Search Results for: Alarmism

‘Alarmism enforcement’ on hurricanes and global warming

Posted on September 7, 2019 by | 129 comments

by Judith Curry I used to be concerned about ‘consensus enforcement’ on the topic of climate change.  Now I am concerned about ‘alarmism enforcement.’

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Posted in Hurricanes, Sociology of science

Alarm about alarmism

Posted on July 15, 2017 by | 222 comments

by Judith Curry The climate change debate has entered what we might call the “Campfire Phase”, in which the goal is to tell the scariest story. – Oren Cass (twitter)

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Posted in Communication, Sociology of science

The case(?) for climate change alarmism

Posted on October 12, 2011 by | 509 comments

by Judith Curry “Rather than justifying a lack of response to climate change, the emphasis on uncertainty enlarges the risk and reinforces the responsibility for pursuing successful long-term mitigation policy,” according to a 2010 analysis by researchers at Sandia National … Continue reading →

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Posted in Policy, Uncertainty

Coronavirus uncertainty

Posted on March 19, 2020 by | 416 comments

by Judith Curry My thoughts on coronavirus and deep uncertainty.

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Posted in Uncertainty

Explaining the Discrepancies Between Hausfather et al. (2019) and Lewis&Curry (2018)

Posted on January 17, 2020 by | 249 comments

by Ross McKitrick Challenging the claim that a large set of climate model runs published since 1970’s are consistent with observations for the right reasons.

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Posted in climate models, Sensitivity & feedbacks

Week in review – science edition

Posted on December 6, 2019 by | 432 comments

by Judith Curry A few things that caught my eye this past week.

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Posted in Week in review

Legacy of Climategate – 10 years later

Posted on November 12, 2019 by | 387 comments

by Judith Curry My reflections on Climategate 10 years later, and also reflections on my reflections of 5 years ago.

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Posted in Skeptics, Sociology of science

Re-evaluating the manufacture of the climate consensus

Posted on August 21, 2019 by | 137 comments

by Judith Curry A new book by Oppenheimer, Oreskes et al. entitled ‘Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy‘ makes a case against consensus seeking in climate science assessments.

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Posted in Consensus

Gallery

Extremes

Posted on June 13, 2019 by

by Judith Curry Politics versus science in attributing extreme weather events to manmade global warming.

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Hearing on the Biodiversity Report

Posted on May 22, 2019 by | 189 comments

by Judith Curry The House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife is holding a Hearing today on Responding to the Global Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Consensus

Rebelling against the Extinction Rebellion

Posted on May 4, 2019 by | 168 comments

by Larry Kummer The Extinction Rebellion and the Green New Deal arouse fears of extinction for other species, and humanity. Only the complicit silence of climate scientists makes this possible. Compare the alarmists’ claims with what scientists said in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Communication

What is red teaming?

Posted on July 3, 2017 by | 330 comments

by Judith Curry Last week, Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator, stated he intended to form a ‘red team’ to debate climate science.  What exactly is ‘red teaming’, and how can this be implemented in a way that is useful for climate … Continue reading →

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Posted in Policy, Sociology of science

Nye’s Quadrant

Posted on May 2, 2017 by | 521 comments

by Judith Curry The scary emergence of Nye’s Quadrant in dominating the public discourse on climate change.

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Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science

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

‘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

Decision theory and the doom scenario of climate catastrophe

Posted on September 11, 2016 by | 203 comments

by Lucas Bergkamp Can decision theory help a rational person decide whether to believe in climate catastrophe?

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Posted in Policy

A new definition of academic misconduct

Posted on June 13, 2016 by | 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

Climate Hustle

Posted on May 1, 2016 by | 268 comments

by Judith Curry Are they trying to control the climate . . . or you?

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Posted in Communication

Week in review – science edition

Posted on April 23, 2016 by | 199 comments

by Judith Curry A few things that caught my eye this week.

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Posted in Week in review

Accountability for Climate Change Damages: Is Fossil Fuel Like Tobacco?

Posted on November 8, 2015 by | 202 comments

by Lucas Bergkamp At a Workshop in 2012, a group of scientists, lawyers and advocacy groups discussed what lessons could be learned from the tobacco litigation for launching successful climate change litigation against corporations.

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Posted in Policy

Lukewarming

Posted on November 5, 2015 by | 199 comments

by Judith Curry Two new books on lukewarming have recently been published.

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Posted in Attribution, Communication, Policy

Ocean acidification discussion thread

Posted on September 23, 2015 by | 223 comments

by Judith Curry This thread discusses sections 10.3 and 10.4 in Alan Longhurst’s new book Doubt and Certainty in Climate Science.

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Posted in Oceans

The Siddhartha heuristic

Posted on July 13, 2015 by | 286 comments

by Judith Curry Siddhārtha Gautama was a prince who was only told good news, and protected from seeing suffering and death. But he finally realised that he was not seeing the world as it really was, and so he left … Continue reading →

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Posted in Communication, Sociology of science

A key admission regarding climate memes

Posted on July 3, 2015 by | 421 comments

by Andy West Lewandowsky and Oreskes raise the prospect that via the agency of memes, the climate Consensus with its high certainty of danger, could be a socially generated artifact and not a scientific fact.

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Posted in Communication, Consensus, Sociology of science

Why Skeptics hate climate skeptics

Posted on June 3, 2015 by | 397 comments

by Planning Engineer In recent years many “skeptics” have become vociferously critical of anyone who expresses any doubts toward any part of what they see as a climate consensus (both problems and cures). How did the skeptic community grow to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Skeptics