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Sagan’s baloney detection rules

Posted on November 9, 2014 | 404 comments

by Judith Curry

On this 80th anniversary of Carl Sagan’s birthday.

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Posted in Scientific method

Climate dynamics of clouds

Posted on November 6, 2014 | 177 comments

by Judith Curry

So, what’s going on in the world of research on the climate dynamics of clouds?

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Posted in Attribution

More renewables? Watch out for the Duck Curve

Posted on November 5, 2014 | 462 comments

by Planning Engineer

It can be very misleading to compare the energy costs for wind and solar to the energy costs for more conventional generation technology and assume the difference is the cost of providing for “clean” energy.

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Posted in Energy

JC’s book shelf

Posted on November 4, 2014 | 212 comments

by Judith Curry

Some new books that I’ve been reading, by  Roger Pielke Jr., Rud Istvan, George Marshall and James Gleick.

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Posted in Communication, Policy

Cognitive bias – how petroleum scientists deal with it

Posted on November 3, 2014 | 385 comments

by Peter Rose

Everyone complains about the Weather but nobody does anything about it!

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Posted in Sociology of science, Uncertainty

How urgent is ‘urgent’?

Posted on November 2, 2014 | 344 comments

by Judith Curry

I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change . . . no longer than a decade at most. – James Hansen 2006

We have only four more years to act on climate change. – James Hansen 2009

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Posted in Policy

Bertrand Russell’s 10 commandments

Posted on October 31, 2014 | 397 comments

by Judith Curry

Here is some more help for climate scientists suffering from pre-traumatic stress syndrome.

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Posted in Uncertainty

Pre-traumatic stress syndrome: Climate trauma survival tips

Posted on October 29, 2014 | 517 comments

by Judith Curry

Climate depression is real.  Just ask a scientist. – Madeleine Thomas

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Posted in Sociology of science

Book publishing in the 21st century

Posted on October 28, 2014 | 103 comments

by Judith Curry

Here’s a little real talk about the book publishing industry — it adds almost no value, it is going to be wiped off the face of the earth soon, and writers and readers will be better off for it. – Matthew Yglesias

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Posted in Open knowledge

Climate Dialogue: influence of the sun on climate

Posted on October 27, 2014 | 297 comments

by Judith Curry

Climate Dialogue has a very interesting discussion What will happen during a new Maunder Minimum?  This is my favorite Climate Dialogue so far.

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Posted in Solar

Root Cause Analysis of the Modern Warming

Posted on October 23, 2014 | 351 comments

by Matt Skaggs

For years, climate scientists have followed reasoning that goes from climate model simulations to expert opinion, declaring that to be sufficient. But that is not how attribution works.

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Posted in Attribution

Myths and realities of renewable energy

Posted on October 22, 2014 | 824 comments

by Planning Engineer

Power System Planners do not have the expertise or knowledge to say whether or not the benefits of reducing carbon emissions are worth the costs.   However they should be respected as experts for obtaining a better understanding of what the implications and costs of such programs are.

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Posted in Energy

Ethics of communicating scientific uncertainty

Posted on October 21, 2014 | 812 comments

by Judith Curry

Last month I attended a Workshop on The Ethics of Communicating Scientific Uncertainty:  Understanding How Scientists, Environmental Lawyers, and Journalists Treat Uncertainty.

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Posted in Communication, Ethics

Back from the twitter twilight zone: Responses to my WSJ op-ed

Posted on October 18, 2014 | 833 comments

by Judith Curry

I’ve just returned from China, the first thing I did in the U.S. airport on my layover back to Atlanta was to check twitter.

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Posted in Policy, Sensitivity & feedbacks

New presentations on sea ice

Posted on October 15, 2014 | 480 comments

by Judith Curry

I have prepared two new talks on sea ice to present in Nanjing.

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Posted in Polar regions

Words of wisdom from Charles Lyell

Posted on October 14, 2014 | 288 comments

by Judith Curry

We are also told of general catastrophes and a succession of deluges, of the alternation of periods of repose and disorder, of the refrigeration of the globe, and of the sudden annihilation of whole races of animals and plants, and other hypotheses, in which we see the ancient spirit of speculation revived, and a desire manifested to cut, rather than patiently to untie, the Gordian knot. – Charles Lyell

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Posted in Scientific method

My week(s) in review

Posted on October 13, 2014 | 281 comments

by Judith Curry

Some reflections on my recent travels, speaking engagements, and workshops.

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Posted in Week in review

My WSJ op-ed: Global warming statistical meltdown

Posted on October 9, 2014 | 750 comments

by Judith Curry

I was invited to submit an op-ed regarding the recent Lewis/Curry paper on climate sensitivity.  Continue reading →

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Posted in Policy, Sensitivity & feedbacks

Evidence of deep ocean cooling?

Posted on October 5, 2014 | 507 comments

by Judith Curry

New research suggests that the upper layer of the ocean has warmed more than had been thought previously while the deeper ocean has cooled rather than warmed in recent years.

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Posted in Attribution

Challenging the 2 degree target

Posted on October 3, 2014 | 303 comments

by Judith Curry

“Without significant cuts in emissions by all countries, and in key sectors, the window of opportunity to stay within less than 2 degrees [of warming] will soon close forever.” – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy

Steyn versus Mann: norms of behavior

Posted on October 1, 2014 | 511 comments

by Judith Curry

Mark Steyn’s latest blog post, and the ensuing tweets, prompts some reflections on norms of behavior for scientists versus political commentators.

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511 Comments

Posted in Ethics

Two contrasting views of multidecadal climate variability in the 20th century

Posted on September 28, 2014 | 345 comments

by Judith Curry

Our new stadium wave paper is now published.

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Posted in Attribution

Lewis and Curry: Climate sensitivity uncertainty

Posted on September 24, 2014 | 543 comments

by Judith Curry

Our new paper on climate sensitivity is now published.

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Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks, Uncertainty

An unsettled climate

Posted on September 21, 2014 | 763 comments

by Judith Curry

I’ve been invited by several venues to write an op-ed related to my recent presentation at the National Press Club.

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763 Comments

Posted in Communication, Policy

Distinguishing the academic from the interface consensus

Posted on September 18, 2014 | 444 comments

by Judith Curry

We shed new light on the epistemic struggle between establishing consensus and acknowledging plurality, by explicating different ways of consensus-making in science and society and examining the impact hereof on their field of intersection. –  Laszlo Kosolosky and Jeroen Van Bouwel

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Posted in Consensus