by Judith Curry
To solve these pressing problems, there needs to be much better recognition of the importance of probability models in climate science and a more integrated view of climate modelling whereby climate prediction involves the fusion of numerical climate models and statistical models. – Stephenson et al.
Posted in climate models, Uncertainty
by Judith Curry
So, are you wondering what we can learn about energy policy from the 12th century?
by Judith Curry
It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.
Posted in Week in review
by Judith Curry
One day after President Barack Obama unveiled a broad blueprint for reining in heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions and adapting U.S. infrastructure for more droughts and floods, Republicans are taking aim at the plan’s economic costs — not the science underpinning it. – Jennifer Dlouhy
Posted in Politics
by Tony Brown
Climate changes. How often? In what direction? What is actually meant by ‘climate change?’ Is the current definition useful?
Posted in History
by Judith Curry
President Obama has released his new climate change policy: Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution – Taking Action for Our Kids.
by Judith Curry
Over the last two weeks, there have been some interesting exchanges in the blogosphere on the topic of interpreting an ensemble of models.
Posted in climate models
by Judith Curry
Talk about perverse incentives! It appears that Chinese coolant manufacturers have been producing an excess of a harmful greenhouse chemical in order to dispose of it responsibly under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). – Walter Mead
Posted in Attribution, Greenhouse effect
by Judith Curry
A new article in the Economist responds to the recent article in The New Republic, discussing the policy implications of the ‘pause.’
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
Two particular subgroups of ACC-questioning mainstream scientists that emerged from my research among atmospheric scientists were two kinds of research meteorologists: the (by definition physics-strong and theoretical) dynamicists and more empirical research meteorologists with past training in synoptic methods and weather prediction. – Myanna Lahsen
Posted in Skeptics, Sociology of science
by Judith Curry
In the end, the so-called scientific consensus on global warming doesn’t look like much like consensus when scientists are struggling to explain the intricacies of the earth’s climate system, or uttering the word “uncertainty” with striking regularity. – Nate Cohn
Posted in Attribution
by Judith Curry
So, exactly how are the oceans sequestering heat below 700 m? And how might this heat return to the surface to impact the surface climate?
Posted in Attribution
AFP – A debilitating row with Russia at UN climate talks this week exposed a fundamental flaw in how decisions are taken — the entire system balanced precariously on an ill-defined notion of consensus, observers say.
by Judith Curry
Rather than reducing biases stemming from an inadequate representation of basic processes, additional complexity has multiplied the ways in which these biases introduce uncertainties in climate simulations. – Bjorn Stevens and Sandrine Bony
Posted in climate models
by Judith Curry
The wheels are falling off of Germany’s green energy revolution. – Walter Mead
Posted in Energy
by Judith Curry
The ‘pause’ has gone mainstream, with an article by Justin Gillis in the NYTimes.
by Judith Curry
Climate change officers are professionals who apply knowledge of climate-related risks and opportunities to their organizations’ near-term and long-term strategies. These professionals help their organizations to adapt and thrive in a world of climate uncertainty, and guide their organizations toward strategic decisions that are simultaneously strategic for the organization and beneficial to the climate. – Association of Climate Change Officers
by Dan Bloom
In a recent Guardian commentary in late May, British writer Rodge
Glass issued a “global warning” about what he termed “the rise of
‘cli-fi'” — noting that ”unlike most science fiction, novels about
climate change focus on an immediate and intense threat rather than
discovery.”
Posted in Communication
by Judith Curry
It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.
Posted in Week in review
By Robert I Ellison, aka Chief Hydrologist
Eliminating 20 ton/ha soil carbon deficit in ‘permanent pastures’ may be sufficient to offset anthropogenic emissions for on the order of a decade – but with other benefits to soil health and downstream environments.
Posted in Uncategorized
by Judith Curry
What can we learn from climate of the 17th century about future climate catastrophes?
Posted in Climate change impacts, History
by Judith Curry
The climate debate is becoming more complex and sophisticated, and the issues and the ‘sides’ in the debate seem less black and white than they used to.
Posted in Skeptics
by Judith Curry
It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.
Posted in Uncategorized
