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Correcting Ocean Cooling: NASAChanges Data to Fit the Models Adjusts Data from Buoys

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NASA scientist, Josh Willis, was so concerned that his data, showing ocean cooling, did not fit the official consensus on climate change that he searched for a solution.  Eventually he “applied a correction” so the historical ocean temperature record showed a relatively steady increase in line with the climate models. 

Perhaps Dr Willis really did get it wrong between 2003 and 2005 when his data showed a large decrease in the heat content of the ocean.  But after reading his justification for the correction, I am not convinced.  Indeed and I am left wondering how to ever trust the official temperature record again.

This is Dr Willis’ story:

On a Thursday evening in February 2007, Josh Willis stood in front of his laptop, his wife cajoling him to get ready to go out to dinner. He looked with a sinking feeling at the map he had just made. Willis, a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, specializes in making estimates of how much heat the ocean stores from year to year. [Read more…] about Correcting Ocean Cooling: NASAChanges Data to Fit the Models Adjusts Data from Buoys

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[Photograph of the crab taken by Jennifer Marohasy at Mackay, North Queensland, Australia, on October 2, 2008]

Why Campaign Against Hunting Polar Bears?

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THE World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has condemned Nunavut – the most sparsely populated and largest Canadian Territory – for maintaining its polar bear hunt quota threatening that boycotts may follow the decision.

CBC News ran a story last week that Environment Minister, Olayuk Akesuk, has accepted a recommendation from the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board not to change this season’s polar bear quota of 105 polar bears for the Baffin Bay area.  This is despite concerns from government officials about overhunting. Baffin Bay is an area of water and ice between the northern Baffin Island and Greenland. 

Of course much of the English-speaking world would be surprised to learn that polar bears are still hunted.   [Read more…] about Why Campaign Against Hunting Polar Bears?