Monthly Archives: February 2020

Australian fires: Climate ‘truth bomb’?

Posted on February 24, 2020 by | 335 comments

by Alan Longhurst

Recipe for Australia’s climate ‘truth bomb’:  dubious manipulations of the historical temperature record, ignorance of the climate dynamics of the Southern Hemisphere, and ignorance of Australia’s ecological and social history.

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Posted in Climate change impacts

Plausible scenarios for climate change: 2020-2050

Posted on February 13, 2020 by | 229 comments

by Judith Curry

A range of scenarios for global mean surface temperature change between 2020 and 2050, derived using a semi-empirical approach. All three modes of natural climate variability – volcanoes, solar and internal variability – are expected to act in the direction of cooling during this period.

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Posted in climate models, Sensitivity & feedbacks, Solar, Uncertainty

Inconsistency between historical and future CMIP5 simulations

Posted on February 11, 2020 by | 81 comments

by Kenneth Fritsch

Identification of significant differences between the historical and future CMIP5 simulations for intrinsic climate sensitivities.

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Posted in climate models

Economic impact of energy consumption change caused by global warming

Posted on February 8, 2020 by | 161 comments

by Peter Lang and Ken Gregory

A new paper ‘Economic impact of energy consumption change caused by global warming’ finds global warming may be beneficial.

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy