by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
The Science of Time Explains Boredom and Stress, and How to Deal With Them [link]
Excellent interview on freedom of speech & inquiry by Joanna Williams, author of a new book on the subject. [link]
Must read interview with Hope Jahren, author of “Lab Girl” [link]
Will the health dangers of climate change get people to care? The science says: maybe [link]
Analysis: the ‘highly unusual’ behaviour of Arctic sea ice in 2016 [link]
Climate change may be far worse than thought, cloud analysis suggests. [link]
“heart rate variation & thinking process work together to enable wise reasoning about complex social issues.” Research finds that wisdom is a matter of both heart and mind [link]
Must read: The sugar conspiracy[link]
New paper finds decadal link between cosmic rays & clouds (Svensmark theory of climate) [link]
Important: No increase in extreme droughts, rainfall during 20th century [link]
New study shows Earth’s internal heat drives rapid ice flow and subglacial melting in Greenland [link]
Climate change threat to public health worse than polio, White House warns. [link]
How would warmer water temp affect #ArcticOcean heat transport & deep-ocean heat storage? See new #JPhysOceanogr. [link]
Scientists are looking to Mars to tackle climate change on Earth – here’s why [link]
Even with no war, nuclear winter claimed a victim: Vladimir Alexandrov, Soviet climatologist [link] …
In upcoming #JAtmosOceanicTechnol: New free-drifting profiling floats extend #ocean-monitoring depth to 4000 meters. [link]
The illusion of control in the medical setting, and overestimating the benefits of intervention. [link]
New high-res, 31-year, #satellite-based #snow reanalysis dataset is introduced in forthcoming #JHydrometeor paper. [link]
Filed under: Week in review