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Lake Minnetonka has 3rd latest ice out on record
By Elmer Beauregard The ice was officially out on Lake Minnetonka on May 2, 2013. This was the 3rd latest ice-out date since records have been taken all the way back to 1855. The only two years where the ice went out on a later date than 2013 was May …
Monster ice sheets destroy homes, terrorize residents
By John Upton, grist.org Melting glaciers might have been the farthest thing from some lakeshore-dwelling Minnesotans’ and Manitobans’ minds these past few days. Twitter user Jill Coubrough, @coubroughCBC A home destroyed by an ice surge in Manitoba, Canada. Fast-growing sheets of ice, marching steadily forward as if out of a …
Minnesota CO2 drops from over 400ppm to 362ppm in one day!
By Elmer Beauregard Minne Loa is still Lower Than Mauna Loa With all the wailing and gnashing of teeth going on over CO2 hitting 400ppm for the “first time in a million years” at Mauna Loa, I figured I would measure and see what CO2 levels are in doing here …
In Minnesota the fishing is open but the lakes aren’t
On scale not seen since 1950, Minnesota fishing opener on ice On Thursday morning, just two days before Minnesota’s fishing opener, Mark Lease of Grand Rapids had a problem. It was the same problem thousands of other anglers were Most northern Minnesota lakes were still sealed under a few feet …
Monckton asks IPCC for correction to AR4
Originally Posted at Wattsupwiththat 4 May 2013 IPCC Secretariat, Geneva Request for correction of a serious inaccuracy in the contribution of Working Group 1 to the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report As an Expert Reviewer for the Fifth Assessment Report, 2013, and in accordance with the IPCC Protocol for Addressing Possible …
Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown
By Alister Doyle (Reuters) – Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. Often focused on century-long trends, most climate models failed to predict that the temperature rise would slow, starting around …
John Kerry Says His Top Priority In Asia Is Tackling “Anthropogenic” Global Warming…
This is not a belated April Fool’s joke. North Korea is threatening to Nuke us, North America is having its longest winter in decades and all John Kerry can think about is you guessed it “Global Warming”. I guess when you’ve dumped as much time and energy down the rathole …
South Dakota Gets 20″ of Global Warming
Rapid City Journal A record 20 inches of snow fell in Rapid City Tuesday. Forecasters from the National Weather Service say the city in South Dakota’s Black Hills also set a record low, 11 degrees, on Tuesday. A portion of Interstate 90 in South Dakota closed due to a winter …
We’re not screwed?
Ross McKitrick, Financial Post 11,000-year study’s 20th-century claim is groundless On March 8, a paper appeared in the prestigious journal Science under the title A reconstruction of regional and global temperature for the past 11,300 years. Temperature reconstructions are nothing new, but papers claiming to be able to go back …
Vikings Unveil New Uniform Design
By Elmer Beauregard The popularity of Vikings is at an all time high. There’s the Vikings TV series on the History Channel, the Movie Thor and all of those Capital One commercials. Because of this the Minnesota Vikings football team has decided to go retro with their new Vikings uniform, …
The Groundhog was wrong: Coldest first day of spring since 1965
by Ben Grove, BringMeTheNews That’s when spring officially arrived today, right about the time that many Minnesotans were bundling up in their biggest coats to head out into near-zero temperatures. If it seems a lot frostier and snowier than usual this time of year, that’s because it is – the …
We Have a Password
By Elmer Beauregard Yesterday the password was released to the encrypted file which contained over 200k emails from the University of East Anglia was released by the whistleblower responsible for Climategates 1 and 2, people are calling this Climate gate 3.0. The most interesting part so far is the email …
Rand Paul and the principle principle
by Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan, Washington Post Rand Paul proved on Wednesday that a filibuster can be very good politics. In speaking for over 12 hours in opposition to the Obama Administration’s drone policy, Paul did more to boost his prospects as a 2016 presidential candidate than anything he …
New balanced documentary on global warming called “GREEDY LYING BASTARDS!!!”
By Elmer Beauregard The Greeny Weenies have produced a new documentary, which I’m sure was done on a shoestring budget because they have no money, on global warming called “GREEDY LYING BASTARDS!!!” I am definitely going to use some of my millions of Koch Brothers dollars to go out and …
Green fatigue sets in: the world cools on global warming
Sam Masters, The Independent Worldwide concerns about climate change have dropped dramatically since 2009 Public concern about environmental issues including climate change has slumped to a 20-year low since the financial crisis, a global study reveals. Fewer people now consider issues such as CO2 emissions, air and water pollution, animal …
Climate Depot Debunks President’s Global Warming Claims
By Marc Morano – Climate Depot Obama fails climate science in his State of the Union address — Climate Depot’s point-by-point rebuttal to the President’s global warming claims The President offered up nothing more than the usual incorrect global warming platitudes during his speech. No wonder the speech brought a …
Obama Proposes Cap and Trade
By Daniel Harper, Weekly Standard In his State of the Union Address this evening, President Barack Obama will encourage Congress to adapt a cap and trade plan to deal with climate change. Energy, climate, and taxes are a sizable portion of Obama’s speech. ObamaRobe “For the sake of our children …
Is Global Warming Killing the Moose in Minnesota? I don’t think so.
by Elmer Beauregard The DNR of Minnesota came out with a new report that the Moose population in the state is dropping dramatically. Based on the aerial survey conducted in January, the new population estimate is 2,760 animals, down from 4,230 in 2012. The population estimate was as high as …
Obama Interior pick: Global warming hurt profits
By Paul Bedard, WashingtonExaminer REI, the popular outfitter run by President Obama’s choice to head the Interior Department, cited the impact of global warming as a reason for poor profits in its most recent annual report. “We experienced strong sales in 2011. However, because winter weather failed to arrive, our …