by Judith Curry
It is alarming that so many Nobel Prize recipients have lamented that they would never have survived this current academic environment. What are the implications of this on the discovery of future scientific paradigm shifts and scientific inquiry in general?
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
A new report from the IPCC implies that “climate exceptionalism”, the notion that global warming is a problem like no other, is coming to an end. – Economist
Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy
by Judith Curry
The WG2 Report will be officially released on Monday. Here is what people are saying about a leaked version of the Summary for Policy Makers.
Posted in Climate change impacts
by Judith Curry
Kevin Anderson explains why he refused to purchase a carbon offset, and why you should steer clear of them too.
Posted in Policy
BBC Newshour: Judith Curry and Bob Ward debate Steyn versus Mann
Posted in Communication, Ethics
by Judith Curry
John Christy of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about climate change.
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
Mavericks once played an essential role in research. Indeed, their work defined the 20th century.
Posted in Sociology of science
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
If Silver’s data-drive approach gets in the way of your political aims, so much the better. – Michael Brendan Dougherty
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
This post discusses Workshop presentations on broadening the portfolio of climate information for use in regional adaptation decisions.
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
[W]e present key messages for every American about climate change. – AAAS
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
Isaac Held’s new article in Science raises some interesting questions.
Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks
by Judith Curry
Biomass pellets transported from North Carolina, U.S. are shipped 3800 miles to the UK and burned in Drax power station. Drax is switching to pellets as it is deemed ‘carbon neutral’, even though it belches out more CO2 than coal. – from David Rose
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
Peter Gluckman, New Zealand’s chief science adviser, offers his ten principles for building trust, influence, engagement and independence.
Posted in Policy
by Judith Curry
A changing climate means that weather-related disasters like droughts, wildfires, storms [and] floods are potentially going to be costlier and they’re going to be harsher. – President Obama
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
What use is science to society, if its advocates are not brave enough to point out the nonsense that is produced in the name of the scientific consensus? – Ben Pile
Posted in Skeptics
by Judith Curry
The Lewis and Crok paper is stimulating much discussion; unfortunately little of it is technical. Lets devote a thread to technical discussion on the issues the raise.
Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks
by Judith Curry
Nic Lewis and Marcel Crok have published a new report on climate sensitivity.
Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks
by Judith A. Curry
My invited talk at the American Physical Society Meeting in Denver.
Posted in Attribution
by Judith Curry
How to go from reductionist thinking to action based complexity research.
Posted in Scientific method
by Judith Curry
Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. It is now more certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth’s climate. – Royal Society
Posted in Consensus
Posted in Data and observations
by Judith Curry
Some significant developments in various lawsuits involving Michael Mann
Posted in Skeptics
by Judith Curry
The American Physical Society (APS) is in the process of reviewing its 2007 Climate Change Statement. The process itself is remarkable, and I’ve been privileged to participate in the process.
Posted in Policy, Sociology of science
