U.S. and Global Temperatures: a correction

Dr Gavin Schmidt, a climate modeler at NASA and a principal author of the Real Climate weblog, has emailed me to point out an error (mine) in my review of Ian Plimer's Heaven + Earth.

Plimer’s Heaven + Earth

I have finally finished reading and skimming Ian Plimer's thick book Heaven + Earth. I found it admirable for being a comprehensive and intelligent account of relevant evidence on climate change. I did not like it so much for the writing, or for the organization of ideas in some places, but that's a quibble in light…

Plimer review: more from G Schmidt

Scary pictures of a deep recession

The charts are interactive. You can pick your own poison, if you follow the link.

Budget transparency turns murky

On the biggest single program item, Defense—a staggering 2.3% of GDP or $27 billion dollars next year alone—it seems to be a case of re-negging and obscurity.