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JC’s ethics complaint against Michael Mann
by Judith Curry BREAKING. The verdict is in – GUILTY. Mann’s lawyer introduced into evidence an old ethics complaint against Michael Mann that I had addressed to the Penn State administration.
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How the Disinformation Industrial Complex is destroying trust in science
by David Young Much has changed in science since the pandemic and much of it is change for the worse. The pandemic has highlighted the loss of credibility of the public health establishment and the often toxic nature of current … Continue reading
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Climate Uncertainty and Risk: in press
by Judith Curry My book Climate Uncertainty and Risk has now been accepted for publication, following peer review and submission of my revised manuscript.
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Uncomfortable knowledge
by Judith Curry On the misuse of science and scientific authority.
Posted in Policy, Sociology of science, Uncertainty
Five rules for evidence communication
by Judith Curry “Avoid unwarranted certainty, neat narratives and partisan presentation; strive to inform, not persuade.”
Posted in Communication, Uncertainty
TORNADO
by Judith Curry Politics versus the data versus communicating science.
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Held v Montana Climate Lawsuit
by Judith Curry My reflections on the Held v Montana Climate Lawsuit – the inside story, my written expert report and why I didn’t testify at the trial. Don’t believe the PR about this case from Our Children’s Trust, which … Continue reading
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“Colorful fluid dynamics” and overconfidence in global climate models
by David Young This post lays out in fairly complete detail some basic facts about Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling. This technology is the core of all general circulation models of the atmosphere and oceans, and hence global climate models … Continue reading
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JC’s expert report
by Judith Curry Here is the text of the expert report on Mann v. Simberg/Steyn in 2020 that I prepared at the request of Mark Steyn’s counsel.
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Death spiral of American academia
by Patrick J Michaels Earlier this year, Eric Kaufmann of the University of London published a remarkably detailed and comprehensive study of bias in academia, “Academic Freedom in Crisis: Punishment, Political Discrimination, and Self-Censorship.” Kaufmann’s writing is a product of California’s Center for the … Continue reading
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Climate sensitivity in light of the latest energy imbalance evidence
by Frank Bosse Equilibrium climate sensitivity computed from the latest energy imbalance data.
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Don’t overhype the link between climate change and hurricanes
by Judith Curry Doing so erodes scientific credibility — and distracts from the urgent need to shore up our vulnerability to storms’ impacts.
Posted in Hurricanes
The Sun-Climate Effect: The Winter Gatekeeper Hypothesis (V). A role for the sun in climate change
by Javier Vinós & Andy May “Once you start doubting, just like you’re supposed to doubt. You ask me if the science is true and we say ‘No, no, we don’t know what’s true, we’re trying to find out, everything … Continue reading
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Environmental Justice campaign to replace New York City peaking power plants
by Roger Caiazza Environmental justice organizations are currently a major driver of environmental regulation in New York. A new report “The Fossil Fuel End Game, A frontline vision to retire New York City’s peaker plants by 2030” illustrates the campaign … Continue reading
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Madrid
by Judith Curry The UN Climate Change Conference this week in Madrid provides an important opportunity to reflect on state of the public debate surrounding climate change.
Disconnect in the relationship between GMST and ECS
by Kenneth Fritsch Abstract. An analysis is presented of he disconnection between the CMIP5 and CMIP6 Historical and Future periods when considering the relationship of the individual model GMST changes and the climate sensitivity. I have included a simple model … Continue reading
Posted in climate models, Sensitivity & feedbacks
A climate of dialogue
by Judith Curry A pacated dialogue between two serious thinkers who disagree about climate change.
Posted in Sociology of science
The toxic rhetoric of climate change
by Judith Curry “I genuinely have the fear that climate change is going to kill me and all my family, I’m not even kidding it’s all I have thought about for the last 9 months every second of the day. … Continue reading
Posted in Communication
Legacy of Climategate – 10 years later
by Judith Curry My reflections on Climategate 10 years later, and also reflections on my reflections of 5 years ago.
Posted in Skeptics, Sociology of science
Climate Change: What’s the Worst Case?
by Judith Curry My new manuscript is now available.
Posted in Uncertainty
Plausible scenarios for climate change: 2020-2050
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 … Continue reading
Posted in climate models, Sensitivity & feedbacks, Solar, Uncertainty
Truth(?) in testimony and convincing policy makers
by Judith Curry Some reflections, stimulated by yesterday’s Congressional Hearing, on the different strategies of presenting Congressional testimony.
Posted in Politics, Scientific method, Sociology of science
Politics of climate expertise
by Judith Curry “Concerning the inability of expert knowledge to resolve environmental controversy and the pressing need for a pragmatic reframing of policy problems to allow for solutions based on bipartisan values.”
Posted in Sociology of science
Climate science’s ‘masking bias’ problem
by Judith Curry How valid conclusions often lay hidden within research reports, masked by plausible but unjustified conclusions reached in those reports. And how the IPCC institutionalizes such masking errors in climate science.
Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science, Uncertainty
What’s the worst case? A possibilistic approach
by Judith Curry Are all of the ‘worst-case’ climate scenarios and outcomes described in assessment reports, journal publications and the media plausible? Are some of these outcomes impossible? On the other hand, are there unexplored worst-case scenarios that we have … Continue reading
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