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5680-year tree-ring temperature record for southern South America shows recent warming is not exceptional

A study by Lara et al. (2020) uses tree-ring evidence to show that the recent warming from 1959 – 2009 is not exceptional in the context of the last 5,000 years. The abstract states: It is widely documented that the … Continue reading

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What causes major heatwaves?

The 2019/20 heat wave in Australia has resulted in days that have been called the ‘hottest on record’. There are disputes about whether this is the case, with factors such as the Urban Heat Island effect, the BoM re-calculating historic … Continue reading

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Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology ‘adjusting’ temperature data to fit their narrative

In a previous post, I highlighted how NASA had re-written the historic temperature data series to reduce historic heat. The effect of this is to amplify the current heat, implying temperature increases that aren’t in the data record. Jo Nova … Continue reading

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Temperature trends with reduced impact of ocean air temperature

Abstract: Temperature data 1900–2010 from meteorological stations across the world have been analyzed and it has been found that all land areas generally have two different valid temperature trends. Coastal stations and hill stations facing ocean winds are normally more … Continue reading

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170 Years of Earth Surface Temperature Data Show No Evidence of Significant Warming

I’m re-posting this with a ‘handle with caution’ caveat. The document is presented as a published paper, but it only appears in another blog site (WattsUpWithThat). The blog includes detailed references to data, and appears credible, but it is not … Continue reading

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July, hottest on record?

Each month, the mainstream media reviews their files and realises it is time for another installment of weather-related news. For July, the focus was on reports that it was the hottest on record. This appeared in the Washington Post, supported … Continue reading

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An analysis of heatwaves in Europe

Last week, Paris recorded its highest ever temperature. According to the data compiled for the past 150+ years, that is accurate. However, it does not acknowledge the fact that the temperature gauge being referenced failed to record the temperature on … Continue reading

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Great Lakes – a case study of failed predictions

In 2012, National Geograhic published an article outlining the impact of climate change on the Great Lakes in North America. The article provides details of how the lakes were at almost-record lows, and that the temperatures were warming. The winter … Continue reading

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Heatwave Hyperbole in Europe Continues

Yesterday, a new record of 45.9C was set in France, ‘shattering’ the old record of 44.1C, set in 2003. This of course, is another instance where it isn’t important to actually look at temperature records to decide when a new … Continue reading

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Heatwave in Europe, June 2019

There is currently a heatwave in Europe. There is plenty of information about the heatwave, with sites such as the BBC running stories related to the extreme temperatures: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48756480 While the story in that link does identify that heatwaves are … Continue reading

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