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I am so thrilled to see this in a ZS book review.

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Well, they call 'em typhoon's over here in asia, cos that's their name I don't think that there shouldn't be local/regional names for things. I just think it might be better from a science communication standpoint to use standardized terminology for phenomena that have different names in different ...

for those that aren't aware, a supertyphoon is similar to a cat 4-5 hurricane in the US. "Super-typhoon" is a term utilized by the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center for typhoons that reach maximum sustained 1-minute surface winds of at least 65 m/s (130 kt, 150 mph). This is the equivalent of a str...

Paula is a good example of how the upgraded tech is increasing the number of named storms. Pre-2000 they'd never have named this one. The sat data for Atlantic TCs goes back to the 60s and by the 80s is believed to be relatively robust. I'm not sure what specific observational or reanalysis change ...

Thanks, great tip!

Love my MIOX.

skarface wrote:Who the crap is Tom Hardy?

You know, I thought he did a decent job in Inception. Likably prickish.

Sorry- it looks like Karl already achieved hurricane status this morning. My mistake. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; All the Atlantic season needs is another point of ACE and it will officially be an "above-average" season. That s...

Probably need an update for TS Karl : Conditions for intensification are ideal in the Gulf of Mexico's Bay of Campeche, with wind shear expected to be low, 5 - 10 knots, SSTs warm, 29°C - 30°C, and the atmosphere very moist. These conditions, combined with the topography of the surrounding coast whi...

Two Cat 4's for the price of one : The Atlantic hurricane season of 2010 kicked into high gear this morning, with the landfall of Tropical Storm Karl in Mexico, and the simultaneous presence of two Category 4 hurricanes in the Atlantic, Igor and Julia. Tropical Storm Karl's formation yesterday mark...

..additionally AL96 (behind Danielle) is at the moment, on track to impact the US east coast. AL96 has been upgraded to Tropical Depression 7 and is expected to develop into Tropical Storm later today, and then Hurricane Earl in a few (4-5) days. Thankfully, it has been a very quiet hurricane seaso...

While trying my best to avoid politics, I'd like to point readers to this Marc Lynch article on the chances and wisdom of a strike on Iran in the near future. Suffice it to say that Lynch doesn't think much of either. A point that he makes, which I've seen enumerated to great rhetorical and comic ef...

We are heading into solar maximum. Nasa scientists say there will be unprecedented solar activity/storms. I hope you all have extra sunblock in your BOB's. 8) FYI, in terms of solar irradiance, the difference between solar minima and maxima is typically 0.1%, or a little over 1 W/m^-2. Nothing to g...

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Here's a list of some that have already been mentioned and some who haven't.

Rueters live coverage
Explanation of the geological processes behind it
MSF (Doctors Without Borders) report from workers already in country

Thank you for the long and detailed post. Any time! Let me tell you that I am certainly impressed with your knowledge of this subject and your ability to dig up all kinds of great documentation . It kinda makes me wonder what kind of a super intelligent person would immerse them self in this subjec...

The real problem is the AGW proponents haven't proven their case It's a bit difficult to do when someone believes that the relevant scientific community is engaged in a global conspiracy of unprecedented scale. and it has strangely gotten colder in the last decade. A) Globally this is false, B) 10 ...

I'm not so sure discussing the failures of Objectivism or any other political philosophy is either kosher in terms of the forum rules or particularly relevant to this topic. Maybe PM?

To get to the point, bluntly, I am unconvinced, and I am a skeptic. There is NO amount of posting and linking that the pro-global warming posters in this thread could do to try to sway me towards their side. So do NOT even try. You'll just be wasting your time and bandwidth. What you're describing-...

There was a thread started about, roughly, assuming GW is real and coming, and getting worse, what areas will be worst affected, and what to do about it. It didn't last long and wasn't updated much, I think. There were some links to rising water level maps, and that was about it. That might be an i...

So creationists need not apply? When people display blatant antiscience beliefs like creationism or denial of smoking-cancer, they tend to display others. It's called "crank magnetism". It's not sufficient to dismiss everything that he or she has ever published, but to people with limited time and ...

Then forgive those of us who are not so enlightened as you, for we simply seek to search out the truth, and when there are two sides to a coin, both must be examined. I'm not claiming to be "enlightened" or that no one should examine things for him or herself. That's why I'm constantly providing li...

Is Dr. Spencer a denialist? Yes. Has be poo pooed cigarettes causing cancer? Does he beat his wife? Don't know. He is a creationist, though. Some Comments on the Lindzen and Choi (2009) Yes, when you brought up Lindzen earlier in the thread, I pointed out that his last paper was so bad, even other ...