Category Archives: Roy Spencer

Andrew Dessler rebuts Roy Spencer

Posted on March 16, 2020 by

Most of the focus at the moment is rightly on the coronavirus. Since I have no relevant expertise whatsoever, all I’ll say is that I hope everyone is doing their best to stay safe, and listening to the advice that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Policy, Roy Spencer, The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , | 67 Comments

It’s mostly about risk

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

I wanted to post this video (see end of post), that I first came across in this comment (H/T Pehr Björnbom). It’s a few years old, so some things may have changed, but it’s still mostly relevent. It’s a discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, ethics, Global warming, Policy, Roy Spencer | Tagged , , , , , | 147 Comments

Jet streams and things

Posted on July 1, 2016 by

Just back from my meeting and I notice that there is a mini-furore over a story about Scientists warn[ing] of ‘global climate emergency’ over shifting jet stream. The scientists are Paul Beckwith who is currently a PhD student but has … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Global warming, Roy Spencer, Science | Tagged , , , , , | 31 Comments

Satellite temperatures

Posted on January 16, 2016 by

There have been a number of interesting recent posts elsewhere about satellite temperature. Most of this has been motivated by claims that the satellite data is the best data that we have and that it should play some kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Judith Curry, Roy Spencer, Science | Tagged , , , , , , | 127 Comments

Watt about Spencer and Braswell?

Posted on November 12, 2013 by

There’s a new post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) called New study – climate system is only about half as sensitive to increasing CO2 as previously believed. It refers to a new paper by Roy Spencer and William Braswell … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthony Watts, Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ENSO, Global warming, Roy Spencer, Watts Up With That | Tagged , , , , , | 26 Comments

Value-free science?

Posted on November 8, 2013 by

Reiner Grundmann has a new post on Die Klimazwiebel discussing whether or not philosophy can enlighten climate science. Reiner also has an earlier post about the same topic. As far as I can tell, the basic argument seems to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Global warming, Roy Spencer | Tagged , , , , , , | 161 Comments

Andrew Neil’s correction to the corrections

Posted on July 22, 2013 by

Last Sunday Andrew Neil interviewed Ed Davey on the Sunday politics show on BBC1. I thought it was a very poor interview and criticised it in a recent post. Dana Nuccitelli was also very critical and pointed out a number … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthony Watts, Climate change, Global warming, Roy Spencer, Watts Up With That | Tagged , , , , , | 19 Comments

Roy Spencer and Intelligent Design

Posted on July 20, 2013 by

Roy Spencer was called to give evidence before the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works. The hearing was itself was called Climate Change: It’s happening now. Personally I think that Roy Spencer is entirely unsuitable for giving evidence … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Global warming, Roy Spencer | Tagged , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Willis and the ocean forcing

Posted on June 19, 2013 by

Willis Eschenbach has a new post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) called forcing the ocean to confess. In this post Willis calculates the global forcing associated with increases in the ocean heat content. I’m not quite sure that this … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthony Watts, Bob Tisdale, Climate change, Global warming, Roy Spencer, Watts Up With That, Wilis Eschenbach | Tagged , , , , | 27 Comments

Watt about the ensemble of models?

Posted on June 19, 2013 by

Robert G. Brown (who posts as rgbatduke) has a new “sticky” post at Watts Up With That (WUWT) called the ensemble of models is completely meaningless, statistically. What Robert G. Brown says in this post is by forming a mean … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthony Watts, Climate change, Global warming, Roy Spencer, Watts Up With That | Tagged , , , , , , , | 60 Comments