http://climatesci.org News from the Roger Pielke Sr. Research Group Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:07:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was pleased to see an interview of Gavin Schmidt in Popular Mechanics on July 3 2009 with the headline "5 Climate Studies That Don't Live Up to the Hype"[and thanks to Joe D'Aleo for alerting us to it!]. This news article is refreshing, after the Real Climate's recent overstatement on climate (see ... http://climatesci.org/2009/07/03/gavin-schmidts-interview-on-media-hype-on-climate-science-issues/ The National Climate Data Center (NCDC) has responded to the excellent report Watts, A. 2009: Is the U.S. Surface Temperature Record Reliable? 28 pages, March 2009 The Heartland Institute [hard copies available from The Heartland Institute 19 South LaSalle Street #903 Chicago Illinois 60603] which I weblogged on at  “Is The U.S. ... http://climatesci.org/2009/07/03/roger-a-pielke-sr-comments-on-the-ncdc-talking-point-response-to-the-report-%e2%80%9cis-the-us-surface-temperature-record-reliable%e2%80%9dby-anthony-watts/ UPDATE July 4 2009: Hans Henrik Hansen has provided us with the link to the Copenhagen Report which was referred to in the original Real Climate webog; he also noted that the ocean heat content data in Figure 4 of the Report was only up to 2003, which, of course, is before the cessation of ... http://climatesci.org/2009/07/02/response-by-roger-a-pielke-sr-to-the-real-climate-weblog-more-bubkes/ There is an informative article in the magazine "Ski Area Management" by Allen Best titled Slightly Skeptical Look at Global Warming. It is refreshing to see a news article which is reasonalby balanced and sought a diversity of viewpoints. Excerpts from the article are reproduced below: "Several years ago a college in Colorado issued ... http://climatesci.org/2009/07/02/article-in-ski-area-management-by-allen-best-titled-slightly-skeptical-look-at-global-warming/ Last year, I testified before a House Subcommittee on the Pielke Sr., Roger A., 2008: A Broader View of the Role of Humans in the Climate System is Required In the Assessment of Costs and Benefits of Effective Climate Policy. Written Testimony for the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality ... http://climatesci.org/2009/06/30/republican-comment-on-epa-endangerment-findings/ Real Climate posted a weblog on June 21 2009 titled "A warning from Copenhagen".  They report on a Synthesis Report of the Copenhagen Congress which was handed over to the Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen in Brussels the previous week. Real Climate writes   "So what does it say? Our regular readers will hardly be surprised by ... http://climatesci.org/2009/06/30/real-climates-misinformation/ There is a very informative summary of a number of the issues raised on my website in a post on weblog The Resilient Earth by  Doug L. Hoffman on june 16 2009.  The post is titled Seven Climate Models, Seven Different Answers  The post is worth reading and their website should be bookmarked. The conclusion of their weblog ... http://climatesci.org/2009/06/29/weblog-on-the-resilient-earth-titled-seven-climate-models-seven-different-answers-by-doug-j-hoffman/ Their is an excellent weblog by Tom Fuller on the website Examiner.com titled "Next generation questions for global warming".  He identifies the need for testing the science in his text "As with all scientific hypotheses, global warming will have to stand up under scrutiny over time. As there is no recognised clearinghouse that ... http://climatesci.org/2009/06/28/recommended-weblog-by-tom-fuller-next-generation-questions-for-global-warming/ This paper documents that landscape change is a regional first oder climate forcing in the United States. For more recent studies on this subject from our research group (see). Copeland, J.H., R.A. Pielke, and T.G.F. Kittel, 1996: Potential climatic impacts of vegetation change: A regional modeling study. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 7409-7418. The ... http://climatesci.org/2009/06/26/potential-climatic-impacts-of-vegetation-change-a-regional-modeling-study-by-copeland-et-al-1996/ This paper provides observational examples of the interaction between the atmosphere and the landscape which was discussed in yesterday's weblog.  Stohlgren, T.J., T.N. Chase, R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel, and J. Baron, 1998: Evidence that local land use practices influence regional climate and vegetation patterns in adjacent natural areas. Global Change Biology, 4, ... http://climatesci.org/2009/06/25/evidence-that-local-land-use-practices-influence-regional-climate-and-vegetation-patterns-in-adjacent-natural-areas-by-stohlgren-et-al-1998/