Climate Etc.

On April 14^th, 2017 Rick Perry wrote a memo headed “STUDY EXAMINING ELECTRICITY MARKETS AND RELAIBILITY” calling for study to investigate how long term energy trends my impact the grid.

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Posted in Energy

How hurricanes replenish their vast supply of rain water

Posted on April 23, 2017 by curryja | 72 comments

by Makarieva A.M., Gorshkov V.G., Nefiodov A.V., Chikunov A.V., Sheil D., Nobre A.D., Li B.-L.

New questions and ideas about hurricanes and their power.

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Posted in Hurricanes

Untangling the March for Science

Posted on April 22, 2017 by curryja | 223 comments

by Judith Curry

Pondering some thorny issues regarding science, its place in society and its relationship to politics.

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Posted in Policy, Sociology of science

A ‘Red Team’ Exercise Would Strengthen Climate Science

Posted on April 21, 2017 by curryja | 411 comments

by Judith Curry

Put the ‘consensus’ to a test, and improve public understanding, though an open and adversarial process. – Steve Koonin

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Posted in Policy, Scientific method

How inconstant are climate feedbacks – and does it matter?

Posted on April 18, 2017 by curryja | 229 comments

by Nic Lewis

Kyle Armour has a new paper out in Nature Climate Change: “Energy budget constraints on climate sensitivity in light of inconstant climate feedbacks”.

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Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks

Discussion thread: reactions to House Hearing

Posted on April 15, 2017 by curryja | 461 comments

by Judith Curry

Climate Feedback has interviewed a number of scientists regarding the recent House Hearing on climate science.

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Posted in Scientific method

The politics of knowledge

Posted on April 12, 2017 by curryja | 113 comments

by Judith Curry

One needs to ask good questions about whose claims to trust and why. – Sheila Jasanoff

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Posted in Politics, Sociology of science

Bullying as scientific misconduct

Posted on April 9, 2017 by curryja | 321 comments

by Judith Curry

Updated AGU Ethics Policy available for member comment. Proposed new language identifies harassment and bullying as scientific misconduct.

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Posted in Ethics

A beneficial climate change hypothesis

Posted on April 7, 2017 by curryja | 110 comments

by Rud Istvan

A novel hypothesis on the role of CO2 in the technological transition from hunter/gatherers to sedentary agriculture.

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Posted in Climate change impacts

Science needs reason to be trusted

Posted on April 5, 2017 by curryja | 243 comments

by Judith Curry

Two excellent articles about science, facts, and post-factualism.

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Posted in Scientific method

‘Deniers,’ lies and politics

Posted on March 31, 2017 by curryja | 458 comments

by Judith Curry

House Science Committee Hearing: where the so-called ‘deniers’ behave like scientists and the defender of the establishment consensus . . . lies.

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Posted in Sociology of science

House Science Committee Hearing

Posted on March 29, 2017 by curryja | 502 comments

by Judith Curry

My testimony at the House Science Committee Hearing on Climate Science: Assumptions, Policy Implications and the Scientific Method.

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Posted in Policy, Scientific method

A roadmap for meeting Paris emissions reductions goals

Posted on March 25, 2017 by curryja | 391 comments

by Judith Curry

“I think this should be the way forward, translating [overarching climate goals] into ‘policy portfolios’ and then asking policymakers if they are going to do it or not.” — Oliver Geden

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Posted in Policy

House Science Committee Hearing – Climate Science: Assumptions, Policy Implications and the Scientific Method

Posted on March 22, 2017 by curryja | 424 comments

by Judith Curry

Witnesses: John Christy, Judith Curry, Michael Mann and Roger Pielke Jr.

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Posted in Policy, Politics

Discussion thread – improving the interface between climate science and policy

Posted on March 20, 2017 by curryja | 376 comments

by Judith Curry

I’m looking for ideas and discussion on ways to improve what I regard to be a broken interface between climate science and policy.

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Posted in Policy

Will the Oroville Dam survive the ARkStorm?

Posted on March 17, 2017 by curryja | 271 comments

by David Hagen

Should California plan for permanent drought or climate persistence?

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Posted in Climate change impacts

Exactly what are scientists marching ‘for’?

Posted on March 5, 2017 by curryja | 556 comments

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

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Posted in Sociology of science

What’s wrong with ‘alternative facts’?

Posted on February 26, 2017 by curryja | 322 comments

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

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Posted in Sociology of science

Brussel declaration on principles for science & policy making

Posted on February 25, 2017 by curryja | 186 comments

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.

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