Category Archives: ClimateBall

A brief roundup: the BBC and OMICS

Posted on August 11, 2017 by

I guess the big news yesterday was the BBC Radio 4 Today show interviews with Al Gore and Nigel Lawson. If you want to listen, the broadcast is here. Al Gore is on at about 1h10m and Nigel Lawson is … Continue reading →

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Manichean paranoia

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

Some have encouraged me to watch Roger Pielke Jr’s presentation on Climate politics as a manichean paranoia, and I have now done so (slides here, and I’ll post the video at the end of the post.). Manichean paranoia refers to … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Global warming, IPCC, Policy, Roger Pielke Jr, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 301 Comments

The Linear Model for Richies

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

Not long ago, Richie contended that sticking to presenting true information and letting otters decide what to do, given that information, was “the neatest little summary of the linear model.” This short note should suffice to show that this claim … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Good Ol' Richie, Richie, Roger Pielke Jr, Sound Science (tm) | 53 Comments

Beyond climate consensus

Posted on July 30, 2017 by

I’ve had a chance to read the recent Beyond Climate Consensus paper by Warren Pearce, Reiner Grundmann, and colleagues. I’ve only just realised that it cites my blog, which might be a first. The paper itself is a Commentary, rather … Continue reading →

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TBH, I don’t really like consensus messaging either

Posted on July 30, 2017 by

Originally posted on …and Then There's Physics:
I might have to give Dan Kahan some credit. Even though I’m not convinced that consensus messaging is toxic and polarising in general, there are certainly circumstances in which it can be,…

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Off for a couple of weeks

Posted on July 15, 2017 by

I’m leaving for a meeting early tomorrow morning and then heading out on holiday as soon as I’m back, so posting – from me, at least – will probably be light for a couple of weeks. To be quite honest, … Continue reading →

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Hawking is wrong

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

I guess the big alarmist news at the moment is that Stephen Hawking has been quoted as saying: Trump’s action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees, … Continue reading →

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