Monthly Archives: August 2014

I think I need another break!

Posted on August 29, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

I think I probably need to take another short break from all of this online nonsense. I’ve recently been commenting on Bishop-Hill and had been quite enjoying it. I’d been accused by other commenters of being patronising and condescending, but … Continue reading →

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What does Judith mean by natural?

Posted on August 28, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

Gavin Schmidt recently addressed Judith Curry’s 50:50 argument in a Realclimate post. In Judith’s response (which doesn’t really say much) she finishes with, I do regard the emerging realization of the importance of natural variability to be an existential threat … Continue reading →

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Oh no, now I need to eat my words!

Posted on August 26, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

Okay, not really, but I might need to change them. Something that I’ve been stressing here is that internal (natural) variability can’t produce long-term warming. The reason being that it just moves energy around the climate system. If it’s not … Continue reading →

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A thought experiment

Posted on August 24, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

To follow up on my – possibly poorly titled – post from a couple of days ago, I thought I would pose a thought experiment. This is entirely unrealistic and is just intended to, maybe, illustrate what I was trying … Continue reading →

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There’s no such thing as natural warming!

Posted on August 22, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

Okay, not quite, but bear with me. This post is really just a response to those who seem to be suggesting that half of the warming between 1970 and 2000 could be natural, rather than anthropogenic. See my earlier post … Continue reading →

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A “hiatus” in some people’s “skepticism”?

Posted on August 22, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s a new paper doing the rounds of the blogosphere, called Varying planetary heat sink led to global-warming slowdown and acceleration. Judith Curry has a post about it. The basic result of the paper is that the “missing heat” is … Continue reading →

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Salby again!

Posted on August 21, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

After my last encounter on Bishop-Hill, I had a thought that I might simply avoid commenting there. However, when someone suggested that Rupert Darwall was a perceptive chap, I couldn’t resist pointing out that this was only true if regarding … Continue reading →

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Understanding the “pause”

Posted on August 19, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

I thought I might briefly highlight a recent paper that tries to understand what some call “the pause”, but which isn’t really a “pause” as nothing has actually stopped. The paper is Natural variability, radiative forcing and climate response in … Continue reading →

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Woo hoo, fame at last!

Posted on August 18, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

It appears that I now have my very own Josh cartoon, currently being promoted on Bishop-Hill and Watts Up With That. I think I made an appearance in an earlier one, but this is the first to focus only on … Continue reading →

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The impact of climate change

Posted on August 17, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

As a physicist I think I understand the impact of climate change from a physics perspective. If we continue adding CO2 to the atmosphere, we will continue – on average to warm. We also have projections for the range of … Continue reading →

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