Week in review

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

Michael Levi: Why climate change policy won’t hinge on international talks http://for.tn/1DypLLt
Andy Revkin:  Koonin followup: Climate Certainties, Uncertainties & Choices: http://nyti.ms/YjakWC
ClimateWire’s @gayathriv profiles controversial #climate scientist #JudithCurry, whose views diverge from @IPCC_CH’s
http://eene.ws/1yu73Vf
“Climate change could be slower than forecast”
@bwebster135 of The Times reports on the new Lewis & @curryja paper http://t.co/DN0qBwA8WC
Climate Change Communication: Taking the Temperature – Part 5 with Gavin Schmidt @ClimateOfGavin http://go.shr.lc/1rmtF3C by @kirkenglehardt
Interesting interview with Gavin, not sure I buy the ‘pre bunking’ idea:
Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981 · Sep 23
.@curryja denial http://business.financialpost.com/2014/09/22/judith-curry-an-unsettled-climate-for-climate-summit/pre-bunked here http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/sep/15/97-vs-3-how-much-global-warming-are-humans-causing … here http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/sep/22/wall-street-journal-downplays-global-warming-risks … and here http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/sep/02/global-warming-making-weather-more-extreme
Scientists seen as competent but not trusted [link]
Game of thrones weather [link]
Physics Today: Neil DeGrasse Tyson accused of “the science of smug condescension” [link]
Physics Today: Physicist Steve Koonin impeaches scientists’ climate consensus [link]
What is up with Physics Today?  Whatever, I like it!
West coast (US) warming linked to naturally occurring changes [link]
Scientific American: Trust in science reduces concerns about climate change [link]
Ilan Kelman: The IPCC with its consensus approach no longer suited to new challenges posed by climate change [link]
The science behind the numbers from Global Carbon Budget 2014 [link]
On the Path Past 9 Billion, Little Crosstalk Between U.N. Sessions on Population and Global Warming [link]
Robert Stavins in NYT: Climate Realities [link]
Nisbet study: Expertise in an age of polarization: evaluating scientsts’ political awareness & communication behavior [link]
NYTimes: Bottom up climate fix [link]
“Disruptive Ideas: Public Intellectuals & their Arguments for Action on #ClimateChange” new study [link]
Jean S at ClimateAudit: Why did Jones attribute the trick to @MichaelEMann? Here’s the evidence [link]
There’s Physics:  Curry for dinner http://wp.me/p48oug-1am
Mark Steyn: “The @MichaelEMann on display…is such a thorough top-to-toe fraud that it can only be defended by further fraud” [link]
Tamsin Edwards:  My @TEDxCERN talk: how to love uncertainty in climate science. Event starts in 20mins here: http://tedxcern.web.cern.ch
Related essay from Tamsin: There is some uncertainty in climate science. @flimsin says that is a good thing: http://bit.ly/Zd2gbt
Quote of the week tweeted by God:  “DiCaprio: ‘Climate Change Is Real’.” Almost convinced, but I’ll still need verification from Clooney.
Joke of the week from John Kennedy:
Climate Scientist walks into a bar, says, “A pint of…



bitter”
Barman: “Why the long pause?”
Climate Scientist: <sobs>
Cartoon of the week:

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