Climate Reality, again

Just a reminder that the final hour of the Climate Reality broadcast is from 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time tonight. I’ve watched a lot of it already and found it excellent (I’ll have more comments later). I expect the final hour to be especially good.

Climate Reality

Al Gore’s Climate Reality site is kicking off another 24 Hours of Reality broadcast today at 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time. I strongly recommend not only that you watch it, but that you get some friends to watch it with you.

Extreme Denial

Under the guise of a “big picture” look, WUWT reader “just the facts” purports to show that climate data don’t support the claim of an increase in extreme weather. But he (she?) doesn’t show evidence about extreme anything, just a bunch of graphs, which he got from other sources, followed by the wrong conclusions. Show a graph of, say, global average temperature, then say “doesn’t look like there’s been much global warming” (even though there has been), and conclude “no increase in extreme weather here.” And of course “he” goes “out of his way” to use “scare quotes” at “every opportunity.”

What David Suzuki and I have in common

Rather a lot, actually.

Sea Level and la Niña

There’s an interesting graph on the web site of the Univ. of Colorado sea level page comparing de-trended sea level to the multivariate el Niño index:

In The Wake Of Sandy, A 16-Year Old Climate Activist Speaks Her Mind

by Maya Faison

(re-posted from ClimateProgress)

I am 16 years old and I am currently in my home in Laurelton, Queens. It is day six with no heat, no power and no gas in my mom’s car to escape.

Unnatural Catastrophes

In the last post we looked at counts of weather-related natural catstrophes according to Munich Re, the giant re-insurance corporation. It was mentioned that part of the increasing trend could be due to changes in the way catastrophes are counted, and in the number of people and value of property which is susceptible to such catastrophes. Although Munich Re adjusts their classification each decade to account for this, any such attempt is bound to be imperfect.

But it was also pointed out that Munich Re tracks catastrophes which are not weather-related (earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption), classifying them as “geophysical.” Do these geophysical events also show a trend? If so, are they increasing as fast as weather-related catastrophes?

Catastrophes — How Many More?

Many people have already seen a version of this graph from Munich Re, one of the giants of the re-insurance industry:

Cover of the Year

Climate Progess has the story. It’s well worth reading.

Hurricane Submerging New York — who could have seen it coming?

Way back in 2007, Chris Mooney had a question:

The idea actually goes back to James Hansen — Millar Fillmore’s Bathtub has that story.