by Judith Curry
The #MeToo movement is spawning considerable reflection in academia. Here are some reflections and advice from a senior female scientist (moi) who came up through the academic system during the bad old days of the 1970’s and 1980’s, and who has mentored many young female scientists as they navigate the professional world of academia.
Posted in Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
In private, climate scientists are much less certain than they tell the public. – Rupert Darwall
Posted in Policy, Sociology of science, Uncertainty
by Judith Curry
Red-teaming the the U.S. government’s Climate Science Special Report on the topic of sea level rise.
Posted in Oceans, Sociology of science
Posted in Energy, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
The aim of education is to make people think, not spare them from discomfort. – Robert Zimmer
Posted in Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
Calling on CE Denizens to review the Climate Science Special Report: nominate an official reviewer, or participate in the CE Crowdsourced Review.
Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science
by Mike Smith
For a decade, the weathercaster and broadcast meteorology communities have been subject of a focused campaign to force them to cover global warming in a manner acceptable to the American Meteorological Society, the American Geophysical Union and other advocacy groups.
Posted in Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
The climate change debate has entered what we might call the “Campfire Phase”, in which the goal is to tell the scariest story. – Oren Cass (twitter)
Posted in Communication, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
There is an opportunity to steer the proposed red team exercise in a useful direction. The first step is to frame the problem to be addressed.
Posted in Policy, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
Last week, Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator, stated he intended to form a ‘red team’ to debate climate science. What exactly is ‘red teaming’, and how can this be implemented in a way that is useful for climate science and for policy makers?
Posted in Policy, Sociology of science
The National Climate Assessment must be redirected or terminated
Periodic National Assessments of the effects of climate change on the U.S. are mandated by the 1990 Global Change Research Act. The next Assessment Report is scheduled to be published in late 2018.
Posted in Policy, Sociology of science
Posted in Communication, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
The scary emergence of Nye’s Quadrant in dominating the public discourse on climate change.
Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
Pondering some thorny issues regarding science, its place in society and its relationship to politics.
Posted in Policy, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
One needs to ask good questions about whose claims to trust and why. – Sheila Jasanoff
Posted in Politics, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
House Science Committee Hearing: where the so-called ‘deniers’ behave like scientists and the defender of the establishment consensus . . . lies.
Posted in Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
The smartest people on the planet want to oppose Trump & the best they can come up with is a march in support of themselves? – Roger Pielke Jr
Posted in Sociology of science
by Kip Hansen
‘Alternative facts’ is a term in law to describe inconsistent sets of facts put forth in a court given that there is plausible evidence to support both alternatives. The term is also used to describe competing facts for the two sides of the case. – Wikipedia
Posted in Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
In this age of politicization of science and activist scientists, the Brussel Declaration offers some very good advice and deserves to be widely read and discussed.
Posted in Policy, Sociology of science
Posted in Skeptics, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
In view of recent controversies, numerous criticisms have been made about my ‘role,’ with expectations of things that I ‘should’ be doing.
Posted in Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
Interesting article in The Atlantic, but I’m still trying to figure out what is being ‘denied.’
Posted in Policy, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
Some reflections on my transition from academic climate research to private sector weather forecasting and regional climate change assessments.
Posted in Energy, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
Effective January 1, I have resigned my tenured faculty position at Georgia Tech.
Posted in Sociology of science
