Monthly Archives: September 2017

Are Climate Models Overstating Warming?

by Ross McKitrick

A number of authors, including the IPCC, have argued that climate models have systematically overstated the rate of global warming in recent decades. A recent paper by Millar et al. (2017) presented the same finding in a diagram of temperature change versus cumulative carbon emissions since 1870.

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Nature Unbound V – The elusive 1500-year Holocene cycle

by Javier

The existence of a 1500-year climatic cycle during the Holocene, related to the glacial Dansgaard-Oeschger cycle, is a matter of intense debate. However, by introducing precise timing requirements it can be shown that the 1500-year cycle displayed in Northern Hemisphere glacial records is also observed in Holocene records from all over the world.

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Hurricane Irma eyes Florida

by Judith Curry

Cat 5 Hurricane Irma is one for the record books; it’s eye is on Florida.

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