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Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal
Sea level rise
There’s a bizarre article in the Wall Street Journal by Fred Singer called, The Sea Is Rising, but Not Because of Climate Change. It’s actually so bonkers that it’s quite hard to know where to start. I’ll give it go, … Continue reading
Mertonian norms
There are a set of norms of science, first presented by Robert K Merton and known as the Mertonian norms. I found what seems to be a good description of them here. There are four Mertonian norms, called universalism, communalism, … Continue reading
Red Team vs Blue Team
Having some kind of Red Team exercise, to test and challenge the climate science consensus, seems to be gaining a small amount of momentum. Steve Koonin (who I have discussed before) has an article in the Wall Street Journal called … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Gavin Schmidt, Judith Curry, Research, Science, The scientific method
Tagged Blue Team, Climate etc., Consensus, Eli, Red Team, Steve Koonin, Stoat, Wall Street Journal
113 Comments
Poor Roger!
I wrote a post about Roger Pielke Jr’s recent Wall Street Journal article about his [u]nhappy life as a climate heretic, but it was rather long and rambling, so I can’t actually bring myself to post it. Instead, I’ll just … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Research, Roger Pielke Jr, Science
Tagged Critics, James Annan, Joe Romm, Roger Pielke Jr, Stoat, Wall Street Journal
164 Comments
Matt Ridley on fossil fuels
After it being shown that Matt Ridley is benefitting from coal mines on his estate, you might think that he would take a step back and be a little more circumspect in his promotion of the use of fossil fuels. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Global warming, Science
Tagged fossil fuels, Matt Ridley, Sea ice, Wall Street Journal
125 Comments
Matt Ridley, you seem a little too certain!
I thought I might add a new chapter to my series, which I’ve called helpful tips for the Global Warming Policy Foundation. The first was a quick science lesson for Lord Lawson. The second was the cheerfully titled Come on … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Comedy, Global warming, IPCC, Science
Tagged Andrew Montford, Global Warming Policy Foundation, Matt Ridley, Nigel Lawson, one-box-model, RCP6.0, TCR, The Global Warming Policy Foundation, Transient Climate response, Wall Street Journal
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The “pause” that probably isn’t
Matt Ridley has a particularly silly article in the Wall Street Journal called Whatever happened to Global Warming. In his article he says Well, the pause has now lasted for 16, 19 or 26 years—depending on whether you choose the … Continue reading
The economic benefits of climate change?
Writing about this is definitely outside my comfort zone, so this post should not be seen as something from which others could learn but maybe a way for me to learn via the comments. There have been various claims that … Continue reading
Watt about evidence versus consensus?
Watts Up With That (WUWT) has a newsbyte post called Science is about evidence not consensus. It quotes a Wall Street Journal OpEd by Matt Ridley also called science is about evidence, not consensus. Matt Ridley’s OpEd has been very … Continue reading
Happer and Schmitt
I wrote a post a while ago about William Happer’s calculation of how long it would take to get a 6oC rise in surface temperatures. The calculation was simplistic and the assumptions didn’t seem to be based on current scientific … Continue reading
...and Then There's Physics 