biased reporting on Climategate   Monkeys cuddle together for warmth in Bangladesh 6 Jan 10 - Great photo - Thanks to Mike Jobbins for this link Snow, bitter cold to hit central, eastern parts of USA 5 Jan 10 - Another day of "intense, record-setting cold." More on the way. Peru - Mountain people face extinction due to cold - Article tries to blame global warming 3 Jan 10 - Climate change is bringing freezing temperatures to poor villages in the Peruvian Andes. Now some families "must choose whether to save the animals that give them a living, or their children." See Peru - Mountain people face extinction due to cold North Magnetic Pole Racing Toward Russia 24 Dec 09 - Earth's north magnetic pole is racing toward Russia at almost 40 miles a year," says this article in National Geographic News. Could this movement be the beginning of the next reversal? See North Magnetic Pole Racing Toward Russia Meteorologist blows IPCC predictions out of the water Great 8-minute video 3 Jan 09 - John Coleman. founder of the Weather Channel, says that today's warming (½ of one degree since 1880) is no more dramatic than all of the other warming periods during the past 300 million years. See Meteorologist blows IPCC predictions out of the water No CO2 increase in last 150 years 31 Dec 09 - New research finds that the airborne fraction of carbon dioxide has not increased either during the past 150 years or during the most recent five decades, contrary to some recent studies. See No CO2 increase in last 150 years North Magnetic Pole Racing Toward Russia 24 Dec 09 - Earth's north magnetic pole is racing toward Russia at  almost 40 miles a year," says this article in National Geographic News. Could this movement be the beginning of the next reversal? See North Magnetic Pole Racing Toward Russia   Earth could plunge into sudden ice age ‘Big Freeze’ about 12,800 years ago happened within months 2 Dec 09 - There is no reason why such a freeze shouldn't happen again, says this article on MSNBC. I love the headline, I agree with the subtitle, and I  agree that such a freeze could happen again. It's part of the ice-age cycle. Unfortunately, the article veers off on a tangent and tries to blame "global warming." See Earth could plunge into sudden ice age Nuclear power plant shuts down because of ice on Delaware River 4 Jan 09 - One nuclear power plant was shut down and because it was taking ice into its cooling mechanism. Another was put on reduced power. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34687626/ns/weather German Physicists Trash Global Warming “Theory” "Heat rises, it does not fall" By John O’Sullivan 26 Dec 09 - Here we outline the essential points made by Dr. Gerhard Gerlich, a respected German physicist, that counter the bogus theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming. See German Physicists Trash Global Warming “Theory” Orange juice prices to rise by a third as crisis hits crop 3 Jan 09 - Temperatures 20 degrees below normal. Freeze forecast all the way to Orlando. See Orange juice prices to rise by a third as crisis hits crop Mother Nature Exacts Her Revenge By Phil Brennan 29 Dec 09 - As the Copenhagen delegates met and dined well and drank well — thanks to the generosity of their country's national treasuries — they were greeted by a blizzard that Gore's followers claim no doubt resulted from global warming. No kidding. That's what some of them are saying. It was so warm it snowed. See Mother Nature Exacts Her Revenge   No electric power, no email, no Internet 30 Dec 09 - Here's a great graph showing two different solar cycle 24 predictions (guesstimates) from NASA, the latest of which shows a less active sun ... and ultimately, no electric power, no email, and no Internet. See No electric power, no email, no Internet   877 new snowfall records set or tied in the USA last week 28 Dec 09 - 877 new snowfall records set or tied in the USA in the last week   Burt Rutan calls Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) a Fraud 1 Jan 10 - Who is Burt Rutan? He was Time magazine's "100 most influential people in the world, 2004" and Inc. Magazine's "Entrepreneur of the Year." Newsweek called him "the man responsible for more innovations in modern aviation than any living engineer." "One has only to look at the two most notable charts from two United Nations IPCC summary reports, published a decade apart, to realize that something might be seriously wrong," says Rutan. See Burt Rutan calls AGW a Fraud Cities using vodka to get rid of ice 29 Dec 09 - "Magic Salt," a by-product of distilling vodka, is a new and improved way to get rid of ice and snow off roadways, sidewalks, and driveways, says this article. http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/Local-WANE-Magic-Salt Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for this link Britain told to prepare for New Year's Eve weather chaos 30 Dec 09 - The Met Office issued severe weather warnings for Wales, the West Midlands and South-West England, with some areas forecast to pick up another 12 inches of snow. See Britain told to prepare for New Year's Eve weather chaos "Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past" So read the headline on 20 March 2000. "According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia," the story continued, "within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event." So much for the CRU. See Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past Severe cold coming to Holland 28 Dec 09 - From next week onwards the temperatures are forecast to dip so deep that another "Elfsteden Tocht" (eleven cities tour) is on the cards. See Severe cold coming to Holland ICE not fire may be the bigger worry 25 Dec 09 - "Severe cold looming for much of Europe," says meteorologist Joe Bastardi. See ICE not fire may be bigger worry   Colliding Auroras Produce Explosions of Light 17 Dec 09 - A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights. See Colliding Auroras Produce Explosions of Light Our global climate is now actually cooling, says meteorologist 24 Dec 09 - "It's really a sad state of affairs but we cannot trust elements of the U.S. Government, academia and certainly not the media, as they insist that harmful man induced climate change (global warming) is occurring, when it's not," says meteorologist Thomas F. Giella.  See Our global climate is now actually cooling, says meteorologist   More than half of the U.S. now covered with snow 24 Dec 09 - See larger picture More than half of the U.S. now covered with snow Notably dangerous warning for 28-30 Dec 25 Dec 09 - The severe winter storms that just walloped the Midwest were forecast three weeks ago by astrophysicist Piers Corbyn at WeatherAction.com. Unfortunately, a "notably dangerous warning for 28-30 Dec remains in force." See Notably dangerous warning for 28-30 Dec   Sea ice making great recovery 22 Dec 09 - Sea ice seems to be replenishing itself much the same as it does every year. See larger graph: Sea ice making great recovery Extra ice time fattens up polar bears 19 Aug 09 - "The cooler-than-usual summer produced thicker ice on Hudson Bay, giving the area's polar bear population several extra days to feed on tasty ringed seals." See Extra ice time fattens up polar bears   A fiery deep-sea blast 17 Dec 09 - These two short videos show the deepest erupting undersea volcano ever seen, with "fiery molten lava bubbles exploding 4,000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean." The lava is about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit. Underwater volcanoes heat the seas Snow chaos continues across Europe 23 Dec 09 - More than 100 people have now perished. See video. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8425725.stm Thanks to John Brown in Ardrossan, Scotland, for this link Climate change alliance crumbling 22 Dec 09- "Disappointing," said one country of last week's Copenhagen conference.  “Unacceptable, said another.” “A disaster,” said a third. “A great failure,” whined yet another. I agree that it was a failure. Hillary should never have offered $100 billion in the first place. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9453654-ef2d-11de-86c4-00144feab49a.html Thanks to Jimmy Walter for this link Much of the chaos could have been avoided, says astrophysicist 23 Dec 09 - Local governments have been misled by Global Warming propaganda, says astrophysicist Piers Corbyn. They could have been prepared. See Much of the chaos could have been avoided, says astrophysicist   Cold Hits 30 Cities in Hidalgo (Mexican state) 22 Dec 09 - Temperatures fell to 8 to 2 degrees Celsius. The cold wave has affected areas in the north, center and south of Mexico. See Cold Hits 30 Cities in Hidalgo Cold snap wreaks havoc across Europe 21 Dec 09 - Snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures have killed at least 30 people across Europe and severely disrupted air, rail and road transport. See Cold snap wreaks havoc across Europe   East Coast Blizzard Seen From Space 21 Dec 09 - The snowstorm that blanketed the East Coast this week-end was so big, it is even impressive from space. See East Coast Blizzard Seen From Space Update: Death toll now 29 in Poland alone - Evening, 20 Dec 09 Runaway global warming in Europe - Cold snap wreaks havoc across Poland, Germany, France, Belgium - 20 Dec 09 - Snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures have killed at least 19 people across Europe as well as severely disrupting air, rail and road transport. See Runaway global warming in Europe Scotland braces for minus 11 C Arctic blast 21 Dec 09 - Heavy snow was already causing havoc on roads across Scotland last night. Aircraft, trains and ferries were also hit by snow and  ice yesterday. See Scotland braces for minus 11 C Arctic blast   Snow in Tuscany and Venice 19 Dec 09 - Chianti has had quite a bit of snow as well. See Snow in Tuscany and Venice Welcome home, Mr. President. This is global warming? 19 Dec 09 - Snowplows cleared the runway at Andrews Air Force Base as President Obama returned from climate talks in Copenhagen. Poor baby was forced to take a motorcade back to the White House instead of  his normal helicopter ride because of the conditions. See Welcome home, Mr. President. This is global warming? Storm dumps a record 5 feet 8 inches of snow on Valdez - 17 Dec 09       Read how the writer tries to shade this, saying that "climate Change"        (what used to be global warming) causes huge snowstorms! See Record Low Temperatures across the US   It's all a lie: Copenhagen, Gore, Obama By Alan Caruba 17 Dec 09 - "No American President should participate in such a naked display of contempt for capitalism unless of course he shares it." See It's all a lie: Copenhagen, Gore, Obama Daring to question Al Gore Short video showing Al Gore spinning and evading a legitimate question. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf-fzVH6v_U Thanks to Mudito Chetan for this link   Putting our economy in the hands of Chavez fans By Andrew Bolt 17 Dec 09 - "Let's fight capitalism and make it obey us," said Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Copenhagen. He won a standing ovation. See Putting our economy in the hands of Chavez fans Climategate: Something’s Rotten in Denmark … and East Anglia, Asheville, and New York City By meteorologist Joeseph D'Aleo 15 Dec 09 - "The smell in the air may be from the leftover caviar at the banquet tables, or perhaps from the exhaust of 140 private jets and 1200 limousines commissioned by the attendees when they discovered there was to be no global warming evident in Copenhagen. See Climategate: Something’s Rotten in Denmark … and East Anglia, Asheville, and New York City Clinton: US ready to join $100B climate-aid fund 17 Dec 09 - Says climate change "is an undeniable and unforgiving fact." What a lie! See Clinton: US ready to join $100B climate-aid fund UN Chief: We will impose global governance 16 Dec 09 - Hints that Obama will be the savior of Copenhagen in a last- minute turnaround. The Secretary General has not been shy in proclaiming the unfolding agenda for a global dictatorship to override national parliaments. See UN Chief: We will impose global governance   The agreement has already been made, says Lord Monckton See Video 17 Dec 09 - All of it - even the demonstrations - was in the script before the conference even began. I've seen it all before. See The agreement has already been made, says Lord Monckton   What kind of leader would sell his own country down the river? 15 Dec 09 - Yesterday, 135 nations boycotted the Copenhagen climate conference, insisting that the United States contribute billions more dollars. Wonderful! Let's close our booth and go home. Why is Obama going there anyway? What kind of leader would sell his own country down the river?   The Commissars in Copenhagen Please listen! 12 Dec 09 - "The governing class worldwide is conspiring against the governed," says Lord Monckton in this great interview by Kim Greenhouse. The Copenhagen conference is "purely designed to extend the powers of taxation, and the wealth, and the reach of government." It's not about the climate. It's about world governance. See The Commissars in Copenhagen   Climategate Revelations but the Tip of Giant Iceberg, says Atmospheric Scientist 13 Dec 09 - "A well organized international climate warming conspiracy that has been gathering momentum for the last 25 years," says Dr. William Gray. See Climategate Revelations but the Tip of Giant Iceberg, says Atmospheric Scientist Bracebridge, Ontario digs out - 14 Dec 09 Article confirms the massive snow storm north of Toronto Snowed in since Friday!! One of the worst snow storms on record - 13 Dec 09 See Canada freezes as snow storm strands thousands Senator plans to rain on climate talks 14 Dec 09 - Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., who has called global warming a "hoax," will travel this week to Copenhagen where he will announce that the Senate will not pass an energy bill that would limit greenhouse gas emissions. The bill is "is dead," says Inhofe. "It's gone … I'm not going to allow them to think America is going to do something it's not." http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-13-copenhagen_N.htm Blizzards hitting Copenhagen 15 Dec 09 - The blizzard in Copenhagen today confirms my SOLAR- BASED long range forecast to the day, says astrophysicist Piers Corbyn. It has nothing to do with CO2. "The CO2 Climate Change junket is a world scam based on failed science and fraudulent data." See Blizzards hitting Copenhagen Forecast for Copenhagen - Heavy Snowfall http://www.dmi.dk/eng/index/forecasts/forecast_for_copenhagen.htm Thanks to Steven Woodcock for this link   Obama should boycott Copenhagen summit says Palin - Gore disagrees 9 Dec 09 - Leading climate experts have "destroyed records, manipulated data to 'hide the decline' in global temperatures, and tried to silence their critics by preventing them from publishing in peer-reviewed journals." says the former Alaska governor. See Obama should boycott Copenhagen summit says Palin   UN Security Stops Journalist's "Inconvenient Questions" 11 Dec 09 -Stanford Professor Stephen Schneider used armed United Nation security officers to silence a journalist during a press briefing in Copenhagen. What is he hiding? http://biggovernment.com/2009/12/11/un-security-stops-journalists-questions-about-climateg ate/#more-44722  Thanks to Rick (Ziggy) Ziegelmann for this link Record low temperatures in 17 states - 5 Dec 09 See Record low temp in 17 states   Giant iceberg headed for Australia 11 Dec 09 - A giant iceberg - double the size of either Sydney Harbour or Manhattan - is headed for Australia. An iceberg this size has not been seen so far north since the days when 19th century clipper ships plied the trade route between Britain and Australia. See Giant iceberg headed for Australia Tuvalu sea levels FALLING! 9 Dec 09 - We're hearing horror stories out of the Copenhagen "climate" conference that sea levels are rising in the tiny country of Tuvalu. That's simply not true. Measurements show that sea levels around Tuvalu, if anything, have fallen - fallen! - during recent decades. See Pacific Ocean - Sea Levels Falling   Galactic-sized explosions fueled by magnetic forces 9 Dec 09 - Scientists have found evidence that magnetic fields are behind huge cosmic explosions. See Galactic-sized explosions fueled by magnetic forces When it Comes to Global Warming, Something's Rotten in Denmark By Philip V. Brennan 7 Dec 09 - "In light of the shocking revelations of rigged studies and concealment  ofevidence ... it is mind-boggling that they would dare to meet — acting as if the dishonesty of some of their most prominent colleagues had never been exposed, along with the falsity of global warming." See When it Comes to Global Warming, Something's Rotten in Denmark   Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty? Please ... take time to view this video clip on YouTube. It’s only four minutes long. Then forward it to your friends. We must rise up and STOP our president from signing this treaty! http://www.pyrabang.com/view.php?ref=thenetprophet&post_id=42151 Thanks to Robert Folaron (and many others) for this link Baby, It’s Cold Outside By Alan Caruba   9 Dec 09 - (From Canada Free Press) - We are witnessing gangsterism masquerading as regulation ... An attempt to subjugate entire nations in the name of “saving the Earth.” ... Centralized governance by unelected bureaucrats ... All when we could be facing a new full-fledged ice age. See Baby, It's Cold Outside Monster storm stretching from California through New England 9 Dec 09 - By the time it moves off the Maine coast Thursday night, this "monster of a storm" may have affected as much as two-thirds of the USA. See Monster storm stretching from California through New England   Siberian Blast about to hit Europe and The Summit! 9 Dec 09 - "All down to Global Warming of course!" Email from reader in the UK. See Siberian Blast about to hit Europe and The Summit!   Rising sea levels 'the greatest lie ever told' By Christopher Booker 28 Mar 09 - If there is one scientist who knows more about sea levels than anyone else in the world it is the Swedish geologist and physicist Nils-Axel Mörner. His findings are based on "going into the field to observe what is actually happening in the real world". See Rising sea levels 'the greatest lie ever told'   US Temperature Records Biased on High Side 8 Dec 09 - Email from a reader: "This was a bit of a shock to me; that the weather data collecting stations are often located in parking lots, covered with heat trapping asphalt, and that the data collected from them is somewhat faulty. See US Temperature Records Biased on High Side   Climategate Professor Calls Critic An A**hole On Live TV 6 Dec 09 - When skeptic points out that the Climategate emails expose the manufactured science, University of East Anglia professor unsuccessfully tries to spin it.   See video: Climategate Professor Calls Critic An A**hole On Live TV   Rep. Issa: Obama's refusal to investigate Climategate is 'unconscionable' 5 Dec 09 - The White House’s unwillingness to investigate whether some climate- change research had been manipulated can only be characterized as “a sad abdication of their responsibility,” said Issa.  See Rep. Issa: Obama's refusal to investigate Climategate is 'unconscionable'   Houston, we have ... global warming? 4 Dec 09 - Photo from a reader in Houston. See Houston, we have ... Global warming? Climategate: A Willful Ignorance By Alan Caruba 5 Dec 09 - Imagine a child saying, "Make it stop snowing"� or "make the Sun come out." There are more than 16,500 men and women this very day who are gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark at a "Climate Change" �conference based entirely onlies that defy simple truths about how the Earth functions. See Climategate: A Willful Ignorance   Earth could plunge into sudden ice age ‘Big Freeze’ about 12,800 years ago happened within months 2 Dec 09 - There is no reason why such a freeze shouldn't happen again, says this article on MSNBC. I love the headline, I agree with the subtitle, and I  agree that such a freeze could happen again. It's part of the ice-age cycle. Unfortunately, the article veers off on a tangent and tries to blame "global warming." See Earth could plunge into sudden ice age Boxer wants to prosecute whistle blowers instead of lying scientists 4 Dec 09 - She wants to spin it. She wants to call it “email-theft-gate”, not Climategate. Way to go, Babs. This shows your true colors. See Boxer wants to prosecute whistle blowers instead of lying scientists   Switzerland snowfall two to five times normal 2 Dec 09 -An avid skier sent this map showing the % of snowfall across Switzerland as compared to the long-term mean. Switzerland snowfall two to five times normal Climate Change 'Fraud' By John Ingham 2 Dec 09  - The scientific consensus that mankind has caused climate change was rocked yesterday as a leading academic called it a “load of hot air underpinned by fraud”. See Climate Change 'Fraud'   Whistler sets record for monthly snowfall Not just the month of November, but the snowiest month ever   2 Dec 09 - "The Olympic alpine venue recorded its snowiest month ever in November, with 560 centimetres (more than 18 feet) of snow." See Whistler sets record for monthly snowfall Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill 2 Dec 09 - Australia's Parliament defeated legislation to set up a greenhouse gas emissions trading system on Wednesday. The Senate's 41-33 vote followed a tumultuous debate in which the conservative main opposition party dramatically dumped its leader. Three cheers for Australia's Senate! See Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill   Some of the Latest Articles Discussing Climategate:  26 Nov 09 - Investors Business Daily, Viscount Monckton, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Prof. S. Fred Singer. See: Climategate   They don't give a s*** about the science 28 Nov 09 - (Excerpts) - "If you're wondering how the robot-like march of the world's politicians towards Copenhagen can possibly continue in the face of the scientific scandal dubbed "climategate,"  it's because Big Government, Big Business and Big Green don't  give a s*** about "the science." See They don't give a s*** about the science Deliberate distortion of climate data By Alan Caruba "Who can trust the “science” produced by NASA and other U.S. agencies that have benefited from billions in grants directed at so-called climate, i.e. global warming research?" Deliberate distortion of climate data ¡Disastrous snow and cold in Mexico! 1 Dec 09 - It's snowing in ten municipalities in Mexico, and temperatures have plunged to below zero Celsius in twenty municipalities. In the town of El Vergel it is eight below zero.    See Disastrous snow and cold in Mexico   Crops Under Stress As Temperatures Fall 13 Jun  09 - "Our politicians haven't noticed that the problem may be that the world is not warming but cooling, with all the implications that has for whether we get enough to eat," says Christopher Booker. See Crops Under Stress As Temperatures Fall   Secrecy in science is corrosive 27 Nov 09 - Why should taxpayers fund scientists who deliberately delay, obfuscate and deny open access to their research? See Secrecy in science is corrosive US breaks or ties 218 November snowfall records 26 Nov 09 - A couple of these records are over 100 years old See US breaks or ties 218 November snowfall records   Let the Great Global Warming Cover-Up Begin! By Alan Caruba 29 Nov 09 - The battle now is to force the mainstream media to tell the truth about “global warming” and to find out just how many billions of taxpayers dollars have been squandered on junk climate science and policies detrimental to the nation. See Let the Great Global Warming Cover-Up Begin! The malign snowfalls due to global warming 30 Nov 09 - Email from reader in the UK Record snow in Whistler, BC and Mt Baker WA. In Europe, on this last day of November, we're seeing 2 - 3 ft of snow across France, Italy, Switzerland and it will spread to Austria tomorrow. Something to ponder in Copenhagen, perhaps?? See The malign snowfalls due to global warming   Hundreds of icebergs drifting toward New Zealand 23 Nov 09 - More than 100, possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating toward New Zealand - so many icebergs that the flotilla can be seen on satellite images.  Hundreds of icebergs drifting toward New Zealand 16 Nov 09 photo released by the  Australian Antarctic Division Climategate: five Aussie MPs resign in disgust over carbon tax 26 Nov 09 - "For the rapidly increasing number of us who believe that AGW is little more than a scheme by bullying eco-fascists to deprive us  of our liberty, by big government to spread its controlling tentacles into every aspect our lives, and scheming industrialists such as Al Gore to enrich themselves through carbon trading, this principled act by Australia’s Carbon Five is fantastic news." See Climategate: five Aussie MPs resign in disgust over carbon tax   Gore flees in panic from Chicago book signing 25 Nov 09 - (Excerpts) - "Gore bolted from the bookstore, raced down an alley, jumped into a waiting car, and tried to speed off, with protesters chasing after him and banging on the car." See Gore flees in panic from Chicago book signing   Hacked files reveal global warming is a deliberate fraud By Dr. Timothy Ball 21 Nov 09 – "Global Warming is often called a hoax. I disagree because a hoax has a humorous intent to puncture pomposity. The argument that global warming is due to humans known as the anthropogenic global warming theory (AGW) is a deliberate fraud... the (hacked files) provide not just a smoking gun, but an entire battery of machine guns." See Hacked files reveal global warming is a deliberate fraud Some of the Latest Articles Discussing Climategate:  26 Nov 09 - Investors Business Daily Editorial: "Climate Con Job" - Viscount Monckton: 'They Are Criminals" - Wall Street Journal editorial: "Global Warming with the Lid Off"   - "Three Things You Absolutely Must Know About Climategate" - Wall Street Journal - "Climate Emails Stoke Debate" - Wall Street Journal - "Lawmakers Probe Climate Emails" - Wall Street Journal - "Settled Science?" - Wall Street Journal - "You've Taken the Words Out of My Mouth" - Washington Times - "Browner says hacked e-mails don't change anything" - Climategate: some comments by Prof. S. Fred Singer Links to all of these articles here: Great articles discussing Climategate   Phil Jones has collected a staggering $22.6 million in grants 21 Nov 09 - According to this article, Phil Jones, director of the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU), says that he "can't remember" what he meant by "hiding the decline." I wonder if he remembers the $22.6 million in grants. I wonder if he remembers only those things that the IPCC wants him to remember. See Phil Jones has collected $22.6 million in grants Ireland - Worst floods in 800 years 21 Nov 09 - Environment Minister John Gormley said he is undertaking a tour of the worst hit areas from the 'unprecedented flooding' - a once-in- 800-years event. See Ireland - Worst floods in 800 years   Hacked files expose massive global warming con 21 Nov 09 - The University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has been accused of manipulating global warming data. (This matters because the CRU usually works together with the Hadley Centre, one  of the four official sources of global temperature data used by the IPCC.) See Hacked files expose massive global warming con   Magnetic fields trigger solar wind 22 Nov 09 - Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, says this article in Science Daily. (And we don't think we live in an electric universe?) See Magnetic fields trigger solar wind The Gore's Prayer Al Gore, who art in thy fully offset private jet; Nobel-prized be thy name; thy carbon-free kingdom come; on planet Earth (otherwise known as Gaia) as it should be after Copenhagen; give us this day our daily meat-free diet; and forgive us our emissions, though we don’t forgive any other big fat Americans who emit against us; lead us not into exotic holiday flights; and deliver us from climate denial; for the science is settled. Amen.                                        --Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times, 8 Nov 09        I found this jewel on www.SEPP.org No comment 22 Nov 09 – Email from reader - "What I find interesting about the hacked emails is the number of ‘no comments’ being given out. If their work was legit they shouldn't be embarrassed by the messages being released." See entire email and my response: No comment 7,000 buildings collapse in China under heaviest snow on record 13 Nov 09 – Unusually early snowstorms in northern China have caused more than half a billion dollars in damage, including the collapse of more than 7,000 buildings, and damage to 297,000 acres (120,000 hectares) of crops. See 7,000 buildings collapse in China under heaviest snow on record   The latest answers to ‘global cooling’ skeptics 2009 harvest in U.S. midsection one of the latest on record By Climatologist Cliff Harris 20 Nov 09 - Why don’t I agree with AP news reports that "global warming continues to bake the Earth"? Cliff gives his reasons, and mentions crops still "trapped in the fields of mud and slime." See The latest answers to ‘global cooling’ skeptics   The Global Carbon Footprint Scam By Alan Caruba 21 Nov 09 - At the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the many delegates will wine and dine their way through tons of champagne, caviar, and other delicacies while trying to convince everyone the Earth is doomed unless virtually all industrial activity is ended. The Global Carbon Footprint Scam Whistler to break smash November snowfall record today - and it's only the 19th 19 Nov 09 - “We have already received one third of our average annual snowfall for the entire season and it’s only four days into the season." See Whistler to break November snowfall record today   Dream start for virtually every major ski area in northern hemisphere  18 Nov 09 - Huge snowfalls in Italy, Sweden, Japan, Finland, Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, and across North America. Includes the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Rockies, and the Dolomites. See Dream start for virtually every major ski area in northern hemisphere      Fresh snow in the Dolomites Talk about on the rocks - Drillers seek whiskey lost in Antarctica in 1909 16 Nov 09 -  “You'd think that if the ice caps were shrinking/melting this would be an easy task," says reader Paul Mistretta, "but it appears that 'the crates and bottles were too deeply embedded in ice to be dislodged.'" See Talk about on the rocks Libby’s Warns of Canned Pumpkin Shortage 17 Nov 09 - We may run out of canned Libby’s pumpkin before Thanksgiving, warns Paul Bakus, vice president for Nestlé’s baking division. See Libby’s Warns of Canned Pumpkin Shortage Long-time geologist argues CO2 is not causing global warming 12 Nov 09 - Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a natural phenomenon caused by volcanoes and is not responsible for climate change, says Professor Ian Plimer, a geologist from Adelaide University. See Long-time geologist argues CO2 is not causing global warming   The sky IS falling - as snow 18 Nov 09 - "Ten years ago they were squealing that by now ski resorts would be doomed. Another one of the dozens of predictions made by alarmists that hasn't materialized. The sky IS falling - as snow." See The sky IS falling - as snow 'Consensus' on Climate Change Is 'Fake,' Scientists Say A team of scientists has sent a letter to all U.S. senators warning that the claim there is "consensus" in the scientific community on the climate change issue is false. See Consensus on Climate Change Is Fake Another Dalton (sunspot) Minimum predicted! 7 Feb 09 – New research paper forecasts another Dalton (sunspot) Minimum. See Another Dalton Minimum predicted!.. . Icebreaker with 100 penguin-loving tourists stuck in Antarctic ice 17 Nov 09 – Although the icebreaker is about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from clear water, an Argentine official says the ice will delay the vessel's return by only three to six days. See Icebreaker with 100 tourists stuck in Antarctic ice   Climate of fear in retreat 16 Nov 09 - (Dutch article about global cooling). Average global temperature over the last ten years has decreased, while CO2 levels continued rising. This is in conflict with what the upcoming Copenhagen conference would have you believe. See Climate of fear in retreat Hooray for the Brits! Most Britons don't believe climate change is caused by humans 14 Nov 09 - In a poll published just weeks before the global climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, it has been revealed only 41% of British people accept as a scientific fact that the situation is largely man-made. See Hooray for the Brits! Most don't believe climate change caused by humans Gore admits CO2 does not cause majority of global warming 4 Nov 09 - In a potentially devastating blow to the agenda to introduce a world-wide carbon tax and cap and trade system, Al Gore admits that the majority of global warming that occurred until 2001 was not primarily caused by CO2. See Gore admits CO2 does not cause majority of global warming World's oceans supposedly hottest in 130 years - NASA disagrees 20 Aug 09 – “July was the hottest the world's oceans have been in almost 130 years of record-keeping,” says Seth Borenstein. NASA disagrees. (I think Seth could find global warming in a solid block of ice.) See Worlds oceans supposedly hottest in 130 years - NASA disagrees Solar Physicist Predicts Ice Age 6 Jul 09 – Physicist Timo Niroma from Finland notes that the present sunspot cycle has "now gone clearly below" the Dalton level.           See Solar Physicist Predicts Ice Age   Polar Bear Balderdash By Alan Caruba 12 Nov 09 - The Sierra Club is lying. Forty years ago, there were  around 5,000 polar bears. Today, the estimate is about 25,000. They are more likely to survive a new ice age than billions of humans in the northern hemisphere. See Polar Bear Balderdash "No reason to discount the idea that we’re heading into another Little Ice Age, or possibly a major ice age," says meteorologist 31 Aug 09 – During the Maunder Minimum there were no telescopes and satellites with the observational power we have today, so today's long periods without sunspots are even more impressive. We can see small sunspots that would have been missed 100 to 200 years ago. See Possibly heading into another Little Ice Age Gore admits CO2 does not cause majority of global warming 4 Nov 09 - In a potentially devastating blow to the agenda to introduce a world-wide carbon tax and cap and trade system, Al Gore admits that the majority of global warming that occurred until 2001 was not primarily caused by CO2. See Gore admits CO2 does not cause majority of global warming   Geology professor forecasts abrupt cooling 10 Nov 09 - The lack of sun spots has surpassed all records since the Dalton Minimum, suggesting that we may be headed for a Dalton or Maunder type minimum with severe cooling. See Geology professor forecasts abrupt cooling   Too cold to light Olympic Torch 10 Nov 09 – This article tells of global warming's supposed effect on polar bears, then briefly notes that minus 40 degree temperatures made it impractical to light the torch outdoors ... so they needed to do it in a bus. See Too cold to light Olympic Torch Winter snows did not all melt on Italy’s Presena Glacier this summer 10 Nov 09 - 'Their massive base depth last season meant it didn’t all melt over the summer so they have nearly a metre and a half of snow on the glacier ski area already." (The second story of this kind in two years.) See Winter snows did not all melt on Italy’s Presena Glacier this summer Atlanta Flood a 10,000-Year Event 4 Nov 09 - The odds of a 10-inch rain event are just 1 in 10,000, says senior hydrologist Kent Frantz, so the 16.7 inches just west of Douglasville  had odds that went “off the charts." "But I should caution...something like this could happen again.” (Not only could it happen again, I think it is almost inevitable.) See Atlanta Flood a 10,000-Year Event Cold wreaks havoc on Wyoming beet crop 4 Nov 09 - Most beets in northern Wyoming frozen in the ground by unseasonably cold weather just as harvest was beginning. See Cold wreaks havoc on Wyoming beet crop   The Alps growing and shrinking at same rate 6 Nov 09 - Glaciers and rivers erode about exactly the same amount of material from the slopes of the Alps as is regenerated from the deep Earth's crust, says this new study by German and Swiss geoscientists. See The Alps growing and shrinking at same rate Global warming and the price of a gallon of gas “What an amazing fraud; what a scam.” By John Coleman "The ethanol folly is also creating a food crisis throughout the world – it is behind the food price rises for all the grains, for cereals, bread, everything that relies on corn or soy or wheat, including animals that are fed corn, most processed foods that use corn oil or soybean oil or corn syrup. See Global warming and the price of gasoline Major undersea eruptions 4 Nov 09 – Here are links to a couple of cool videos showing huge amounts of ash, rocks and steam emanating from underwater volcanoes. See Major undersea eruptions Forecaster expects Hurricane Ida to "power up" as it crosses Gulf of Mexico  9 Nov 09 - Piers Corbyn at WeatherAction forecasts that Ida will probably power up somewhat more than official forecasts in the next 36hrs and turn slightly to the right hitting US mainland more to the east. See Forecaster expects Hurricane Ida to power up Is Climate Changing In Favor of Ski Resorts? 6 Nov 09 - Heavy snow in the Alps. Heavy snow in Scandinavia. Canadian resorts open, and others announce early opening. Another 20cm of snow for Hemsedal, opening on Saturday. Verbier may open on Saturday. See Is Climate Changing In Favor of Ski Resorts?   Iceagenow.com becoming a gossip site? 6 Nov 09 – Worried email from a reader in Amsterdam. "I fail to see what this article (Human baby born with a tail?) has to do with global warming/cooling or even higher cosmic radiation." See my answer: Iceagenow.com becoming a gossip site?   Human baby born with a tail? 4 Nov 09 - Don't laugh. At birth some human babies have a short “tail-like” growth called a “caudal appendage;’ located near the inferior end of the spinal column. This Muslim baby, born with a tail, was believed to be the reincarnation of a Hindu god. Human baby born with a tail? Set the Flamingos Free! - Minnesotans for Global Warming Song This short video is hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJUFTm6cJXM Thanks to Hans Schreuder for this link Lonnie Thompson and his tinker toy models 3 Nov 09 - The snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone, warns paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson, pointing to supposed increases in the mid- to upper-tropical troposphere. "Not true." says this article on icecap.us. "Thompson sees what he wants to see in the   data.” Lonnie Thompson and his tinker toy models Four to six times normal rainfall swamps crops 21 Oct 09 – Many areas of the Mississippi Delta have received 25 to 40 inches of rainfall over the past 60 days ... anywhere from 400 to over 600 percent of normal. See Four to six times normal rainfall swamps crops Coldest October in New Zealand in more than 25 years 2 Nov 09 – New Zealanders have just shivered through the coldest October in more than 25 years - not long after they enjoyed the warmest August on record, says a climate analyst. See Coldest October in NZ in more than 25 years Author appeared on Coast-to-Coast am with George Noory last night (or this morning, however you look at it) 3 (or 4) Nov 09 - http://www.coasttocoastam.com/   Snow in Beijing 1 Nov 09 - "Usually there are only two or three snows that accumulate like this one in an entire winter here. As I write to you, it is still snowing – large fluffy flakes. And it is November 1st." See Snow in Beijing A monkey's uncle? Nope - Ida only a distant relative 21 Oct 09 - A publicity blitz called Ida "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. However, a new analysis shows that “Ida is as far removed from the monkey-ape- human ancestry as a primate could be.”  See Ida only a distant relative   Copenhagen Climate Treaty: Lord Monckton with Glenn Beck 1 Nov 09 - Is Obama prepared to sign away our democracy, our freedom,and our way of life? All for the global warming lie? See video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23T1vB24bdI Science Museum pumping world-governance agenda 31 Oct 09 – London’s Science Museum is trying to shove its global warming/global governance agenda down your throat. See Science Museum pumping world-governance agenda Two Ft Collins Snow Records Broken, or Established, Depending on your POV - 30 Oct 09 - The storm established two new records for Fort Collins, Colorado: biggest single storm snowfall in October, and the snowiest October on record. See Two Ft Collins Snow Records Broken Prepare for winter or Britain will grind to a halt again, says LGA 30 Oct 09 – The country is ill-prepared for further sub-zero conditions, says the Local Government Association (LGA). A Met Office spokeswoman said there was a 'one-in-seven' chance of a cold winter. See Prepare for winter or Britain will grind to a halt again Cheyenne - Snowiest October on record - Nine times normal! 30 Oct 09 - So far this month, snowfall in Cheyenne, Wyoming, has reached 28.0 inches, a new record for the month of October.  See Cheyenne - Snowiest October on record - Nine times normal! Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty? Please ... take time to view this video clip on YouTube. It’s only four minutes long. Then forward it to your friends. We must rise up and STOP our president from signing this treaty! http://www.pyrabang.com/view.php?ref=thenetprophet&post_id=42151 Thanks to Robert Folaron (and many others) for this link How to be a Jerk By Alan Caruba 26 Oct 09 – "Only ignoramuses think that human beings can change the world’s climate. Oh wait, the President of the United States is critical of the “naysayers” who “make cynical claims” that ignore the alleged scientific evidence about greenhouse gas, i.e., carbon dioxide, emissions. "Move over Hoggan, it turns out that Obama is as big a jerk as you." See How to be a jerk We should fear a deep temperature drop -- not catastrophic global warming, says prominent Russian Scientist 27 Oct 09  - “As for what lies ahead in the upcoming decades, it is not catastrophic warming, but a global, and very prolonged, temperature drop," says Dr. Habibullo Abdussamatov. See We should fear a deep temperature drop-not global warming It’s all about the state getting its hands in your trousers One-minute video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olmag5Cu9TI&feature=player_embedded Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for this link Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is growing 7 Dec 05 – Scientists Joughin and Bamber re-evaluated the mass balances of the ice in Antarctica. "It is clear from the results of this study that the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is not rapidly, or even slowly, wasting away. Quite to the contrary, it is growing." See Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf growing No global warming in New Zealand 26 Oct 09 - Email from a reader in New Zealand See No global warming in New Zealand   Greenland icecap thickens slightly "despite warming" 20 Oct 05 - Greenland's ice-cap has thickened slightly in recent years despite wide predictions of a thaw triggered by global warming, a team of scientists said on Thursday. See Greenland icecap thickens slightly Poll: Far fewer Americans believe in global warming -- Only 36% say warming man-made, down from 47% last year 22 Oct 09 –  New poll finds a sharp decline in the number of Americans who see global warming as a very serious problem. See Poll: Far fewer Americans believe in global warming   Obama hits out at 'naysayers' 23 Oct 09 - President Obama on Friday hit out at naysayers he blamed for peddling "cynical" claims that global warming is a myth. As far as I'm concerned, man-made global warming is not only a myth, it is a lie. See Obama hits out at 'naysayers'   Using "Global Warming" to Steal your Rights By Alan Caruba 22 Oct 09 - "Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary General, Britain’s Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, Australia’s governing body, the European Union, Al Gore and the President of the United States who will attend the UN conference, are all lying." See Using "Global Warming" to Steal your Rights Record low temperatures around the USA Record low temperatures in 18 states - 19 Oct 09   Oops - West Antarctic Ice Sheet not losing ice as fast as we thought 20 Oct 09 — New measurements by GPS Network suggest the rate of ice loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet has been slightly overestimated. See Oops - West Antarctic Ice Sheet not losing ice as fast as we thought Antarctic ice growing, not melting 18 Apr 09 – “Ice is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice cap,” says this article in The Australian. See Antarctic ice growing, not melting   Only Idiots Listen to these "Leaders" By Alan Caruba 19 Oct 09 - "Ever since the first United Nations conference on “global warming” the only goal has been to establish a global government so that the “leaders” could grow wealthy while the rest of mankind is treated like cattle." See Only Idiots Listen to these "Leaders" It’s not about climatology – it’s about freedom By Phil Brennan 20 Oct 09 - Last year the President of the Czech Republic told us, "It’s not about climatology – it’s about freedom." We must rise up and tell Barack Obama that it he signs away our freedom and independence in Copenhagen we will see to it that he will be impeached and driven from office. See It’s not about climatology – it’s about freedom BBC relents over debate on warming 20 Oct 09 – “It’s preposterous to think that human beings change the climate. The natural history of our climate is that we have occasional warm periods and an ice age about every ten thousand years. As a matter of fact, we’re overdue an ice age now.” See BBC relents over debate on warming Deceptive reporting hides truth 18 Oct 09 – Here’s another deceptive article – or if you want to give them the benefit of doubt, deceptive headline - from the Associated Press, entitled “Rising seas threaten Shanghai, other major cities.” See Deceptive reporting hides truth You must cut your lifestyle by 25 to 40 per cent 20 Oct 09 - Speaking at an international summit on climate change in London, Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, said that rich nations need to commit to cut greenhouse gas emissions by between 25 to 40 per cent by 2020. See You must cut your lifestyle by 25 to 40 per cent   Giant Ribbon Discovered at Edge of Solar System 15 Oct 09 – NASA's IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) spacecraft has made the first all-sky maps of the heliosphere - a vast magnetic bubble surrounding the solar system - and the results have taken researchers by surprise. The maps are bisected by a bright, winding ribbon of unknown origin. See Giant Ribbon Discovered at Edge of Solar System Cold reality breaking in on their mad dreams 18 Oct 09 – "Not many people in Britain were aware that 20 per cent of the entire United States was last week covered in snow," says Christopher Booker.  Similarly unseasonable snowfalls blanketed central Europe, the Alps and New Zealand, while "hundreds of Tibetan herdsmen had to be rescued when blizzards swept their summer pastures weeks early." See Cold reality breaking in on their mad dreams Penn State tailgates cancelled due to snow 16 Oct 09 - Email from reader - Unfortunately for the Penn State/ Minnesota game, a half foot of global warming snow lays on the lots and no cars or RV's will be able to park there.  Even on the paved lots no tailgating will be allowed. See Penn State tailgates cancelled due to snow   20% of U.S. already covered in snow 14 Oct 09 - Early autumn snowstorms in the northern Midwest and northern Rockies are not only sticking around longer, they are expanding further south as the winter season begins. See 20% of U.S. already covered in snow Record low temperatures around the USA Record low temperatures in 19 states - 12 Oct 09 Record low temperatures in 21 states - 11 Oct 09  Record low temperatures in 18 states - 10 Oct 09   Montana: Record low temperatures smashed by 14 degrees 18 Oct 09 - Also set record for the number of days in a row that record temperatures occurred (more than 110 years of records). See Montana: Record low temperatures smashed by 14 degrees Rapid increase in Northern Hemisphere snowcover 14 Oct 09 - From 2% below to 2% above 10-yr climatology See Rapid increase in Northern Hemisphere snowcover Upcoming winter will be a shocker to millions across the world By Mark Vogan 17 Oct 09 – "In the next 20 years, we shall see new stunning cold records written, a new era of cold is arriving and this winter approaching may be the start to a trend." See Upcoming winter will be a shocker to millions across the world Frost on Pumpkin Debunks Global Warming Tales By Phil Brennan 14 Oct 09 - “For the past decade, global temperatures have been falling, yet Congress and the Obama administration are bound and determined to enact into law a Draconian measure known as cap and trade that will cripple the economy and send tens of thousands of jobs abroad." Brennan goes on to quote “iceagenow.com’s brilliant Robert Felix.” (Has a good ring to it, don't you think?) See Frost on Pumpkin Debunks Global Warming Tales Chicago: Chilliest October in 133 years 15 Oct 09 – “Chicago's average temperature over the month's first 15 days slipped Thursday to 47.3-degrees---the city's chilliest October open in the 133 years since 1876,” says WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling. See Chicago: Chilliest October in 133 years   Are sunspots set to disappear? 3 Sep 09 – “Sunspot magnetic fields are dropping by about 50 gauss per year," says researcher Matt Penn of the National Solar Observatory (NSO). "If we extrapolate this trend into the future, sunspots could completely vanish around the year 2015." See Are sunspots set to disappear? Early snow records set to be broken in Austria 12 Oct 09 - Austria’s provincial capitals are expected to see their earliest snowfalls in history today as Arctic air sweeps the country. See Early snow records set to be broken in Austria Holdren: Ice age will kill 1 billion by 2020 Obama's science chief blames humans By Jerome R. Corsi 9 Oct  09 -  “White House science czar John Holdren has predicted 1 billion people will die in ‘carbon-dioxide induced famines’ in a coming new ice age by 2020,” says this article on World Net Daily.   See Holdren: Ice age will kill 1 billion by 2020   Coldest early October ever in Lincoln, Nebraska 12 Oct 09  - Plus, more snow in one day than North Platte has ever received in the full month of October! See Coldest early October ever in Lincoln, Nebraska   Farmers cannot harvest some areas in SD because it is so wet 13 Oct 09 – Email from a reader - Local farmers cannot harvest some areas because it is so wet.  The big machines just sink in and get stuck in the fields; not to mention the muddy roads that pose a problem for the grain trucks.  See Farmers cannot harvest some areas in SD because it is so wet Europe getting a snowstorm this week, too 13 Oct 09 – Email from reader in the UK - This week in Europe it will snow too in the mountains - down to 1000m tomorrow with between 40 and 75cm in several ranges in Northern Switzerland and Western Austria. See Europe getting a snowstorm this week, too   UK’s Sunday Times goes skeptic big time 11 Oct 09 - The carbon dioxide level now measures 380 parts per million. What people don’t know, is that the carbon dioxide level 80 million years ago – when our mammalian ancestors were evolving – was at least 1,000 ppm. See UK's Sunday Times goes skeptic big time   Western Montana cold shatters records 12 Oct 09 - "We haven't just set new records, we've blown them out of the water." See Western Montana cold shatters records   BBC asks, “What happened to global warming?” 9 Oct 09 - “For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures,” admits this article by BBC correspondent Paul Hudson. “The warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998.” See BBC asks What happened to global warming? Record low temperatures around the USA Record low temperatures in 10 states (66 records) - 5 Oct 09 Record low temperatures in 12 states (61 records) - 4 Oct 09 Record low temperatures in 15 states (139 records) - 3 Oct 09 Record low temperatures in 20 states (154 records) - 2 Oct 09 Record low temperatures in 15 states (94 records) - 1 Oct 09 Should we spend 50 trillion dollars to avoid one trillion dollars damage? 1 Oct 09 – “The last thing the world needs is a global trade war sparked by European attempts to bully the world into adopting its climate change policies ... to shelter its industries from the economic damage its climate policies will impose." See Should we spend 50 trillion dollars to avoid one trillion dollars damage?   Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High 28 Sep 09 - “This is the precursor to everything you have been writing about,” says reader Dan Welch. According to sensors on NASA's ACE spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have just hit a Space Age high. See Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High Vegas ski resort to open a record seven weeks early 7 Oct 09 - The 2009-2010 season at the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort is underway, the earliest the resort has ever been open. See Vegas ski resort to open a record seven weeks early   More than 950 earthquakes in California in past week 7 Oct 09 - Earthquake activity seems to be increasing in the California/ Nevada region. More than 950 'quakes in the past week. See More than 950 earthquakes in California in past week "Even if this was the middle of winter this is extreme" 6 Oct 09 – New Zealand: Two major North Island highways remain closed after unseasonal heavy snow days stranded motorists for two nights. "Even if this was the middle of winter this is extreme," said WeatherWatch head analyst Philip Duncan.      Since it's Fall in the north, it's Spring in NZ, says reader      Travis Hill. They had a spring snowstorm that put their      winter snowstorms to shame.   See Even if this was the middle of winter this is extreme   This may be one for the record books 5 Oct 09 – Bellevue, ID – “This may be one for the record books, not only how early this heavy fall snowstorm is, but the fact that it appears to have created the earliest snow day in the history of the Blaine County School District." See This may be one for the record books More than 70 earthquakes hit Central California in six days 3 Oct 09 – “Several geologists are concerned it may have an effect on the farther north Cascadia Subduction Zone which begins in Northern California and follows the Pacific coast to Alaska.” See More than 70 earthquakes hit Central California in six days   Could magnetic twisters have created the Carolina Bays? 23 Sep 09 – Today, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will fly a mere 142 miles above Mercury's surface. Much attention will be given to new craters possibly created by magnetic twisters. See Could magnetic twisters have created the Carolina Bays? Cherry Picking the Numbers – A scientific scandal 29 Sep 09 – “A scientific scandal is casting a shadow over a number of recent peer-reviewed climate papers,” says this article by Andrew Orlowski. It’s also casting a shadow on IPCC assessments. At least eight papers showing an uptick in temperatures are in question. A number of these involve senior climatologists at the British climate research centre CRU at the University East Anglia. See Cherry Picking the Numbers – A scientific scandal Huge power grab: Increasing energy prices will guarantee a longer, deeper recession 1 Oct 09 - Unwilling to wait for Congress to act, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving forward on new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from 14,000 coal-burning power plants, refineries and big industrial complexes.  See Huge power grab: Increasing energy prices will guarantee a longer, deeper recession Arctic sea-ice 500,000 square kilometers (190,000 sq miles) more than at this time last year By Christopher Booker 05 Sep 09 – "The extent of the ice now is 500,000 sq km (190,000 sq miles) greater than it was this time last year – which was, in turn, 500,000 sq km more than in September 2007." See Arctic sea-ice 500,000 sq km more than last year Climate change proposals "another heavy burden," says Czech President Vaclav Klaus 27 Sep 09 – Klaus is a climate skeptic, a great defender of individual freedom and he distrusts socialist governments. Our current economic crisis "was basically a failure of governments, not markets," says Klaus.    See Climate change proposals another heavy burden, says Czech President Magnetic tornadoes gouge Mercury's surface - Could this explain what created the Carolina Bays? 2 Jun 09 – Through a process called "sputtering," solar wind particles  crashing into Mercury's surface gouge atoms out of the surface with sufficient energy to launch them into ballistic trajectories. See Magnetic tornadoes gouge Mercury's surface Climate-change legislation almost certainly dead 26 Sep 09 - “Climate-change legislation (a.k.a. cap-and-trade) is almost certainly dead for this year, which means that American negotiators will go empty-handed to the Copenhagen summit in December,” says Newsweek writer Howard Fineman. See Climate-change legislation almost certainly dead   Global Warming or Global Freezing: is the ice really melting? Or our wallets? 24 Sep 09 – “President Obama just made a melodramatic appeal at the United Nations for global measures to dramatically curb what he called “the climate threat … or as they now slyly term it, “climate change.” See Our wallets will be melting - not the ice Czech president says U.N. climate meeting was “propagandistic” 27 Sep 09 – "Czech President Vaclav Klaus sharply criticized a U.N. meeting on climate change on Tuesday at which U.S. President Barack Obama was among the top speakers, describing it as propagandistic and undignified,” says this article from Reuters. See Czech president - U.N. climate meeting was “propagandistic” Oh really Dr Betts? 29 Sep 09 - Four degrees of warming 'likely' by 2070, says this alarmist article on BBC. "Oh really Dr Betts? Carbon dioxide does not possess the ability to trap heat and make the atmosphere warmer," says analytical chemist Hans Schreuder. "All of our energy problems would be solved by this kind of magic.” See Oh really Dr Betts? The weather says NO to UN climate talks! – Solar activity key determinate of climate 24 Sep 09 - "There is no evidence of any correlation between CO2 and extreme weather events or that changes in hurricane incidence correlate with world temperatures,” said astrophysicist Piers Corbyn. See The weather says NO to UN climate talks! IPCC's own table refutes their claim that humans are prime source of increases in CO2 23 Sep 09 – The IPCC is so messed up that their own publications refute their conjecture. Their own table refutes their claim that humans are the prime source of increases in CO2. IPCC table refutes claim that humans are prime source of CO2 increases   Ten trillion dollars down the rat hole - and a step toward global governance 3 Sep 09 - “The global-warming bill moving through Congress would cost the nation nearly $10 trillion – while doing virtually nothing to stop warming,” warns this article in the New York Post. See Ten trillion dollars down the rat hole      Colder today than 800 years ago The Dog Ate Global Warming By Patrick J. Michaels 23 Sep 09 - “The data needed to verify the gloom-and-doom warming forecasts have disappeared. Apparently, they were either lost or purged from some discarded computer. Only a very few people know what really happened, and they aren’t talking much. And what little they are saying makes no sense." See The Dog Ate Global Warming Earth approaching sunspot records 21 Sep 09 - "The sun's recent activity, or lack thereof, may be linked to the pleasant summer temperatures the midwest has enjoyed this year, said Charlie Perry, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Lawrence. See Earth approaching sunspot records Snow in Colorado mountains today - cold in Denver 21 Sep 09 – The season's first widespread snowfall is expected to hit the mountains today with accumulations of up to 4 inches above 7,500 feet. More than 10 inches of snow has already fallen on Conifer, CO. See Snow in Colorado mountains today - cold in Denver The Arctic is NOT warming faster 18 Sep 09 - The Washington Post recently praised a new study claiming that the Arctic is warming much faster than originally thought. But the study is based on bogus science. See The Arctic is NOT warming faster Colorado snow prompts ski area to turn on snowmaking machines early 22 Sep 09 - Light snow was reported Monday in Vail and other mountain towns, and more was expected Tuesday. At least 3 inches of snow fell in parts of the foothills west of Denver. See Colorado snow prompts ski area to turn on snowmaking machines early Atlanta floods shatter old records - Just imagine if that had been snow! 22 Sep 09 - Heavy rains exceeding fifteen inches have soaked the Atlanta, Georgia region over the past two days, triggering widespread major flooding and shattering records set as long ago as 1919 ... with the water still rising in some areas. See Atlanta floods shatter old records   "Yes, the President is lying" By Alan Caruba 19 Sep 09 - "Taxing Americans at a time when they need to hold on to their money is wrong and stupid, but doing so in the name of reducing “global warming” when there hasn’t been any global warming for a decade and the planet is looking at ten, twenty or more years of cooling isn’t just wrong, it’s the worst kind of lie. Yes, the President is lying. See Yes the president is lying Sun buffets Earth with streams of energy even during sunspot minimums 18 Sep 09 – Challenging conventional wisdom, a new study finds that the earth was bombarded last year with high levels of solar energy at a time when the Sun was unusually quiet and sunspots had virtually disappeared. See Sun buffets Earth with streams of energy even during sunspot minimums Scientists pull about-face on global warming Admit that the earth is cooling  – for now 15 Sep 09 – Last week one of the leading climate modelers in the world, who has been pushing the IPCC's contention that humans are causing global warming, conceded the Earth has not warmed for nearly a decade and that we are likely entering one or even two decades during which temperatures cool. Why has this not received more headlines? See Scientists pull about-face on global warming – for now Do dead dinosaurs fuel our cars? No, say the Russians 12 Sep 09 - The assumption that oil and other "fossil fuels" come from dead dinosaurs and other dead matter has been an article of faith for centuries, says Financial Post writer Lawrence Solomon. But many Russians and Ukrainians insist that oil is formed far beneath the surface of the earth. See Do dead dinosaurs fuel our cars?   The Great Copenhagen Liar’s Conference By Alan Caruba 15 Sep 09 – In December, a conference sponsored by the United Nations will gather in Copenhagen to explore ways to “prevent global warming.” The Sun, however, is not cooperating. It now appears that the Sun is heading towards what is called ‘a grand minimum’ as we saw in the Little Ice Age.” See Great Copenhagen Liar’s Conference New research finds no link between global warming and stronger El Niño Also finds link between 1918 El Niño and Flu Pandemic 15 Sep 09 —  New research shows that the 1918-19 El Niño - which  occurred before significant warming - was one of the strongest of the century. This makes it difficult to argue that El Niños have been getting stronger, says Benjamin Giese, a professor of oceanography at Texas A&M University. See No link between global warming and stronger El Niños   More than a million angry voters descend on Washington, DC Media tries to hide extent of protest 15 Sep 09 – The media is trying to downplay the enormity of this protest, but more than a million angry voters descended on Washington, DC on Saturday. They were protesting the government’s attempts to remove their freedoms and control their lives. See More than a million angry voters "Absurd" - "Ignorant" Global warming not causing California wildfires, says meteorologist - (Video) 10 Sep 09 - Absurd, says meteorologist Joe Bastardi. People are either ignorant when they tell you this, or they don't want you to know. Satellite measurements show that temperatures have been going down. See Global warming not causing California wildfires O’Reilly interviews Accuweather meteorologist Joe Bastardi (Video) 13 Sep 09 – "Common sense dictates that a trace gas needed for life on the planet would not be the cause for destroying life on the planet." See O’Reilly interviews Accuweather meteorologist Joe Bastardi     NOAA: Summer Temperature Below Average for U.S. 10 Sep 09 – Michigan experienced its fifth, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota their seventh, Nebraska its eighth, and Iowa its ninth coolest summer. Records date back to 1895.  See NOAA: Summer Temperature Below Average for U.S. First White Christmas in Years 14 Sep 09 – Email from a reader in Washington I live in Vancouver Washington. This last year was the first White Christmas that I have seen in more years then I can remember. See Record Low Temperatures across the US   Surprise method of transferring energy from solar wind to Earth's magnetosphere 9 Sep 09 - "This discovery is like finding it got hotter when the sun went down," said Larry Lyons, UCLA professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences. (I wonder what would happen during a magnetic reversal.) See Surprise method of transferring energy from solar wind to Earth's magnetosphere UK public smarter than its leaders 11 Sep 09 – “The British public has become more sceptical about climate change over the last five years, according to a survey. Twice as many people now agree that "claims that human activities are changing the climate are exaggerated". See UK public smarter than its leaders   Leader of None - Obama’s global warming policies have few followers By Paul Driessen No electricity means no refrigeration, to keep food and medicines from spoiling. No water purification, to reduce baby-killing intestinal diseases. No modern heating and air conditioning, to reduce hypothermia in winter, heat stroke in summer, and lung disease year-round. No lights or computers, no modern offices, factories, schools, shops, clinics or hospitals. See Leader of None   Waiting in line to fill your tank 11 Sep 09 – This video by ABC’s John Stossel talks about government-run healthcare systems, but it’s a great reminder of what a government-run energy program would look like. See Waiting in line to fill your tank   No magnetic reconnection? 10 Sep 09 - “This Magnetic Reconnection confusion has gone far enough,” says reader Dennis Cowdrick. (See my article about magnetic reconnection Explosions in the sky - magnetic reconnection.) It is a misconception that magnetic fields can be open ended and can release energy by “merging” or “reconnecting.” See No magnetic reconnection Indian Scientists Debunk UN Glacier Retreat Claim 28 Aug 09 – Disputing the forecast made by the IPCC that the glaciers in the world's highest mountain range could vanish within three decades, V. K. Raina, a leading glaciologist and former Additional Director-General of Geological Survey of India (GSI), claimed recently that the glaciers are undergoing natural changes which are witnessed periodically. See Indian Scientists Debunk UN Glacier Retreat Claim Open Letter to Gordon Brown By Analytical Chemist Hans Schreuder 1 Sep 09 - “The amount of energy humans generate annually is equivalentto that received by Earth from the Sun every hour." See Open Letter to Gordon Brown   NASA News: Are Sunspots Disappearing? 3 Sep 09 –  “Sunspot magnetic fields are dropping by about 50 gauss per year,” says researcher Matt Penn of the National Solar Observatory (NSO) in Tucson, Arizona. “If we extrapolate this trend into the future, sunspots could completely vanish around the year 2015.” See NASA News: Are Sunspots Disappearing? “Unseasonable” storm bringing one to two feet of snow to Cascades 4 Sep 09 - According to the National Weather Service, "the snow level will fall to around 6,000 feet by Sunday... One to two feet of new snow is expected above the snow level." See  “Unseasonable” storm bringing one to two feet of snow to Cascades Global warming and the sun 1 Sep 09 -- "Excellent (surprising!) article that got by the L.A. Times censors, on how and why sunspots warm the planet more that solar output would suggest is possible." See Global warming and the sun Geomagnetic super-storm sets telegraph papers on fire On Sep 2, a billion-ton coronal mass ejection slammed into the earth's magnetic field. The glow awoke campers in the Rockies in the middle of the night, who thought the sun was rising. But no, it was the Northern Lights ... exactly 150 years ago today. See Geomagnetic super-storm sets telegraph papers on fire   Explosions in the sky - magnetic reconnection 31 Aug 09 – They laughed when I wrote of explosions in the sky during magnetic reversals. Well, here’s an article from NASA showing how feasible that really is. See Explosions in the sky - magnetic reconnection Farmers' Almanac predicts bitter cold for much of this winter Frigid temperatures across three-quarters of the US 31 Aug 09 -  “Very cold and bitterly cold” is how the Farmers’ Almanac describes the winter in the Great Lakes, Plains, and South Central states. It's going to be an "ice cold sandwich," says editor Peter Geiger. See Farmers' Almanac predicts bitter cold for much of this winter The Minnesota summer of 69° – brrrr May portend a colder-than-normal winter 31 Aug 09 – For the members of the Minnesota Sinfonia, the July 17 performance at the Lake Harriet band shell was doubly memorable. But the applause wasn't very loud. "I think most of them were wearing mittens," said Sinfonia manager Raphael Fishman. See The Minnesota summer of 69° – brrrr   The sun has been blank of official sunspots for 50 days in a row - only the 4th time the sun has been blank for at least 50 days since 1849. 30 Aug 09 - See all spotless-day-streak records: http://users.telenet.be/j.janssens/Spotless/Spotless.html   August Ends With Near-Record Cold in Chicago 31 Aug 09 - The record low for Aug. 31 is 47 degrees, set in 1872.  Overnight Sunday into Monday, the nippy readings were close, and in some areas even lower. See August Ends With Near-Record Cold in Chicago Agriculture Disaster Declared - Frost Destroys Grapes in North 29 Aug 09 – The United States Department of Agriculture has designated Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties as Ag-disaster areas after an unseasonal frost severely damaged vineyard crops in the Lake Erie Region in May. See Agriculture Disaster Declared - Frost Destroys Grapes in North. Alaska Senator Hosts Climate-Change Junket 24 Aug 09 - Sen. Mark Begich says he'll host four other senators on a "climate change" tour this weekend in Alaska. “The senators will see retreating glaciers, forests damaged by invasive species, and drying wetlands.”           - Do you think he'll mention that Alaska's glaciers are             growing for the first time in 250 years?              - Do you think he'll take them to see the Hubbard Glacier,             which in May was advancing seven feet per day? See Alaska Senator Hosts Climate-Change Junket Climate Chains - A Documentary 29 Aug 09 - The proposed Cap-and-Trade (Control-and-Tax) legislation would give government a portal into every aspect of y our life.  The affordable, dependable and abundant energy upon which any great civilization is built is about to be rationed.  See Climate Chains -  A Documentary Temps dropping into the 30's - and it isn't even September 28 Aug 09 - Email from a reader in New Mexico: "It has really aggravated me how the democratic liberals are pushing the 'climate change' (AGW). You have a new following of people here in this area of NW New Mexico." See Temps dropping into the 30's - and it isn't even September   Blank Sun Continues 28 Aug 09 - The face of the sun has looked exactly the same for the past seven weeks--utterly blank. "Solar minimum is shaping up to be a big event indeed." See Blank Sun Continues Massive supercomputer used to predict climate change one of Britain's worst polluters Notice how they're calling it 'climate change" now? They know damn well that it's not warming any more. 27 Aug 09 - The building that houses the 48-million-dollar supercomputer in the Met Office's headquarters “has now been named as one of the worst buildings in Britain for pollution - responsible for more than 12,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year." See Massive supercomputer used to predict climate change one of Britain's worst polluters World's oceans supposedly hottest in 130 years - NASA disagrees 20 Aug 09 – “July was the hottest the world's oceans have been in almost 130 years of record-keeping,” says Seth Borenstein. NASA disagrees. (I think Seth could find global warming in a solid block of ice.) See Worlds oceans supposedly hottest in 130 years - NASA disagrees Desperate Strategies for Desperate Times By Patrick J. Michaels 24 Aug 09 - "The great unwashed who live outside the Beltway or somewhere other than Manhattan are in open revolt, and not just against Obama’s health care proposals. By mandating a reduction of over 80% in current emissions by 2050, Waxman-Markey will allow the average American the same carbon dioxide emissions of the average American in 1867. See Desperate Strategies for Desperate Times They can't even run the Cash for Clunkers program ... and they want to run our entire energy system? Lawrence Solomon: New Ice Age could be coming 24 Aug 09 – “Earth could soon be entering a new Ice Age, according to scientists at Oregon State University and other institutions, in a study to be released this week by Science magazine. See Lawrence Solomon: New Ice Age could be coming Food Shortages Coming to America? 22 Aug 09 – In this article, Holly Deyo tells of Iowa farmers who have "already sent their bulls and pigs off and are not planting the usual late crops. They are convinced of an early winter and are preparing for it." See Food Shortages Coming to America? Drop in World Temperature Challenges "Consensus” 20 Aug 09 – “Official government measurements show that the world’s temperature has cooled a bit since reaching its most recent peak in 1998. "That’s given global warming skeptics new ammunition to attack the prevailing theory of climate change,” See Drop in World Temperature Challenges "Consensus” Brisk July portends frigid, snowy winter, say experts 27 Jul 09 – “July's below-average temperatures could mean heavy snowfalls and bitter cold this winter along the Eastern Seaboard, says AccuWeather’s chief meteorologist, Joe Bastardi. See Brisk July portends frigid, snowy winter, say experts Fun comic – When global warming makes Hell freeze over  http://www.gocomics.com/features/251/feature_ items/445348?msg_id=496003,445348 Thanks to Jimmy Walter for this link   44 Days Without a Sunspot - Among the Top 10 Longest 23 Aug 09 - Today marked the 44th 20 Aug 09 – Today marked the 41st straight day without a sunspot, says meteorologist Joseph D’Aleo. By this time into it, "most of the last 5 solar cycles had recovered, in one case already to the solar max." See 41 Days Without a Sunspot NOAA fudging the numbers 25 Jul 09 – “I saw your story about June ocean temps,” says my friend Dan Hammer at ClimatePatrol.com. “The problem is that satellite data does not support the claim. Only NOAA seems to think it was one of the warmest.  See NOAA fudging the numbers World destroyed in conflagration every 10,800 years 23 Aug 09 - I've just been re-reading Immanuel Velikovsky's 1950 book Worlds in Collision. Velikovsky writes of Heraclitus, who "taught that the world is destroyed in conflagration after every period of 10,800 years." If you've read Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps, you'll understand why these words jumped out at me. See World destroyed in conflagration every 10,800 years Eight inches of snow in Wyoming...in August - Short video 19 Aug 09 – Snow in the Big Horn Mountains in northern Wyoming. http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?from= email&bcpid=823425597&bclid=877032 950&bctid=34591956001 Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for this link   Coldest July on record in six states    10 Aug 09 – What concerns me is that many of these states were covered with glaciers during the last ice age, while the states lying to the south weren’t much colder than today. See Coldest July on record in six states “Where did summer go?” asks NOAA Wyoming temperatures 10-20 degrees below normal Casper on pace for coolest summer on record 19 Aug 09 – Low temperatures in Wyoming this past weekend were 10-20 degrees below average.  Snow fell generally above 9000 feet with a few inches in the Bighorns above 10000 feet. Brrr!  See “Where did summer go?” asks NOAA Australian Senate Kills Cap and Trade (Control and Tax) - Will U.S. Follow? 13 Aug 09 - Senators voted 42 to 30 against the law. “This was accomplished by people speaking up for the truth,” says chemical engineer Bob Ashworth. “It gives me hope that the charlatans don't always get their way.  I hope the US senate does the same thing.” See Australian Senate Kills Cap and Trade (Control and Tax) "It's the Sun!" – the rest is a “pyramid of nonsense,” says astrophysicist 16 Aug 09 - "The problem is there is no evidence to back up their pyramid of nonsense. It is timely hype in an attempt to bash politicians to stay on the Global Warming & Carbon trading bandwagon to stop its wheels falling off at the Copenhagen summit in October.” "It's the Sun!" – the rest is a “pyramid of nonsense,”says astrophysicist Astronomers: ‘Sun’s output may decline significantly - inducing another Little Ice Age’ 17 Aug 09 - Dr. Richard Mackey. Mackey authored a 2007 peer-reviewed study that found that the solar system regulates the earth's climate...inducing another Little Ice Age. See Astronomers: ‘Sun’s output may decline significantly - inducing another Little Ice Age’ Has the USGS sold out? - Show us the list! 7 Aug 09 - "Benchmark glaciers shrinking at faster rate," screamed the headline. Winter snowpacks have tapered off, says USGS scientist. Three glaciers in Washington and Alaska have therefore shown a rapid and sustained retreat. (Actual numbers show a 22% INCREASE in snow pack across the Washington and Oregon Cascade Mountains.) See Has the USGS sold out? Canada’s Northwest Passage remains clogged with ice 1 Aug 09 - Despite predictions by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center of a near-record meltdown by the end of this summer, the  Canadian Ice Service says pockets of more extensive winter freezing and concentrations of thicker, older ice at several key “choke points” are complicating ship travel in the Northwest Passage this year. See Canada’s Northwest Passage remains clogged with ice Scientists create non-organic hydrocarbons - could they also be formed in the sky? 29 Jul 09 – The oil and gas that fuels our homes and cars that (supposedly) started out as living organisms that then died - could they have been formed without organic matter? The answer appearsto be yes. Scientists have found that ethane and heavier hydrocarbons can be synthesized under intense pressure and temperature. See Scientists create non-organic hydrocarbons - could they also be formed in the sky?   Snow in Peru in August 15 Aug 09 - Hello Robert! After several months of no writing to you I decided to send you another report from Peru. It looks that the freezing level in the Andes has dropped consistently in recent several weeks. See Snow in Peru in August Frost Warnings Surrounding Edmonton Alberta! In August!!! 14 Aug 09 - I am an avid reader of your site, and your book “Not by fire but by Ice.” What’s happening in the world today really scares me. Especially when the truth about global cooling is staring you right in the face! There won't be much food left to buy! See Frost Warnings Surrounding Edmonton! In August!!! Diamonds raining from the sky at a magnetic reversal 3 Jan 09 – Speculation raged across the internet yesterday after an article in the journal Science told of diamonds drizzling to the earth by the ton, supposedly caused by a comet exploding in mid-air.   Forget comets. The evidence points to the Gothenburg magnetic reversal. Magnetic reversals cause extinctions, and they trigger evolutionary leaps. See Diamonds raining from the sky – at a magnetic reversal Who in the hell is writing our laws? 13 Aug 09 - President Obama says he hasn't had time to read the laws that he's trying to shove down our throats. Our Senators say that they haven't read them either. Nor have our Congressmen. So who in the hell is writing our laws? See Who in the hell is writing our laws?   Fist of an Angry God? 9 Aug 09 - Something - no one knows what - has punched through Saturn’s narrow F ring. Discover Magazine says it’s “Like the Fist of an Angry God.” See Fist of an angry God Ice ages linked to orbital variations and slight shifts in solar radiation? 14 Aug 09 – Email from reader - What??!! Your posting yesterday is pure heretic talk. According to a famous Nobel Prize winner, total solar irradiance has nothing to do with Earth’s climate. See Ice ages linked to orbital variations and slight shifts in solar radiation?   I Accuse Alan Caruba accuses the IPCC of creating a huge hoax based on the lie that carbon dioxide plays a role in the alleged warming process. He further accuses the President and politicians from both political parties. See I Accuse 100 inches (8 feet) of rain in two days! 9 Aug 09 - A world record See video: 8 feet of rain in two days Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for this link   Cash for Clunkers What good will that new car sitting in the driveway be if you can't get any gasoline to run it? Our lawmakers want to force us to cut our energy usage by eighty percent. That would take us back to horse-and-buggy days ... back to the 1860s. They want to force us. Not a pretty word. Where are the hurricanes? Americans lied to big time 7 Aug 09 - Email from a reader I'd like to see what the excuse is now from idiots like Gore and members of the liberal media who screamed 4 years ago that we'll have "Katrina like" hurricanes every year striking the Northeast by now because of global warming??? See Where are the hurricanes? Americans lied to big time   I just could not put it down 8 Aug 09 - I received the books last night.  I started with “Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps”.  I just could not put it down.  I will need to read it many times before I can even begin to digest the depth of the knowledge it contains. See fantastic reviews   No tomatoes in Wisconsin either 7 Aug 09 - Email from a reader in Wisconsin "The article about the Nebraska tomatoes was   fun. At least they have fruit on their vines. See No tomatoes in Wisconsin either   Cold weather affecting Nebraska tomatoes  1 Aug 09 - "By now, many vegetable gardeners would be layering fat slices of tomatoes on a plate and eating them like watermelon. But not this year. It has been one of the 10 coolest Julys on record." Cold weather affecting Nebraska tomatoes  Record lows dispel global warming myth By Philip Brennan 5 Aug 09 - Former Vice President Albert Arnold Gore Jr., the father of the great global warming hoax, is having a serious problem with Mother Nature: she's refusing to cooperate with his campaign to convince the world that our planet is well on the way towards barbecuing itself on a spit. See Record lows dispel global warming myth   More than 60 German Scientists Dissent Over Global Warming Claims!  By Marc Morano 4 Aug 09 - More than 60 prominent German scientists have publicly declared their dissent from man-made global warming fears in an Open Letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The more than 60 signers of the letter include several United Nations IPCC scientists. See More than 60 German Scientists Dissent Over Global Warming Claims!   Coldest July on record in many cities in east and central US  By meteorologist Joseph D’Aleo 31 Jul 09 - In Central Park only one day has reached above 85 degrees so far this summer...the fewest days above 85 on record at Central Park since records began in 1869. See Coldest July on record in many cities in east and central US Met Office winter forecast 'reckless misleading nonsense without scientific basis or skill,' says astrophysicist 3 Aug 09 - The Met Office 'forecast' for winter 2009-10 to be probably milder and wetter than average is nonsense, says astrophysicist Piers Corbyn. Statistically speaking the opposite to what they say has a success score of 5/5. The Met Office stupidity cost the economy billions of pounds.  See Met Office winter forecast 'reckless misleading nonsense   Bare-faced lies - glacier advances but headline screams "global warming" 31 Jul 09 - Today the Daily Mail Reporter ran a series of photos showing the rapid advance of the Breidamerkurjokull glacier. But their headline shouted "How global warming is changing the face of the northern hemisphere."  See Bare-faced lies - glacier advances but headline screams global warming Did an ice age boost human brain size? Or a magnetic reversal? 29 Jul 09 - "Some 2.5 million years ago, our ancestors' brains expanded from a mere 600 cubic centimetres to about a litre. Two new studies suggest it is no fluke that this brain boom coincided with the onset of an ice age." See Did an ice age boost human brain size? Or a magnetic reversal? Climate Revolt: World's Largest Science Group 'Startled' By Outpouring of Scientists Rejecting Man-Made Climate Fears! Clamor for Editor to Be Removed!   By Marc Morano 29 Jul 09 - Scientists seek to remove cli