Monthly Archives: November 2014

Groups and herds: implications for the IPCC

Posted on November 25, 2014 by curryja | 404 comments

by Judith Curry

Group failures often have disastrous consequences—not merely for businesses, nonprofits, and governments, but for all those affected by them. – Cass Sunstein and Reid Hastie

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Posted in Consensus, IPCC, Sociology of science

Can cows help save the planet?

Posted on November 19, 2014 by curryja | 513 comments

by Judith Curry

Some interesting new ideas about the role of soils, farming and livestock in fighting global warming.

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Posted in Soils and food

Climate/Energy Policy and the GOP Congress

Posted on November 16, 2014 by curryja | 639 comments

by Judith Curry

With the Republicans in majority for both Houses of the 114th Congress, what are the implications for U.S. climate and energy policy?

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Posted in Energy, Policy, Politics

We are all confident idiots

Posted on November 13, 2014 by curryja | 725 comments

by Judith Curry

Stumbling through all our cognitive clutter just to recognize a true “I don’t know” may not constitute failure as much as it does an enviable success, a crucial signpost that shows us we are traveling in the right direction toward the truth. – David Dunning

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Posted in Sociology of science, Uncertainty

Challenges to understanding the role of the ocean in climate science

Posted on November 12, 2014 by curryja | 386 comments

by Carol Anne Clayson

A significant area of uncertainty in climate science and one of the biggest limitations on our ability to predict the timing, location and impacts of climate change is our limited understanding of ocean processes and their interactions with the atmosphere, land, and ice systems.

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Posted in Data and observations

Sagan’s baloney detection rules

Posted on November 9, 2014 by curryja | 404 comments

by Judith Curry

On this 80th anniversary of Carl Sagan’s birthday.

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Posted in Scientific method

Climate dynamics of clouds

Posted on November 6, 2014 by curryja | 177 comments

by Judith Curry

So, what’s going on in the world of research on the climate dynamics of clouds?

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Posted in Attribution

More renewables? Watch out for the Duck Curve

Posted on November 5, 2014 by curryja | 462 comments

by Planning Engineer

It can be very misleading to compare the energy costs for wind and solar to the energy costs for more conventional generation technology and assume the difference is the cost of providing for “clean” energy.

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Posted in Energy