Wind Farms Above The Law Eagle Killers

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“It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America’s green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm’s spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground.

Killing these iconic birds is not just an irreplaceable loss for a vulnerable species. It’s also a federal crime, a charge that the Obama administration has used to prosecute oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, and power companies when birds are electrocuted by their power lines.

But the administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind-energy company, even those that flout the law repeatedly. Instead, the government is shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret.“

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ap-impact-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths-19173724

 

CO2 increases of 80ppm to 100ppm are normal

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While CO2 has increased by 85 ppm from when measurements began  in 1958 and are estimated to have risen by 120 ppm since 1750, we should also realize that increases of 80 ppm to 100 pm occurred during the last 3 glaciations without humans burning fossil fuels.

” Air trapped in bubbles in polar ice cores constitutes an archive for the reconstruction of the global carbon cycle and the relation between greenhouse gases and climate in the past. High-resolution records from Antarctic ice cores show that carbon dioxide concentrations increased by 80 to 100 parts per million by volume 600 ± 400 years after the warming of the last three deglaciations. Despite strongly decreasing temperatures, high carbon dioxide concentrations can be sustained for thousands of years during glaciations; the size of this phase lag is probably connected to the duration of the preceding warm period, which controls the change in land ice coverage and the buildup of the terrestrial biosphere.”

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/283/5408/1712.abstract

 

 

USCRN April 2013 – 41 to 9 ratio of coldest Aprils to Warmest April

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The USCRN is a new ‘state of the art’ United States Climate Reference Network.

There are 222 stations of which 220 have data for April 2013. Of those 222, only 137 have 5 or more years of data. I’ll be using the 137 list.

41 of those 137 had April 2013 as the coldest April.

9 of those 137 had April 2013 as the warmest April.

Stations with April as Coldest

State Stn Years of Data April 2013 AVG in C Coldest April Coldest April AVG in C Coldest 5 Aprils
AK Fairbanks_11_NE 11 -7.1 2013 -7.1 2013,2006,2008,2011,2009
AK Sitka_1_NE 8 3.1 2013 3.1 2013,2008,2006,2009,2007
AK St._Paul_4_NE 8 -4.2 2013 -4.2 2013,2012,2010,2006,2009
AL Brewton_3_NNE 6 17.7 2013 17.7 2013,2009,2008,2010,2012
AL Russellville_4_SSE 7 14.8 2013 14.8 2013,2008,2009,2012,2010
AL Thomasville_2_S 6 17.1 2013 17.1 2013,2009,2008,2010,2012
CO Boulder_14_W 10 -3.2 2013 -3.2 2013,2008,2011,2010,2009
CO La_Junta_17_WSW 9 8 2013 8 2013,2007,2005,2008,2009
CO Nunn_7_NNE 10 3.5 2013 3.5 2013,2009,2008,2011,2007
IL Shabbona_5_NNE 10 7.4 2013 7.4 2013,2007,2009,2011,2008
KS Manhattan_6_SSW 10 10.1 2013 10.1 2013,2008,2007,2009,2004
KS Oakley_19_SSW 8 7.8 2013 7.8 2013,2007,2008,2009,2011
MI Chatham_1_SE 9 1.2 2013 1.2 2013,2007,2011,2009,2008
MI Gaylord_9_SSW 6 2.5 2013 2.5 2013,2011,2009,2012,2008
MN Goodridge_12_NNW 10 -0.2 2013 -0.2 2013,2008,2004,2007,2009
MN Sandstone_6_W 6 2.2 2013 2.2 2013,2008,2011,2009,2012
MO Chillicothe_22_ENE 8 9.9 2013 9.9 2013,2008,2007,2009,2011
MO Joplin_24_N 6 11.7 2013 11.7 2013,2008,2009,2011,2010
MS Holly_Springs_4_N 6 14.6 2013 14.6 2013,2008,2009,2012,2010
MT Wolf_Point_29_ENE 12 1.5 2013 1.5 2013,2002,2011,2008,2009
MT Wolf_Point_34_NE 12 0.7 2013 0.7 2013,2002,2011,2009,2008
ND Jamestown_38_WSW 5 -1.1 2013 -1.1 2013,2009,2011,2012,2010
ND Medora_7_E 9 1.4 2013 1.4 2013,2011,2009,2007,2008
ND Northgate_5_ESE 7 -3.8 2013 -3.8 2013,2011,2009,2008,2007
NE Harrison_20_SSE 10 3.2 2013 3.2 2013,2009,2008,2011,2007
NE Lincoln_8_ENE 12 7.9 2013 7.9 2013,2008,2007,2009,2011
NE Lincoln_11_SW 12 7.9 2013 7.9 2013,2008,2009,2007,2011
NE Whitman_5_ENE 9 4 2013 4 2013,2008,2011,2009,2007
OK Goodwell_2_E 10 9.6 2013 9.6 2013,2007,2005,2009,2008
OK Stillwater_2_W 12 12.5 2013 12.5 2013,2007,2008,2009,2004
OK Stillwater_5_WNW 12 12.2 2013 12.2 2013,2007,2008,2009,2004
ON Egbert_1_W 9 4.8 2013 4.8 2013,2007,2012,2011,2009
SD Aberdeen_35_WNW 6 0.3 2013 0.3 2013,2008,2011,2009,2012
SD Buffalo_13_ESE 9 2.4 2013 2.4 2013,2009,2008,2011,2007
SD Pierre_24_S 7 2.9 2013 2.9 2013,2009,2011,2008,2007
SD Sioux_Falls_14_NNE 11 3.2 2013 3.2 2013,2008,2011,2009,2007
TX Austin_33_NW 6 17.2 2013 17.2 2013,2010,2009,2008,2012
TX Port_Aransas_32_NNE 6 19.7 2013 19.7 2013,2010,2008,2009,2012
WI Necedah_5_WNW 9 4.8 2013 4.8 2013,2011,2007,2008,2009
WY Lander_11_SSE 9 3.4 2013 3.4 2013,2009,2008,2011,2010
WY Sundance_8_NNW 6 -0.8 2013 -0.8 2013,2011,2008,2009,2010

Stations with April as Warmest.

State Stn Years of Data April 2013 AVG in C Warmest April Warmest April AVG in C Warmest 5 Aprils
AZ Yuma_27_ENE 6 23.4 2013 23.4 2013,2012,2008,2011,2009
CA Fallbrook_5_NE 6 15.2 2013 15.2 2013,2009,2011,2012,2010
CA Merced_23_WSW 10 16.7 2013 16.7 2013,2004,2007,2012,2009
CA Redding_12_WNW 11 15.4 2013 15.4 2013,2004,2007,2009,2012
CA Stovepipe_Wells_1_SW 9 27.1 2013 27.1 2013,2007,2012,2008,2011
CA Yosemite_Village_12_W 6 8.1 2013 8.1 2013,2012,2008,2009,2011
HI Hilo_5_S 8 20.8 2013 20.8 2013,2011,2008,2007,2010
NV Mercury_3_SSW 10 17.8 2013 17.8 2013,2007,2012,2004,2008
OR Corvallis_10_SSW 7 10.2 2013 10.2 2013,2012,2007,2009,2010

HADCRUT4 4.2.0.0 versus HADCRUT4 4.0.0.0 Global

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HADCRUT4 is now at its 3rd iteration. It started with version 4.0.0.0 and then version 4.1.1.0 come out. As of the latest data it is at 4.2.0.0.

I thought I would compare them. Here is the difference between them ( 4.2.0.0 monthly anomaly minus 4.0.0.0 monthly anomaly).

If the bar is red, the newest HADCRUT4 is warmer. If blue, then the newest data is cooler.

This is the data from 1950 on. Note that the values are pretty low and relatively evenly divided between blue and red.

Until 1997. Then the values are a little larger (still relatively small).  And almost all red.

They are warming the most recent temperatures again! Give them a few years and the pause will disappear.

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HADCRUT4 4.2.0.0 minus HADCRUT4 4.0.0.0 Global

 

UAH April 2013 – 5th Coldest April in USA49 history!

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UAH for April 2013 is out.

5th coldest April in USA49 history (which is USA 48 + Alaska)

year Mo USA49
1983 4 -2.68
1982 4 -1.61
1984 4 -1.6
1997 4 -1.5
2013 4 -0.93
1998 4 -0.62
1995 4 -0.61
1979 4 -0.6
1993 4 -0.58
1980 4 -0.56
1996 4 -0.53
1985 4 -0.22
1986 4 -0.16
2008 4 -0.15
2009 4 -0.11
2011 4 -0.1
1988 4 -0.01
1999 4 0.14
1991 4 0.21
2007 4 0.25
1992 4 0.31
2005 4 0.44
2004 4 0.47
2003 4 0.48
1994 4 0.5
2000 4 0.51
2001 4 0.53
1987 4 0.57
2010 4 0.66
1989 4 0.74
2002 4 0.82
1990 4 0.92
2006 4 1.33
2012 4 1.48
1981 4 1.51

HADCRUT4 March 2013 – Cooling at -0.292C / Decade for last 4 years

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HADCRUT4 March 2013 data is finally available. Remember that the anomaly is the difference from the 1961-1990 average.

The global data shows cooling at -0.292C / Decade for last 4 years. (Click to make bigger)

Last Data as of Mar 2013 - Last 4 Years - HADCRUT4 Global

For those who think 4 years is too short, the global data shows cooling at -0.034C / Decade for last 12 years.

Last Data as of Mar 2013 - Last 12 Years - HADCRUT4 Global

Where is the Data? UAH, HADCRUT kind of late

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2nd UPDATE: UAH is out. My post here.I knew if I complained it would all show up. 🙂

UPDATE: HADCRUT4 for March 2013 is out. My post is here.

Anyone know where the UAH and HADCRUT data is?

While some of the UAH data arrived a few days ago, the downloadable file is still missing April’s data. March’s data arrived April 2.

HADCRUT is usually available by the 28th of the following month. February’s data came out March 28. It is now 10 days late.

Are they having a conference? March and April too cold to explain?

RSS is out. HADCET is out. NCDC is due soon, but not overdue.