Daily Archives: November 5, 2012

Uncertainty in observations of the Earth’s energy balance

Posted on November 5, 2012 by | 610 comments

by Judith Curry

This lack of precise knowledge of surface energy fluxes profoundly affects our ability to understand how Earth’s climate responds to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. – Graeme Stephens et al.

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Posted in Data and observations, Uncertainty

Systemic thinking on causation

Posted on November 5, 2012 by | 225 comments

by Judith Curry

George Lakoff has just thrown  a big can of worms into the global warming debate:

Yes, global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy — and the Midwest droughts and the fires in Colorado and Texas, as well as other extreme weather disasters around the world. Let’s say it out loud, it was causation, systemic causation. 

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Posted in Attribution, Causation