Tag Archives: David Rose

Extinction rebellion

Posted on October 7, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve written about extinction rebellion before. Although I think they get some of the science wrong, and some of their demands seem unrealistic (we can’t get emissions to zero in 7 years), they are having an impact. We keep getting … Continue reading →

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Guest post: On Baselines and Buoys

Posted on February 12, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

One of the key criticisms of Karl et al. (2015) is that it used a dataset that adjusted buoy data up to ship data – the suggestion being that, in doing so, they produced more apparent warming than if the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Science | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 300 Comments

David Rose: From the bizarre to the ridiculous

Posted on February 12, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

After last week’s article, in which he produced an extremely misleading figure, David Rose has doubled down with a new article asking how can we trust global warming scientists if the keep twisting the truth? He claims that A landmark … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Research | Tagged , , , , , , , | 115 Comments

Expose: David Rose does not understand baselines

Posted on February 5, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

Never failing to disappoint, David Rose is back with a new expose on how world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data. It refers to a paper published by Karl et al. in 2015 in which … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, ethics, Research, The scientific method, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 288 Comments

And so it begins!

Posted on January 8, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

Begins might be slightly wrong, as we’ve already had the David Rose saga, but it certainly continues. What I’m referring to is an article in the spectator by David Whitehouse (science editor of the Global Warming Policy Foundation) in which … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Research | Tagged , , , , , | 127 Comments

Rose down the rabbit hole

Posted on December 11, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

To follow-up on his previous article, where he claimed that stunning new data indicates El Nino drove record highs in global temperatures suggesting rise may not be down to man-made emissions, David Rose has a new article in which he … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, ENSO, Research, Science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , , | 175 Comments

Open data

Posted on December 1, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

Since I’m sitting at the station waiting for a train that is delayed 40 minutes, I thought I would post on something that I’ve been thinking about for the last couple of days. There is quite a lot of discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Research | Tagged , , , , , , , | 192 Comments

It woz El Nino wot dunnit!

Posted on November 27, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

It looks likely that 2016 will end up as the warmest year in the surface temperature record. One question is whether or not the recent El Nino contributed significantly to this. As the figure on the right shows, if you … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Comedy, ENSO, Gavin Schmidt, Global warming, Science | Tagged , , , , , | 46 Comments

There is no tribe!

Posted on November 26, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

David Rose has a new article about Judith Curry called I was tossed out of the tribe. Well, here’s problem number one. There is no tribe. If you’re a scientist/researcher, then you should be aiming to do research that is … Continue reading →

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What is it with journalists and AGW?

Posted on November 15, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I managed to get blocked by Peter Hitchens last night. Apparently I’m an intolerant, arrogant, fanatic, who was a little bit patronising. The irony was that the exchange started with him ranting at me was because I had the temerity … Continue reading →

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