Monthly Archives: September 2014

Two contrasting views of multidecadal climate variability in the 20th century

Posted on September 28, 2014 by | 345 comments

by Judith Curry

Our new stadium wave paper is now published.

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Posted in Attribution

Lewis and Curry: Climate sensitivity uncertainty

Posted on September 24, 2014 by | 543 comments

by Judith Curry

Our new paper on climate sensitivity is now published.

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Posted in Sensitivity & feedbacks, Uncertainty

An unsettled climate

Posted on September 21, 2014 by | 763 comments

by Judith Curry

I’ve been invited by several venues to write an op-ed related to my recent presentation at the National Press Club.

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Posted in Communication, Policy

Distinguishing the academic from the interface consensus

Posted on September 18, 2014 by | 444 comments

by Judith Curry

We shed new light on the epistemic struggle between establishing consensus and acknowledging plurality, by explicating different ways of consensus-making in science and society and examining the impact hereof on their field of intersection. –  Laszlo Kosolosky and Jeroen Van Bouwel

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Posted in Consensus

Greening the world’s deserts

Posted on September 17, 2014 by | 239 comments

by Judith Curry

Some interesting thrivability ideas for the world’s deserts.

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Posted in Adaptation

JC at the National Press Club

Posted on September 16, 2014 by | 473 comments

by Judith Curry

I have just returned from my engagement at the National Press Club, sponsored by the Marshall Institute Roundtable.

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Posted in Adaptation, Attribution, Policy

How to criticize with kindness

Posted on September 15, 2014 by | 631 comments

by Judith Curry

“Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?” – Daniel Dennett

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Posted in Ethics, Sociology of science

Week in review

Posted on September 13, 2014 by | 564 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week.

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Posted in Week in review

Fraudulent(?) hockey stick

Posted on September 11, 2014 by | 1,306 comments

by Judith Curry

Some new angles in Mann vs Steyn et al.

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Posted in Ethics, Sociology of science

Vitaly Khvorostyanov responds

Posted on September 8, 2014 by | 409 comments

by Vitaly Khvorostyanov

Some replies to and comments on the remarks by WebHubTelescope and others, written in response to the blog post Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Microphysics of Clouds.

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Posted in Communication

Week in review

Posted on September 6, 2014 by | 418 comments

by Judith Curry

A few things that caught my eye this past week.

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Posted in Week in review

What exactly is going on in their heads?

Posted on September 5, 2014 by | 441 comments

by Judith Curry

Some interesting new research on understanding  why there is a lack of public support for the climate change ‘consensus’, the nature of the scientific consensus, and agendas in characterizing the consensus.

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Posted in Consensus, Skeptics

Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Microphysics of Clouds

Posted on September 4, 2014 by | 540 comments

by Judith Curry

Our new book is now published.

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Posted in Communication

Trenberth’s science communication interview

Posted on September 3, 2014 by | 483 comments

by Judith Curry

The second installment in Kirk Engelhardt’s series of interviews on climate science communication is with Kevin Trenberth.

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Posted in Communication

How long is the pause?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by | 696 comments

by Judith Curry

UPDATE:  comments on McKitrick’s paper

With 39 explanations and counting, and some climate scientists now arguing that it might last yet another decade, the IPCC has sidelined itself in irrelevance until it has something serious to say about the pause and has reflected on whether its alarmism is justified, given its reliance on computer models that predicted temperature rises that have not occurred. – Rupert Darwall 

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Posted in Attribution, Data and observations