Monthly Archives: December 2016

Discussion thread – Social Cost of Carbon

Posted on December 30, 2016 by | 242 comments

by David Wojick

The Social Cost of Carbon is absurd but entrenched.

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Posted in Policy

Internal climate variability as a confounding factor in climate sensitivity estimates

Posted on December 29, 2016 by | 333 comments

by Frank Bosse

Towards eliminating multi-decadal natural oscillations in determination of the Transient Climate Response (TCR) to CO2.
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Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks

Merry Xmas

Posted on December 24, 2016 by | 91 comments

by Judith Curry

My very best wishes to all during the holiday season, whatever you might be celebrating.

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Posted in Uncategorized

The tragedy of the horizon

Posted on December 21, 2016 by | 290 comments

by Judith Curry

Too rapid a movement towards a low-carbon economy could materially damage financial stability: a climate Minsky moment — Mark Carney

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Posted in Policy

King Canute versus the climate planners

Posted on December 20, 2016 by | 225 comments

by Judith Curry

On sea level rise, President Obama and King Canute.

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Posted in Policy

On the Decrease of Hot Days in the US

Posted on December 16, 2016 by | 123 comments

by Turbulent Eddie

Adjusted USHCN data indicate a decrease in CONUS hot days TMAX >= 100°F

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Posted in Data and observations

The latest climate ‘conspiracy theory’

Posted on December 15, 2016 by | 464 comments

by Judith Curry

Guess who the new climate ‘conspiracy theorists’ are?

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Posted in Sociology of science

Shifting sands of the climate debate

Posted on December 12, 2016 by | 462 comments

by Judith Curry

Insiders are out; and outsiders are becoming the insiders.

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Posted in Politics, Sociology of science

Climate Heretic: to be or not to be?

Posted on December 5, 2016 by | 855 comments

by Judith Curry

On experts, lukewarmers, and unhappy heretics.

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Posted in Sociology of science

‘Truthiness’ and ‘factiness’ in politicized scientific debates

Posted on December 3, 2016 by | 355 comments

by Judith Curry

The trappings of science can be decoupled from the actual rigor of science.

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Posted in Politics, Sociology of science

Perversions of open-minded thinking on climate change

Posted on December 1, 2016 by | 342 comments

by Kip Hansen

Climate skepticism: a ‘perverse’ effect of ‘actively open-minded thinking’.

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Posted in Sociology of science