by Judith Curry
“Universities, then, are doing the research. Governments, and their public services, want the evidence. Why is it so difficult to get these two worlds to meet at an intersection of knowledge that can influence in significant ways the making of public policy? Why does Australia’s large public investment in research and development contribute so little to addressing the political response to the nation’s economic and social challenges?” – Peter Shergold
Posted in Policy
by Judith Curry
It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.
Posted in Week in review
by Judith Curry
The Hearing on Policy-Relevant Climate Issues in Context is now beginning.
Posted in Policy, Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Environment Hearing on Policy Relevant Climate Issues in Context will be held tomorrow, April 25 at 10 a.m.
Posted in Policy
by Judith Curry
The drive for consensus within the IPCC process, and its subsequent public marketing, has becomes a source of scientific weakness rather than of scientific strength in the turbulent social discourses on climate change. – Mike Hulme
Posted in Consensus
by Judith Curry
The U.S. was the largest emitter carbon dioxide (CO2) until 2006 when China’s emissions exceeded the U.S. U.S. CO2 emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels peaked in 2007 and have declined significantly over the past five years. – John Miller
Posted in Energy
by Judith Curry
When it comes to just about any topic, it seems as if the public discourse on the internet is dominated by rhetoric and propaganda. People are either selling products or ideology. In fact, just because someone may come across as calm and knowledgeable does not mean you should let your guard down and trust what they say. What you need to look for is a track record of intellectual honesty. – Mike Gene
Posted in Ethics
by Judith Curry
It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.
Posted in Week in review
by Judith Curry
Two heavyweight climate scientists have published very different ideas about how much the Earth is going to warm in the coming decades. – Washington Weather Gang
Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks
by Judith Curry
A novel method for causal inference has been motivated by . . . sardines.
Posted in Causation, Climate change impacts, Policy
by Judith Curry
It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.
Posted in Welcome
by Nicholas Lewis
Some of you may recall my guest post at Climate Etc last June, here, questioning whether the results of the Forest et al., 2006, (F06) study on estimating climate sensitivity might have arisen from misprocessing of data.
Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks
by Tony Brown
Satellite observations that provide an hour by hour picture of every part of the Arctic make it easy to forget that large areas of it had not even been even explored 80 years ago – let alone its ice extent minutely observed. This paper explores the controversy surrounding the period 1920-1950, which was a period of substantial warming in the Arctic.
Posted in History, Polar regions
by Judith Curry
We’re screwed: 11,000 years’ worth of climate data prove it. It’s among the most compelling bits of proof out there that human beings are behind global warming, and as such has become a target on Mann’s back for climate denialists looking to draw a bead on scientists. — The Atlantic, March 9th
We’re not screwed. The trouble is, as they quietly admitted over the weekend, their new and stunning claim is groundless. The real story is only just emerging, and it isn’t pretty. – Ross McKitrick
Posted in Data and observations, Ethics
