Monthly Archives: October 2021

It’s not too late

Posted on October 26, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

In the run up to COP26, the University of Edinburgh has had a series of conversations with researchers about how to make the world a better place through our actions, activities, innovation, research, teaching and learning. I agreed to be … Continue reading →

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Systemic misuse of criticism of climate science

Posted on October 24, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

I thought that those familiar with the climate debate might be interested in the latest saga. About a year ago, Roger Pielke Jr and Justin Ritchie wrote a paper called Systemic Misuse of Scenarios in Climate Research and Assessment, which … Continue reading →

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GWP*

Posted on October 23, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve written a number of posts about methane and have also described an updated global warming potential metric, typically called GWP*. I happen to quite like this updated metric, but I noticed a tweet suggesting that it was *designed* to … Continue reading →

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Science communication

Posted on October 12, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

I listened to one of Andy Revkin’s Twitter broadcasts with Randy Olson which discussed if science communication was worse now than it was 100 years ago. I’ve actually read most of Randy Olson’s book, where he introduces his 3-step model … Continue reading →

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Science-based targets

Posted on October 6, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

It may just be my bubble, but I seem to be encountering quite a lot of criticism of things like deadlines, net zero and carbon budgets from people who – as far as I can tell – support aggressive climate … Continue reading →

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Estimates of the economic damages from climate change

Posted on October 1, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

Since I’ve discussed climate economics before, I thought I would briefly highlight a recent seminar involving, amongst others, Steve Keen and Tim Lenton. The topic was are the estimates of economic damages from climate change erroneous? The basic answer to … Continue reading →

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