In case you don’t keep an eye on our Climate Science News page and missed any of these, here’s a list of good climate science stories from March (& maybe a few from February and April).
For other news roundups like this, check out the options on the side of this page and click through to the ones that interest you.
This is what the abbreviations below stand for:
- CC: Climate Central
- CDC: Climate Denial Crock of the Week
- CP: Climate Progress
- EI: Earth Institute
- G: Guardian
- GWIR: Global Warming is Real
- HP: Huffington Post
- NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NYT: New York Times
- O: Other
- PS: Planetsave
- R: Reuters
- RC: RealClimate
- SS: Skeptical Science
March 30-April 2, 2011
Note: I got a little behind sharing stories from Real Climate. Some of the stories below are from previous days and weeks.
- Unforced variations: Apr 2011 (RC)
- Making climate science more useful (RC)
- Friday round-up (RC)
- Blogging climate scientists (RC)
- Natural disasters? (G)
- Cleaner Vehicle Standards Good for Health, Agriculture, Climate (NASA)
- WattsUpWithThat: Psychic seals have evolved ability to predict future climate AND they know it’s cooling – Apparently, the seals believe a debunked theory that Global Cosmic Rays drive climate. Or maybe they just watch Fox News. (CP)
- New diets for cows, sheep could cut emissions: report (R)
- Soot and global warming (SS)
- Scientists release early results from global warming assessment (G)
- GOP’s only scientists at ‘Scopes’ climate hearing are Richard Muller and John Christy. Go figure! – Skeptical Science debunks more Muller disinformation (CP)
- New Book on Link Between Climate Change and Human Health (You Can Win It) (CT)
- Climate Change and Health, Epic New Book Out.. & You Can Win It! (PS)
- Debunking Climate Myths from Politicians (SS)
- Nature surprise: Aircraft contrails “may be causing more climate warming today than all the carbon dioxide emitted by aircraft since the start of aviation.” (CP)
March 27-30, 2011
- Understanding Solar Evolution Part 2: Planets (SS)
- Berkeley temperature team explains attack on its initial findings by WattsUpWithThat was pure fabrication (CP)
- Tim Pawlenty: “Every one of us” running for president has flip-flopped on climate change (CP)
- Climate, health, agricultural and economic impacts of tighter vehicle-emission standards (NASA)
- Discussion of: “A statistical analysis of multiple temperature proxies: Are reconstructions… (NASA)
- Whitewashing Scientific Misconduct at the Department of the Interior: Into the Intellectual Wilderness (HP)
- NASA’s James Hansen: “One sure bet is that this decade will be the warmest” on record – New analysis asks “Can people recognize changing climate?” (CP)
- Arctic Ice March 2011 (SS)
- Will the Gulf Stream slow down? (G)
- Complicated Circulation Affects Greenland Glaciers (PS)
- Study: Climate-driven vegetation change by boreal forests is yet another positive, amplifying feedback – Co-author: “What we’re seeing is a system kicking into overdrive. Warming creates more warming.” (CP)
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hears Testimony on Freshwater Loss Due to Climate Change (O)
- Koch-funded scientist Richard Muller makes up story about Al Gore, Ralph Cicerone, and polar bears (CP)
- The Day After McLean (SS)
March 26/27, 2011
- NY Times slams GOP’s “petty and medieval” strategy to intimidate academics like Cronon and Mann – GOP inquistors go after critics of ALEC, which is writing anti-climate bills in 16 states funded by Big Oil and Kochs (CP)
- Gingrich’s 20 years of global warming flip-flops (CP)
- Icebergs Are Helping In Previously Unknown Ways (PS)
- Dana’s 50th: Why I Blog (SS)
- Science Sunday: Stabilizing CO2 levels is tough for humanity, not stabilizing them is tougher on humanity – Also, increases in per capita energy and electricity use do not correlate with increases in well-being in developed countries (CP)
- Lord Lawson’s ‘misleading’ climate claims challenged by scientific adviser (G)
March 25/26
- Max Arctic Sea Ice Coverage Ties All-Time Low (CC)
- Weather vs Climate (SS)
- Haven’t we had ‘global cooling’ lately? (G)
- Northeast Snowfall Trends (CC)
March 24/25
- A climate ‘Gish Gallop’ of epic proportions (SS)
- Joshua Tree Has Uncertain Future in Warming Climate (PS)
- Wind and Waves Growing Worldwide (PS)
- The Reality of Climate Change – Dr. Andrew Dessler Interviewed (GWIR)
March 22/23/24, 2011
- Lowest Ever Arctic Maximum Ice Extent (PS)
- NSIDC: Annual maximum Arctic sea ice extent reached, “tied for the lowest in the satellite record.” (CP)
- Signals of Past Say Big Droughts Can Hit U.S. East (EI)
- Of Satellites and Air – A Primer on Tropospheric temperature measurement by Satellite (SS)
- Public Distrusts Climate Science due to Lack of Understanding (PS)
- Why we have a scientific consensus on climate change (SS)
- Bombshell 1: Climate science deniers claim to have full access to Berkeley temperature study work-product — and are now working with the Berkeley team! – Bombshell 2: BEST’s Project Chair Richard Muller confirms ClimateProgress reporting, contradicts WattsUpWithThat (CP)
- Understanding Solar Evolution Pt. 1 (SS)
- Lonnie Thompson stands behind warning: “Virtually all [climatologists] are now convinced that global warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization” (CP)
March 21/22, 2011
- Ancient Hyperthermals Guide to Climate Changes Ahead (PS)
- Teaching Climate Science (SS)
- Weekly Climate Science Roundup: March 8-14 (CC)
- Preventing Misinformation (SS)
- Google Takes on Climate Change Skeptics with New Technology Effort (O)
March 19/20/21, 2011
- The Libertarian Climate Conundrum (SS)
- 2010 Heatwave Strongest in 500 Years (PS)
- More Turbulent Arctic In Our Future (PS)
- Arctic on the Verge of Record Temporary Ozone Loss (PS)
- Pre-1940 Warming Causes and Logic (SS)
- Exclusive: Berkeley temperature study results “confirm the reality of global warming and support in all essential respects the historical temperature analyses of the NOAA, NASA, and HadCRU” (CP)
- Population flight from growing desert of central Texas (CP)
March 17/18/19, 2011
- Deniers finally concede that “the rate of atmospheric CO2 growth has been increasing.” – But in a callous, error-riddled post, WattsUpWithThat cheers on the preventable calamity. (CP)
- 2010 Russian Heatwave More Extreme Than Previously Thought (CC)
- Deadly heatwaves will be more frequent in coming decades, say scientists (G)
- Jay Rockefeller: Climate science is ‘unequivocally true’ (CP)
March 16/17, 2011
- Those who contribute the least greenhouse gases will be most impacted by climate change (SS)
- CO2 Increasing “Super Exponentially” – A Call for “Evidence-Based Decision Making” (GWIR)
- Analysis: “The content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is accelerating super-exponentially.” (CP)
- Nature editorial, “Into ignorance,” slams GOP for “vote to overturn an aspect of climate science” (CP)
- Weekly Climate Science Roundup (CC)
March 15/16, 2011
- Maize harvest to shrink under Global Warming (SS)
- West Antarctic Ice Sheet More Stable than Previously Thought (PS)
- Indonesian translation of The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism (SS)
- Gallup poll: Public understanding of global warming gains, while most Republicans remain misinformed – Media blows the story, again (CP)
- Digging Into Past Climate (CC)
- And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually (SS)
- Globe Stayed Warmer Than Average in February, NOAA Reports (CC)
- Anti-science House Republicans reject amendment that says climate change is occurring – To defend vote, Rep. Burgess cites unscientific online poll (CP)
- February Ranked 17th Warmest on Record (NOAA)
March 14/15, 2011
- Maximum and minimum monthly records in global temperature databases (SS)
- Could Car Rental become the New Normal? (S)
- NOAA: Monster crop-destroying Russian heat wave to be once-in-a-decade event by 2060s (or sooner) – Exclusive: NCAR’s Trenberth challenges the attribution analysis, “Many statements are not justified and are actually irresponsible.” (CP)
- Arctic Exploration for Climate Science (CC)
- Americans Characteristically Uninformed About Climate Change (PS)
- Climate Change Places Unique Demands on US Naval Forces, Report Says (CC)
- UWA Climatecasts now on iTunes (SS)
March 10/11-13/14, 2011
- Planetary Core Does Affect Climate, Just Not Much (PS)
- Irregular Climate Episode 18 (featuring Dana Nuccitelli) (SS)
- Skeptical Science nominated for Climate Change Communicator of the Year (SS)
- Republicans to Repeal Laws of Physics (SS)
- McMurdo Sound Free of Sea Ice (PS)
- The name is Bond…Gerard Bond. (SS)
- Risky business: Will facts ever drive the Congressional debate on climate change? (CP)
- During climate hearing, Markey asks if anti-science GOP will repeal gravity, heliocentrism, relativity (CP)
- Wrong Answers dot com (SS)
- Brulle: NY Times article on climate science hearing “fails to inform the public, and plays into the strategy of the climate denial effort.” (CP)
- Should you believe anything John Christy says? (CP)
- Polar Ice Sheets Adding Much More to Rising Seas than Previously Expected (PS)
- Vote for Climate Change Communicator of the Year (CP)
- What would a CO2-free atmosphere look like? (SS)
- JPL bombshell: Polar ice sheet mass loss is speeding up, on pace for 1 foot sea level rise by 2050 (CP)
March 9/10, 2011
- Study Finds Ice Sheets Becoming Dominant Contributor to Sea Level Rise (CC)
- NOAA Scientists Find No Clear Human Connection to Deadly 2010 Russian Heat Wave, But… (CC)
- Natural Variability Main Culprit of Deadly Russian Heat Wave That Killed Thousands (NOAA)
- Christy’s Unconvincing Congressional Testimony (SS)
- Weekly Climate Science Roundup: March 1-7 (CC)
- Inhofe, Horner, McIntyre and Watts fabricate another phony “despicable smear” against Michael Mann (CP)
- Examining Hansen’s prediction about the West Side Highway (SS)
March 8/9, 2011
- Sandia Labs study: “It is the uncertainty associated with climate change that validates the need to act protectively and proactively.” – Rainfall uncertainty imperils $1 trillion in U.S. GDP and 7 million American jobs by 2050 alone (CP)
- House climate science hearing webcast (CP)
- More Americans Believe in Climate Change than in Global Warming (PS)
- Study: Climate change affects those least responsible (Other)
March 7/8, 2011
- A science-free Congress? (CP)
- Climate Scientists Face Off With House Panel (NYT)
- Climate Emergency: Time to Slam on the Brakes (SS)
- Laser “Gas Detective” Probes Methane Emissions from Cows (Other)
- Live Blogging Climate Science and EPA Regulations Hearing (CC)
- Arctic Sea Ice Ties Another Record Low (CC)
- Arctic ice loss moves phytoplankton peak up to 50 days early, could “lead to crashes of the food web” – Fish, shellfish, sea birds, and marine mammals are at risk (CP)
- Svante Arrhenius: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad (HP)
- House GOP line up the usual disinformers for climate science hearing, John Christy and Roger Pielke Sr., plus a DDT-booster! (CP)
March 5/6/7, 2011
March 4/5, 2011
- Blaming the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (SS)
- A Real-World Example of Carbon Pricing Benefits Outweighing Costs (SS)
- Anthony Watts urges WattsUpWithThat readers to disrupt Forbes blog: “shout them down in the comments section”(CP)
March 3/4, 2011
- Icing the Medieval Warm Period (SS)
- Yes, “human-induced increases in greenhouse gases have contributed to the observed intensification of heavy precipitation events” over much of the NH – Do climate scientists have to caveat every attribution? Not until reporters do. (CP)
- Arctic Sea Ice Extent at Record Low for January, Tied Record Low for February (GWIR)
- East Antarctic Ice Sheet: Freezing From the Bottom Up (CC)
- Some Antarctic Ice Is Forming From Bottom (EI)
- The More We Know, the Worse it Gets (HP)
- The Big Chill in the Bering Sea (CC)
- BBC’s ‘impartial’ stance on climate is irresponsible (G)
March 2/3, 2011
- Roy Spencer’s Great Blunder, Part 3 (SS)
- February Arctic ice extent ties 2005 for record low (CP)
- Climate Science in a Nutshell [VIDEOS #5-8] (PS)
- Loading the Dice for Heavier Snowfall (CC)
- Crux of a Core, Part 1b (SS)
- In The Curve: Monitoring Rising Carbon Emissions (CC)
- Plane spotters and bubble blowers wanted for climate survey (G)
- “The Harry Potter theory of climate” (R)
- Requiem for the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis? (RC)
March 1/2, 2011
- When was climate change discovered? (G)
- Climate Sensitivity: The Skeptic Endgame (SS)
- Limited Nuclear War Could Halt Global Warming, Short Term, NASA Predicts (PS)
- Weekly Climate Science Roundup: Feb. 22 to 28 (CC)
- NOAA Hot on Methane’s Trail: Scientists ‘Sniff’ Around Frozen Ground (NOAA)
- Warm Arctic, Cold Continents: Changes in the Arctic Are Hitting Closer to Home (NOAA)
- Scientists Using Erie Tower to Study Not-So-Dormant Wintertime Air Chemistry (NOAA)
- A Scientist Weighs In On Proposed Cuts to the Science Budget (CC)
- In The Curve (CC)
- No Illusions podcast interview (and elocution lessons from an 11 year old) (SS)
Feb 28/March 1, 2011
- Brain vs Blowhard 2: Taking it to the Tweets (CDC)
- Video: Cambridge Researcher on Accelerating Polar Ice (CDC)
- Roy Spencer’s Great Blunder, Part 2 (SS)
- Monckton Myth #15: Tragedy of the Commons (SS)
- Various estimates of Greenland ice loss (SS)
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