Tag Archives: Millar

Salzer et al 2009 – A First Look

Nov 17, 2009 – 11:29 PM

Salzer, Hughes et al (PNAS 2009) is in the news. It reports that “unprecedented” high-altitude bristlecone growth, citing increased growth at Sheep Mountain, Mount Washington and Pearl Peak, but especially Sheep Mountain. pdf PNAS SI Salzer SI CA readers are obviously familiar not just with bristlecones, but with Sheep Mountain. As pointed out in the […]

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Conrad Black and Mammoth Lakes CA

Jul 1, 2008 – 6:39 PM

The fraud trial of Conrad Black has been a very large story in Toronto. Black, a business tycoon, was recently sentenced to 78 months in Chicago; last week his appeal was rejected – news story here; blog account here; judgement here. Interestingly, the judge has his own blog. Black and his co-defendants were executives of […]

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Late 20th Century Limber Pine Growth Decline

Dec 6, 2006 – 10:21 AM

Constance Millar, url who wrote an excellent article on the medieval warm period in California, discussed here has written an interesting and timely article (presently in review) on thelate 20th century in the Sierra Nevadas, entitled: Response of high-elevation limber pine (Pinus flexilis) to multi-year droughts and 20th-century warming; Sierra Nevada, California.

By Steve McIntyre | Posted in bristlecones, Divergence, Proxies | Comments (24)

Millar et al: The Sierra Nevada MWP

Mar 14, 2006 – 9:28 AM

Otto-Bliesner asked me how I would do a reconstruction. As I’ve said on other occasions, I said that I didn’t know. I’m really reluctant to just apple-pick some series but it’s prbably worthwhile showing that you can pick apples as well as cherries. More constructively, I think that there are some approaches that look better […]

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Medieval #3: Wassuk Range, California

Feb 24, 2005 – 3:55 PM

Millar, Constance, Robert Westfall, Diane Delany, John King and Harry Alden, Climate As An Ecosystem Architect; Responses Of High-Elevation Conifers To Past Climate Variability.

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