Month: January 2012
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by Judith Curry ‘Nature is about to carry out a very interesting experiment’ Read more.
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by Judith Curry Climate change presents us with a pressing challenge. A global consensus accepts that human activity is responsible… Read more.
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by Judith Curry This proposal by John Bates of NOAA NCDC nails what is needed in terms of climate data… Read more.
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by Judith Curry Keith Seitter is Executive Director of the American Meteorological Society. Read more.
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by Judith Curry Here is the content of my presentation to the UN InterAcademy Council Project on Research Integrity and… Read more.
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by Judith Curry In many large ensembles, the property of the system as a whole cannot be understood from studying… Read more.
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by Judith Curry Earth’s “missing heat” might not be missing after all. That’s the conclusion of a new study that… Read more.
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by Judith Curry Naomi Oreskes: When it comes to climate change, openmindedness is the wrong approach. Read more.
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by Judith Curry Some news from the climate education front this week. Read more.
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by Judith Curry The drunk notoriously searches for his keys not in the dark where he dropped them, but under… Read more.
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by Judith Curry Earlier today via email, I received the following list of questions on research integrity and scientific responsibility. Read more.
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by Judith Curry This past week, two climate scientists have presented different perspectives on communicating climate science: Richard Betts and… Read more.
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by Judith Curry Serge Galam provides a disturbing answer to this question. Read more.
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by Judith Curry The Dublin based Livewire Publications has produced a new collection of essays titled Science & Capital – Radical Essays on… Read more.
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by Paul Farquharson From about the fifth century A.D. onwards, the Western tradition of history writing preserves abundant descriptions of… Read more.
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by Judith Curry In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely find evidence that an effect exists than… Read more.
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by Judith Curry The most fundamental argument for R&D on geoengineering is that those decision makers should not be put… Read more.
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by Judith Curry Albert Einstein on thermodynamics: A theory is more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises, the… Read more.
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by Judith Curry Update: see new cartoon by Josh at the bottom of the post the massive amounts of data… Read more.
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by Judith Curry The rise of digital media has revolutionized the management of information and created opportunities for broader involvement… Read more.
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by John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com Ever since the global recession began in 2008, suggestions of an imminent trade war erupting… Read more.
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by Judith Curry In pondering what might happen in 2012 in terms of energy and climate policy, oilprice.com suggests that… Read more.
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by Judith Curry “Climate dice”, describing the chance of unusually warm or cool seasons relative to climatology, have become progressively… Read more.
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by Judith Curry So…how do you tell when a research field is in the grip of an error cascade? The… Read more.
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by Judith Curry The American Meteorological Society 2011 Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences goes… Read more.