by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Climate Science
Parched earth soaks up water, slowing sea level rise [link]
Cleaner fuels 4 fishing boats could backfire on the climate [link]
How much ice can Antarctica’s ice shelves afford to lose? [link]
NOAA NHC: Solving the jigsaw puzzle of hurricane history [link]
Nic Lewis schools Gavin on climate sensitivity at Climate Audit [link]
Medium-Sized Asteroid Hit Could Unleash Ice Age [link]
Understanding the 2015–16 El Niño & its impact on phytoplankton [link]
Glaciologists anticipate massive Antarctic ice shelf collapse [link]
Bummer?: “in Europe, trees grown since 1750 have actually increased global warming” [link] …
NOAA study: Heavy daily precipitation caused by decadal ocean variability, & less to human-induced climate change’ [link]
Consequences of today’s carbon emissions will linger for thousands of years, study finds [link]
El Niño and climate change: Our wild weather may get wilder. Fred Pearce reports. [link]
Radical CO2 removal projects could be a risky business #UEA research [link]
Carbon storage in the deep Atlantic during the last glaciation [link]
#Climate not the only pressure on reefs. Study: prevent overfishing [link]
Volcano ‘Little Ice Age’ contributed to famines & wars in 6th century. [link]
Interesting post by Victor Venema on early instrumental temperature records. [link]
Other interesting science
Einstein’s gravitational waves detected in scientific milestone [link]
Soooo what is a gravitational wave? – [link]
Here is the science! #LIGO Physical Review Letters paper. [link]
The chips are down for Moore’s law. The semiconductor industry will soon abandon its pursuit of Moore’s law. Now things could get a lot more interesting. [link]
Cautious optimism: #Dementia, #Alzheimer’s rates are falling, study suggests [link] …
In honor of Valentine’s day: Can You Really Die From a Broken Heart? [link]
About science and scientists
Kahan and Tol on climate cluelessness [link]
These Academics Are Pissed There’s Too Much Global Warming ‘Denial’ In Science Classes [link]
Nearly 3,000 climate scientists condemn Australia’s dramatic research cuts [link]
Dan Kahan: They already got the memo” part 2: More data on the *public consensus* on what “climate scientists think” about AGW [link]
Looks interesting: A New Tool for Teaching the Ultimate Wicked Problem [link]
Andrew Revkin: What’s Missing at the U.N. Climate Panel’s Meeting on Climate Change Communication [link]
Debunking some myths about private sector scientists [link]
Filed under: Week in review