Category Archives: Communication

Pre-traumatic stress syndrome: climate scientists speak out

Posted on July 10, 2015 by | 250 comments

by Judith Curry

Well this has been a really interesting week  for hearing about what climate scientists think and feel about potential future impacts of climate change.

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Posted in Communication

A key admission regarding climate memes

Posted on July 3, 2015 by | 421 comments

by Andy West

Lewandowsky and Oreskes raise the prospect that via the agency of memes, the climate Consensus with its high certainty of danger, could be a socially generated artifact and not a scientific fact.

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Posted in Communication, Consensus, Sociology of science

Pascal on the art of persuasion

Posted on June 24, 2015 by | 350 comments

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

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Posted in Communication

Science, uncertainty and advocacy

Posted on June 22, 2015 by | 535 comments

by Judith Curry

I’m attending an interesting conference in Nottingham:  Circling the square: universities, the media, citizens and politics.

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Posted in Communication, Policy, Uncertainty

Against ‘consensus’ messaging

Posted on June 17, 2015 by | 366 comments

by Judith Curry

A decades’ experience shows that “Consensus messaging” doesn’t work. – Dan Kahan

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366 Comments

Posted in Communication, Consensus

Improving climate change communication: moving beyond scientific certainty

Posted on June 8, 2015 by | 252 comments

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.

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Posted in Communication, Uncertainty

Contradiction on emotional bias in the climate domain

Posted on April 24, 2015 by | 294 comments

by Andy West

Emotions and messaging about climate change.

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Posted in Communication, Consensus, Sociology of science

Bjorn Stevens in the cross-fire

Posted on April 22, 2015 by | 516 comments

by Judith Curry

Bjorn Stevens has published two interesting and important papers in the last few weeks, which have placed him squarely in the cross-fire of both the scientific and public debates on climate change.

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516 Comments

Posted in Communication, Sensitivity & feedbacks

Blog discussions

Posted on March 22, 2015 by | 396 comments

by Judith Curry

People seem to want to discuss blog discussions/comments, so here’s a thread to deflect such conversation from other threads.

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396 Comments

Posted in Communication

Bankruptcy of the ‘merchants of doubt’ meme

Posted on March 15, 2015 by | 416 comments

by Judith Curry

Naomi Oreskes’ new movie Merchants of Doubt has recently been released. Does this movie provide the seeds for ending the ‘merchants of doubt’ meme?

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Posted in Communication, Sociology of science

NARUC Panel Discussion on Climate Change

Posted on February 24, 2015 by | 198 comments

by Judith Curry

At its recent Winter Meeting, The National Associated of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) asked the following question: You’re Still Not Sure Global Warming is Real?

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Posted in Communication

Nonsensus about the Senate’s non consensus on climate change

Posted on January 22, 2015 by | 323 comments

by Judith Curry

On the politicization of ‘climate change’.

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323 Comments

Posted in Communication, Politics

‘Most’ versus ‘more than half’ versus ‘> 50%’

Posted on January 19, 2015 by | 532 comments

by Judith Curry

Seeking once again to clarify the problems in communicating the IPCC climate change attribution statements.

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532 Comments

Posted in Attribution, Communication, IPCC

Charlie: Challenging free speech

Posted on January 11, 2015 by | 1,258 comments

by Judith Curry

In response to the tragic shootings at the headquarters of satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, there have been a number of provocative essays on freedom of speech.

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1,258 Comments

Posted in Communication, Ethics

My interview with Mrs. Green

Posted on January 10, 2015 by | 282 comments

by Judith Curry

This is definitely among the most interesting interviews that I’ve done.

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282 Comments

Posted in Communication

Climate blogosphere discussion II

Posted on December 28, 2014 by | 592 comments

by Judith Curry

Here’s something that should prove entertaining for a Sunday.

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Posted in Communication

Climate blogosphere discussion thread

Posted on December 24, 2014 by | 568 comments

by Judith Curry

How has the terrain of the climate blogosphere changed over the past 5 years?

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568 Comments

Posted in Communication

JC’s book shelf

Posted on November 4, 2014 by | 212 comments

by Judith Curry

Some new books that I’ve been reading, by  Roger Pielke Jr., Rud Istvan, George Marshall and James Gleick.

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212 Comments

Posted in Communication, Policy

Ethics of communicating scientific uncertainty

Posted on October 21, 2014 by | 812 comments

by Judith Curry

Last month I attended a Workshop on The Ethics of Communicating Scientific Uncertainty:  Understanding How Scientists, Environmental Lawyers, and Journalists Treat Uncertainty.

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812 Comments

Posted in Communication, Ethics

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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763 Comments

Posted in Communication, Policy

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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409 Comments

Posted in Communication

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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540 Comments

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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483 Comments

Posted in Communication

JC interview with oilprice.com

Posted on August 22, 2014 by | 299 comments

by Judith Curry

As the global warming debate increases in its intensity we find both sides deeply entrenched, hurling accusations and lies at one another in an attempt to gain the upper hand. This divide within the scientific community has left the public wondering who can be trusted to provide them with accurate information and answers. – James Stafford

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299 Comments

Posted in Communication

Engagement vs communication vs PR vs propaganda

Posted on August 8, 2014 by | 313 comments

by Judith Curry

So, exactly what are we trying to communicate, and how and why?

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313 Comments

Posted in Communication