Consensus enforcers versus the Trump administration

Posted on June 24, 2017 | 355 comments

by Judith Curry

Tough days on The Hill for the enforcers of the climate consensus.

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Posted in Consensus, Policy

National Climate Assessment and the Trump administration

Posted on June 21, 2017 | 344 comments

The National Climate Assessment must be redirected or terminated

by Patrick J. Michaels

Periodic National Assessments of the effects of climate change on the U.S. are mandated by the 1990 Global Change Research Act. The next Assessment Report is scheduled to be published in late 2018.

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Posted in Policy, Sociology of science

The radically fragmented and decentralized age of information

Posted on June 20, 2017 | 111 comments

by Judith Curry

Why real nobodies are more powerful than repressed somebodies.

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Posted in Communication, Sociology of science

Week in review – science edition

Posted on June 10, 2017 | 319 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week

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Posted in Uncategorized, Week in review

CFAN’s forecast for the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season

Posted on June 8, 2017 | 104 comments

by Judith Curry

Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN)’s  first seasonal forecast for  Atlantic hurricanes is based on a breakthrough in understanding of the impact of global climate dynamics on Atlantic hurricane activity.

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Posted in Hurricanes

Paris Accord: QTIIPS

Posted on June 4, 2017 | 527 comments

by Judith Curry

QTIIPS stands for Quantitatively Trivial Impact + Intense Political Symbolism. – Keith Hennessey

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Posted in Policy

Nature Unbound III – Holocene climate variability (Part B)

Posted on May 28, 2017 | 314 comments

by Javier

The Neoglacial has been a period of progressive cooling, increasing aridity, and advancing glaciers, culminating in the Little Ice Age. The main Holocene climatic cycle of ~ 2400 years delimits periods of more stable climatic conditions which were identified over a century ago. The stable periods are punctuated by abrupt changes.

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Posted in Attribution, Data and observations