Monthly Archives: April 2018

Lewis and Curry, again

Posted on April 27, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

I should probably say something about the new Lewis & Curry paper. It’s mostly an update to their earlier paper that I’ve discussed before. Bottom line; there are reasons to be cautious. The basic formalism is that one can use … Continue reading →

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20 years of hockey sticks

Posted on April 22, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

I wrote this post and then, after a discussion with Kevin Anchukaitis on Twitter, I took it down. I was tempted to not repost it, but thought I’d rewrite bits and have another go. I keep forgetting how controversial this … Continue reading →

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The “truth” matters

Posted on April 16, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s been a lengthy Twitter exchange about the Harvey et al. paper. In case you don’t remember, it was a paper essentially arguing that those blogs that tend to be dismissive of the risks associated with anthropogenic global warming (AGW) … Continue reading →

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Five years

Posted on April 13, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

Turns out today is the fifth anniversary of me starting this blog. It’s been an interesting journey and I feel that I should reflect on what I’ve done, what I’ve learned, what I would have done differently, and what I’m … Continue reading →

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Criticising the critics

Posted on April 11, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve recently come across a number of examples of people objecting to the manner in which some people engage in public criticism. There is a podcast with Sam Harris and Ezra Klein. It relates to a situation in which a … Continue reading →

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Some impacts of warming by 1.5 and 2C

Posted on April 7, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

Something I’ve always struggled with when it comes to climate change is understanding the actual impacts of anthropogenic global warming. I think I understand the big picture quite well. If we continue to add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, we … Continue reading →

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An editorial response

Posted on April 4, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

Our response to Hermann Harde’s paper has finally appeared. What’s maybe more interesting is that there is also an editorial response by Martin Grosjean, Joel Guiot, and Zicheng Yu. It’s already been discussed at Realclimate and Rabett Run, but there … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Pseudoscience, Research, Science, Sound Science (tm), The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , , | 230 Comments

The climate of the past

Posted on April 1, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

Richard Alley and Gavin Schmidt, currently two of the best climate communicators, recently gave presentations at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, about how we study paleoclimate and how this understanding can help us to project what will … Continue reading →

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