Monthly Archives: May 2018

Initial value problem vs boundary value problem

Posted on May 29, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

I haven’t actually looked at Judith Curry’s blog for a while, but popped across there and noticed a guest post about energy budgets, climate system domains, and internal variability. One reason why we think that we can actually do long-term … Continue reading →

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The adults in the room

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

I was having another discussion on Twitter with Jean Goodwin, who posted the following quote. It’s attributed to Mark Largent and may have been delivered at a AAAS meeting. I’m interested in what other people think of this. I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in ethics, Science, Scientists, The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , | 177 Comments

Sea level rise

Posted on May 17, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s a bizarre article in the Wall Street Journal by Fred Singer called, The Sea Is Rising, but Not Because of Climate Change. It’s actually so bonkers that it’s quite hard to know where to start. I’ll give it go, … Continue reading →

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Carbon budgets and the impacts of climate change

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

I’m somewhat stealing this from Stoat, but it’s an interesting topic, and it really originates from a tweet by Gavin Schmidt anyway 😉 I think this is correct. There's no connection to speak of between the impacts of carbon emissions … Continue reading →

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Dark webs

Posted on May 15, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve been trying to think of what to say about this New York Times articles discussing an alliance of heretics, and I’ve been struggling. I think it’s important to have people who challenge the orthodoxy, and who express views that … Continue reading →

Posted in ethics, Open Thread, Philosophy for Bloggers, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | 594 Comments

RCP8.5

Posted on May 10, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s been a lengthy discussion on Twitter about RCP8.5. I think it was initiated by Roger Pielke Jr, who continues in his campaign to police the scientific community: RCP 8.5 is by far the favorite in climate impact studies (graph).I … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Policy, Research, Scientists | Tagged , , , , | 275 Comments

It’s mostly about risk

Posted on May 8, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

I wanted to post this video (see end of post), that I first came across in this comment (H/T Pehr Björnbom). It’s a few years old, so some things may have changed, but it’s still mostly relevent. It’s a discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, ethics, Global warming, Policy, Roy Spencer | Tagged , , , , , | 147 Comments

Speaking out

Posted on May 6, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s a current Twitter hashtag called #WeNeedToChangeTheWorld, which WMC has also discussed in this post. It’s bit cliché, but it’s probably true, for many reasons. As also mentioned in WMC’s post, Peter Jacobs tweeted the following The politics of the … Continue reading →

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The Pursuit of Crappiness

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Willard

Let’s take stock. Computers and codes are in shambles. The Law is broken. Schools are useless to most. Sports are dope. Most jobs are absurd. Administrations are plagued. We already are living in a boring dystopia. Yet here we are. Most scientific … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Contrarian Matrix, Open Thread, The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , | 65 Comments