Week in review

by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.

From my twitter feed:
Bill McKibben : Fascinating, sad new paper: 1 big storm is enough to cut 3.7 years off the development of a poor nation http://www.nber.org/papers/w20352 
Matt Ridley:  Smart aid for the world’s poor [link]
Sea ice news Volume 5, # 5 NSIDC: ‘the expansion in Antarctic sea ice is confirmed’ http://wp.me/p7y4l-tHR 
Betty Beekeeper:  More than just Scarcity: Multifaceted #Water Conflicts in Yemen [link]
Paul Matthews:  Review paper on climate change communication by Victoria Wibeck [link]
Betty Beekeeper: CIRES Report: Climate Change in Colorado A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation [link]
William M. Briggs: There Is No Difference Between A Forecast, A Scenario, or A Projection http://wp.me/pCnXP-3rK 
Andy Revkin:  Arctic methane news explored by @dbiello: [link … Top Russian permafrost wiz on “perma” in permafrost: [link]
Stephen Fleming: “Complicated issue… the inclination should be to do nothing. That is different than saying nothing should be done” [link]
“Cold kills more than heat, CDC says” “Challenges widely held view that heat is the top weather-related killer” [link]
Richard Tol: First factual error in IPCC WG2 AR5 http://feedly.com/e/4CcMavkU 
Tony Thomas in the Quadrant:  Big Green Hypocrites [link]
Jonathan Jones: “This is not only fraud, it’s slander” says Jose Duarte about the Lewandowsky nonsense. He’s spot on. http://www.joseduarte.com/blog/more-fraud 
Quote of the week:
Jonathan Jones roughly speaking the Consensus is what is believed in by activists who believe that the Consensus is important
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