Monthly Archives: June 2016

A new study finds that human-caused warming in the west tropical Pacific was not responsible for a series of frigid North American winters experienced over the early 2000s.

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Posted in Attribution, Extreme events

How Dr. Frankenstein is making research sick

Posted on June 20, 2016 by curryja | 174 comments

by Judith Curry

What I saw was a creature not unlike that made by Dr. Frankenstein and which turned onto its creator: neither traditional science nor business, as it is made from incompatible parts taken from both bodies with good intentions but not much forethought. – Yuri Lazebnik

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Posted in Sociology of science

Energy and Environment on the “Garden Island”

Posted on June 16, 2016 by curryja | 115 comments

by Planning Engineer

· Countering the presumption that renewables are always the environmentally preferable alternative, this column suggests that serious consideration should be given to examining if for the short term, fossil fuel might be the “environmentally correct” near term alternative for Kauai.

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Posted in Energy

A new definition of academic misconduct

Posted on June 13, 2016 by curryja | 284 comments

by Judith Curry

Ridd was punished by James Cook University for “not displaying responsibility in respecting the reputations of other colleagues.” The university even warned that if he does this again, he’ll be tried for serious misconduct.

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Posted in Ethics