Roy W. Spencer

Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D., is Principal Research Scientist in Climatology in the University of Alabama’s National Space Science & Technology Center. When he worked at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, he and Dr. John Christy, who heads the NSSTC, jointly received NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for their global temperature monitoring work with satellites. Dr. Spencer’s work with NASA continues as the U.S. Science Team leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite. Dr. Spencer’s research has been entirely supported by U.S. government agencies: NASA, NOAA, and DOE. He has never been asked by any oil company to perform any kind of service. He is a Senior Fellow of The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation.

UAH Global Temperature Update for January 2022: +0.03 deg. C.

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The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for January 2022 was +0.03 deg. C, down from the December 2021 value of +0.21 deg. C. The linear warming trend since January 1979 now stands at +0.13 C/decade (+0.12 C/decade over the global-averaged oceans, and +0.18 C/decade over global-averaged land). Various regional LT departures […]

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UAH Global Temperature Update for November 2021: Spoiler Alert, No Reason to Worry

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The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for November 2021 was +0.08 deg. C, down substantially from the October 2021 value of +0.37 deg. C. The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for November 2021 was +0.08 deg. C, down substantially from the October 2021 value of +0.37 deg.

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UAH Global Temperature Update for June 2021: -0.01 deg. C

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The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for June, 2021 was -0.01 deg. C, down from the May, 2021 value of +0.08 deg. C. REMINDER: We have changed the 30-year averaging period from which we compute anomalies to 1991-2020, from the old period 1981-2010. This change does not affect the temperature trends.

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Biden to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Like the Paris Agreement, It Will Make No Difference

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In what appears to be a never-ending string of ineffective efforts to force the public to use expensive, unreliable, intermittent, and not-widely-deployable renewable energy, the Biden Administration is issuing an executive order that (among other things) directs federal agencies to end fossil fuel subsidies. Personally, I would not mind if all federal subsidies were ended, since all

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Hot Summer Epic Fail: New Climate Models Exaggerate Midwest Warming by 6X

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For the last 10 years I have consulted for grain growing interests, providing information about past and potential future trends in growing season weather that might impact crop yields. Their primary interest is the U.S. corn belt, particularly the 12 Midwest states (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Michigan)

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