tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post548011489181193486..comments2023-05-03T04:30:21.758-07:00Comments on NCFocus: Layman's 1-minute guide to smart thinking about climateAnna Hayneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-70285588939291880932009-11-09T17:27:46.951-08:002009-11-09T17:27:46.951-08:00This is good too, if you want to get just a little...This is good too, if you want to get just a little deeper than "go with the experts' consensus" -<br /><a href="http://akwag.blogspot.com/2009/09/obama-speaks-on-global-warming-what-you_22.html" rel="nofollow">What you need to know to be certain that global warming is real</a> ("...you don't have to understand the complex science of climatology to speak intelligently on Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-51097052686701337932009-07-27T10:47:35.609-07:002009-07-27T10:47:35.609-07:00Thanks for the kind words, climatesight - I tell y...Thanks for the kind words, climatesight - I tell you, knowing that people like you are out there really helps.Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-15386049240590168062009-07-23T20:23:24.496-07:002009-07-23T20:23:24.496-07:00My blogging software tells me what links people cl...My blogging software tells me what links people clicked on to get to my site. I like to go through them from time to time.<br /><br />A minute ago I was on Joanne Nova's site - noise vs trends, people - and I felt a little depressed about the future of our species. <br /><br />Then I came here and felt much better.<br /><br />Good to know there's others out there who care about the futureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-39020033891295383072009-07-08T11:13:46.356-07:002009-07-08T11:13:46.356-07:00A correction, where I said "any 'skeptic&...A correction, where I said "any 'skeptic' who includes the anomalously-hot year 1998 in short-term(again) measurements is <i>trying to pull</i>(put)<i> one over on you</i>" I was jumping to conclusions in assuming malice; it could just be ignorance.<br /><br />(which isn't so good either; nfortunately some folks would rather flaunt their ignorance than fix it)Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-75934908404632973122009-07-08T11:03:09.980-07:002009-07-08T11:03:09.980-07:00I deleted a comment by a crackpot or troll, I don&...I deleted a comment by a crackpot or troll, I don't know which, who's understandably hiding behind a pseudonym; he's a regular over at <a href="http://ncwatch.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">our local contrarian's blog</a>, so if you want exposure to him you can get it there.<br /><br />Another quick way to assess credibility - any "skeptic" who includes the anomalously-hotAnna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-45009997794422382712009-07-07T20:32:49.691-07:002009-07-07T20:32:49.691-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.papertigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233780822178325215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-68277515851534757832009-07-07T18:51:14.638-07:002009-07-07T18:51:14.638-07:00and to repeat - "If only it were true that al...and to repeat - "If only it were true that all that was at stake was a debating society trophy."Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-30342097936037786612009-07-07T18:50:18.151-07:002009-07-07T18:50:18.151-07:00(on the other hand, the NOAA-provided graph is wel...(on the other hand, the NOAA-provided graph is well worth a look - to quote <a href="http://climateprogress.org/2009/07/07/noaa-ncdc-is-the-us-temperature-record-reliable-deniers-anthony-watts-surfacestationsorg/" rel="nofollow">Romm at ClimateProgress</a> (who also shows it),<br /><i>"Imagine all the effort by Watts and his cohorts at surfacestations.org and WattsUpWithThat have expended Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-74984968919959449682009-07-07T18:44:33.300-07:002009-07-07T18:44:33.300-07:00Note to readers: commenter "papertiger" ...Note to readers: commenter "papertiger" gets his information from <a href="http://ncwatch.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">our local contrarian</a>, so cut him some slack.<br /><br />Conveniently, <a href="http://climateprogress.org/2009/07/07/noaa-ncdc-is-the-us-temperature-record-reliable-deniers-anthony-watts-surfacestationsorg/" rel="nofollow">Must-read NOAA paper smacks down the Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-37811259662704789132009-07-07T09:20:58.269-07:002009-07-07T09:20:58.269-07:00Anna, you waited until the Earth was in a ten year...Anna, you waited until the Earth was in a ten year cooling period to work up the gumption to speak out? <br />Ease your over burdened conscious.<br />The Earth is at <a href="http://motls.blogspot.com/2009/07/uah-june-2009-anomaly-near-zero.html" rel="nofollow">zero temperature anomaly</a>. <br />The trend is a hefty -1.45 °C per century.<br />Hope for your greatgrandchildren's sake that papertigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233780822178325215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-5874581810143868902009-07-06T12:09:10.007-07:002009-07-06T12:09:10.007-07:00I do feel some guilt, personally, at my own inacti...I do feel some guilt, personally, at my own inaction on this - it's been about 25 years since I first learned of the climate change threat, when paleobotanist Andy Knoll gave a lecture pointing out how we were perturbing the atmosphere, in the intro bio class at Harvard that I was a TF for. We - and I - have wasted a <em>lot</em> of time.Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.com