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Greening the world’s deserts

Posted on September 17, 2014 | 239 comments

by Judith Curry

Some interesting thrivability ideas for the world’s deserts.

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Posted in Adaptation

JC at the National Press Club

Posted on September 16, 2014 | 473 comments

by Judith Curry

I have just returned from my engagement at the National Press Club, sponsored by the Marshall Institute Roundtable.

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Posted in Adaptation, Attribution, Policy

How to criticize with kindness

Posted on September 15, 2014 | 631 comments

by Judith Curry

“Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?” – Daniel Dennett

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631 Comments

Posted in Ethics, Sociology of science

Week in review

Posted on September 13, 2014 | 564 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week.

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Posted in Week in review

Fraudulent(?) hockey stick

Posted on September 11, 2014 | 1,306 comments

by Judith Curry

Some new angles in Mann vs Steyn et al.

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Posted in Ethics, Sociology of science

Vitaly Khvorostyanov responds

Posted on September 8, 2014 | 409 comments

by Vitaly Khvorostyanov

Some replies to and comments on the remarks by WebHubTelescope and others, written in response to the blog post Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Microphysics of Clouds.

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Posted in Communication

Week in review

Posted on September 6, 2014 | 418 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week.

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Posted in Week in review

What exactly is going on in their heads?

Posted on September 5, 2014 | 441 comments

by Judith Curry

Some interesting new research on understanding  why there is a lack of public support for the climate change ‘consensus’, the nature of the scientific consensus, and agendas in characterizing the consensus.

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Posted in Consensus, Skeptics

Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Microphysics of Clouds

Posted on September 4, 2014 | 540 comments

by Judith Curry

Our new book is now published.

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Posted in Communication

Trenberth’s science communication interview

Posted on September 3, 2014 | 483 comments

by Judith Curry

The second installment in Kirk Engelhardt’s series of interviews on climate science communication is with Kevin Trenberth.

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Posted in Communication

How long is the pause?

Posted on September 1, 2014 | 696 comments

by Judith Curry

UPDATE:  comments on McKitrick’s paper

With 39 explanations and counting, and some climate scientists now arguing that it might last yet another decade, the IPCC has sidelined itself in irrelevance until it has something serious to say about the pause and has reflected on whether its alarmism is justified, given its reliance on computer models that predicted temperature rises that have not occurred. – Rupert Darwall 

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Posted in Attribution, Data and observations

Partisanship and silencing science

Posted on August 29, 2014 | 461 comments

by Judith Curry

 The implications of dogmatic groupthink and intimidation for the pursuit of sound science — and sound policy — are chilling. – Christopher Snowden

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Posted in Ethics, Sociology of science

Atlantic vs Pacific vs AGW

Posted on August 28, 2014 | 390 comments

by Judith Curry

I hope this will lead to a broader discussion about the contribution of natural variability to local climate trends and to the statistics of extreme events. – John Michael Wallace

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Posted in Attribution

The 50-50 argument

Posted on August 24, 2014 | 833 comments

by Judith Curry

Pick one:

a)  Warming since 1950 is predominantly (more than 50%)  caused by humans.

b)  Warming since 1950 is predominantly caused by natural processes.

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Posted in Attribution, Uncategorized

JC interview with oilprice.com

Posted on August 22, 2014 | 299 comments

by Judith Curry

As the global warming debate increases in its intensity we find both sides deeply entrenched, hurling accusations and lies at one another in an attempt to gain the upper hand. This divide within the scientific community has left the public wondering who can be trusted to provide them with accurate information and answers. – James Stafford

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Posted in Communication

Cause of hiatus found deep in the Atlantic Ocean

Posted on August 21, 2014 | 421 comments

by Judith Curry

Rapid warming in the last three decades of the 20th century, they found, was roughly half due to global warming and half to the natural Atlantic Ocean cycle that kept more heat near the surface. When observations show the ocean cycle flipped, the current began to draw heat deeper into the ocean, working to counteract human-driven warming. – Chen and Tung

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Posted in Attribution

No bodies

Posted on August 20, 2014 | 192 comments

by Rud Istvan

One of the firmer catastrophic anthropogenic global warming (CAGW) predictions made by IPCC AR4 WG2 was an alarming increase in species extinctions.

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Posted in Climate change impacts

Institutionalizing Dissent

Posted on August 19, 2014 | 225 comments

by Judith Curry

As many have argued, rigorous scientific research requires dissent, or what Robert Merton called “organized skepticism”. Yet it is increasingly the case that some forms of dissent in pharmaceutical research are either absent or unheard. – Justin Biddle

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Posted in Skeptics

Mann vs Steyn et al. discussion thread

Posted on August 14, 2014 | 549 comments

by Judith Curry

Some interesting developments during the past week.

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Posted in Ethics

Appeals to the climate consensus can give the wrong impression

Posted on August 13, 2014 | 456 comments

by Will Howard

“Consensus” means different things to different people — and herein lies the problem.

 

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Posted in Consensus

A precautionary tale: more sorry than safe(?)

Posted on August 10, 2014 | 475 comments

by Judith Curry

The unfortunate reality is that efforts to regulate one risk can create other, often more dangerous risks. – Jonathan Adler

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475 Comments

Posted in Ethics, Policy

Engagement vs communication vs PR vs propaganda

Posted on August 8, 2014 | 313 comments

by Judith Curry

So, exactly what are we trying to communicate, and how and why?

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313 Comments

Posted in Communication

Importance of intellectual and political diversity in science

Posted on August 6, 2014 | 590 comments

by Judith Curry

“He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.”  – John Stuart Mill

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590 Comments

Posted in Climate change impacts, Sociology of science

Role of Atlantic warming(?) in recent climate shifts

Posted on August 5, 2014 | 180 comments

by Judith Curry

Record breaking trade winds may have led to hiatus in global surface average temperatures.

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180 Comments

Posted in Attribution

Is the road to scientific hell paved with good moral intentions?

Posted on August 4, 2014 | 656 comments

by Judith Curry

We find ourselves in scientific hell when we discover that our powers of persuasion are limited to those who were already predisposed to agree with us. – Philip Tetlock

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Posted in Sociology of science