Category Archives: Global warming

Cumulative and (probably) irreversible

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

This post may be written more in frustration than anything else, but I’ve had some recent discussions that have made me wonder if even those who spend their time thinking/writing/commenting about climate change fully appreciate that it’s a cumulative problem … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability and resilience

Posted on December 14, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’m starting to better understand why some reasonable people are often concerned about the way in which the impact of extreme weather events are sometimes framed. It’s quite well explained in this recent paper by Myanna Lahsen and Jesse Ribot … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Environmental change, Global warming, Policy, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 145 Comments

No, it probably isn’t mostly due to changes in clouds!

Posted on November 27, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

I haven’t done a paper debunk for a while, but a reader got in touch to ask about a recent paper by Hans Rolf-Dübal and Fritz Vahrenholt, so I thought I would have a quick look. The paper is Radiative … Continue reading →

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The Hack That Changed the World

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

After airing the movie, The Trick, the BBC has also broadcast a series of podcasts on Climategate called the Hack That Changed the World (H/T Dikran Marsupial). I’m not sure if all can listen to them, but I thought they … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthony Watts, Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Steven McIntyre | Tagged , , , , | 121 Comments

The concept of net-zero

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

I’ve written about this before, but thought I might discuss it again. There seems to be a recurring narrative that the concept of net-zero is flawed. It might first have been presented in this article suggesting that the concept of … Continue reading →

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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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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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The effect of permafrost on the ZEC

Posted on September 15, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve written a number of posts about warming commitments, in particular the zero emission commitment (ZEC). In other words, how much additional warming will there be after emissions get to zero. The answer is that on multi-decadal timescales [the ZEC] … Continue reading →

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A methane emergency?

Posted on August 30, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

There was an article a couple of days ago about why the climate emergency is now the methane emergency. I appreciate that the general argument is about limiting future warming, but some of what is suggested is essentially wrong. For … Continue reading →

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A chat with Mallen Baker

Posted on August 19, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

Mallen Baker is a commentator who runs a youtube channel called Dangerously Reasonable. He tackles contentious issues and tries to assess the various lines of evidence that may, or may not, support what someone is promoting. For example, Mallen did … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, Global warming, Policy, The philosophy of science | Tagged , , , , | 175 Comments