Week in review – science edition

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

Freshening of the Labrador Sea as a trigger for Little Ice Age development [link] 

Twentieth-century Trends in the Annual Cycle of Temperature across the Northern Hemisphere [link]

Impact of inter-annual variability of annual cycle on persistence of surface T in historical records [link]

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New evidence that #ArcticWarming leads to wavy storm tracks w/enhancd intense central US summers [link]
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Was the extreme Northern Hemisphere greening in 2015 predictable? [link] 
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New estimate of the current rate of sea level rise from a sea level budget approach [link]
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The global engine that could.  New paper finds global warming reduces intense storms & extreme weather [link] Most fundamentally interesting thing I’ve read in awhile.
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Observed modes of sea surface temperature variability in the South Pacific region [link]
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A primer on the “Polar Vortex”. [link]
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Good overview article on whether Arctic ice loss is/will affecting mid-lat jet  [link]
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New spatiotemporal reconstruction of Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures back to 750 CE [link …
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Explaining Unexpected Twists in the Sun’s Magnetic Field [link]
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Global warming of 1°C increases cardiovascular mortality by 150000 additional deaths globally per year [link]
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Long-term radiosonde temperature biases in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere [link] 
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High-end sea level rise probabilistic projection including rapid Antarctic ice sheet mass loss [link]
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A tipping point in refreezing accelerates mass loss of Greenland’s glaciers and ice caps [link]
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How the deep, cold currents of the Labrador Sea affect climate [link]
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Coralline algae elevate pH at the site of calcification under ocean acidification [link]
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Mongolia’s nomad herders facing winter disaster as temperatures plunge [link]
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“Climate seesaw at the end of last glacial phase” finds “regional warming in Europe caused COOLING &snow in E Asia [link]
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Policy and social sciences
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Climate Services Are Not Enough: We Also Need Services To Explain Information Not Related to Climate [link]
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CO2 emissions are not really “decoupling” from economic growth [link] …
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Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems [link …
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Why is there so much difference between carbon budget estimates? [link] …
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About science
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Interesting look into industry influence on public university science [link] …
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Academic freedom and authority are fundamentally about responsibilities and public scholars must navigate with care. [link]
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Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions. the book [link]
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What Happens When an Archaeologist Challenges Mainstream Scientific Thinking? [link]
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Why we believe obvious untruths [link]

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