Category Archives: Steven McIntyre

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 →

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The uncertainty on the mean

Posted on May 10, 2016 by

I wrote a quick post about Gavin Schmidt’s post comparing models to the satellite datasets. I thought Gavin’s post was very good, and explained the various issues really well. Steve McIntyre, however, is claiming that Schmidt’s histogram doesn’t refute Christy. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Gavin Schmidt, Global warming, Science, Steven McIntyre | Tagged , , , , , | 270 Comments

What a surprise …. not

Posted on January 9, 2016 by

To the surprise of no one, Nic Lewis has found many serious problems with the recently published Marvel et al. paper (also discussed here and here). Even less of a surprise is Andrew Montford lapping up Nic’s claims with glee. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Gavin Schmidt, Global warming, Science, Steven McIntyre | Tagged , , , , , , | 181 Comments

Some thoughts on Hockey Sticks

Posted on September 13, 2015 by

Since I’m waiting for the rain to stop so that I can finish cutting the grass, I thought I might post some thoughts I’ve had about hockey sticks. It’s partly motivated by a discussion I was having in the comments … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Science, Steven McIntyre | Tagged , , , , , | 37 Comments

Guest post : Skeptics demand adjustments

Posted on February 9, 2015 by

This is a guest post from Steven Mosher, who is part of the Berkeley Earth (BEST) team. It’s motivated largely by the recent resurgence of claims of tampering with the temperature records, that I’ve discussed earlier. I won’t say anymore, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthony Watts, Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Steven McIntyre | Tagged , , , , , , | 238 Comments

Things

Posted on October 1, 2014 by

I’m at a bit of loose end today. I should really be out of the office, as there are important things happening, but I have no control over them and so have come in anyway. I have, however, looked through … Continue reading →

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The Ghost of Present ClimateBall ™

Posted on September 29, 2014 by

Good news: Stephen G. McIntyre [0], whom I prefer to call “the Auditor” for obvious reasons, has started to “promote” (in a technical sense [1]) the concept of ClimateBall ™. Better yet, he distorts it by labeling an indefinite group … Continue reading →

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