Monthly Archives: March 2015

The Big Questions

Posted on March 29, 2015 by

I discovered that Andrew Montford was a guest on The Big Questions this morning. I normally don’t watch it as I think it’s generally a very silly programme, that normally has some kind of religious undertone, and normally has guests … Continue reading →

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Persistence!

Posted on March 26, 2015 by

Richard Tol has another article about how claims of a scientific consensus don’t stand up (you can read it here if you really want to). It’s the standard message that he’s been promoting for quite some time now and I … Continue reading →

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ECS > 2K?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by

I know Eli has already beaten me to it, but I thought I would also post the video of Andrew Dessler’s at the recent meeting on Earth’s Climate Sensitivity. It includes a talk by Bjorn Stevens called Some (not yet … Continue reading →

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Polemics

Posted on March 24, 2015 by

I stayed up last night and watched the South Africa – New Zealand semi-final at the cricket world cup. I really shouldn’t have, as I really am now too old to do an all-nighter, and we lost. However, I also … Continue reading →

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Muse

Posted on March 21, 2015 by

I took my daughter and some friends to see Muse at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow last week. I didn’t know much about the band myself, but I essentially had to go as my daughter is too young to go … Continue reading →

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Aerosol forcing

Posted on March 20, 2015 by

I was wondering if a anyone had any insight into this new paper by Bjorn Stevens called Rethinking the lower bound on aerosol forcing. The basic goal seems to be to try and more tightly constrain the forcing due to … Continue reading →

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Is the GWPF avin’ a larf?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by

I know I should really ignore these things, but not only is the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) taken seriously by some, my incredulity also tends to win out. The latest in my they can’t really have said that, can … Continue reading →

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Implausible?

Posted on March 15, 2015 by

There was a recent paper looking at the near term acceleration in the rate of temperature change. The Guardian covered it in an article called global warming set to speed up to rates not seen for 1000 years, while Carbon … Continue reading →

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Matt Ridley on fossil fuels

Posted on March 14, 2015 by

After it being shown that Matt Ridley is benefitting from coal mines on his estate, you might think that he would take a step back and be a little more circumspect in his promotion of the use of fossil fuels. … Continue reading →

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New albedo paper?

Posted on March 11, 2015 by

I was wondering if anyone had any insight into the recent paper by Stephens et al. on the albedo of the Earth. Judith Curry thinks the paper is profound. Andrew Montford and Roger Pielke Sr apparently think it is a … Continue reading →

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