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by Judith Curry

This post is motivated by predicted by a high temperature forecast of 105 F today in Reno, NV.

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by Ed Dolan

. . . even if they can’t love it.

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by Judith Curry

A new article in the Economist responds to the recent article in The New Republic, discussing the policy implications of the ‘pause.’

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By Robert I Ellison, aka Chief Hydrologist

Eliminating 20 ton/ha soil carbon deficit in ‘permanent pastures’ may be sufficient to offset anthropogenic emissions for on the order of a decade – but with other benefits to soil health and downstream environments.

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by Judith Curry

It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.

by Judith Curry

Its your turn to introduce topics for discussion.

by Judith Curry

It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.

by Judith Curry

It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.

by Judith Curry

Dr. Curry,

Due to the weather and the OPM announcement (below) that Federal Offices will be closed, today’s hearing on “Policy-Relevant Climate Issue in Context” will be postponed.  I’m sorry for the trouble.

by Judith Curry

The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.  – James Hansen et al.

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by Judith Curry

Here’s a New Year’s resolution for scientists, especially in the United States: gain the confidence of people and politicians across the political spectrum by demonstrating that science is bipartisan. – Daniel Sarewitz

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by Judith Curry

This week I am at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.

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by Judith Curry

Discussion of this topic is invading the technical threads, so lets start a new thread on this since people seem to want to discuss it here.

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by Judith Curry

Do you ever find yourself reading something by a commentator you disagree with and wanting to punch them in the face? Do you listen to people on the other side of the political debate and find yourself almost hating them?

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by Richard Saumarez

A recent debate at Climate Etc. has involved autocorrelation and trends.   Essentially, the argument is that the temperature signal is perturbed by a random signal, and the influence of this random fluctuation persists for an unknown length of time and so the temperature at any particular instant is influenced by its past history.

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by Tomas Milanovic

On the thread Trends, Change Points and Hypotheses, the issue of ergodicity was mentioned numerous times, and some clarification of this concept is needed.

So what is and what is not ergodicity and why does it matter in physics?

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by Judith Curry

Do you consult with your dentist about your heart condition?  In science, as in any area, reputations are based on knowledge and expertise in a field and on published, peer-reviewed work.  If you need surgery, you want a highly experienced expert in the field who has done a number of the proposed operations.

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by Judith Curry

In many large ensembles, the property of the system as a whole cannot be understood from studying the individual entities alone. The past decade has seen important progress in our fundamental understanding of what such seemingly disparate ‘complex systems’ have in common; some of these advances are surveyed here.

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by Judith Curry

Last week, over 20,000 scientists met in San Francisco at the annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

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by David Douglass

Recent studies of observational climate data have shown that Earth’s climate system:  has many abrupt climate shifts; is phase locked to an annual cycle of Solar origin; and is chaotic. These phenomena are related and are summarized below.

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by Judith Curry

Its a busy week in the climate blogosphere, reacting to the emails and also the UNFCCC Conference in Durban.

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by Judith Curry

I now have some of the presentations from the Santa Fe Conference posted on a web site.

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by Judith Curry

I am currently in Santa Fe, attending the Third Santa Fe Conference on Global and Regional Climate.

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