Newsweek's Intellectual Bias (Part II)

You Know, this was a good argument, too bad it gets trounced with a small amount of knowledge

"To reinforce the appearance of uncertainty and disagreement, the denial machine churned out white papers and "studies" (not empirical research, but critiques of others' work). The Marshall Institute, for instance, issued reports by a Harvard University astrophysicist it supported pointing to satellite data showing "no significant warming" of the atmosphere, contrary to the surface warming. The predicted warming, she wrote, "simply isn't happening according to the satellite[s]." At the time, there was a legitimate case that satellites were more accurate than ground stations, which might be skewed by the unusual warmth of cities where many are sited."

The thing is, that the whole concept of the Heat Island Effect can be easily proven

In his book, State of Fear, Michael Crichton used information from the NASA GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies) Database to gain the following information.

First: NASA recently re-distributed data proving that 1934 was the hottest year on record. This places the top five years on record in the 1930's.

Second: Lets compare New York City, West Point, New York, and Albany, New York

NY,NY: Increased by five degrees since 1836
Albany,NY: Decreased by a half degree since 1836
West Point, NY: No change since 1836

Meanwhile, in Pasadena, the temp has increased 4.5 degrees, while the temperature in Death Valley has changed by +.1 degree, both changes are since 1930.

Meanwhile, McGill, NV has cooled a full degree, Guthrie, OK has cooled two-thirds of a degree, Boulder, CO has cooled by a half degree, and Truman, MO has cooled by two degrees, with all the above taking place in non-built up areas where the Heat Island Effect cannot be registered.

More of the above are Greenville, SC, which has cooled a full degree, and Ann Arbor, MI, which has also cooled a full degree.

Internationally, Alice Springs, Aus, has had no change since 1879, Clyde, NWT, Can, has cooled a full degree since 1943, Christchurch, NZ, has barely warmed since 1864, and Kameenskoe, Siberia, has not changed temperature since 1949, Rome, Italy, hasn't warmed even .1 degree since 1811, Paris, France, hasn't changed since 1757, Stuttgart, Germany has cooled half a degree since 1792, Navacerrada, Spain has cooled a full degree since 1941, and Goteborg, Sweden has not changed since 1951.

In Asia meanwhile, the metropolises of Choshi, Japan, Lahore City, Pakistan, Takayama, Japan, and Tokyo Japan have all warmed. Tokyo showed the most pronounced, heating three degrees since 1876, when the Tokugawa Shogunate moved their capital to the city.

Now, I am going to nip this next one in the bud.

Katrina brought an onslaught of how these storms where caused by GW, and that the storms where going to increase in frequency and severity.

Well, the problem is, the opposite is happening.
1900-1909: 16 Hurricanes
1910-1919: 19 Hurricanes (Up 3)
1920-1929: 15 Hurricanes (Down 4)
1930-1939: 17 Hurricanes (Up 2)
1940-1949: 23 Hurricanes (Up 4)
1950-1959: 18 Hurricanes (Down 3)
1960-1969: 15 Hurricanes (Down 3)
1970-1979: 12 Hurricanes (Down 3)
1980-1989: 16 Hurricanes (Up 4)
1990-1999: 14 Hurricanes (Down 2)
2000-2009: 7 Hurricanes (Down 7)

Also, in 1998, we had El Nino, which resulted in a world-wide $15 BILLION dollar economic growth, this AFTER adding in the $1.5 billion that was lost because of ruined crops.

More to come tomorrow.