Open thread weekend

Posted on May 18, 2013 | 119 Comments

by Judith Curry

Its your turn to introduce topics for discussion.

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DocMartyn’s estimate of climate sensitivity and forecast of future global temperatures

Posted on May 16, 2013 | 447 Comments

by DocMartyn

My forecast is that temperatures will remain flat until 2040.

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Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks

Pasteur’s quadrant

Posted on May 15, 2013 | 123 Comments

by Judith Curry

The savage budgetary pressures we will have at least into the 21st Century are part of the reason why we must attempt to develop a fresh contract between science and government. – Donald Stokes

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Posted in Scientific method

Lennart Bengtsson on global climate change

Posted on May 13, 2013 | 652 Comments

[T]he really important question is to know how much warmer it will be and how fast this is likely to happen as this determines a realistic and sensible cause of action. In spite of all research and modelling experimentation we are actually less sure what will happen than what might appear from all reassuring reports that dominates the media. – Lennart Bengtsson

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Posted in Communication, Policy

Open thread weekend

Posted on May 11, 2013 | 713 Comments

by Judith Curry

It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.

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More on the ‘pause’

Posted on May 7, 2013 | 1,126 Comments

by Judith Curry

Is global warming slowing down? – David Appell

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Posted in Attribution

Consensus and controversy

Posted on May 6, 2013 | 419 Comments

by Judith Curry

This report outlines the main positions and debates surrounding the literally hot topic of man-made global warming.  Inspired by social studies of science and technology, the goal of the report is to document, describe and take stock of this potent scientific and public ‘battlefield’ that plays out arguably some of the more pressing issues of our time. – Emil Royrvik

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Posted in Consensus