Week in review

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

Kevin Trenberth declares the pause to be over [link].  Bob Tisdale disagrees [link]
Mojib Latif:  Pause to continue as cooling atlantic masks global warming [link]
Ocean carbon sink much more variable than we thought [link]
@MCNisbet says we need to think more broadly about the technology required to tackle climate change [link]
Richard Tol: The US-China climate deal is a model for world diplomacy: too small to fail http://gu.com/p/439jd/tw
FP piece on contrasting coverage of US-#China #climate announcement in US vs Chinese media: [link]
Ed Dolan:  What a better energy policy might look like [link]
Under the Republican #Congress, a successful #environmental strategy will need to focus locally. [link]
Fred Pearce:  Have we found the carbon limit? [link]
Interesting background on the UNFCCC [link]
Coal is once again the world’s fastest growing source of energy even excluding China. [link]
Molecular sponges to mop up greenhouse gases [link]
High mortality during the cold season [link]
 
Why Americans are using less water [link]
How US farmers view climate change (hint:  they disagree with climate scientists) [link]
Michael Mann interviewed by @kirkenglehardt on science communications [link]
Italian scientists acquitted in earthquake trial [link]
The role of reductionism in climate policy discourse [link]
 
Philosophy explained in a Brief Guide to Donuts [link]
McIntyre’s missing millions [link]
This lawyer’s new, full-time job is defending climate scientists from political attacks [link]
Unexpected photos coming in from comet landing:

 
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