Category Archives: Climate change

20 years of hockey sticks

Posted on April 22, 2018 by

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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Some impacts of warming by 1.5 and 2C

Posted on April 7, 2018 by

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

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 , , , , , | 220 Comments

The climate of the past

Posted on April 1, 2018 by

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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Extreme events and anthropogenic emissions

Posted on March 27, 2018 by

This is a post that I’ve been thinking of writing, but have been somewhat reluctant to start. It’s mostly because it relates to something said by Roger Pielke Jr, so could end up being a bit of same ‘ol same … Continue reading →

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The Paris climate targets

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

I’m currently in Oxford for a meeting and, having spent most of the train ride working on a book chapter I’m writing, I thought I would now spend some time writing a quick post about the recent Schurer et al. … Continue reading →

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Ignoring adaptation?

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

Oren Cass has an article in the Wall Street Journal called Doomsday climate scenarios are a joke. It’s based on a report that he has written for the Manhattan Institute. The Manhattan Institute publishes a magazine called the City Journal … Continue reading →

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