Monthly Archives: March 2014

IPCC AR5 WG2 Report – draft SPM

Posted on March 30, 2014 by | 790 comments

by Judith Curry

The WG2 Report will be officially released on Monday.  Here is what people are saying about a leaked version of the Summary for Policy Makers.

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Posted in Climate change impacts

Week in review

Posted on March 29, 2014 by | 253 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week.

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Inconvenient truth of carbon offsets

Posted on March 28, 2014 by | 289 comments

by Judith Curry

Kevin Anderson explains why he refused to purchase a carbon offset, and why you should steer clear of them too.

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Posted in Policy

Trial of the century?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by | 550 comments

BBC Newshour:  Judith Curry and Bob Ward debate Steyn versus Mann

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Posted in Communication, Ethics

EconTalk: Christy and Emanuel

Posted on March 24, 2014 by | 235 comments

by Judith Curry

John Christy of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about climate change.

 

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More scientific mavericks needed

Posted on March 23, 2014 by | 448 comments

by Judith Curry

Mavericks once played an essential role in research. Indeed, their work defined the 20th century.

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Posted in Sociology of science

Week in review

Posted on March 22, 2014 by | 298 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week.

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Growth versus sustainability

Posted on March 21, 2014 by | 279 comments

by Judith Curry

Is economic growth sustainable?  Is it desirable?

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Nate Silvers’ 538: inconvenient statistics

Posted on March 20, 2014 by | 215 comments

by Judith Curry

If Silver’s data-drive approach gets in the way of your political aims, so much the better. – Michael Brendan Dougherty

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UK-US Workshop Part V: Broadening the portfolio of climate information

Posted on March 19, 2014 by | 116 comments

by Judith Curry

This post discusses Workshop presentations on broadening the portfolio of climate information for use in regional adaptation decisions.

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AAAS: What we know

Posted on March 18, 2014 by | 397 comments

by Judith Curry

[W]e present key messages for every American about climate change. – AAAS

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Simplicity amidst complexity (?)

Posted on March 17, 2014 by | 432 comments

by Judith Curry

Isaac Held’s new article in Science raises some interesting questions.

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Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks

Bonfire of insanity

Posted on March 16, 2014 by | 383 comments

by Judith Curry

Biomass pellets transported from North Carolina, U.S. are shipped 3800 miles to the UK and burned in Drax power station.  Drax is switching to pellets as it is deemed ‘carbon neutral’,  even though it belches out more CO2 than coal.  – from David Rose

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Week in review

Posted on March 14, 2014 by | 268 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week.

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The Art of Science Advice to Government

Posted on March 12, 2014 by | 471 comments

by Judith Curry

Peter Gluckman, New Zealand’s chief science adviser, offers his ten principles for building trust, influence, engagement and independence.

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Posted in Policy

California drought in context

Posted on March 10, 2014 by | 490 comments

by Judith Curry

A changing climate means that weather-related disasters like droughts, wildfires, storms [and] floods are potentially going to be costlier and they’re going to be harsher. – President Obama

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Positioning skeptics

Posted on March 9, 2014 by | 270 comments

by Judith Curry

What use is science to society, if its advocates are not brave enough to point out the nonsense that is produced in the name of the scientific consensus? – Ben Pile

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Posted in Skeptics

Open thread

Posted on March 8, 2014 by | 412 comments

by Judith Curry

It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.

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Posted in Open thread

Climate sensitivity: technical discussion thread

Posted on March 6, 2014 by | 487 comments

by Judith Curry

The Lewis and Crok paper is stimulating much discussion; unfortunately little of it is technical.  Lets devote a thread to technical discussion on the issues the raise.

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Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks

Lewis and Crok: Climate less sensitive to CO2 than models suggest

Posted on March 5, 2014 by | 474 comments

by Judith Curry

Nic Lewis and Marcel Crok have published a new report on climate sensitivity.

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Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks

Causes and implications of the pause

Posted on March 4, 2014 by | 432 comments

by Judith A. Curry

My invited talk at the American Physical Society Meeting in Denver.

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Posted in Attribution

Habits of a complex mind

Posted on March 2, 2014 by | 510 comments

by Judith Curry

How to go from reductionist thinking to action based complexity research. 

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Posted in Scientific method

Week in review

Posted on March 1, 2014 by | 265 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week.

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Posted in Week in review