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June 22, 2007
Watts Up E-R
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| Fellow Norcal
blogger Anthony Watts recently embarked
on an effort to evaluate surface temperature measuring stations to see
if they are in disrepair or poorly located. Some scientists and global
warming advocates have said that all bias in the measurements have been
accounted for. But as it turns out many of the sites are poorly located
and in disrepair. Experts on global warming clearly have little data on
the various problems associated with each measurement site, and so the
"bias" that is supposed to be accounted for could be called into
question. Anthony's efforts have been picked up in the national media and tens of thousands of people have visited his E-R sponsored blog. In fact he's had ten times as many visitors in a single day than most Norcal blogs get in a month. His efforts have been detailed in a major newspaper, a leading internet news site, and a top national cable news channel. I only read the online paper, so I could have missed something. But so far no front page story in the E-R. Isn't this newsworthy? A nice old lady hits a hole in one, big news. A local weatherman, who is regularly raked over the coals in our political left weeklies, finds problems worthy of evaluating in the data collection that underlies much of the global warming data set, no big deal. As I said, I could have missed an editorial or some other article that wasn't online. But when someone local tilts a windmill as big as the billion dollar global climate change market, that ought to be on the front page. Somebody must be on vacation. Update: I received a note from someone at the E-R that they are paying attention to Anthony's newfound celebrity status and will be reporting on it soon. In fact they just found out that Anthony has been seen checking temperature measurement sites with none other than Paris Hilton, who has been released from jail on good behavior and has decided to devote her life to science. BTW, I think there are a couple of people at the E-R who are on vacation. I'm pretty sure now that they're also checking little temperature huts across the USA. |
Posted by Lon at June 22, 2007 12:27 AM
Comments
Kudos to Anthony, who took the initiative to check out the root of the research into "Global Warming".
An important piece of scientific evidence I would think. If the data is flawed, what good is it?
Posted by: Ro2u at June 22, 2007 06:53 AM
Science should be detailed and documented. Nobody should be afraid of basic science. I applaud Anthony for his efforts to ensure good science is the foundation of surface temperature readings.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at June 22, 2007 11:33 PM