Tag Archives: Judith Curry

Lewis and Curry, again

Posted on April 27, 2018 by

I should probably say something about the new Lewis & Curry paper. It’s mostly an update to their earlier paper that I’ve discussed before. Bottom line; there are reasons to be cautious. The basic formalism is that one can use … Continue reading →

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2017: A year in review

Posted on December 30, 2017 by

I’ve now been writing this blog for almost 5 years and I still don’t quite know what I’m trying to achieve, if anything. Hopefully a blog that presents a reasonable representation of our current understanding of climate science, while also … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Personal, physicists, Pseudoscience, Roger Pielke Jr | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments

Political activism

Posted on December 28, 2017 by

There’s been a rather lengthy Twitter exchange involving Judith Curry, mostly focusing on whether or not Judith is a political activist. Judith appears to be suggesting that what she does is not political activism, or any form of political advocacy, … Continue reading →

Posted in advocacy, ClimateBall, Gavin Schmidt, Judith Curry, Policy, Politics | Tagged , , , , | 257 Comments

Toys, pram, out!

Posted on April 9, 2017 by

It seems that Roger Pielke Jr is having a bit of a rant on Twitter about an interview Michael Mann gave about the recent Congressional Hearings. He accuses Michael Mann of lying about him and also suggests that he might … Continue reading →

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Hearing about climate science and the scientific method

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

I’ve been travelling and so haven’t really had much chance to keep up with what’s going on. I have, however, finally managed to watch the Congressional Hearing on Climate Science: Assumptions, Policy Implications and the Scientific Method. It was all … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Global warming, Judith Curry, Michael Mann, The philosophy of science, The scientific method, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 84 Comments

The feedback paradox

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

Realclimate has a new post, by Rasmus Benestad, that discusses predcitable and unpredictable behaviour. It focuses a little on Judith Curry’s recent report about climate models, that I discussed here. The Realclimate post is well worth reading, and I encourage … Continue reading →

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Science on the verge?

Posted on June 13, 2016 by

Michael Tobis has posted a recent article about who decides what is true? He addresses an interesting issue; when you work within a discipline, you typically know what is regarded as credible and what isn’t. Explaining this to those on … Continue reading →

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