Privighetori cu zborul frânt Sâmbătă, dec. 31 2016 

Homogenization of Temperature Data By the Bureau of Meteorology Joi, dec. 22 2016 

Despre modelele climatice

Watts Up With That?

Guest essay by Brendan Godwin

Background

I worked for Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology – BOM for 2 years from 1973 to 1975. I was trained in weather observation and general meteorology. I spent 1 year observing Australia’s weather and 1 year observing the weather at Australia’s Antarctic station at Mawson.

As part of it’s Antarctic program, Australia drills ice cores at Law Dome near it’s Casey station. On our return journey in 1975 we repatriated a large number of ice cores for scientific analysis. The globe’s weather and climate records are stored in these ice cores for the past 1 million years approximately.

Australia’s Antarctic program went by the name of Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition or ANARE for short. This is now known as Australian Antarctic Division or AAD. Returned expeditions formed a club called the ANARE Club of which I have been a member since 1975. Members have…

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Ancient climate change at #AGU16 – Atacama Desert may have harbored lakes, wetlands Sâmbătă, dec. 17 2016 

Despre Desertul Atacama

Watts Up With That?

From the paleoclimatology world, what caused such drastic climate change back then?

Marco Pfeiffer and his colleagues scan the arid Atacama Desert, where freshwater lakes and wetlands once provided refuge to South America's early settlers. CREDIT Marco Pfeiffer Marco Pfeiffer and his colleagues scan the arid Atacama Desert, where freshwater lakes and wetlands once provided refuge to South America’s early settlers. CREDIT Marco Pfeiffer

SAN FRANCISCO – The arid Atacama Desert, thought to be a barrier to early South American settlers, may have held lakes large enough to sustain small human populations, according to new research presented here today. The lakes’ presence challenges the current understanding of the paths early settlers took to explore and settle South America, according to the researchers.

Chile’s Atacama Desert spans roughly 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) along South America’s western coast. The desert is sandwiched between two mountain ranges, which prevent water from reaching its valleys and salt flats, making it the world’s driest location outside the poles.

Now, new research shows standing water may have existed in the heart of…

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2032 Luni, dec. 5 2016 

Grand Solar Minimum event va incepe in jurul anului 2032. Ca o fi mai devreme ca o fi mai tirziu, se va vedea.

De ce ne intereseaza activitatea solara? Pentru ca, dupa unii, ar fi cea care controleaza evolutia climatica de pe pamint. Un minimum de activitate solara s-ar lega de racire climatica. Maximum merge cu incalzire planetara.

Se va vedea. Eu nu voi mai avea cum sa vad. De asta imi pare rau ca oamenii nu sint mai longevivi.