* * * * * Is it global warming, or just urban heat islands? Some quick links before I go back to sleep [1]. It seems that Anthony Watts [2] is questioning the collection of tempurature data [3] and that the data is showing urban heat islands [4] and not necessarily global warming. I got the link from Flutterby, which has some further commentary and links [5] about this phenomenon (do do de do do [6]) that's worth reading up on as well. [1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2007/06/18.1 [2] http://www.norcalblogs.com/watts/ [3] http://www.norcalblogs.com/watts/weather_stations/ [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island [5] https://boston.conman.org/ [6] http://www.youtube.com/v/YevYBsShxNs Email author at sean@conman.org .