Monthly Archives: July 2016

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program

Posted on July 28, 2016 by | 88 comments

by Judith Curry

The first 20 years.

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Posted in climate models, Data and observations, Sensitivity & feedbacks

Sea level rise, acceleration and the closure problem

Posted on July 20, 2016 by | 206 comments

by Rud Istvan

There is no doubt that interglacials change sea level (SL). And that sea level rise (SLR) can be dramatic on millennial interglacial time scales.

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Oceans

Clean energy emergency

Posted on July 19, 2016 by | 242 comments

by Judith Curry

Right about now would be a good time for people who care about climate change to acknowledge our clean energy crisis. – Mike Shellenberger

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Posted in Energy

AMS: Weather, Water and Climate Priorities

Posted on July 18, 2016 by | 65 comments

by Judith Curry

An eminently sensible and constructive statement from the American Meteorological Society.

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Posted in Policy, Sociology of science

Canopus, Herakleion, New Orleans & Continental Rifts

Posted on July 17, 2016 by | 121 comments

by Anthony Lucas

An alternative perception of sea level rise and climate change.

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Posted in Oceans

The troubled institution of science

Posted on July 15, 2016 by | 317 comments

by Judith Curry

“Is the point of research to make other professional academics happy, or is it to learn more about the world?” —Noah Grand, sociology professor, UCLA

“Science, I had come to learn, is as political, competitive, and fierce a career as you can find, full of the temptation to find easy paths.” — Paul Kalanithi, neurosurgeon and writer (1977–2015)

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Posted in Sociology of science

U.S. Presidential discussion thread. Part XIII

Posted on July 14, 2016 by | 794 comments

by Judith Curry

Plus UK and Australia political issues.

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Posted in Uncategorized

Are energy budget climate sensitivity values biased low?

Posted on July 12, 2016 by | 233 comments

by Nic Lewis

In a recently published paper (REA16),[i] Mark Richardson et al. claim that recent observation-based energy budget estimates of the Earth’s transient climate response (TCR) are biased substantially low, with the true value some 24% higher.

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Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks

Climate power play by the AAAS et al.

Posted on July 4, 2016 by | 477 comments

by Judith Curry

The AAAS and affiliated professional societies just shot themselves in the foot with the letter to U.S. policy makers.

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Posted in Ethics, Sociology of science