by Judith Curry
The conclusion is that the oscillatory mode (mostly due to the AMO) is significantly more important than the monotonic mode (mostly due to increasing atmospheric CO2) in explaining the 1980–2000 U.S. temperature increase. – Bruce Kurtz
Posted in Attribution
by Judith Curry
The authority of a scientific body is not undermined by questioning, but rather depends upon it – Beatty & Moore
Posted in Consensus
by Judith Curry
“People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.” – Blaise Pascal
Posted in Communication
by Judith Curry
I’m attending an interesting conference in Nottingham: Circling the square: universities, the media, citizens and politics.
Posted in Communication, Policy, Uncertainty
by Judith Curry
More wood being burnt from British woods than since industrial revolution. – David Rose
Posted in Energy
by Judith Curry
A decades’ experience shows that “Consensus messaging” doesn’t work. – Dan Kahan
Posted in Communication, Consensus
by Judith Curry
I am just about to head to London, to make my presentation in the House of Lords: State of the Climate Debate in the U.S.
by Judith Curry
Most reactions ignore the fact that the G8 leaders already agreed to “the goal of achieving at least a 50% reduction of global emissions by 2050” in advance of the Copenhagen climate summit in 2009. (You judge the results.) – Michael Levi
Posted in Policy
by Judith Curry
Long-term strategies should be built not on “visions” of the future but instead on the premise that longer term predictions (that is, forecasts of situations years and decades out), however presently credible, will probably prove wrong. – Richard Danzig
Posted in Policy, Uncertainty
by Judith Curry
A new report from The University of Nottingham looks at whether climate scientists threaten their own scientific credibility when trying to make their research accessible to members of the public.
Posted in Communication, Uncertainty
by Judith Curry
A new blockbuster paper published today by NOAA:
These results do not support the notion of a “slowdown” in the increase of global surface temperature.
Color me ‘unconvinced.’
Posted in Data and observations
by Planning Engineer
In recent years many “skeptics” have become vociferously critical of anyone who expresses any doubts toward any part of what they see as a climate consensus (both problems and cures). How did the skeptic community grow to take on this role?
Posted in Skeptics
by Judith Curry
Ahmedabad’s Heat Action Plan offers a proven track record and model to protect their residents from heat waves. My Georgia Tech/CFAN colleagues Violeta Toma, Peter Webster and Mark Jelinek are enabling this Plan with a pioneering heat wave forecast product to help the Ahmedabad Municipal Council determine when to implement a heat alert.
Posted in Adaptation
