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Alan Longhurst 1925-2023: oceanographer and climate skeptic

by Javier Vinós Alan Longhurst died last December 7th in the hospital of Figeac in Occitanie (France), where he had been admitted a few days earlier following a fall in nearby Cajarc, the small town where he lived. Alan has … Continue reading

Climate bookshelf 2023

by Judith Curry 2023 was a banner year for the publication of interesting climate-related books.  Some excellent books for Xmas stockings, providing scientific insights, policy sanity and optimism for the 21st century.

North Atlantic Nonsense

by Alan Longhurst    “Never before in 1000 years the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as the Gulf Stream System, has been as weak as in the last decades“.  

Urban night lighting observations challenge interpretation of land surface temperature observations

by Alan Longhurst The pattern of warming of surface air temperature recorded by the instrumental data is accepted almost without question by the science community as being the consequence of the progressive and global contamination of the atmosphere by CO2.   … Continue reading

CO2 sensitivity: the polar solution

by Alan Longhurst Natural climate variability in the polar regions.

Australian fires: Climate ‘truth bomb’?

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.

The value of very long instrumental data series

by Alan Longhurst Because the climate change science community habitually concentrates attention on surface data from a very short recent period – nominally a little more than 100 years – it would be very interesting to know how the pattern habitually derived … Continue reading

2015 → 2016

by Judith Curry Ringing in the New Year at Climate Etc.

Undersea volcanoes may be impacting long-term climate change

by Alan Longhurst I think this paper on on ocean tides, sea-floor volcanoes and Milankevitch cycles is a game changer.

Why is the Arctic climate and ice cover so variable?

by Judith Curry A discussion of Section 8.3 of Alan Longhurst’s book Doubt and Certainty in Climate Science.

New book: Doubt and Certainty in Climate Science

by Judith Curry Doubt and Certainty in Climate Science is an important new book that everyone should read.  And its free.

Kiribati crisis: the blame game

by Judith Curry Small atoll islands may grow, not sink, as sea level rises.

Ocean acidification discussion thread

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

Regional anomalies in the evolution of surface air temperature

by Judith Curry A discussion of Section 6.1 of Alan Longhurst’s book Doubt and Certainty in Climate Science.