Category Archives: ClimateBall

Only Connect

Posted on February 17, 2019 by

You may have heard of the cumulative temperature increases plateauing between 1998 and 2013. “But Da Paws” was all the rage around 2012 in the Contrarian Matrix – recall for instance when David Rose became Judy’s megaphone. Then it subsided: … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Contrarian Matrix, Judith Curry, Philosophy for Bloggers, Watts Up With That, We Are Science | Tagged , , , , , | 29 Comments

Climate scepticism in the UK

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

I came across a book called Climate Change Scepticism: A transnational ecocritical analysis, by Greg Garrard, Axel Goodbody, George Handley, and Stéphanie Posthumus. The reason I found it interesting is that it includes a chapter on Climate Scepticism in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Environmental change, Global warming | Tagged , , , , , , | 113 Comments

Common ground?

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

Judith Curry testified before the US House of Representatives. You can read her evidence and post. In a follow up post Judith suggests that there is some common ground that we can build on. I’m not really convinced that there … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon tax, Climate change, ClimateBall, GRRRROWTH, Policy | Tagged , , , , | 238 Comments

Early 20th century warming

Posted on January 26, 2019 by

I’ve noticed that Judith Curry is discussing the early twentieth century warming. The idea is that there was a period of warming during the early twentieth century that was similar to the warming we’ve experienced since the second half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Judith Curry, Pseudoscience | Tagged , , , , | 34 Comments

Recursive climateball

Posted on January 23, 2019 by

I noticed on Twitter that Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) has got people talking, again, about controversies based on emails from almost 20 years ago. Rather than delving into it too much myself, I thought I would just post the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthony Watts, ClimateBall, Michael Mann, Sound Science (tm), Steven McIntyre, The philosophy of science, The scientific method, Watts Up With That | Tagged , , , , | 117 Comments

Fact mongering

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

I thought I would highlight an essay that some of my regulars might find of interest. It’s by Adam Briggle in Issues in Science and Technology and is about Fear mongering and fact mongering. The article is essentially about responsible … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Philosophy for Bloggers, Pseudoscience, Research, Sound Science (tm), The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , , | 473 Comments