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Week in review – science edition

Posted on January 24, 2021 | 87 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye over the past several weeks.

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The big ‘cancel’

Posted on January 12, 2021 | 962 comments

by Judith Curry

We need to allow all voices to be heard.

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Posted in Ethics, Politics

Biden Administration II

Posted on January 7, 2021 | 800 comments

by Judith Curry

Just as everyone was heaving a sigh of relief that 2020 is over, 2021 is providing some fresh craziness.

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Posted in Politics

Looking forward: new technologies in the 2020’s

Posted on January 2, 2021 | 368 comments

by Judith Curry

Looking ahead towards new energy technologies, plus my own saga and rationale for transitioning my personal power generation and consumption. Continue reading →

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Posted in Energy

2020 Year in Review

Posted on December 27, 2020 | 357 comments

by Judith Curry

A year ago, there were many things about 2020 that no one anticipated.

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Asymptomatic spread(?) of Covid-19

Posted on December 20, 2020 | 296 comments

by Judith Curry

I just finished reading an article entitled Asymptomatic Spread Revisited. Continue reading →

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The blame game

Posted on December 7, 2020 | 732 comments

by Judith Curry

How the ‘blame game’ gets in the way of solving complex societal problems.

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Posted in Energy, Policy, Politics

Week in review – science edition

Posted on November 27, 2020 | 677 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye these past 10 (!) weeks

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Biden administration

Posted on November 25, 2020 | 1,990 comments

by Judith Curry

I’ve received requests for a new politics discussion thread.

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1,990 Comments

Posted in Politics

Five rules for evidence communication

Posted on November 21, 2020 | 361 comments

by Judith Curry

“Avoid unwarranted certainty, neat narratives and partisan presentation; strive to inform, not persuade.”

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Posted in Communication, Uncertainty

Cultural motivations for wind and solar renewables deployment

Posted on November 19, 2020 | 290 comments

by Andy West

“For me the question now is, now that we know that renewables can’t save the planet, are we going to keep letting them destroy it?”. – Michael Schellenberger Continue reading →

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Posted in Energy

Slower decay of landfalling Hurricanes in a warmer world — really?

Posted on November 17, 2020 | 67 comments

by Frank Bosse

A recent paper published in “Nature” made some excitement in the media, see here or here.

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Posted in Hurricanes

Disconnect in the relationship between GMST and ECS

Posted on November 11, 2020 | 142 comments

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 that can account for the period disconnection using the negative forcing of aerosol/cloud effects in the Historical period that is carried forward into the Future period.   I attribute some of the uncertainty in simulations of this simple model to endogenous model decision (selection) uncertainty that leads to variations in the changes of the negative forcing in the Historical period carried forward into the Future period.

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Posted in climate models, Sensitivity & feedbacks

U.S. election discussion thread

Posted on November 3, 2020 | 1,454 comments

by Judith Curry

No words.

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Posted in Hurricanes, Politics

Science and politics

Posted on October 26, 2020 | 632 comments

by Judith Curry

“I’m reaching out to scientists this week about the election. How do you feel about it? Which of the candidates has the best plan, for you, in science and technology?”

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632 Comments

Posted in Politics

Climate science and the Supreme Court

Posted on October 16, 2020 | 737 comments

by Judith Curry

An alternative assessment of U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s statements on climate change.

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Posted in Politics

What the pandemic has taught us about science

Posted on October 10, 2020 | 285 comments

The scientific method remains the best way to solve many problems, but bias, overconfidence and politics can sometimes lead scientists astray

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Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science, Uncertainty

How we fool ourselves

Posted on October 4, 2020 | 268 comments

by Judith Curry

Crowd sourcing examples of fallacious thinking from climate science.

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Posted in Sociology of science, Uncertainty

Politics discussion thread II

Posted on October 2, 2020 | 701 comments

by Judith Curry

Looks like we need a new thread on this.

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701 Comments

Posted in Politics

Week in review – science edition

Posted on September 17, 2020 | 129 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that have caught my eye this past 12(!) weeks.

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FIRE

Posted on September 15, 2020 | 143 comments

by Judith Curry

Subtitle: our failure to live in harmony with nature.

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Posted in Extreme events

Part of the heat is coming from beneath our feet.

Posted on September 8, 2020 | 228 comments

by Judith Curry

A thought-provoking article  from my new favorite blog, The Ethical Skeptic.

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228 Comments

Posted in Attribution, Causation, Ethics, Skeptics

Politics discussion thread

Posted on September 2, 2020 | 801 comments

by Judith Curry

It’s time for a politics thread, to deflect the political comments that are sneaking into the technical threads.

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801 Comments

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New confirmation that climate models overstate atmospheric warming

Posted on August 25, 2020 | 148 comments

by Ross McKitrick

Two new peer-reviewed papers from independent teams confirm that climate models overstate atmospheric warming and the problem has gotten worse over time, not better.

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Posted in climate models

Cancel culture discussion thread II

Posted on August 7, 2020 | 236 comments

by Judith Curry

Some additional articles and events to discuss.

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236 Comments

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