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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Extreme weather events
Gavin Schmidt had an interesting Twitter thread about discussing the link between extreme weather events and climate change. I’ve included an image of the thread on the right (click on it to expand) but the basic suggestion (with which I … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Science, Scientists
Tagged AGW, Climate change, Extreme precipitation, Hurricanes, Kerry Emmanuel, Storm surges, Tropical cylones
156 Comments
Early 20th century warming
I’ve been involved in a discussion on another blog (which I won’t highlight) about there being a period of warming in the early 20th century that seems comparable to the warming we’ve experienced since about 1980. This is a somewhat … Continue reading
Machine unlearning
Someone sent me a paper by John Abbot and Jennifer Marohasy called the application of machine learning for evaluating anthropogenic versus natural climate change. Their conclusion is that most of the observed warming could be natural and that the Equilibrium … Continue reading
Kate Marvel on clouds
Although we are confident that adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere will cause the planet to warm, exactly how much we will warm is uncertain (the IPCC likely range for a doubling of atmospheric CO2 is 1.5oC to 4.5oC). A … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, Research, Science, Scientists, Uncategorized
Tagged Cloud feedback, GISS, Global warming, Kate Marvel, TED talks
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STS: All talk and no walk?
In my previous post I discussed a paper by Harry Collins, and colleagues, that is mainly a response to an editorial by Sergio Sismondo. Collins et al. argue that Science and Technology Studies (STS) must take some responsibility for today’s … Continue reading
STS as science or politics?
I came across a paper by Harry Collins, Robert Evans, and Martin Weinel called STS as science or politics? For those who don’t know, STS stands for Science and Technology Studies and I have written about it before. I haven’t … Continue reading
Science; it’s complicated
I mentioned, a while ago, that I’d been at a meeting and had an idea for a post. Well, this is my attempt to articulate what I thought at that meeting. A good deal of my own research involves trying … Continue reading
A brief roundup: the BBC and OMICS
I guess the big news yesterday was the BBC Radio 4 Today show interviews with Al Gore and Nigel Lawson. If you want to listen, the broadcast is here. Al Gore is on at about 1h10m and Nigel Lawson is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Science
Tagged Al Gore, Arthur Viterito, BBC, Extreme events, Nigel Lawson, OMICS, Radio 4, Today show
69 Comments
Kevin Anderson: how numbers reveal another reality
I’ve finally watched the video of Kevin Anderson’s talk (posted in a comment that I currently can’t find) which was part of the Cambridge Climate Lecture Series. I found it quite uncomfortable. He addressed things that we typically avoid. The … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, Climate change, Policy, Politics, Research, Scientists
Tagged CCLS, Climate change, Climate policy, IAMs, Kevin Anderson, Negative emissions
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No, pressure alone does not define surface temperatures!
Eli’s already covered this but I thought I would present a slightly different argument. The topic is a recent paper by Ned Nikolov and Karl Zeller called new insights on the physical nature of the atmospheric greenhouse effect deduced from … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Greenhouse effect, Research, Science
Tagged Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect, Karl Zeller, Ned Nikolov, OMICS, Pseudoscience
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